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A piece of jewelry that has meaning and purpose for dad
For jewelry designer Szilvia Gogh, pieces can be beautiful and say something too. This is the philosophy you’ll find within the collections of Gogh’s jewelry which is inspired by her life as a “Renaissance Woman.” In addition to designing jewelry, she’s a scuba diver, stunt woman and photojournalist. Her jewelry pieces inspire the natural tranquility of the ocean to the wonders of Eastern zen practiced in yoga.
Her handmade jewelry is all assembled in Los Angeles using curated materials from her travels including natural stones and crystals such quartz, jade and agate. These materials are then transformed into meaningful accessories that nourish the mind, body, and soul.
Designs We love for Dad:
Mind, Body & Spirit Necklace – Antiqued Matte Sterling Silver Yoga and Meditation Inspired OHM Mind, Body and Spirit Pendant on a Dark Stainless Steel Necklace. Muscular Aged Look – Ohm Necklace for those not Liking Shiny Silver.
Relentless Dog Tag Necklace – Much more than just a beautiful accessory, this inspirational jewelry is very meaningful. For the dad who is relentless! Relentless is someone who will not take no for an answer! They try things one way, and if that doesn’t work, they try it another way. But they don’t give up.
Leather Bracelet – For perseverance with nautical style stainless steel shackle connector. Leather is a symbol of perseverance and the staying power which one needs in difficult situations. A simple statement piece that goes well with the Outdoor Lifestyle.
If the unique design of this jewelry doesn’t evoke these feelings, perhaps their purpose will. Gogh is an active volunteer with the A Chance for Children Foundation and works with “at-risk” youth in Los Angeles. Further advocating for this cause, one percent of all Gogh Jewelry Design sales go to support projects by funding beads and jewelry making supplies. Gogh wants to inspire others not only through her jewelry but through her charity work as well …wear some creativity while helping children explore theirs with Gogh Jewelry Design.
Handcrafted jewelry inspires two types of value. There’s the monetary value expensive diamonds and gems provide. The second type of value is sentimental. A piece of jewelry that has meaning and purpose can offer more value than opulence. For jewelry designer Szilvia Gogh, pieces can be beautiful and say something too. This is the philosophy you’ll find within the collections of Gogh Jewelry Design.
For more information about this one-of-a-kind jewelry or this one-of-a-kind jewelry designer, visit www.goghjewelrydesign.com.
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A Flower for a Flower – Azuma Collection By San Diego Local Jewelry Brand Amorcito
Just like the elements we find in nature, every woman is distinctly and naturally beautiful – each adding to the beauty of the world. With that, each element of a jewelry piece contributes to its overall allure. That is the inspiration behind San Diego based jewelry company Amorcito.
Amorcito’s minimalistic and sweet styles are designed for creative, artistic and fashionable women. Amorcito means “sweetheart” in Spanish and translates to “little love.” Vanessa Murnane, creator and designer, describes each jewelry piece as a “little love” to be cherished and worn with confidence.
Many of the designs are inspired by California – from its beautiful coastline to its majestic mountain ranges. Although each piece is uniquely fashioned, every design has a delicate and dainty refinement expressing a sense of wonder and femininity. Created with fine stones and precious metals that are responsibly sourced or hand-picked from exotic markets and antique shops around the world, each item is truly special and like no other.
Amorcito is dedicated to assisting victims of domestic abuse, with a portion of sales benefiting No Silence No Violence. Every piece in the Azuma collection is inspired by “A Flower for a Flower” to protect the vulnerable and encourage the opportunity to bloom once again.
As the sole designer, Vanessa has such a passion for this art. It is a true labor of love. Her Amorcito.
Shop Lulu’s favorite:
Azuma Earrings
Regular price$ 72.00This earrings are great for my any Summer outfit – no matter it’s simple one piece dress or a little complicated night out look. It feels pretty light although it looks very big. So no worry girls, you are not carrying heavy things on your ears. It just perfect for the coming Summer!
Wink earrings
Regular price$ 54.00Making a playful face and wearing this super cute earrings. I love this design so much because it is just my personality – happy and fun. I believe all the girls love it. It is a pretty trendy look, just so stylish and add some fun in your OOTD.
You should also check out their this beautiful collection inspired by festivals. As the festival season is coming, you may consider to get some gorgeous new jewelry pieces in your fashion closet.
About The Artist And Her Design:
The majority of Vanessa’s designs begin with inspiration from the great state of California – from its beautiful coastline, to the sprawling deserts, majestic mountain ranges, ancient redwood forests, and grand rivers and waterfalls. No two places, trees, rocks, rivers or waterfalls are ever the same and they all contribute to the beauty of our planet. With that idea in mind, Vanessa recognizes that no stone, metal or even silk strand is exactly the same and every individualized piece contributes to the beauty of a woman. Every woman is distinctly and naturally beautiful, so Vanessa aims to design and make jewelry that adorns and honors her exclusive grace — and perhaps her wanderlust spirit, vulnerable heart, gypsy soul, creative mind, strong will, and/or her ever-resilient and sacred body.
Stones and materials used are always responsibly sourced and whenever possible, derived from local suppliers. This is done with a genuine effort to support fellow artists and workers. The Amorcito jewelry line utilizes completely natural gemstones and metals. Examples include: Lapiz, Chalcedony, Crystal Quartz, Druzy varieties, Moonstone and Sterling Silver + Gold Fill.
Every so often, Vanessa produces a tribute line to pay homage to the beautiful places throughout the world. Every part of the planet has stones and materials indigenous to their landscape and culture. Brazil, Peru, Spain, Argentina, France, Italy, Mexico and Turkey are just a few countries who have provided inspiration and produced beautiful natural stones used by Amorcito.
When donning your Amorcito jewelry, you will be inspired with confidence in your own beauty and congruity with nature. Perhaps you might even be inspired to see the beauty in other people, places and cultures.
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Buddha Gear-Planting the Seeds of Mindfulness
Buddha Gear, producers of Yoga and Meditation headbands, hats and beanies with a cool kick, launched their Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign on Monday, April 29. Buddha Gear’s campaign was fully funded in 6 hours and is #1 in trending fashion out of 27,800 campaigns! The Kickstarter funds will allow for brand expansion and more opportunities to clothe the Salt Lake City homeless.
Jason Latas and Joy Schade, co-founders of Buddha Gear, bring unique skill sets to their company. Jason has traveled and studied with spiritual masters across the globe. “I have been an adventure guide and wellness coach for over 2 decades and bring my varied experiences to make BuddhaGear special,” says Latas.
Schade has been designing and selling hats for 12 years. “I’ve put hats on over 200,000 women,” says Schade. “This is my passion!”
Buddha Bands provide fashion and function, with moisture-wicking fabric and a hidden pocket that holds your chosen crystal over your third eye for better yoga, meditation and sleep. Every crystal has a different energy and vibration and facilitates a slightly different experience or journey when held over your third eye. A different crystal takes you on a different journey!
Buddha Gear always gives back a portion of all proceeds to help clothe the homeless. Buddha Gearrecently donated over 200lbs. of clothing to Salt Lake City Women’s Shelter and the Buddhist Temple.
About Buddha Gear:
Buddha gear is all about spreading seeds of kindness and mindfulness with a cool kick and awesome brand! Everyone wears hats, headbands and beanies with someone else’s logo on it. Buddha gear even pays other companies to advertise for them all over our bodies. Buddha Gear’s goal is to create a cool way to wear a symbol that people actually resonate with as opposed to being a walking billboard! Buddha gear likes to think of it as “an outward expression of an inner reflection…”
Who is Buddha Gear?
Joy has been designing and selling hats for 12 years, putting hats on over 200,000 women! Designing new styles and setting affordable trends is her passion. Jason has been an adventure guide and wellness coach for 3 decades. Helping people connect with their inner child and find peace through personal experience and mindfulness practice is his passion! Together they have a combined passion for giving back and helping people find peace and balance in their lives, while having fun in the process.
Meditation headbands, beanies and hats are just the beginning of our meditation and mindfulness gear. As a guide and wellness coach, Jason has traveled and studied with spiritual masters across the globe in order to share this wisdom with his clients and the world. Joy has the heart, talent and artistic expression to imbue this energy into her headwear designs. “Together we have created a brand that in under a year is speaking to a wide and diverse audience, meeting our goal to plant the seeds of mindfulness across our beautiful planet!”To learn more, visit Buddha Gear’s Kickstarter link http://kck.st/2GMuzEI or www.Buddha-Gear.com, find some interesting pledge packages, pick up some cool headwear and help clothe the homeless.
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How to Create a Beautiful Updo for Prom by Tony Odisho
It’s officially prom season
and Tony Odisho has a cute and easy updo tutorial for it.
This elegant hairstyle can work well with just about any prom dress, plus it’s insanely easy to create. All you need is: Dry Shampoo, Flexible Hairspray, Strong Hairspray, and an Infrared Curling Iron. Here’s how!
On dry hair, apply Ostia Collection Dry Shampoo. This will help add some texture. Plus the formula is talc-free, so it leaves zero residue! Apply Flexible Hairspray. This acts as a heat protectant and it offers a buildable hold that’s perfect for updos.
Using the Ostia Collection Infrared Curling Iron, create soft curls for added texture and volume in the updo.Tease hair at the crown of the head to create even more volume. Lightly brush out hair afterwards.
Pin into a bouffant, leaving plenty of face-framing pieces in front.
Take a piece of hair from the right side and twist it slightly, then pull it across the head, beneath the bouffant. Pin into place.
Repeat the previous step, this time going from left to right.
This style can be worn to prom as is or with the following steps you can create an updo!
To turn this into an updo, repeat the last step listed, going piece by piece.
Finish pinning everything into place, then spray with Ostia Collection Strong Hairspray to hold the style while you dance the night away.
And that’s it! It’s an easy yet elegant updo, perfect for prom. If you enjoy our tutorials, be sure to check out the rest of the News page for more fun hairstyle ideas.
More about Tony Odisho:
Tony Odisho, President and Founder of Tony Odisho, began his career in Rome, Italy, where he studied cosmetology at the prestigious Marelena Academy. Young and ambitious, Odisho immigrated to the United States determined to bring the best beauty practices from Europe. He was promptly hired by L’Oreal Professionnel to work as an educator and color expert. Tony then opened his acclaimed salon and spa, Exsalonce, in Roscoe Village, Chicago.. Tony’s reputation as a master extensionist and businessman landed him an executive position for a major hair extensions brand. In 2009, Tony saw the need for his own line of high end hair extensions. He created Tony Odisho , offering the best quality extensions and everything needed to apply and care for them. Tony Odisho, Beauty for Life. Tony Odisho is still a master stylist and a me! mber of the prestigious Intercoiffure America-Canada.
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Beat May Showers with These Sustainable Rain Boots
Who doesn’t love looking fashionable in the rain and giving back at the same time? It is kind of difficult to have a happy mood and dress up in raining days, but with the right fashion items, you can look nice and feel very comfortable.
After nine years in business, ROMA Boots’ mission to merge fashion with philanthropy has totaled $2,953,186 worth of boots donated to children across the globe. For every pair of boots sold, a new pair is donated to a child in need. ROMA Boots even launched a new line of Men’s Rain Boots this January, so now the entire family can wear a pair of rain boots in contribution to a great cause.
With passion at the core, founder and CEO Samuel Bistrian has come full circle in his mission of being an entrepreneur and successful business owner. Through mistakes, loss, and setbacks, Bistrian reveals the not so glamorous truth to how he put love back into ROMA.
On April 3, 2010, despite being in the middle of an economic recession, Samuel Bistrian started ROMA Boots, the company that merges fashion with philanthropy to ‘Give Poverty the Boot.’ After spending years working at Neiman Marcus, Bistrian developed a passion for quality and customer service and wanted to take that a step further by giving back to people in need. Growing up extremely poor, he realized how big the impact of rain boots are in a child’s life in poverty-stricken countries and from that, his business model was created.
“I never considered myself a businessman or even an entrepreneur. Even when I wanted to leave Neiman Marcus to start ROMA, some of my superiors told me that it was a poor decision, and to some degree they were right. I did not have much of a plan as the country was in a recession. I had $5,000 in my bank account, significant credit card debt and student loans, but over all of that, I had passion,” explained Samuel Bistrian, Founder and CEO of ROMA Boots.
With the mission of bringing impoverished children throughout the world hope, love, and lasting change through aid and education, for every pair of boots sold, a new pair is donated to a child in need. ROMA’s ultimate goal is not only to provide aid but to educate. By doing so ROMA is empowering impoverished children around the world to break out of the cycle of poverty and contribute their gifts and talents to society.
“Having grown up so poor, ‘Giving poverty the boot’ was everything I always wanted to do, to help those less fortunate just like someone once helped me. But I knew from the start that without love as the foundation, all of my good intentions will result in disappointment,” told Bistrian.
After the first few years of launching, ROMA was a success but he wanted to expand. Finding the solution that any logical businessman would, he borrowed money and took on investors. While things seemed to be off without a hitch, there were downsides that came from this.
“All the pressures of growing a business can cause one to lose their purpose and you no longer have that same passion to help those in poverty when you can’t pay your own bills and you have partners putting enormous pressure on you,” Bistrian expressed.
It took a family crisis to put things back in perspective to help him rediscover his purpose; helping those who can’t help themselves. Hitting rock bottom was the motivator for Bistrian to take back the company that was once all his. Over the course of 9 months, he was able to buy out his investors and today, Samuel Bistrian is returning to his roots as the sole owner of ROMA Boots, running a successful business, giving back and doing what he loves.
After nine years, ROMA is ‘America’s Favorite Rain Boot’ and doing better than ever by giving poverty the boot with joy and love. ROMA Boots is easily on its way to becoming ‘World’s Favorite Rain Boot’ with countless practical, yet fashionable rain boots for women and kids.
For the first time ever, ROMA now offers a new, men rain boot line, which just launched January 2019, creating rain boot options for the whole family.
ROMA Boots can be a great gift for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, even for birthdays. They come with very nice package with a love to the world and kindness.
ROMA Boots can be found at boutiques across the U.S., Canada, and Australia. They are also available online at romaboots.com and Amazon. To learn more about ROMA Boots and how you can make a difference in a child’s life, visit romaboots.com or romafoundation.com. Find them at boutiques across the U.S., Canada, and Australia. They are also available online at romaboots.com or Amazon. You can enjoy shopping at ROMA with the promo code ROMA25 for 25% of anything at romaboots.com.
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A Fresh Looking For This Beautiful Spring in Nic + Zoe
Hi girls, Spring is officially here. Do you feel happy to see the temperature getting higher and higher everyday? Of course yes! One of my favorite things to celebrate the beginning of the Spring is to rearrange my closet. How excited it is – packing all the thick heavy jacket away and take out all the light dresses.
But… why I feel I have too less choices for the new Spring? I think I need more new clothes. This is the feeling every girl has when she opens her closet – always needs more. I understand so much.
The lovely fashion brand – Nic + Zoe can solve your tough problems! Let’s go to see what new items do they have?
All about Spring colors
Feel your stresses melt away in our light as air 100% linen tunic dress. Wear with our Perfect Tank for full coverage or as a beach cover-up!
FEATURES
- Woven dress
- Lightweight linen
- Relaxed fit
- Collared neck
- Long sleeve
- 36″ long
MATERIAL & CARE
Machine Wash Cold. Gentle Cycle. Do Not Bleach. Lay Flat To Dry. Warm Iron If Needed.
100% Linen
Outfit yourself in confidence! It’s easy to go bold in our replaced fit Harbour Town Top with billowy sleeves.
FEATURES
- Woven blouse
- Lightweight
- Relaxed fit
- 3/4 sleeve
- 28″ front length, 3 1/2″ back length
- Rearview Sunset Collection style
MATERIAL & CARE
Machine wash cold. Do not bleach. Tumble dry low. Cool iron if needed or dry clean.
100% Polyester
Celebration For The Palm Tree and Beach Season
You’ll look luscious in our flowing, fully-lined Palm Dress!
FEATURES
- Woven dress
- Lightweight
- easy fit
- palm print
- Sleeveless
- Scoop neckline
- 54″ long
MATERIAL & CARE
Hand wash cold. Only non-chlorine bleach when needed. Line dry. Cool iron on inside only if needed.
Shell: 100% Polyester / Lining: 100% Rayon
See yourself through a new filter in our collarless button down top. Whimsical watercolor print with rose and grey blue hues will have you looking stunning dressed up or down.
FEATURES
- Woven blouse
- Lightweight
- Easy fit
- Printed
- Short sleeve
- 29″ front length, 26 1/2″ back length
- Rearview Sunset Collection style
- Pairs nicely with Light Stone and Paper White
MATERIAL & CARE
Hand Wash Cold. Only Non-Chlorine Bleach When Needed. Line Dry. Cool Iron On Inside Only If Needed
100% Polyester
Can’t Be More Comfortable – Feel The Freedom
– LULU’s Choice
Versatile, jumpsuit heaven! We’ve combined the feel of luxurious loungewear with a feminine faux-wrap front jumpsuit for a one step look that’s 100% glamorous!
FEATURES- Stretch knit jumpsuit
- Lightweight
- Faux wrap bodice with tie belt
- Back keyhole button closure at neckline
- Flutter sleeve
- Pull on
- 29″ inseam, 13″ leg opening
- Foundation style
MATERIAL & CARE
Turn garment inside out. Machine wash cold with similar colors. Gentle cycle. Do not bleach. Reshape and lay flat to dry. Cool iron on inside if needed.
Shell: 96% Rayon / 4% Spandex Lining: 92% Nylon 8% Spandex
Like what I said above, this jumpsuit can’t be more comfortable! You can totally wear it at home and never want to get changed. The most amazing thing about it is – usually the comfortable clothes don’t look nice, but this jumpsuit is fashionable and sexy. Yes, I feel it is quite sexy in a polite way.
I literally want to wear it everywhere, no matter for date, for vacation, for friends hangout, or just stay at home, this jumpsuit can meet all your request. It is just toooo comfortable. You will love it for sure.
But don’t get too happy this early, we still need some light jackets to keep warm before Summer. The jacket I wear is perfect for Spring, it is very light and goes well with T-shirt, dress and also my jumpsuit!
Exclusively Ours – Pieces as individual as you are. This style is only available here and in NIC+ZOE stores. Our Perfect Biker Jacket offers all the sharp style of a moto jacket without the sharp edges! The best of both worlds, our soft and stretchy “Perfect Knit” fabric with added zippers, pockets and a notched collar is a winning combination!
FEATURES- Stretch knit jacket
- Lightweight
- Signature Perfect Knit fabric – soft, stretch jersey
- Slightly fitted
- Asymmetrical, front zipper closure
- Side zip pockets
- Long sleeve
- Epaulettes
- 24″ front length, 21 1/2″ back length
- Foundation style
- Exclusively Ours
MATERIAL & CARE
Turn garment inside out. Hand wash in cold water. Only non-chlorine bleach when needed. Reshape and lay flat to dry. Cool iron on inside if needed.
95% Cotton / 5% Spandex
There are so many other styles at Nic + Zoe, you can visit the website https://www.nicandzoe.com/ to check all the new Spring items. As Mother’s Day is coming, Nic + Zoe also has a guide for gift ideas, don’t forget to have a look to prepare a nice gift for this coming Mother’s Day.
