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50% off deals at Julep this weekend!

50% off deals at Julep this weekend!

by Amanda Read Sheik | Apr 28, 2015 | Health & Beauty, Style

Julep does it again…beautiful sales that make you not want to miss the opportunity! Julep’s beauty products omit the major toxic additives commonly found in cosmetics while maintaining superior quality with natural ingredients (i.e. Green coffee bean...
ModCloth Sale: 15% Off All Dresses in $100 Orders

ModCloth Sale: 15% Off All Dresses in $100 Orders

by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 23, 2015 | Style

**This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking through my links. If you are cleaning out your closet this Spring and want to collect some new and high quality stylish outfits – especially with all the...
The Politics of Petticoats: Does Denying Historical Fashion Educate Anyone?

The Politics of Petticoats: Does Denying Historical Fashion Educate Anyone?

by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 23, 2015 | Culture, Politics, Style

Political correctness is an exercise in punishing the literate for the sins of the illiterate. Those who are informed are able to acknowledge that while the farthingale (“hoop skirt”) style that frequented centuries gone by reflects an impracticality that...
Humane Economy on Horseback

Humane Economy on Horseback

by Amanda Read Sheik | Sep 29, 2014 | Equestrianship, Fair Hills Farm, Journal, Politics, Style, World Views

Having a little fun the other day, doing a photo shoot with camera-savvy Abigail and patient black steed Jubilee. What better book to read in the countryside while bareback riding than Wilhelm Röpke’s A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free...
Regulation of Photoshopping – Missing the Picture?

Regulation of Photoshopping – Missing the Picture?

by Amanda Read Sheik | Aug 14, 2014 | In Otherwords, Style

Bureaucratizing beauty is not likely a way to safeguard it, however good it may be for companies to be honest with consumers about what they are serving them. I’m quite a ModCloth styliste, even choosing them as the source of wardrobe for actresses in my Romans...
Independence Day Weekend

Independence Day Weekend

by Amanda Read Sheik | Jul 6, 2014 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal, Politics, Style

At 238 years of age, I suppose it’s about time that America can no longer blame decline and error on youthful indiscretion. Here are some observations about a particular 4th of July-themed film that annoyed some readers more than I anticipated (I offended fans...
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