EFX Hair & Beauty — also known as Hair Care World — is a working hair and beauty salon paired with a seriously well-stocked professional haircare store, located downstairs at Shop 153 in WestCity Henderson Mall on Catherine Street. It's part of the wider EFX Hair & Beauty / Hair Care World family, which runs salon branches around New Zealand and ships nationwide through its online store.
The retail side is the headline: shelves carrying dozens of professional brands including Olaplex, K18, Kérastase, Kevin Murphy, Moroccanoil, Redken, Wella, L'Oréal Professionnel, Davroe, De Lorenzo, Fanola and Nioxin, alongside a full GHD wall, Cloud Nine, Silver Bullet, the L'Oréal SteamPod, colour and bleach lines, men's grooming ranges and even skincare from Goodness and Nude Kiwi. Salon-size duo packs, litre bottles, gift sets and travel sizes make it easy to stock up or find a present.
Because a real salon sits behind the shelves, advice comes from people who use these products behind the chair every day. Whether you're booking hair and beauty services, chasing a hard-to-find professional brand, or picking up the latest limited-edition GHD, the Henderson team can help in store — or you can order online with free shipping over $99.
Step downstairs in WestCity Henderson Mall and you'll find one of Henderson's most useful one-stop hair destinations. EFX Hair & Beauty — better known to many locals as Hair Care World — runs a working hair and beauty salon from Shop 153 on Catherine Street, and wraps it inside a professional haircare store stocked with dozens of the industry's biggest brands.
The store is part of a small New Zealand family: EFX Hair & Beauty / Hair Care World operates salon branches around the country and runs a busy online shop, so the same products you see on the shelf in Henderson can be ordered nationwide, with free shipping on orders over $99 and Afterpay supported at the checkout.
The retail range is the headline act. Shoppers can pick up Olaplex and K18 for bond repair, Kérastase for a touch of Parisian luxury, and Kevin Murphy and Moroccanoil for everyday care, alongside the full professional line-ups from Redken, Wella, L'Oréal Professionnel, Matrix, Biolage, Pureology, Schwarzkopf, Paul Mitchell and Goldwell. Kiwi and Australian favourites like Davroe, De Lorenzo and Nak Hair sit alongside Fanola, Nioxin, Eleven Australia, Echosline and Brelil, plus names like Angel en Provence, Argila, Fudge, 12Reasons, Keracolor, Keratin Complex, Sebastian Professional and System Professional.
Serious home colourists and blondes are well covered too: the colour and bleach section stocks developers, Danger Jones semi colours and toners, Davroe Chroma, Fanola and Lust colour, Manic Panic for vivid fashion shades, De Lorenzo Nova Fusion for keeping colour fresh between appointments, and Wella colour masks.
Value matters here as well. Best-loved shampoos and conditioners come in 500ml and 750ml duo packs and full 1000ml litre sizes, and there's a rolling On Sale section, gift packs for easy presents, and travel sizes for holidays and gym bags.
The GHD wall is a destination in its own right. Alongside the core range of straighteners, curlers, hair dryers, hot brushes and 2-in-1 wet-to-dry stylers, the store carries the limited-edition Dusted Pink collection — including the GHD Gold straightener with its 26mm plate, the Chronos Professional, the Chronos Max wide-plate straightener for long or thick hair, the Helios hair dryer and the Chronos Curve Grand Tong.
They're not the only tools on show, either. Cloud Nine's Alchemy curling wand, Silver Bullet dryers and clipper-and-trimmer grooming sets, the L'Oréal Professionnel SteamPod 4.0, and electric tools from Lust, Yokubo and HAIR2DAY give plenty of choice at different budgets, while brushes from GHD, Cloud Nine, Moroccanoil and Wet Brush, hair sprays and accessories round out the kit.
One of the store's newer obsessions is hair perfume. The Kérastase Gloss Le Parfum layers a rich, feminine heart of iris, jasmine, freesia and orange flower over warm sandalwood and vanilla, while Pureology's Love Luster is a hydrating hair-and-body mist in vanilla and peony — colour safe and free of drying alcohols, leaving instant shine and softness.
Because this is a working salon first, advice comes from people who actually use the products behind the chair. The team offers hair and beauty services from the Henderson salon, so if you're refreshing your colour or trying a vivid new shade, you can walk out with both the look and the professional homecare to keep it that way.
Men get a dedicated grooming corner with Redken Brew, Black Angel, De Lorenzo's D-Man, Nak Barber and Tucker Browne, and there's skincare from Goodness and Nude Kiwi for anyone whose routine doesn't stop at the hairline.
Drop into Shop 153, downstairs at WestCity Henderson Mall, 7 Catherine Street, to talk through products with the salon team — a trip that pairs neatly with an appointment or a mall run. If you'd rather shop from home, the online store carries the same range with free New Zealand shipping on orders over $99, and you can follow new arrivals and limited editions on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.