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Cover Story

PASSION WITH A PURPOSE kate

Shaughnessy

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WHY FACIALS ARE ESSENTIAL TO YOUR SUMMER SKIN CARE ROUTINE

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TESLA MODEL 3

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AGE IS JUST A NUMBER

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JOE'S BUTCHER SHOP AND FISH MARKET

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HOW OLD IS YOUR MATTRESS? Photography By Eduardo Peña

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By Amanda Brown

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s the seasons change, so should your skin care routine. creams for lighter cleansers and moisturizers with

adding regular facials to your skin care arsenal. the

The products that worked for As you’re swapping out heavy SPF, it’s a good time to consider

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Regular facials throughout the summer months will help you turn back time by rejuvenating your skin so it’s well hydrated and better prepared to combat the elements. Facials aren’t just good for after-sun care; they’re

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Model 3

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Model 3 is one of the most anticipated vehicles of all time. The Californian company received nearly 400,000 pre-orders, worth upward of $10 billion, simply by showing off a close-to-production prototype. No other automaker has ever pulled off such a feat. That’s because the all-electric Model 3 is what electriccar fans from all over the globe have been waiting for since the launch of the original Roadster —a Tesla designed and built for the masses.

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Here

are the eight signature features of

Tesla's Model 3:

1.Tesla's Model 3 starts $35,000, and that's before federal tax exemptions.

2. The Model 3 is a nimble electric car: It can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just six seconds.

3. It has a starting range of 215 miles, which should accommodate most people's commutes.

6. The trunk is also bigger than it looks. Its hinges are actually pretty high up on the rear of the car so when you open the trunk it lifts up and out of the way.

7. The Model 3 comes with a 15-inch touch screen display that provides information, entertainment, and navigation.

8. The Tesla Model 3 will be one of the first major cars to ditch the instrument cluster, that separate console in front of the driver that gives information like gas and speed. It's all right on the touch screen display.

4. It looks gorgeous. The nose of the car is aerodynamic to maximize efficiency. There’s no fake grille or openings that don’t do anything. It's a totally clean look.

5.The Model 3 seats up to five people and can fit a 7-foot surfboard.

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AGE

Dennis Porter, Contributor

Is Just a Number

I’m standing near the finish line of the Monumental Marathon last fall. I turn and see the mother of a friend anxiously looking for her daughter to appear. Concern is evident on her face. I move closer and ask how she’s doing. "I’m really nervous. She should be here soon. I keep telling her she shouldn’t do this. She’s getting older you know. She just turned 30." I smile and do my best to comfort her and then join her to cheer like mad as her daughter rounds the corner looking strong and like she owns the world.

Age is just a number. It really doesn’t mean anything. What separates the 80 year old woman who decides it is time to take it easy and move into a retirement home from the 80 year old woman who decides it is time to go hike the Andes mountains before she dies? It isn’t age as they both have the same number connected to them.

Think about this number for a minute? Where did it come from? If no one had ever applied this label to you, how "old" would you be? The fixation we have on numbers is incredible. "Ever since I turned 40, my back hurts now." Like there is some magical, cosmic reaction to your 40th birthday? If Cupid is some cherub going around and shooting people with love arrows, is there a similar angel going around and shooting people with bad back

arrows? If there is, I’m guessing we won’t have an expensive holiday where we celebrate him or her.

But, back to the story at hand. Take our example from above of the person who turned 40. Would they feel the same way if they were 32? Most likely not. They’d say they are "young" and "have energy."

Here’s a fun game to play with someone next time they complain how their age (number) being a limitation in their lives. Ask them to imagine what their life would be like if the powers that be would issue a proclamation that there has been a terrible mistake and they were really supposed to be 15 months in a year, not just 12. What does this mean for your 40 year old friend? Voila, they just became 32. Welcome back to your energetic life my "young" friend! And even better news, it just keeps getting better the higher you go. Your 60 year old friend? Just gained 12 years back and is now 48 and vibrant. Who says math can’t be fun?

(Just divide said number by 1.25 and you magically create your new age).

The purpose of these examples, other than to make you smile, is to illustrate that age is nothing more than a number. Next time you, or a friend, say that they can’t do something, just smile.

Remember, you aren’t as "old" as you might think.

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Kate Cover Story

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Shaughnessy

No one would ever claim the Midwest or Indiana as being a leader in the areas of fashion or beauty. However, for such a distinction close to home, look no further than Kate Shaughnessy.

Speaking to Kate recently, it’s hard keeping up with her energy and following her career and volunteerism. Suffice it to say, Central Indiana is lucky to have her active passion and talents, for she is forging a path few have ever traversed. Or as her online profile says: "working to beautify Indianapolis."

Ok, enough with the suspense.

What makes Kate stand out?

Owner of Lash & Brow Design Co. in Carmel since 2008, Kate’s business provides a multitude of beauty services including eyelashes and make-up care.

"I’m an Indiana home grown business," Kate says. "I started

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"I’m all about empowering women, to encourage them – to make them healthy, beautiful, loved, cherished and valued.

How I treat you will be different and not just a number." doing lashes 12 years ago in a salon. I wasn’t happy with how others were doing business so I decided to open my own."

While doing lashes at her studio, she became the first Certified Xtreme Lash stylist

in the Midwest. Xtreme is a company that noticed Kate and her work, and she was soon recruited to become a corporate trainer. Her continued passion and experience led her to become an Advanced Certified stylest.

"The work is great, but I wanted to be a trainer too," Kate says.

"I’m all about empowering women, to encourage them – to make them healthy, beautiful, loved, cherished and valued.

How I treat you will be different and not just a number."

It wasn’t long before she was travelling all over the country training others in the art of lashes. One of her biggest lessons from the business: "I will not sell or use anything I will not use myself."

The bevy of activity among her business, training, and family though, proved taxing. Leaving Xtreme, she was still ambitious AC TI V E L I FE M AGAZI NE . C O M

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Jared is not only a Fishers firefighter, but a co-owner and business partner.

"Nothing’s been

"I have a really good village around me," she says. "I’m the talent, but he (Jared) does everything else."

given to me.

Everything I am, I’ve worked for. I

Not only does Kate use her Microblading talents to grow her business and teach in the industry, but to give back to others in the community.

want to be that good in the world."

to leave her mark in the industry as an educator.

do everything well. I chose to specialize in Microblading."

A graduate of Honors Beauty College, she is not only a certified esthetician specializing in eye lashes, but a more recent trend: Microblading.

Microblading is a new, semipermanent form of make-up where pigmentation is inserted into the skin to shape eyebrows, similar to a tattoo. According to Kate, "it’s custom shaped and different for everyone."

Currently only one of four trainers in the country for Microblading, Kate finds herself in the unfortunate position of having to correct the mistakes of others in the field who tried it on customers. Also, she finds her talents so in demand, customers from all over the world seek her out in her Carmel studio.

As a result of this new procedure, Kate became certified through Brow Design International for Microblading.

Not only that, she holds a similar credential from Europe.

"Through my teaching, I noticed a student had it," Kate ways of Microblading. "After doing some research, I wanted to pursue it and teach it to others.

Usually, at a salon, you can’t

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"It’s amazing to me to empower women to affect their lives, and then their lives are going to change others," Kate says. "I want to hold our industry to the highest standards. If I can affect lives in a positive way, that’s what it’s all about."

Supporting her in all these endeavors is her husband, Jared. In addition, Kate has four daughters ages 10, nine, six and five. Residents of Zionsville,

Assisting burn survivors with their injuries, Kate helps them by restoring their brows and lashes to their original appearance as much as possible.

Kate says in many cases, burn victims have lost their own from skin grafts or the fire itself.

Kate got involved through Jared himself surviving an accident where he received some burns.

This experience led her to become even more active and engaged in the cause.

"Being personally affected, we wanted to reach out and start helping others," she says.

In an average month, Lash & Brow assists up to five burn victims with free Microblading and eye lash services. Patients have come all across the Midwest and even Austrailia. "As long as they get to Indiana, the service for them is free" Kate says.

"Nothing’s been given to me.

Everything I am, I’ve worked for.

I want to be that good in the world."

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For example, one notable cause is her volunteer work with the Hoosier Burn Camp and Riley Hospital for Children.

"It’s

amazing to

me to empower women to affect their lives, and

then their lives are going to

change others,"

Kate

says.

"I

want to hold our industry to the highest

standards.

If I

can affect lives in a positive

way, that’s what it’s all about."

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By Justin Guild

JOE'S BUTCHER SHOP YOUR HOMEGROWN SOURCE FOR MEAT, FISH AND MORE Visiting Joe’s Butcher Shop

adjacent, aptly named Joe’s

includes four specially trained

and Fish Market in Carmel

Next Door featuring sandwiches,

butchers, five culinary chefs and

one weekday afternoon, one

meals-to-go and catering

five customer service members.

immediately senses not only the

services.

variety of protein on display

Having won a multiple of

for sale, but the community

But, truth be told: “I’m not a

awards over the last few years

camaraderie embodied by its

butcher, but an owner,” Joe

from the Carmel Chamber of

owner, Joe Lazzara.

says. “I had to learn all of

Commerce, magazines, and local

this in the first two years of

and national broadcast outlets,

business.”

his commitment to Carmel is

On this particular afternoon, Joe walks around like a captain

paramount. In fact, he’s turned

surveying his crew, checking on

While Joe may not be a

down an array of offers to open

everything making sure things

butcher by training, he is a full-

up shops in other locations

are going the way they should.

time owner along with his wife

around Central Indiana and

He’s outside checking on the

Kathy. Together, they employ 14

other states.

outdoor tables when it’s about

full-time and 21 part-time

to rain saying hello to people

staff. This

passing by, and once inside, he’s chatty with customers and employees alike. In the back office, he skillfully devours a pork tenderloin sandwich while managing to answer questions about equipment or products among his numerous staff members.

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“We want to stay local, purposeful, and Indiana

love

your

neighbor,

it’s

not

just

a

passion,

based,” Joe says. “We want to be about Carmel,

but an obligation. We take it very seriously.”

we want to be iconic. If I employ people right, stay local, everything works out in the end.”

He worked in sales for 20 years and when the time came when he could either move to Dallas, Tex.

Being an owner, civic minded and working with

or Stamford, Conn. he hesitated: “My wife didn’t

food runs in the family. Joe’s Sicilian grandparents

want to move,” Joe says. But the time working in

immigrated to South Bend, Ind. and ran a fruit and

sales, travelling all over the country proved useful.

vegetable market for many years. It’s this family

Joe came in contact with many distinguished chefs

connection where Joe gets his moral compass. "It's

using fresh and quality ingredients. As a result of

in the blood," he says.

these connections, he became inspired to strike out on his own. With his strong interest in food, the

“It’s

just

how

I’m

wired,

being

brought

up

in a close-knit family,” he says. “This sense of

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old saying, “Do what you love, don’t worry about the money” was foremost in Joe’s mind.

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“We want to stay local, purposeful, and Indiana based,” Joe says. “We want to be about Carmel, we want to be iconic. If I employ people right, stay local, everything works out in the end.”

The first year proved taxing. Even

beef is aged and processed in

example were customers, a Mr.

though Carmel, deep in the throes

Evansville, Ind. The pork comes

and Mrs. Wagoner.

of building up its downtown in

from a farm in Logansport, Ind.

come in about twice a week, and

2006,

around

“No one else does complete local

often linger a while for a good

town and lack of awareness in

sourcing like we do,” Joe says.

chat. One day, Mrs. Wagoner

the

construction

the public were early challenges.

“The

years

When it comes to seafood, Joe’s

morning all dressed up. It was

difficult, very stressful as we lost

is part of the Monterey Bay,

apparent she was very said. After

a lot of money,” he says. But with

Calif. Seafood Watch Program.

being asked by Joe what was

time, a good advertising mix and

“We get fish other people can’t

wrong, she said, “Mr. Wagoner

quality product and service, the

get because of these stringent

died this week. I’m on my way

business has grown every year,

protocols,” he says. “95 percent

to the funeral. But I wanted to

even during the Great Recession.

of our fish are wild caught.”

let you know how much he loved

timing

were

came in alone, on a Saturday

very

“The

early

They would

was

probably

coming here. Thank you for being

good,” Joe says. “People were

When asked where he sees the

part of his life the last six years.”

becoming more frugal, not going

business

After, Joe admits he went back

out as much. Eating local and

skip a beat. “You have got to

buying more fresh products to

be

cook at home was picking up.”

comes to food. Knowing that

It’s

your food is excellent, cared for,

Joe values the most with his

Today, customers have a wide

not manipulated or changed is

customers. “Being the local guy

selection of beef, pork, chicken,

important.”

works. We do what’s meaningful

veal, from.

Fish

and

seafood

to

gets

its

seafood

daily from a firm in Chicago. The

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more

Joe

sustainable

doesn’t when

to his office and started crying.

it

choose

Joe’s Butcher Shop and Market

going,

this

type

of

relationship

and not what’s expedient.”

Joe loves the connection to the community as much as providing quality

meat

and

fish.

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HOW OLD IS YOUR MATTRESS? • WAS YOUR MATTRESS HANDED DOWN TO YOU? •

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of Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia.

While sipping on a Singapore Sling at the renowned Raffles hotel is a quintessential experience, there's still plenty of local color to be found, with hawker stalls serving up spicy noodle soup and fish dumplings, especially around Smith Street.

Nowhere showcases the city's modern heart better than Marina Bay, where the spectacular vertical

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