Karen Kane offers clothing designed with elegance and comfort in mind. Karen grew up in a small town with the dream of becoming a fashion designer. She moved to LA to attend the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. After graduating, in 1979, Karen designed and launched her first collection from a garage. As she began to work on the second, Karen found herself needing more help and more space. She found a location in Downtown LA and expanded her team. No matter what the current trends Read more [...]

School Zone Publishing Company is one of my favorite producers of kid’s educational products. They began in 1972 as School Zone Learning Center, supplying educators with schoolbooks containing a variety of lessons. A few years later, changes were made in the school curriculum (and probably budgets) that prevented the sharing of materials between school and home. Parents were left needing educational products to help teach their children. School Zone Learning Centers recognized this need and began Read more [...]

In 1939, Frank Farino worked for a Cleveland bra company. He got word that the company was going to be shutting down. Frank was owed some back pay but, was instead given two sewing machines, four of the company’s sales accounts and $240. Frank turned this set-back into an opportunity to start his own intimate apparel company. As the war progressed, Frank ran into challenges of finding materials needed to make his intimate apparel. He again took what he was given and found a way to make it work. Read more [...]

Since 1972 Stash Tea Company has operated out of Portland Oregon. In the beginning, Stash Tea produced loose herbal teas and bulk herbs that were marketed to natural foods stores. Then in 1975 the company created a mail order catalog and decided to embrace bagged teas. They began working with fine restaurants supplying them with traditional and special blends of herbal tea. To this day, Stash Tea is one of the largest suppliers of specialty teas, in the US. For my review, I received three loose Read more [...]

Sheex, Inc. was founded by Susan Walvius and Michelle Marciniak. Both women are former University of South Carolina basketball coaches. Their mission is to provide their consumers with an alternative to cotton bed sheets…an alternative that is superior and offers maximum comfort and performance. The Sleep-fit Technology (a trademark) takes into account that the consumer’s quality of sleep is directly related to temperature. Unlike the Sheex performance fabric, traditional sheets trap the body’s Read more [...]

Tree Hut is a company that produces all of its products in the United States. They are known for using Certified Organic Shea in all of their products. Other produces they are include crushed almonds and coconut shells. Their sugar body scrubs use real sugar and are all natural (GMO-free). They do no animal testing nor do their products contain any parabens. Tree Hut would like us (and our skin) to benefit by having our own At-Home Spa experience. They realize that it’s important for our skin Read more [...]

Jennifer Scalise is a young single mother of three children. Her life is much like any other single parent’s. There are joys and struggles, hardships and rewards. One of those rewards is a vacation with family and friends. However, during that fun filled and exciting vacation, Jennifer experiences something that no parent ever wants to even think about experiencing….the loss of a child. Brooke was just 12 years old at the time of the accident in 2009. She was a cherished, beautiful (inside Read more [...]

ARRANGING IT ALL was organized in 1996 by Barry Izsak. Since that time, he has been making order out of chaos for many clients. Barry is a Certified professional Organizer as well as a Certified Relocation and Transition Specialist. Also on the team at ARRANGING IT ALL are three highly qualified and talented individuals who are equally dedicated to helping their clients experience the wonderful feeling of being organized. With today’s fast pace and the numerous roles that we fill each and every Read more [...]

Luminaze is a brand of Syneron Beauty, Inc., a subsidiary of Syneron Medical Ltd. Syneron is a leader in the development of aesthetic devices and treatments that can be used in the comfort of the consumer’s home rather than in a professional setting. Luminaze is made up of an enzyme that is found in mushrooms that grow in the Swiss Alps. These mushrooms grow in trees and it was discovered that the bark around these mushrooms was a different color than the bark that was not immediately surrounding Read more [...]

Mighty Nest was formed after founders Kristen and Chris Conn decided that they wanted to make their home a safer home for their two children. They initially started their research after their first child was born and they discovered that so many of the products that were on the market were potentially harmful due to the ingredients or chemicals used in their production. This wasn’t the case with just cleaning supplies but also items as common as bottles, diapers, and toys. These discoveries Read more [...]