Category: style

Five Ways You Can Improve Your Sustainable and Ethical Fashion Footprint

As a small business that imports leather shoes into the UK, we are challenging ourselves to be more sustainable. Our previous blog post details how we and our Spanish factory are endeavouring to be a more sustainable business. When it comes to shopping habits, how can we be more sustainable as consumers? Here are 5 suggestions: 1….


How to Layer Active Ingredients: Niacinamide, Vitamin C, AHA/BHA, Retinols, and More!

With SO MANY ingredients out there, how do we know which ones work well together?! Today, we give you guys the best skincare ingredient combinations that can truly work magic for your skin. These include vitamin A (retinoids), vitamin B3 (niacinamide), vitamin C and all its derivatives, the acid family (glycolic, lactic, mandelic acids and…


Style at Home: The Art of Pattern Mixing

By Katie Laughridge From Tribune News Service We love to mix everything from styles to colors and especially patterns. After all, new traditional design is a mix itself. It is classic and fresh, livable and luxe, formal and fun. The goal is to take “traditional” elements and turn them into “new” design concepts that paint…


How to Have a Great Interview

An interview is essentially a talent show in which you get to display why you would be the perfect choice for the job. Be Enthusiastic Most interviewers are looking for someone they would want to work with, so make it clear that would be you with a positive attitude and genuine smiles. Let the interviewer…


The Beauty of Exposed Brick

By Cathy Hobbs From Tribune News Service For those looking for an industrial chic vibe, exposed brick is often an attractive architectural element. Despite the appeal and beauty, exposed brick has its positives and negatives. How do you hang artwork or mirrors? Should the brick be left raw or should it be painted? Designers have…


Office Politics: Dealing With Problem Co-workers

We seem to have rules for just about everything these days—except for civility in the workplace. Most employers think it comes down to common decency. However, since you can’t count on that, here are some tips. The Noisemaker Loud, disruptive office mates not only make life unpleasant, but they can also affect your productivity. Unfortunately,…


Best of Treasures: Set is nice example of 1920s French-influenced furniture

By Helaine Fendelman and Joe Rosson From Tribune News Service (Editor’s Note: This article was originally published Dec. 2, 2019.) Dear Helaine and Joe: I wonder if you can identify the period, style and approximated age of the bedroom furniture in the attached photos. The pieces were found in the attic of an old house…


A World of Beautiful Sound: Inbal Segev

Art is all about communication, says cellist Inbal Segev, who grew up in Israel. But with music, before you can hear enough to comprehend a message, you are first met with the sound—and Segev has spent her entire career in the pursuit of beautiful sound. “I want to do the best I can to communicate…


How to Be a Gracious Diner

Dining out provides a chance to focus on the meal and enjoy being waited on for every need. We’ve got a few suggestions to help prevent your table from being labeled “the bad one” by the waitstaff. Be the Happy Table While the goal of dining out is to have a great time, be respectful…


Top Tips on Accessorizing Your Summer Outfits

Make sure you step out in style this summer by adding funky sunglasses, cool bucket hats, and cute wicker bags to your wardrobe. Summer is here, and it is desperately asking you to up your style game! Those easy-breezy summer outfits that you pulled out of your closet after months of winter have been craving…