Home Style

We all know that a home is supposed to be a sanctuary for you and your family. It is meant to be your haven after a long day at work. It is a place where you can be yourself, a representation of your identity that has been shaped by years of memories, experiences, and the realization of your individuality. But sometimes, with all the things that you gathered through the years, it can quite come off cluttered and less spacious. This is where the home edit lifestyle comes in. The goal is to have a home that is not just clean, but thoughtfully designed as well.

This smart guide will help you navigate modern life, enabling you to save money and time. Sali Hughes offers striking good sense on: home; food and drink, fashion; health and beauty; life and finances; friends, relationships and family. From useful, everyday tips such as how to cut your own fringe and how to buy great second-hand clothing, to the less talked about, agonising questions like how to split finances with your partner and how to grieve, Guardian beauty editor Sali Hughes has advice on the big and the small, and everything in between.

In this comprehensive book, Michelle shares her expertise in psychology and interior design. You will explore your personality taste preferences, tap into "sweet spots" from your past, and explore topics like color families and sensory design to create an interior that truly reflects who you are.

Since your hair is your greatest asset, you must take care of it using natural products. But when you can buy hair care products at the grocery store, why waste your valuable time preparing homemade conditioners and rinses? In general, hair care products are made to feed the roots, revive the scalp, and fortify the hair follicles. They offer hair a smooth and silky feel, seal hair color, heal damage, and avoid split ends. Unfortunately, many hair care products on the market today include chemicals that can harm both your hair and your health.

Give a Sh*t is the first eco-friendly handbook of its kind for these dire times when the Earth needs us most. Distilling the most crucial knowledge and advice from your favorite sustainable lifestyle brand, vegan cookbook, and eco-friendly beauty guide, Give a Sh*t guides you through small-but-impactful shifts you can make. With eco-lifestyle expert Ashlee Piper's succinct, no-nonsense advice, it's never been easier to live more thoughtfully and true to your values, get healthier, and give a shit about the planet.

Find inspiration in this unique, witty guide on how to turn your house into a home that will have your friends asking: “Who is your designer?!” When you look around your home, are you proud of what you see? Or are your thoughts more along the lines of, “Who lives here?” or, “Where did all of this stuff come from? Do we even use half this junk?” Let’s face it – over the last few years, the world has changed a lot, and because of this, so has the way we use our homes.

Whether you just want to be frugal, you want to be healthy, or you just want to be creative, this Soap Making book will help you do just that. Know everything you need to easily make natural, beautiful, and healthy soaps at home. Say goodbye to always having to read the ingredients and back label of the soaps that you are buying from stores. With this book, in no time you’ll be creating soap according to your preferences, and of course without the ingredients that you don’t like.

Hair is important! This book will introduce you to pH levels and show why keeping your hair's pH levels is important; teach you that most shampoos today are chemically laden, but that there are organic and homemade alternatives that you can try. These steps are easy and inexpensive; show you the value of regular ingredients to better hair care and essential oils derived from flower and plant extracts, herbal qualities from dried leaves, and other everyday ingredients like honey and baking soda that are readily available in your homes; and more!

Have you ever wanted to have a formal afternoon tea, but just weren't sure where to start? This easy-to-follow guide will show you how to host a prim and proper afternoon tea, just like the English have been enjoying for generations. If you have watched Downton Abbey and wanted to make afternoon tea part of your routine or even just wanted to host an afternoon tea for a special occasion, this is the book for you.

In this audiobook, you will learn everything you need to know about creating your very own DIY cosmetics, with ingredients that you most probably have at home in your kitchen. Learn the wonderful skill of creating chemical-free products such as seaweed mascaras, homemade cleansers, green tea serums, lip and body scrubs, eyeliners and eye shadows, hairsprays with fantastic holding power, lipsticks, moisturizers for all skin types, hair care, face toners, foundation according to your skin tone, shampoo and conditioners, and much more! Say no more to toxic ingredients.

"Harmonious Homes: Integrating Crystals for Wellness and Style" is a captivating and comprehensive guide that immerses listeners in the enchanting world of crystals and their influence on interior design. This book showcases how crystals can be seamlessly integrated into living spaces. By offering practical tips and insights, it empowers listeners to harness the innate energy of crystals to create balanced, harmonious, and visually stunning environments within their homes. This indispensable resource beautifully illustrates the transformative power of crystals.

Shrimp Creole, clam chowder, chicken and sausage jambalaya, Southern fried chicken, Boston cream pie...just one taste of them and you'll realize how enjoyable real American-style cooking can be. There's much more to the American cooking tradition than those savory, lip-smacking burgers and hotdogs dressed with relish and ketchup, and juicy steaks sizzling aromatically on the grill with the traditional baked potato served with salad, French bread, and wines.

Have you always wanted to learn how to create homemade and natural body butter? Have you heard about the benefits of organic body butter and want to give them a try, but do not know where to start? Then you’ve come to just the right place! This audiobook serves as the ultimate guide on making homemade body butter by following simple, organic recipes and step-by-step instructions. You no longer have to scour the internet and bookshelves to find information on how to create your own body butter, because we’ve got you covered right here.

Lead in lipstick? 1,4-Dioxane in baby soap? Coal tar in shampoo? How is this possible? Simple. The $35 billion cosmetics industry is so powerful they've kept themselves unregulated for decades. Not Just a Pretty Face chronicles the quest that led a group of health and environmental activists to the world's largest cosmetics companies to ask some tough questions....

Rose Lesniak has written a one-of-a-kind book from a one-of-a-kind poet. What the Dogs Tell Me is poetry that is gentle and loving, with a witty syntax and eyes that look at you awaiting a response. Then again, there's a lot of barking and rowdiness and sadness too, as her two Wheatons, Martha and Joey, move through her life and pass away. This is an interspecies book of advice you'd be wise to heed.

Rediscover peace, purpose, and simplicity with The Minimalist Makeover! In this transformative audiobook, best-selling author James A. Smith guides you through an inspiring journey to declutter your space, simplify your style, and streamline your life—all in just five practical steps. Perfect for listeners seeking clarity and balance in today’s fast-paced world, this audiobook provides actionable strategies to embrace a minimalist lifestyle that works for you.

Rupi Kaur performs the first-ever recording of The Sun and Her Flowers, her second number one New York Times best-selling collection of poetry and prose. This production was recorded in 2021 along with the brand-new audio edition of Milk and Honey and the debut audio recording of Home Body. Divided into five chapters, this volume is a journey through the life cycle of wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming. It is a celebration of love in all its forms.

Have you ever ended up with an unexpected hair color result? Do you ever feel like you're following the directions, but something still feels like it's missing? I am here to help bridge the gap between salon-quality results and home hair color. Hair is a form of creative expression unique to each individual. I stand by that. My goal is to guide you and help you decrease the unnecessary damage often experienced at home, and increase your satisfaction with your results.

In this story, Joel September's life is not going that great. He's stuck in a job he really hates, but it pays the bills. But then a crisis happens, one which starts his life flowing in a much better direction. And Joel starts to be aware that very soon his life is going to be just like down home! Tonight Joel had no worries. Things were about to change for the better, he could feel it in his bones. Pretty soon, Joel felt like he was walking on air. It was a wonderful feeling, to feel like you were floating.

Walking Home to Humboldt is a poetic journey through the space-time of unspoken thoughts, dreams, and memories, revealed in love letters about home as read by the author. The bewitching beauty of Humboldt County, in Northern California, has inspired countless artists; its deep forests of redwoods, creeping mists, and the slate-gray waters of the Pacific Ocean set the perfect landscape for unexpressed soul. This is a book of poetry about homecoming and good-byes. It is of heartbreak and triumph, celebration, and bittersweet resignation.