Greta Kenyon | Together Journal
Greta.
We spoke to the beautiful Greta Kenyon, founder and editor of Together Journal, mother, photographer and total babe, about some of her favourite things.
What fashion brands do you love?
My favourite New Zealand fashion brands are Marle, Karen Walker, Juliette Hogan, Deadly Ponies and Chaos & Harmony. From Australia I love Matteau. I buy all of my clothes and the brands mentioned from SISTERS.
Favourite skincare brand?
I’m very lucky, as part of my job as an editor I get sent lots of beauty products to try and review for the magazine and our digital channels. I feel very fortunate to be able to try so many beautiful products.
My favourite skin care products are…
I use Aesop cleaners and rotate between the Two Minds and the Parsley Seed ones
I use Estée Lauder advanced night serum every day
And La Mer’s Crème de la Mer
And I’m currently trying YSL Pure Shots Plumper and Reboot Serum and I’m impressed!
Can you share with us your favourite Beauty Dust Co. product?
I’m loving the Hydrate Shampoo & Conditioner and the Nourish Day Cream has long been a favourite (I have quite wild frizzy prone hair). The Beauty Dust brushes are also lovely, my daughter has long hair and loves them. They also make a beautiful gift.
What purchase for $100 or less has sparked joy in your life in the last 6 months?
This espresso jug, and supreme coffee have been keeping me sane.
What music do you listen to?
I love having music on in the background while I work. Spotify has been amazing at introducing me to new music. Here is a recent playlist I have been listening to over week one of lockdown.
Who else is inspiring you right now?
I’m so lucky I am surrounded by so many inspiring woman. My best friends are business founders, and I get my main inspiration through them and admire them so much. We lean on each other a lot and keep each other sane. We regularly chat through business problems or ask each other for advice, we are often dealing with the same challenges even though we all work in different industries and are spread throughout New Zealand. I am so grateful to have these talented and wonderful women in my life, who inspire and support me daily.
Other people I enjoy following with more of a public profile on Instagram are people who have substance as well as style – I love to get a business fix as well as visual and style inspiration:
@beckwadworth and her company @anorganisedlife
@sashaburns and her company @bear.ltd
@elenorpendleton and her company @gritty_pretty
Favourite places to hang out and unwind…
I love good food and eating out. My local café Rosie’s is wonderful and I also love Barulho and Amano. All have a relaxed atmosphere and the most delicious seasonal food.
You’re such an inspiring woman, tell us what is inspiring you at the moment, something you really care about…
Sustainability is important to me. In my own business we are constantly trying to find ways to be more sustainable and we also love supporting innovative and sustainable brands wherever we can within the magazine too.
I am conscious of supporting local, I love going to local cafes and restaurants and I predominantly buy New Zealand brands. The wonderful thing about New Zealand is that because we are so small, often I personally know the makers behind the brands I support and it brings so much joy to wear or use something a friend has made. It makes it that little bit more special knowing the love that went into creating it and the personality behind the product.
I’m also conscious of being a role model for other woman, I hope in some small way that I inspire other woman to start their own businesses. I do work with so many men who are wonderful and see me as equal and the following words don’t apply to them at all. But sadly I have definitely experienced discrimination in business for being a woman. It’s interesting the preconceived ideas that people have without even being conscious of them. As an example many times I have been asked by certain men (never by woman) who owns Together Journal, or can I check something with the owner or director because they have assumed I am not the owner or director. It’s never said outright but I am assuming that because I am woman they think I am not the business owner. This used to bug me but now I calmly ask ‘Why would you think I am not the owner?’ and I put it back on them so they can think about what they have asked.
x Greta