Beauty & Fashion – Grace Upon Grace

09/10/2021

3 Clean Skincare Brands You Can Feel Great About Using

Just because a product has “natural” ingredients doesn’t mean it’s clean and safe to put on your skin…What we put on our skin is so important because it’s those ingredients that get absorbed directly into our bloodstream. They can affect our hormones, for better or worse, and therefore every other function in our body can be impacted by them! Today I’m discussing three brands of clean skincare that I have tried myself and feel are worth sharing with you. Trying to differentiate between all the options available can be overwhelming, but hopefully this will help get you off to a good start!

Beauty & Fashion

08/11/2021

How to Build a Sustainable and Ethical Wardrobe

Fast fashion is bad news.
We need to spend our money elsewhere. But how do you go about building a more sustainable and ethical wardrobe without breaking the bank on pieces that have been made with the environment and people in mind?
There are three primary ways to make the transition: Rewear and Reuse What You Already Own; Buy Secondhand; Support Sustainable and Ethical Clothing Brands.

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05/11/2021

NotPERFECTLINEN: An Ethical Brand For Everyday Life

Over the last couple years my eyes have been opened to the horror that is the fast fashion industry (you can read my blog posts about that here and here). It has become one of those things that I can’t un-know. And since watching The True Cost movie for the first time in 2019, I have made an intentional effort to buy less clothes overall, and to avoid fast fashion as much as possible.
When it comes to bringing new items into my wardrobe, I now give myself three options: to use what I already have and be thankful for it, realizing I don’t need anything more; shop secondhand at yard sales or thrift stores, so as not to create more demand for virgin resources necessary to create new items; or purchase from ethical, sustainable, fair-trade brands.
One brand that I have had the pleasure of working with this year is notPERFECTLINEN, and I’m excited to share about their business and products with you today.

Beauty & Fashion

04/15/2021

Who Made My Clothes? Fashion Revolution Week 2021

Centered around the date of April 24, this week commemorates the anniversary of the 2013 Rana Plaza collapse.
The Rana Plaza was a large building in Savar, Bangladesh that housed a number of garment factories that manufactured clothing for some of the biggest global fast-fashion brands. Before the collapse, workers had alerted supervisors of structural issues around the building and of significant cracks that were visible throughout the structure; workers expressed their fear to enter the building and continue their work. The ground floor of the building housed retail shops and banks, and these shut down their operations during this time, but “the demand of an insatiable fashion industry forced garment workers to keep working”.

Beauty & Fashion

03/04/2021

New Year, New Skincare: Chebula Active Immunity Serum | Review

With the new year, you may be wanting to clean up your skincare a bit. This is a great goal, and one that will greatly improve your health in the long-term if you are diligent and consistent.
The products we put on our skin are just as important as the food we put in our mouths- perhaps even more so, because anything that is absorbed through the skin goes directly into our bloodstream. This makes is essential that we are putting the cleanest ingredients on our skin…True Botanicals offers only the cleanest ingredients in their products, taking the guesswork out of choosing skincare that will help nourish your body.

Beauty & Fashion

05/11/2020

Small Business Spotlight: GraceUnfaded | Product Review + Discount Code

GraceUnfaded is an up-and-coming earring brand, located in Northwest Washington state, and run by an awesome mama named Christa. Christa not only makes all the earrings herself, but makes all of her clays from scratch as well…Christa’s goal for GraceUnfaded isn’t based on profits or success- another super admirable characteristic. She only wants to give glory to the Lord and use her platform to share about the grace that Jesus has offered us through His death on the cross. She wants to point customers to Christ, and share about His presence being with us throughout all of life’s seasons.

Beauty & Fashion

04/29/2020

Slow-Fashion Spotlight: Wear Pact | Product Review

If you’re wanting to transition to a more ethical and sustainable wardrobe, you may be wondering where to start. Or you may still be in a place where you’re researching and trying to learn why divorcing fast-fashion is so important. It can be overwhelming to find brands to invest your money in- there are a surprising number of small, sustainable, and ethical brands popping up all around the world. How are you supposed to find one whose products you like, but that is also affordable and aligns with your values? Pact is a sustainable and ethical clothing brand (they also sell towels and bedding) that is dedicated to changing the fashion industry: how they make clothes, how they value work; how we, as consumers, treat our bodies; and how we all, producers and consumers, serve our environment. Not only are their clothes awesome, but so is their customer service- which we all know is super important!

Beauty & Fashion

03/17/2020

Slow-Fashion Spotlight: Organic Basics | Product Review + Discount Code

Now that I’m aware of all the problems that fast fashion poses, I am determined to do all I can to avoid contributing to it, and avoid buying new items almost completely. I always try to first find any pieces I want secondhand. If I can’t do that, then I have decided I will either do without (because I never actually need more/new clothes), or I will invest my money in brands that I can take pride in supporting, that create quality clothes and ensure that they show respect and kindness not only to the people they employ, but to the resources they utilize for each piece of clothing… One brand I have discovered as I have progressed on my slow- fashion journey is Organic Basics and I am so excited to share about their vision and mission with you all, provide a product review for you, and give you all a discount code that you can utilize to get 10% off your order.

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