Finishing touches . . . Tessa Simpson works her magic on a wedding breakfast table. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
With the wedding industry all but decimated by Covid-19, Oamaru make-up artist Tessa Simpson and Waimate photographer Laura Johns have had to think outside the box.
Enter Run With You, a curated elopement business which takes all the stress out of organising a wedding, but also the stress out of worrying whether it will even be able to go ahead.
The pair discussed the move in June, after Covid hit and all their wedding bookings had been cancelled. Then after seeing a similar business start up, they were spurred into action.
Bruce’s Barber has moved and improved.
The Oamaru men’s hair salon began operating from its new premises at the back of Soul, Surf and Skate in Thames St this week.
Owner Samara Fraser initially opened the business about two years ago as a sole stylist, out of the same building as Estella Hair Studio. When that closed at the end of last year, she was on the hunt for a new base.
“It’s just evolved from what I was already doing. I’ve been consistently fully booked for quite a while now, so I was wanting to get a second chair up and running.