New Zealand's Most
Expensive Manicure
Boutique Nail Salon Verdo Nails of Parnell
is offering a premium manicure service using 24
carat gold dust. At $1200 a pop they'll be no
dishwashing or gardening for the 10-14 days the
manicure is said to last for.
www.verdonails.co.nz/gold-manicures
the
business of
indulgence
Snail Slime Cosmetics
In the 1980s a Bascunan Family in Chile started
raising snails to sell them to France for food.
Fernando Bascunan, a dermatologist found that
small injuries or infections of snail keepers' hands
healed quickly and their hands appeared brighter
and softer as time went by. This led Fernando to
carry out scientific studies which found that snail
slime contains natural skin regeneration properties.
Highly moisturizing and nutritive MISSHA
Super Aqua Cell Renew Snail Series has been
developed to improve skin texture by containing
full vital snail slime to prevent and recover skin
damage while strengthen skin barrier to minimize
skin irritation.
www.missha.co.nz
Gold facial
Gold slows down collagen depletion and the
breakdown of elastin to prevent sagging skin.
It stimulates cellular growth of the basal layer to
regenerate healthy, firm skin cells and provide a
tightening effect.
Since 1929 Gold has been successfully
used to treat rheumatoid arthritis by reducing
inflammation. Gold's anti-inflammatory properties
also decrease skin inflammation, thereby slowing
down melanin secretion and reducing age spots.
Gold fights off damaging free radicals to help
prevent premature aging of the skin.
Enquire now at your nearest salon to find out
about the 60-75 minute exclusive facial treatment.
www.nahaia.com/24kt-gold
5. Personal stylist
6. Personal trainer
Naomi Simson - Founder, RedBalloon
Naomi Simson has a long career as a corporate marketer with companies
such as IBM, KPMG, Ansett and Apple, before she tossed it all in to start her
own show. Her first business Bright Marketing was a freelance marketing group,
however the internet seemed to offer a way to create a truly scalable business.
Naomi wondered if she could build a brand online based on
listening to customers and responding.
With just an idea and persistence Naomi launched RedBalloon
in 2001 in the early days of the internet redballoon.com.au has
now been listed in the BRW fast lists for sic years and also named as the #1
website by Hitwise for half a decade.
RedBalloon delivered one million experience gifts in less than 10 years
and is well on its way to changing gifting in Australasia
forever. As a CEO, mother, author, blogger and a
truly passionate individual Naomi continues to
innovate and create new ways to do business.
"RedBalloon has started a happiness
revolution - one amazing experience at a
time! We believe everyone deserves to have
fun, feel good and be happy. We believe
happiness starts with a drop, becomes a ripple
and creates a wave. And we believe happiness
is amplified when shared. Put simply, we are
in the business of fun and are passionate
about giving people more good times."
Kristie Buchanan, CEO
www.redballoon.co.nz
7. Matchmaker
8. Travel agent
