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FASHION
PHOTO: PINTEREST High-waist palazzo trousers
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MANGO
£35.99
PHOTO: @FRANNFYNE Faux leather shirt jacket ARITZIA $88.99
Striped Cotton Jumper Arket £69.00
TRANSITIONAL KNITWEAR
Campo Chrome Free VEJA £115.00
EARLY AUTUMN
Braided handbag
MANGO
£89.99
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Your in-between-seasons outfit solution: navigating your wardrobe from heatwaves to downpours will include adding autumnal classics such as light weight knitwear, chunky boots and pops of colour to your outfits. By Millie Charles-Davies
Ribbed longsleeved t-shirt
MANGO
£17.99
Black tapered trousers COS £89.00 Bea oversized single-breasted blazer Frankie Shop £285.00 Track outsole boots MANGO £59.99
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From classic tailoring to neutral knits, embrace cool temperatures by layering your favourite pieces underneath an oversized coat. Creating a relaxed, cosy yet chic look.
TRENCH SEASON
Long coat H&M £49.99 Side slit suit trousers MANGO £35.99 Oversized Wool Hopsack Blazer
ARKET
£135.00
Wide-leg linen Trousers COS £79.00
MILLIE CHARLES-DAVIES Time to update your wardrobe with FLORENCE STYLE CLUB
lorence Style Club is an online personal styling
Fplatform, designed to save you time, incorporate what you already own, show you how to shop smart and build your perfect wardrobe. With an understanding that not everyone has the time (or desire) to go shopping to update their wardrobes, we began creating styling services that were accessible for anyone from the comfort of their own home. We pride ourselves on delivering an extremely personalised service, tailored to the clients lifestyle, goals and needs.
WE OFFER THREE KEY STYLING SERVICES. HOWEVER, WE CAN ADJUST EACH SERVICE DEPENDING ON THE CLIENTS NEEDS.
We believe that good style is for EVERYONE and getting dressed should be stress and fuss-free.
VIRTUAL STYLING SESSION: This is a one hour virtual styling session, followed by a custom mood board, including styling tips that are personal to your style/ wardrobe and shop-able links. This service is the perfect time to discuss any of your fashion dilemmas. This could be relating to your personal sense of style, not knowing where to shop or simply needing some new inspiration. For example: often when people have a special occasion coming up and have no idea what to wear or where to shop, booking this service will allow us to virtually map out ideas together. STYLE REFRESH: This service is perfect for somebody who loves fashion but needs help putting new looks together. Somebody who is on the go and needs a dose of style inspiration. HOW DOES IT WORK? 1.Fill out our style questionnaire so we can understand your style and wardrobe needs. 2.Receive a mood board and 5 fully accessorised outfits with direct links to shop from. 3.Shop only what you love. PERSONAL STYLE DEVELOPMENT: Perhaps a client is having a career change and wants to build a section of their wardrobe around that. Or perhaps they want to develop and refine their personal style/ want to reinvent and fall back in love with their wardrobe. This is a lot easier with a fresh pair of eyes and new ideas. It is always important to us that we help everyone to pick out their favourite items, re-style and give them a new lease of life. We will only encourage people to shop for new pieces when it is essential. HOW DOES IT WORK? 1.Style consultation: during this time we will discuss your goals for your style development service and you will fill our style questionnaire so we can gain a better understanding of your lifestyle, physique, fashion likes and dislikes and so on.. 3.You will receive a mood board full of visuals relating to your style goals and lifestyle. This is such a great way to map out how we will build your outfits. 4.After receiving your mood board we will make relevant changes based on your preferences. 5.Receive an in-depth style book which will include a written guide of fashion tips, trend advice, shape advice and 15 fully accessorised outfits with direct links to shop from. 6.Buy only what you love. 7.We can reconnect for a virtual styling session once you have shopped the items online.
You can book a style consultation via www.florencestyleclub.com or by simply emailing millie@florencestyleclub.com Additionally, you can read about all things style, sustainable fashion, upcoming brands and ways to build on your own style over on our Style Journal.
FASHION
Yamini Top
InWear
£49.95
Nira Dress InWear £89.95
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IN STYLE
Black Edge Style, a woman owned online ladies’ clothing store, offers a range of elegant pieces as well as personalised shopping and styling services. With bold prints and colours, it flaunts an edgy but stylish alternative for the corporate world.
www.blackedgestyle.co.uk
VoIW Shirt Ink Stroke InWear £69.95
Zella Blazer
InWear
£144.95
Nabal Skirt Black InWear £64.95 Left Image: Zella Blazer Pink Petunia InWear £144.95
Zella Dress Golden Sunset InWear £99.95 Zella Dress Black InWear £99.95
Rena T-Shirt Black InWear £22.95 Venus Shirt White InWear £79.95 InWear Zella Pant Black £74.95 Zhen Culotte Nautic Blue InWear £99.95
Adalia Zella Cigarette Trouser Graphic Check Rose InWear £44.99
OCEAN HAIRDRESSING
The First UK Salon to Implement a 4 Day Working Week
“Looking after yourself and your well-being has never been so important as it has this last year and a half” says a Ijan Davies-Emrus founder of Ocean Hairdressing, one of Cardiff’s premier hairdressing destinations.
cean’s focus is not only on providing a bespoke service and
Oattention for its bustling clientele but also on providing its team with the best support and environment to help them thrive and grow with minimal pressure. Ijan says “it’s such a balancing act when you have back-to-back clients every 45mins for days on end it can seem like a treadmill that is never ending.”With this in mind and with a lot of consulting with the Ocean hairdressing team Ijan wanted to evolve the working week and help his dedicated and busy team to have a more flexible and family friendly work/ life balance. “One of the things that really resonated with me was how Covid really brought into focus how fragile we can be and how important family time is to everyone,” states Ijan. So, with this in mind, he began the process of consulting with his team to come up with a solution that suits everyone, that keeps the team motivated, feel supported and the clients happy and cared for by vibrant knowledgeable fresh team.
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The solution took some time and really running through the numbers to make sure it was fair to everyone, and last month the team saw the introduction of a four-day working week; not only that, but the team also work alternate weekends which Ijan believes makes him the first UK salon to implement such flexible hours.
“The four-day week and especially working alternate weekends has been a real breakthrough and the team have responded magnificently. We are monitoring the effect closely and so far, the team’s performance has increased and been very positive” Ijan says The team are fresher they are enjoying time with their loved ones plus giving outstanding service to our wonderful clients.
I’m proud of everyone involved in making this such a great success and the salon is showing really good signs of solid growth. We are attracting some great job applicants and have already had two new stylists added to the team rota. So out of adversity we really have been innovative and created some brilliant opportunities for everyone. We have created an environment which makes the whole team feel cared for and valued. “After 23yrs of business it’s easy to sit back and take a dogmatic view of the workplace and keep doing what we have always done… it’s much harder to have a critical eye to still be looking for improvements and better practices but really worthwhile when it rewards you the way this has” says Ijan. I’m really looking forward to seeing other business’ take our lead and make changes for their own teams and support them with more than just words.
For more information, follow the salon on Instagram @oceanhairdressing. Book you next hair appointment via the website, www.oceanhairdressing.com
SPECRUMN
THE SPECTRUM SISTERS
SHARE THEIR CORE VALUES
Sophie and Hannah Pycroft are the sisters behind the incredibly successful Spectrum Collections, the fabulous makeup brush brand taking the world by storm. Launching their brand from their garage in Wales, Spectrum Collections has grown at an incredible rate, their brushes are loved by countless celebrities, and have been called the “World’s most Instagrammable.” In their exclusive column for Style of the City, the sisters share their core values behind their beauty products and makeup brushes, as well as highlighting some of their must-have Spectrum Collections products.
Hi darlings!
Firstly, thank you for picking up this issue and taking the time to read our column. It’s a new season and that is always the time of year that gets us thinking and reminiscing, where we are, what’s happened and what’s yet to come. There are so many things we see in the media or on social that distract us and sometimes we forget the bigger picture. For us, one of our core values that has remained constant since we started the business - and one of the reasons we started in the first place - was to ensure there was a kinder way to wear makeup, with vegan and cruelty-free tools. This value has been an easy one to uphold, however in the time since we began in a garage a lot has changed in the makeup industry.
We work to continually improve our products and our business, your first thought might be that means our bottom line, but, for us, we’ve begun investing more into what we believe to be most valuable to us. The environment and our ethical status as a brand is one we view with the mindset that needs continual improvement, not just a box to tick. ‘Attainable sustainable’ is a value we’ve added as one of our most important. What that means is as the industry develops better materials and improved ways of working, we adapt our business to embrace those, so we work in a mindset of continuous improvement.
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Some small ways we’ve adapted to ensure we’re offering the best product is opting for FSC wood where possible, avoiding air freight, not over producing and eliminating plastic wherever possible. We also refuse to use PVC even though it’s a standard material in the production of consumer goods. That may sound like an obvious checklist but, you’d be very surprised to find how many brands place a bigger value on their margins than on their values. That’s where we are truly different, and we are so proud to say so.
Our most recent development is we’re now also official charity partner to The Aspinall Foundation who work to conserve, breed and then re-wild endangered and rare wild animals. Their most recent project is to re-wild their entire herd of 13 elephants back to Africa, no mean feat considering it’s a two-year project and it’s the first of its kind in animal conservation history. The donations we make monthly and the additional donations our customers make are so important to contributing towards projects like this. As a company we never claim to be perfect, however, we will continue to work hard to keep improving.
If you’d like to donate to the Aspinall foundation, please visit this link. www.spectrumcollections.com/products /aspinall-foundation-donation
MWAH CARDIFF
SUFFERING FROM HAIR LOSS? Mwah Cardiff is here to help
Mwah Cardiff offers a luxurious blow dry bar and an array of services from hair extensions to the latest beauty treatments. The stylish salon has recently began offering a new service to their clients called Mesh Integration. Targeted at those who have suffered from hair loss, Mwah Cardiff can’t wait to start helping their clients find happiness with their personal appearance once again.
MESH INTEGRATION AT MWAH CARDIFF
MWAH have been through extensive accredited training to ensure they offer the highest quality treatments. Their new treatments are specifically targeted at those who suffer from hair loss. This could be as a result of chemotherapy, alopecia, trichotillomania, post-partum changes or damage from poor hair treatments. They have ensured that their new systems can cater to everyone, no matter the amount of hair loss or to where on the head it is located, the treatment is fully adaptable. The new system uses a method called Mesh Integration. This incorporates using a mesh system in place of the natural hair. The mesh panel uses breathable, hypoallergenic fabric which acts as the scalp, yet still allows for hair to grow underneath. The new hair is then applied to the mesh 'scalp' and undetectable.
WHAT DOES THE TREATMENT INCLUDE?
Treatment is offered using a fully holistic approach, meaning the MWAH staff are with the client from start to finish. They know that hair loss is a sensitive and personal issue, and it isn’t just a case of applying the hair and that's that. MWAH offer an in-depth consultation prior to treatment, where they will explore all options and discuss placing, colour, style, blending and aftercare. During treatment, clients can have the choice to be fitted in a private room away from the salon floor, or in the comfort of their home. MWAH ensures to cater to the privacy of their clients and are sensitive to those needs, whilst still including their VIP 5-star service.
MWAH also offer a follow up after the treatment and are on hand for any issues, adjustments or questions. They explain the best aftercare routine to extend the life of the hair and ensure the client is completely satisfied with the treatment. They also offer additional items which aid in keeping the hair in the best condition, such as OLAPLEX treatments, silk scarfs and pillowcases to aid with sleeping. This hair loss treatment is about increasing confidence, self-esteem and helping those to find happiness with their personal appearance. MWAH are all about self-love, selfcare and empowering women to be the best they can be.
No matter your background, hair type or condition, MWAH will ensure you feel and look amazing; just like you deserve. Contact Mwah Cardiff on 029 2037 2759
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BE THE FIRST TO SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW NON-INVASIVE HAIR LOSS TREATMENT
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FAQ's
Mesh Integration treatments can last up to 18 months with the advised care and can be styled, washed and treated just like normal hair.
MWAH uses the highest-grade human hair which means no matting or knotting.
Further benefits include immediate and noticeable results completely adapted and fitted to the individual, unlike other procedural hair loss treatments which take time to show effect.
CONTACT MWAH NOW FOR AN EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT
To book your consultation and for more information, visit www.mwahcardiff.com
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MWAH CARDIFF SPECIALISES IN AFRO & EUROPEAN HAIR, MAKEUP, BEAUTY, AND LASER HAIR REMOVAL.
