When you think of tape, the first thing that likely comes to mind is stickiness. You may be under the impression that stickiness is the most important aspect of tape. If that is the case, you’re not entirely wrong, but you’re not entirely right either.
There is a lot more to tape than you may initially think. There are three aspects of tape that make it work. Read the blog here.
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There are a lot of things that, as a stylist, you need to know! Things like what kind of system you should recommend to your client is a major one. But once that’s figured out, you need to know what kind of tape you should use on it.
The wrong tape could cause issues for both your client and their system. Whether it’s the tape not holding or damage to the system, it can make your clients unhappy and also increases the chances for a bad wear experience. Knowing how to pair the right tape to the right system helps you follow the Walker Way and keep your clients coming back. Read the blog here. We’re all starting to get a little stir crazy these days. Sitting inside and staring at the wall is not the most entertaining thing to do or the best way to stay sane. So, people are trying to find ways to keep busy when they aren’t working or home-schooling their kids. You’ve likely seen posts about it. You can’t spend two minutes on Instagram or Twitter without seeing a post about a sourdough starter or how to do a “Quarantine Haircut.”
I thought I would see what our team members here at Avant8 are up to, in hopes that there is something to do that is less destructive than making yourself look like a Mad Max character. Fortunately, I was in luck. Read the rest of this blog here. It’s a little bit cliché to say that we are in crazy times right now… But we’re in pretty crazy times right now. COVID-19 has everyone going through their daily lives in very different ways. Those who can, are working from home. Waiting in line at the grocery store like it’s Disneyland. Eating in a restaurant not really an option.
People are turning to the internet for things they would normally get out in the real world. This means that small businesses have to be even more present online. Customers can’t come into your store or office looking for your goods and services. So, you need to make sure that you are coming to them. Well, to their computer that is. Read the rest of the blog here. It’s no secret that everything is a little crazy right now. The COVID-19 virus has everyone who can be working from home.
Here at Avant8, we were unexpectedly prepared for this. Under normal circumstances we have work-from-home-Wednesdays. The name is pretty self-explanatory. Our full-time employees can opt to work from home on Wednesdays. This initiative was originally created to show trust in the team, but also to throw a bone for those of us who have to commute from Utah County. Read the rest of the blog here. The non-profit Little Free Library (LFL) was started in 2009 by Todd Bol in Hudson, Wisconsin. Thinking of his mother, a bibliophilic teacher, he built a miniature one-room schoolhouse and put it on a post in his front yard. He filled the schoolhouse with books. Bol encouraged his friends and neighbors to take the books and leave any of their own, to share with others. The schoolhouse was a success and led to Bol building more to give to these friends and neighbors.
This project eventually caught the attention of Bol’s friend, Rick Brooks. Brooks saw the good the Little Free Libraries were doing and helped Bol to start a nonprofit based around the schoolhouses. And it quickly grew. In the 10 years since Bol built his first Little Free Library, the number of libraries registered to his nonprofit has gone from a few in his neighborhood to over 90,000 around the world. This doesn’t include the ones people build and keep without putting them on LFL’s map. In the Salt Lake Valley alone there are over 100 Little Free Libraries, with more throughout Utah. All of them are run by people excited to share literature with their community. People like local author Kate Birch. Read the rest of the story here. The age of smartphones has led to the introduction of subscription services for just about everything. Bibliophiles who are on the go are likely familiar with services such as Audible. A subscription with them ($15/ month) will get you an audiobook a month that you can listen to whenever, with options to buy more credits for more books that you get to keep.
However, for many, especially those on a budget, it’s just not worth it for a book you’re likely to only listen to once. Which is where Libby comes in. Created by OverDrive, Libby is a free app that connects to your local library to give you access to the library’s database of audiobooks. Read the rest of the story here. Tyler Montague and Holiday Dalgleish made an important decision about six years ago. They decided that it was time for them to collaborate on a farming project.
This led to the birth of Keep It Real Vegetables, an urban farm dedicated to organic growing methods and producing rarer and more interesting products. Montague and Dalgleish believe that when it comes to farming, “simple is better.” So, they practice regenerative agriculture. Meaning they don’t use any chemicals on their plants. They try to keep the soil as healthy as possible by not just using organic compost, but by also not tilling their gardens. Read the rest of the story here. Starting college and going out into the workforce are intimidating feats. Most students need all the help they can get, even if it is in their hometown. Then there are some who are facing the prospects, but with challenges many of us can hardly relate to.
They are facing them as refugees — people who were forced to leave their homes for fear of their safety, and are now thrown into an unfamiliar, sometimes unwelcoming environment. In Utah there is a nonprofit for those who are staring down that road: ONErefugee. Read the rest of the story here. Elitzer stood in the doorway of Franklin Elementary School’s gym on Feb. 28. That evening, the gym hosted a panel about the proposed inland port that is to be built in Salt Lake County. She was watching the proceedings, but not participating in the questioning. “I wish they would do something in Spanish,” says Elitzer, who asked that her last name not be used. She speaks English well, but it’s not her first language. Spanish is much more comfortable for her. She is just one of many Latinx people who live near where the inland port is proposed to be built but know very little about it — even though this port could affect them the most, for better or for worse. Read the rest of the story here. |