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7 Sustainable Brands for Dopamine Dressing

image: Ilk + Ernie Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliated, so we may earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase. We only add brands & products we truly believe in. What is Dopamine Dressing?The image-sharing and social media platform Pinterest predicted that feel-good, electric outfits would characterize fashion in 2022. Given the massive offline and online popularity of Dopamine Dressing, with the homonymous hashtags getting almost 13 million views just on TikTok, it's safe to say that this has indeed been the year of bright and bold fits.But let's take a step back and see what Dopamine Dressing actually is. In short, Dopamine Dressing is what happens when we start to dress for...

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6 Genius Laundry Tricks Everyone Should Know

Are you looking for some laundry tips that actually work? Look no more as these six laundry tricks from Smart Fox on Youtube will make your life easier! Share these genius tricks with your friends and family and make laundry time hassle-free. Watch the video below to learn these tricks. #1 Instead of fabric softener, use salt Like fabric softeners, salt can also make your laundry nice and soft because they both have the same properties. Just put salt in the compartment where you put fabric softener. Image credits: Smart Fox via Youtube #2 When putting laundry in the dryer, put aluminum foil in with it Take an aluminum foil, crumple it into a ball, and then toss it inside...

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What is MIRUM? The Plastic-Free Leather Alternative and Where to Get It

image: Segan what is Mirum and where to find itAs sustainability in fashion is further explored, the importance of alternatives to both animal-derived and fossil-fuel based leathers is becoming more commonly accepted. MIRUM is a new and innovative leather-like material that is entirely free from both animal and plastic inputs. So what’s it made of, and what brands are using it?The importance of moving beyond animal leather Before we can talk about leather alternatives, we need to look at why there’s such a need for these alternative materials to begin with. When it comes to animal-derived leather, there are a myriad of ethical and environmental consequences of production worth evolving beyond. Some of these include the exploitation and slaughter of animals, deforestation and inefficient land use, biodiversity...

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Ways to repurpose, recycle and resell strollers and baby gear

Here are our ten top solutions to the problem of what to do with all the accumulated stuff baby outgrows.Babies require a fair amount of gear, it can be expensive and time consuming to research and purchase everything you need to keep your child safe and happy. When they outgrow the strollers and gear, it can feel wasteful to toss out perfectly good items. I've got a great list of ways to repurpose, recycle and resell your strollers and baby gear.Related: 10 Best Sewing Kits for Kids 10 WAYS TO KEEP YOUR BABY GEAR OUT OF THE LANDFILLSMove of us start with passing along items to friends and family, after that, maybe a yard sale or church donation. But after...

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How Did a $6 Bass Pro Shops Hat Become the Hot New Menswear Accessory Among Gen Z?

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SPY.com may receive an affiliate commission. It’s a strange time for hats. Bucket hats are back, cowboy hats are riding into town and the most popular baseball caps are dad hats. The confluence of these seemingly disparate trends is the Bass Pro Shops trucker cap. This humble $6 cap with mesh paneling and a plasticky logo of a fish has suddenly become the most fashionable piece of headwear, in no small part due to TikTok. The Wall Street Journal clocked this trend in December 2021, and these hats are still everywhere half a year later. This trend was going strong long before it caught the...

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