Meet your Lifestyle Awards 2026 finalists: Vote and be in to win!

After a call-out to over 100,000 Remix readers inviting them to nominate their favourite brands, businesses and individuals for the 2026 Remix Lifestyle Awards, the results are in! 

Before we reveal this year's finalists, this is your reminder that by voting for our winners, you'll go in the draw to win more than $5000 in prizes from our Lifestyle Awards winners. Don't forget to enter your name and email to be in to win!

VOTE HERE! 

The Categories

Hospitality & Cuisine

From iconic institutions to explosive newcomers, our cuisine finalists are your port of call for every dining and drinking occasion.

Best New Opening 

Bravo

Mother

Sfera

The Grey Lynn Firehouse

Bar Ziti

Best Cheap Eats

Parade 

Eden Noodles

Best Ugly Bagels

Cheese On Toast

FATIMAS Commercial Bay

Best Bar

Kemuri Hi-Fi

Bodega

Beau

Blue

Bar Martin

Best Special Occasion Restaurant

Bivacco

Bossi

GILT

alma

The Wine Room

Best New Zealand Hotel 

QT Auckland

Cordis

Park Hyatt, Auckland

The Hotel Britomart

SO/ Auckland

Fashion & Beauty

The brands, businesses and products of our ever-evolving and always stylish fashion and beauty industry.

Fashion Designer of the Year 

Caitlin Crisp

Harris Tapper

Claudia Li

REBE

Karen Walker

Emerging New Zealand Fashion Designer

Winnie Catherine

Fringes Garments

Rhoda Nunn

Aera The Label

mimamadeit

Accessory Designer of the Year

Jasmin Sparrow 

Stolen Girlfriends Club

Meadowlark

Partridge Jewellers 

Zoë & Morgan

Best Sustainable Brand or Business

Kowtow

Bared Footwear

Maggie Marilyn

Yu Mei

Longform

Fragrance of the Year

Carolina Herrera - La Bomba

Issey Miyake - Le Sel D'Issey

Giorgio Armani - Si

Jo Malone London- Peony & Blush Suede

Glasshouse Fragrances - Fireside in Queenstown

Favourite Skincare Brand

Murad

Shiseido

Aēsop

Dermalogica

Lancôme

Hair Product or Tool of the Year

Panasonic - EH-NA9N nanoe & Mineral Ions Hair Dryer

L'Oreal - Elvive Glycolic Gloss

ghd - Chronos Hair Straightener

Shark - SmoothStyle Heated Comb and Blow Dry Brush

Dyson - Airwrap

Favourite Beauty and Wellness Product

AFT Vitamin C Lipo-Sachets

The Beauty Chef DAILY SUPERGREENS Inner Beauty Support

Maybelline Lifter Plump and Glow Foundation

iS Clinical Retinol + Emulsion 0.3

Bio-Oil Skincare Oil

Best Beauty or Therapy Treatment

Caci - Signature Peel

Skintopia - Microneedling

rae - Manual Lymphatic Drainage

iS Clinical - Fire & Ice Facial

Ellis & Jones Clinic - BBL Laser Treatment

Hair Stylist of the Year

Anthony Bayer (Joico)

Newton Cook (Rodney Wayne)

Jessy O'Dwyer

Michael Mendel (ghd)

@louhairdesign

Beauty Destination of the Year

Caci

La Pelle (Ponsonby Doctors)

About Face

Ellis & Jones

Clinic 1

Lifestyle & Entertainment

The local talent filling our feeds, headphones and festival schedule.

TikToker of the Year

Georgia Pemberton

Nikita Chaithoo

Connie Langbrown

Jungwon Jo

Kasia Stanicich

Fashion Content Creator of the Year

Brooklyn Ellis

Lauren Brodie

Josh Young

Chloe Hill

Aki Curtis

Upcoming Content Creator of the Year

Maya Silwood

Joanne Rose

Troi Atkins

Ella Wight

Jaiden Bracken

Model of the Year

Sophie Song

Sam Presland

Isabella Moore

Georgia Payne

Mia Arlove

New Zealand Song of the Year

Frankie Venter - How You Like Me Now

Six60 – We Made It

Bic Runga – Red Sunset

Lorde - What Was That

Ella Monnery - Me, Myself & I

Voting closes 12am Sunday 17th May