Tag: Beauty

Beauty

The Luxurious Bathroom

BY NICHOLAS ENGERT Bathroom design has hardly changed in any dramatic way for nigh on 100 years.  This is hardly surprising as all bathrooms revolve around three or four essential pieces of sanitary ware – wash hand basin, bath, shower and WC.   Whilst there have been some excellent design innovations such as walk in showers which do away with problematic shower trays, most items of sanitary … Continue reading The Luxurious Bathroom

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Design

EIIR – The Art of Stamps

BY NICHOLAS ENGERT Beauty and Design in the Early Elizabethan Era When Elizabeth ascended the throne in 1952 following the death of her father King George VI, Britain faced the future with a fragile optimism. It was a time when even the smallest things — the postage stamps that bore her image — reflected a quiet confidence and beauty that spoke of a nation still … Continue reading EIIR – The Art of Stamps

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Thoughts

The Next Evolution

BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN From Barbarism to Empathy: Why Future Generations Will Judge Our Cruelty Across the world exist rare couples who communicate not only through words but through something deeper—a current that hums beneath the skin, making oceans between them feel like illusions. When one thinks of the other, the other feels it as warmth flaring behind the ribs, the heart pressing against its cage … Continue reading The Next Evolution

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Beauty, Politics

The Political Power of Makeup

BY JAMES CLARK, CSM BEAUTY EDITOR The last few months have been interesting from a purely cosmetic angle seeing the intersectional lobby and feminists go from dusty, school mams to characters worthy of a Warner Brothers melodrama of the 1940’s. With the ever-changing landscape and people unaware often of the power of a lipstick (so many column inches have been dedicated to this subject its … Continue reading The Political Power of Makeup

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