This time of year is always special. It’s a season for family and friends to gather, share in old or new traditions, and celebrate. Whether one is religious or not, we can all agree that the holiday season brings so much joy, and that joy is meant to be shared, with loved ones, friends, and …
I love this time of year. It’s a transition from the hottest time of year where everything is blooming and lush to cooler/crisp air and leaves changing from green to yellow, orange, red or brown. We move away from summer brightness to autumnal richness. This post is all about how to easily transition from summer …
To be honest, I don’t enjoy picnics. Sitting on a grass-covered blanket with flying gnats and mosquitoes and other bugs like ants crawling around is not my ideal way to enjoy food and drinks, no matter how good the company. Thankfully, I don’t receive a lot of picnic invitations, but I do enjoy a good garden party …
To put it bluntly, Fast Fashion is not sustainable. While Fast Fashion offers inexpensive, accessible, and trendy clothes and accessories through a never-ending stream of new and enticing products, its “fast” approach of consumption on a massive scale is a serious problem for the environment and society. I’ve been guilty of shopping at Zara and …
Fragrant Calla Lily, Oriental Lily, Larkspur, Daisy, Ecuador Rose, Scabiosa, Snapdragon, Hypericum, Eryngium, and Hebbe Morado. These are all flowers that I wish were blooming in my home garden or greenhouse. Thankfully, they’re all available – perfectly curated and arranged for delivery – from FieldBouquet. I’m a city dweller. I have lived in the heart …
Meet Alterre, founded by Shilpa Iyengar and Harmony Pilobello. Iyengar and Pilobello are creating sustainable footwear collections sourced and manufactured ethically while empowering consumers to participate in designing their own footwear and giving back to their community. Alterre’s mission is to provide women with fashion forward shoes that are equally comfortable to wear without harming the environment …
This blog post is all about how I’ve transformed my haircare with clean beauty that actually works. You might ask, “What is Clean Beauty?” According to Harper’s BAZAAR here, “Clean Beauty is a spectrum…” with a variety of beauty ingredients that should be avoided in skincare, makeup, and haircare because of their toxicity, side effects, …
If you could design your own ideal garden, what would be the most essential elements to include? We live in a city condo where we enjoy convenient amenities, but sacrifice having our own garden. I often think about if we had a garden, and I ask myself what would we grow and what would it …
For me, springtime is a wonderful season to embrace new beginnings for beauty and growth. I love transitioning our home from the shadows of winter into the glorious rays of spring. Each season has its beauty, holidays, and occasions, but there’s something so unique and delicate about spring. Whether it’s more sunshine, birds chirping, or …
In this week’s blog, I am writing on a luxe vegan, cruelty-free, 9-free nail polish and care brand that I’ve recently discovered, and I think you lovelies will absolutely love this brand too. You probably already saw from my title, feature image, and video that I’m referring to Londowntown! Alongside my parents, I grew up …