Let's Collaborate
Over the years, I have learned that when you are confident in your own worth, the pathway through life becomes remarkably less burdensome.
Have you ever noticed when you read a review on a new restaurant venture, a new album or a writer's latest novel, critics can be enthralled and thrilled or acidly disappointed. After all it's a personal review in the context of their longstanding industry experience. Personally, I love reading genuine reviews on all genres of culture and life (when we had it!). You can crave a particular writer's style and wit, appreciate their clever metaphors and laugh as you connect to the creation that is under the spotlight.
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A.C.T.I.O.N.
It is with a harrowing sadness that while we steer the tragedies dispersed from the Covid pandemic, a spotlight has recently been placed on another profoundly tragic issue. One, that has affected a much greater number of individuals (for decades) and is impossible to collate accuracy on it's victim count (past and present).
I had a deeply upsetting conversation with a friend from America last week and it was not a topic we had broached before. Racial injustice. Let me preface this by saying that I had always been under the impression that my world has always been inclusive and my social perspective encompassing. At the end of our talk I realised that there is a profound difference between "non racist" and being "actively anti-racist". The first passive and the second requiring action.
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Stepping into New Shoes - Stephan Matthews
It was another enthralling Friday night in the middle of April and I was having one of my (correct me if I'm wrong Stephan...) a 3 hour phone call talking about everything that we "weren't" achieving during lockdown.
There were mentions of overindulgence in our culinary creations, late night media indulgences and how we see our beauty and perfume industry changing under the new world that we were experiencing.
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Renascence & Wick | GF Smith Paper | Wick Candle Boutique
Ever the perfectionist. We concluded our soft launch from November in February. Since then we have reworked the Jonathan Ward packaging. Instead of printing a solid colour on white stock, we opted for a pre-flooded pulp by GF Smith.
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Fragrance design with Victoria Baker-Harber
Fragrance design is quite a different discipline and design process to fashion. Fashion is the quest for the new and change. Fragrance can be a long development process but when you get it right, it stays. It transcends season and trend. It bypasses fickle and fleeting and traverses its own line. Quite often I am asked about memories from 10, 20 even 30 years ago. I can always remember the scent but the fashion moment has gone.
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