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Honey And Lavender Ice Cream

Honey And Lavender Ice Cream

Creative Inspiration

Perfumers have long enjoyed taking inspiration from the world of food when creating a new fragrance with ice cream, and vanilla in particular, being a favourite source. The entire ‘gourmand’ trend was inspired by the popularity of vanilla.

It is nice seeing chefs taking inspiration from the world of perfumery when creating a new ice cream.

Here is an article with a recipe for a Honey & Lavender Ice Cream

Honey & Lavender Ice Cream

Kidswear Clothing Subscription Box Kidpik

Kidswear Clothing Subscription Box

Trend Alert

The retail industry has seen the emergence of ‘subscription’ models over the past years. Here are just a few examples:

  • chocolate
  • movies
  • books
  • razor blades
  • beauty products
  • perfumes

Hence it was probably a question of time when the same business model was going to be tried in fashion.

“Kidpik” is a kidswear clothing company that offers a subscription box exclusively for girls age four to 14-years-old. It was launched in February 2016 as a delivered fashion box that styles your child from head-to-toe.

It is a curated collection of fashion delivered seasonally which included free shipping and returns in combination with fee styling but without membership fees. It is like a season present for your kids.

Click to visit Kidpik

Kidswear Clothing Subscription Present Kidpik

 

 

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Fragrant Wood Accents Uplift Black & White Scandinavian Apartment

Inspiring Designs

A link to an article about a lovely apartment in the center of Gothenburg (Sweden), which showcases an inspiring design and a playful layout.

Beginning in the hallway, a black and white colour scheme with wood accents make the dwelling feel airy and inviting. The kitchen provides a soft and rustic ambiance, with a generously-sized wood dining table as the focal point of this room.

The beautiful exposed wooden beams will naturally fragrance this apartment with wonderfully rich wood accents.

Click here to read more about the apartment

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10 Amazing Things About Your Nose

Home And Beauty Apps

New Technologies

Here are two interesting new apps that apply to home decoration, beauty products and perfumery.

Do you need help or inspiration to furnish your apartment or re-design your house ? Homeeapp.com is an interior design app that helps you to style your home:

Click to visit Homee

Beauty apps are transforming the way we can try on make-up and what we buy.

Modiface.com is a new app to try out:

Click to try Modiface

Interior Home Design App Homee

Mountain Poetic

Mountain Poetic

Landscape Architecture

Here is an article about ‘mountain poetic’, a landmark landscape architecture project for the rice fields in yixing, lianhua dang, china.

The town’s government wanted to build characteristic structures for their cultivated fields that can also double as duck sheds.

Click to read more about Mountain Poetic

Mountain Poetic China

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Suspended Floral Canopy From The Ceiling

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Inverted Landscape.

The London-based artist Rebecca Louise Law, has created an inverted landscape. More than 150,000 permanently preserved flowers have been suspended from the ceiling above the ‘beauty garden’.

The beauty garden is a retail space dedicated to well-being products.

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In her canopy she uses dehydrated blooms from rose, hydrangea, protea, gypsophila, statice and rodanthe species as sculptural mediums.

Click to see the article

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Why Do Dogs Sniff Inappropriate Places ?

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Sense Of Smell !

I am sure you have experienced this situation before: a dog comes over to you and begins to sniff in the most embarrassing places.

Have you ever wondered why the dog is choosing you ?

We all know that dogs like to sniff each other’s behinds. Is this different from dogs wanting to sniff humans ? According to a dog, this is not bad manners but ‘common practice’.

A dog can get an enormous amount of information by sniffing another dog and probably similar information from a person too.

Try showing a dog your hand the next time. It might be simple solution to prevent future embarrassment.

Dogs Sniff Inappropriate Places Hand

Here are two articles with a few theories that might you give an explanation. These insights might help you when it happens next.

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Click to read the 2nd article

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