So let's say your'e doing a cleanse or an intermittent fast... and you’re invited to go out with friends to your favorite restaurant. You go, although the only thing you can have is filtered water with lemon and maybe a large bowl of kale. It’s not the same right? You realize that having a full belly at your favorite restaurant is what makes it your “favorite”. Boo. That’s how shopping felt for me for a long time when I made a commitment to ethical shopping. It was like a hardcore diet and everywhere I went there was a buffet of forbidden...

Black Diamond Shopper   Remember the days of wine-colored accent walls and crackle painted furniture? As a daughter of the 90s, I remember beaming with pride as I mastered the multilayering process of trying to make old ugly furniture look….well…like a prettier version of old furniture.   Since then, I’ve seen my share of trends like sage walls, pergo floors and dried flowers. Was anyone else a flower drying fanatic?   I have embraced all these trends but none have captivated me quite like the eclectic features of a modern farmhouse.    I’m not an interior designer by any stretch of the imagination...

  Several weeks ago, I wrote about what it means to live the HUGG Life. The H stands for Honest and I mentioned that “women crave honesty on every front.” The HUGG woman is HONEST in the way she interacts with the world but she especially craves honest exchanges FROM her world. She wants to cut to the chase and get REAL with people and she wants people to get REAL with her. Come on—she can handle it. Can I get an Amen? Although I have focused, these past four years, on pursuing a fashion brand that puts people first,...

The acronym “HUGG” is a culmination of the spirited women I’ve had the honor of meeting and working alongside. Women who look past our suburbs, first- world routines, and our own needs and whom catch the vision of what our world could be if we all did our part. H-Honest; U-Unshaken; G-God Centered; G-Generous #theHUGGlife