Tic (tac) Tail Connects the Dots

With the retail economy shifting and small retailers closing down doors due to lack of foot traffic, any time I can support a mom and pop shop, I’m there! So for “Q the Favorites” Spring edition, I’m covering a newly discovered online AND retail shop called Tictail. Think Etsy meets Farfetch meets Squarespace.

It started out as an online destination where small companies could create their own website to sell their products and also have a marketplace to connect to and gain exposure. They opened up their first permanent store in NYC in 2016 solely for their online partners to sell their product in a physical location. They rotate out brands every month and when the new retailers are rotated, the store throws an opening party. Celebrating the small is so in!

What to Buy

/ 1 / Lavani Moon Buganville Verde Earrings $48 / 2 / Blue Bloom Emerald Crown Stud Earrings $36 / 3 / Marie June Melting Gold Earrings $140 / 4 / Akurat M41-KK/K-BR Watch $184 / 5 / Cassiopeia A Man On A Chair Mini Scarf $48 / 6 / Mutter+Kind Twist & Tango Blouse $123 / 7 / Eneri Susanna Bell Sleeve Blouse $145 / 8 / Jennie-Ellen Oh C’mon Boots $188 / 9 / Lax Shoes Jones Black Boots $279 / 10 / Jaychewin Butter Crossbody Bag $270 / 11 / More Is Better Moss Bag $171 / 12 / Empire Apothecary No.2 Rosemary Citrus Candle $26

Tommy’s Corner: Beauty Sleep

Tommy, our makeup guru, is back in our Beauty corner! This season, he’s filling us in on how to manage beauty and beaut rest. Sweet dreams indeed.
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New York truly is the city that never sleeps, but who wants to live like that?  One week I am definitely am running empty is New York’s Fashion Week. It’s me and my kit in tow, running from one show to the next.  So at the end of the day, there’s nothing I love more than to indulge in every moment of beauty sleep.  I wake up rested and ready to do it all again.  Here’s how I do it and you can too.

1) A PRACTICE IN HUMIDITY: Hydrating is a lifestyle, and for me, a humidifier is no exception.  I fill it as soon as I’m home.  This way, my train of thought becomes setting up for a successful evening, sleep, and next day.  Coming home becomes a pattern of centering and bettering myself.

2) LAVENDER: On my pillows. On my sheets. In my humidifier.  I use organic lavender drops for aromatherapy everywhere and anywhere I can.  I’ll purchase pure lavender oil, even this aroma therapy spray, but more often than not I make my own home-and-linen sprays by mixing essential or fragrance oils with alcohol in a  spray bottle.

3) SILK PILLOWCASES: According to aesthetician/blogger Caroline Hirons, you have two  beauty lives, the one “before silk pillowcases, and the one after”. If ever there was an investment for your beauty sleep, it’s this.  I love waking up to my skincare on my skin and not in my pillowcase.  More skincare on your skin means it’s working where it needs to be.

4) BONE BROTH: If you don’t believe that bone broth is an ancient youth elixir for replenishing the collagen in your skin and joints, then you might want to know the glycine in bone broth can help to induce sleep.  It’s almost like a cup of warm milk, minus the inflammatory risks.  Bone broth makes for a guiltless nighttime treat, all year long.

5) SKINCARE OVERNIGHT MASKS: Sleep masks are shortcuts to bedtime for me when time is of the essence (pun intended).  I’ll incorporate a sleep mask three to four times a week: they’ll seal in any skincare below and improve their performance, attracting moisture like a water-loving comfort blanket

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