The fashion industry is abuzz this month discussing the 2019 fall-winter fashion lines making their way down the runways worldwide. Staple items of yesteryear, including fringed-out clothes, distressed leather and denim pieces and the once-scorned supersized shoulder shapes of the 1980s, are making a comeback, and fashion-savvy shoppers in the Dubuque area are turning to...

If you are like me, ladies, you hate to throw away several pair of jeans that no longer fit. Most women I know get stubborn about these things. Ladies want to believe that they are going to wake up next Tuesday and go on a serious diet. This time, they will not fail. This time,...

Full, beautiful brows are on trend again and Hollywood celebs can’t stop buzzing about the precision results achieved with the microblading technique. Using a handheld manual tool, microblading technicians create hair-like strokes of semi-permanent pigment to mimic natural brow hair, adding to or darkening the appearance of the existing brow. That’s right, it’s a face...

I’m not really a weather person. I don’t pay that much attention to forecasts or spend a lot of energy worrying about the weather. No amount of fretting or obsessively checking a weather app is going to change the outcome, so this is one worry I have just decided to let go. This year? This...

What makes someone beautiful to you? Do you immediately think of physical characteristics such as flowing hair; glowing, wrinkle-free skin; a flat tummy; and straight, white teeth? Most of us tend to make quick judgments about an individual based on her outer appearance. We spend extraordinary amounts of time, energy and money fixing our outer...