Photography: Frank Wiredu
Models: Karisah Brown, Lucia Corsetti, Maryam Jama
Fashion (except white lace gown): Wilde Hunt Corsetry
White lace gown: Style and Salvage
MUA: Ludie Senatus
The influence of Art Nouveau aesthetic is undeniable in the work of corsetière Larissa Boiwka of Wilde...
FEBRUARY:
A Dance of Fire and Ice
Cold winds howl.
As a veil of grey cloaks the skies,
turned to frost,
the mood is often heavy
as the snow we lie beneath.
With holiday sparkles but a glimmer in our memories, and the promise of Spring...
As Rosemary is to the Spirit, so Lavender is to the Soul.
—Anonymous
Herbal extracts make powerful curatives, and they have been the basis for some good medicine over the centuries. But that is not the only reason these divine plants...
The languid poetry of lovers
that flows through each warm breath
of Summer air, so divinely sweet
is roused, reluctant
by a sky of fire.
And yet, the waters beckon
with an invitation to remain cool,
in the flow of light.
The ripe, juicy spell of Midsummer...
It seems instantaneous. Just as the whirl of Autumn leaves gracefully descend and settle softly to the ground, they take with them the energetic flurry of Fall; the colors that awe, the electricity in the air, the scented breath...
“Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems”
—Rainier Maria Rilke
As the world blooms, in the spirit of spring renewal, so does your beauty—with a little help from these delicious masks, which add much-needed nourishment...
Heavy heated days turn to balmy starlit nights
that breathe magic into our dreams
and carry us beyond the sea.
The silent lull of moonlight
opens the path
to desires fulfilled
and hearts overflowing.
Somewhere between Midsummer and the harvest festivals that grace the first winds...
Artist and model Miranda Hedman shows us how to make a simple version of the more intricate braid seen here.
Dragon Queen Braid
Difficulty: Medium
Brush through hair.
Grab three thin strands of hair on one side and begin making a...
Photography by Steve Parke.
Model: Crystal Chandler
When Lynn Hurst of South Carolina’s Moss Hollowe Farms isn’t tending to her small flock of sheep, dairy goats, chickens, ducks, guineas, and peacocks, or selling eggs and produce and fairy soap at...
Karen is a magical beauty expert who spent years working as a model, a stylist and a brow expert in Beverly Hills before embarking on a more spiritual journey and eventually developing her enchanted hair care products, like these below,...