Contributors.

THE GOOD LIFE.
ISRAEL RIVERA. Photography.
New Year's resolution? Renovate my house, finally! // Secret skill? I build longboard skateboards and actually ride them too // My favourite thing about this story is... sexy 70's glam, bringing influences from my childhood in Europe. Does anyone have a can of TAB Cola? It was the most wonderful era - so innocent but so naughty.
GABRIEL GEORGIOU. Hair.
New Year's resolution? To get rid of my attachment to food! // Best party trick? I don't think I ever had one! Do people still do that? // My favourite thing about this story is... that it's sooooo 70's.

BOYS KEEP SWINGING.
JAMES DEMITRI. Photography.
New Year's resolution? To cut back on swearing! // I wish... True Blood Season 3 was on now! // My favourite thing about this story is... the edgy fashion and the multiple exposure imagery. Kind of sci-fi but still fashion.
ANTHEA TEEBISH. Styling.
New Year's resolution? More men in my life // I wish... Britney and Paris would jelly wrestle // If I won the lottery I'd... spend the money at Gucci.

DEEP SAFFRON.
NATASHA FREER. Hair Protégé.
I wish... I could read my dog's mind. // Best party trick? I'm the one attempting to break dance on the floor... // My favourite thing about this story is... it is dark and raw with beauty and texture.
NICOLE THOMPSON. Make-up.
New Year's resolution? For the ninth consecutive year, to learn to drive! // I wish... to continue travelling the world with MAC doing beautiful make-up - what can I say, this is my dream job // If I won the lottery I'd... relocate to New York and have an entire room dedicated to shoes!
PHILIP BARWICK. Hair Director.
Secret skill? Turtle whisperer // Best party trick? Depends on the party but at a very classy do, I can be heard demonstrating my Tiger Burp. No kidding, it really does sound like a Tiger! // My favourite thing about this story is... working with enthusiastic people, I love the clothing styling, the makeup is kick-arse and Natasha put her heart and soul into it.

MEGA JAM.
CLAIRE REYNOLDS. Photography.
New Years resolution? Publish my first book, Pure & Dirty // I wish... people would stop wishing for world peace, it's unrealistic // If I wasn't doing this, I'd be... making wild love on a deserted beach with my lover.
SAMIR SAMAALI. Hair.
New Year's resolution? To stop smoking, that would be great // Secret skill? It's a secret // Best party trick? To play with hair and finding shapes by accident.
SAMANTHA THERON. Styling.
New Year's resolution? To stop drooling over shoes... they can't love you back // Best party trick? Dancing on the ceiling // My favourite thing about this story is... we didn't damage the shoes!

ELIXER.
CHRISTEL BANGSGAARD. Photography.
New Year's resolution? Pay attention to all I neglected this year. I worked way too much lately // Secret skill? I used to be a Casino dealer, so I know some good tricks // I wish... for anyone to find their true passion and follow their dreams. Don't think too much, just do.
OLA KOSKA. Model.
New Year's resolution? Start learning a new language, probably Spanish // Best party trick? I can do a cool tea bag trick - it becomes a glowing hot air balloon and then disappears // My favourite thing about this story is... that I hate cold water!!! There is no way you could put me in that pool but the atmosphere and everyone's dedication on this shoot was so amazing that I didn't even think twice. Plus, I love the final pictures.
AERIAL PAYNE. Hair & Make-up.
I wish... I could travel to an amazing place every year // If I wasn't doing this, I'd be... a sketch artist moonlighting as a computer programmer // My favourite thing about this story is... everything.

FANTASIA.
MEL BURNICLE. Make-up.
New Year's resolution? To speak fluent Italian and learn to cook something new once a month // Secret skill? Talking with a mouthful of marbles under water // I wish... I could fly on the back of a dragon - a luck dragon would be perfect but I wouldn't be fussy!
LORES GIGLIO. Hair.
I wish... I had a few clones so I never missed out on anything and I could try and be everywhere and anywhere at once! // Best party trick? Doing the worm on the dance floor // If I wasn't doing this, I'd... have followed in my father's footsteps and become an Australian basketball champion.
KYLIE COUTTS. Photography.
Secret skill? My customised Vulcan salute // I wish... I could perform a back or front handspring // My favourite thing about this story is... my favourite childhood biscuit is now wearable.

ALTERED STATES.
GL WOOD. Photography.
Secret skill? Knowing random pop culture facts // I wish... I owed a trained falcon // If I won the lottery I'd... pay off some of my family's bills and then buy a trained falcon.
BEAGY ZIELINSKI. Styling.
New Year's resolution? To go to more fashion seminars and trade shows // Secret skill? Horseback riding, rode for 17 years // If I won the lottery I'd... have a third bedroom and turn it into a massive closet - and of course, open a pit-bull recovery shelter/ training centre.
BELINDA ZOLLO. Make-up.
New Year's resolution? To eat more home cooked meals and less take out // I wish...
I woke up this morning to birds chirping instead of NY traffic and sirens! // My favourite thing about this story is... all the interesting combinations of textures and colours.

CHIC SAVAGES.
ANTOINETTE BEENDERS. Hair.
I wish... to come to Hair Expo in June! Also, I would love to have a beautiful print from every top fashion photographer that I've ever worked with or admired // Best party trick? Dressing up my friends for parties. I do it all the time. Recently I dressed Aveda's VP of Retail for a company event - in a couture gown made of Financial Times newspapers. She looked stunning! // If I won the lottery I'd... I don't think it would change my life that much. I would pay off my mortgage, and stay home. For a week or so. And then I'd be back at work - I'm a slave to my craft. // My fave thing about this story is... I am in love with the idea of black hair and black clothing photographed on a black background. It's so cool!

WHERE THE PRETTY THINGS ARE.
Andrew Kuykendall. Photography.
New Year's resolution? To learn how to play the accordian... seriously // Best party trick? Looking like Rod Stewart (everyday is a party for me) // My favourite thing about this story is... shooting Polaroid. Friends, models, the open road... enough said.
ALISON. Model.
Secret skill? I can juggle, sorta... // If I won the lottery I'd... give everyone in my family a piece of it // If I wasn't doing this, I'd be...surfing the web.
KELLEY ASH. Model.
New Year's resolution? To stop lying so much // I wish... people would stop eating meat // If I wasn't doing this, I'd be... be married in New Jersey with three children, sleeping with my plumber // My favourite thing about this story is... road trips and Polaroids, not to mention Andrew is the most beautiful, talented human being I've ever worked with. Must remember my New Year's resolution...

ROBERT LOBETTA.
ROBERT LOBETTA.
New Year's resolution? As I am absolutely computer illiterate, could someone teach me, for the New Year, please? // Secret skill? Being able to brush my teeth, take a pee, talk on the phone and shave at the same time. Hmmmm, I love multi-tasking. // If I won the lottery, I'd... give it all up to the church, then wake up the next morning, realise I was Jewish, break into the church and steal it back. Then catch a flight to Bora Bora and bury it on one of the remote islands. // If I wasn't doing this, I'd be... in Bora Bora, trying to remember where I buried the money // My favourite thing about this story is... that each picture has a story and when I look at the images, most of them make me grin. No one knows how these ideas first started out compared to how they finished up, so remembering all the mistakes always makes me laugh.

PLAY DAY.
ANDREW O'TOOLE. Photography.
New Year's resolution? To be 20% sexier and 10% taller // Secret skill? Reverse parking // I wish... I had more friends on Facebook // Best party trick? Last time I did it I woke up naked in the rain.
CATERINA DI BIASE. Hair.
New Year's resolution? To work fewer than 80 hours a week // If I wasn't doing this, I'd be... an interior designer // My favourite thing about this story is... that we took a gamble using wild colour and it paid off!
ANNABELLA BARBER. Model.
New Year's resolution? To try to stay Albino in this hot summer sun // I wish... I had a place at the beach // If I wasn't doing this, I'd... stop being lazy with singing and make something of it.

UPLOAD.
STEVEN FOYLE. Hair.
New Year's resolution? To continue to learn everyday from everyone I meet // Best party trick? Spontaneous karaoke // If I wasn't doing this, I'd be... a tattoo artist.
DANI BILES. Hair.
New Year's resolution? To reduce my energy waste for the environment // If I wasn't doing this, I'd be... a croupier in Vegas // My favourite thing about this story is... how the gorgeous girl had control over the boys!
MARCO TERZINI. Hair.
If I won the lottery I'd... build an empire with hair, clothes and food all in one shop // If I wasn't doing this, I'd be... doing hair... I started when I was 13 and am a fifth generation hairdresser, so I'm not sure. The only thing I can think of is a chef, as I can cook really well // My favourite thing about this story is... the energy between the models was fun, raunchy, exciting and damn HOT!!!

TWILIGHT ZONE.
FLORIAN AZAR. Photography.
Secret skill? I can pee the word Elvis in the snow. I trained for it a lot when I was 13 // Best party trick? Singing. Oh no, sorry, that's my worst // If I won the lottery I'd... take photos, have a lot of children, travel and take photos!
JOHN ELLIOT. Hair & Make-up.
Secret skill? Painting // Best party trick? I have too many party tricks! // If I won the lottery I'd... take care of family and friends and donate to the breast cancer foundation.

TRANSCEND.
SHARON BLAIN. Hair Mentor.
New Year's resolution? Smell the roses and say ‘no' more often // Best party trick? Believing I can sing after two glasses of wine... // My favourite thing about this story is... the challenge to develop the technical concepts behind the big shapes.
SHARON WILDER. Hair Stylist.
Secret skill? Professional golfer (ha, ha I wish) // I wish... I was a great pro golfer!!! Can you tell I like golf? // My favourite thing about this story is... being given an amazing opportunity to do what I really love doing, working with hair and great people from our industry.
EMMA COTTERILL. Styling.
I wish... always for more time // If I wasn't doing this, I'd be... lost // My favourite thing about this story is... how an inspiration can evolve from fantasy to reality.

CALENDAR GIRLS.
CHRIS COLLS. Photography.
New Year's resolution? Keep healthy // Secret skill? I'm good at fixing things // Best party trick? I can make a cigarette disappear.
RENYA XYDIS. Hair Mentor.
Secret skill? Can't tell you - it wouldn't be a secret if I did // Best party trick? At my age party tricks are wrong... // My favourite thing about this story is... the sexiness that it evokes.
AVRIL ALEXANDER. Model.
Secret skill?
Sudoku expert // If I wasn't doing this, I'd... probably still be working as a check-out chick at Woolworths, ha ha!
My favorite thing about the story is... the rubber tights. I love them.