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Yes, You Can Afford Ethical Beauty! I hear this a lot. And I get it. A few years ago, I thought the same thing. There are really expensive ethical beauty products out there. And, trying new products just to find out they don’t work is expensive, not to mention hard on the environment. But, I

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE AND HOW TO GET STARTED Sometimes I see all of these descriptions and I understand why people are slow to start their ethical style journey. I mean, can you even call it an ethical style journey if you aren’t exactly sure what ethical style means? And should you be eco-friendly or a

I don’t know about you, but this year has felt like a long, exhausting year. Maybe it was the non-stop news cycle. Or maybe it was this never-ending pregnancy. Or chasing after a toddler. Or maybe just life. I am sure you know what I mean. And most likely, so do the other ladies (and

We have been given a unique, once in a lifetime opportunity to heal Mother Earth by staying home. While unnerving and inconvenient, it is healing the earth. She is saying thank you by giving us clear blue skies and enough quiet to hear every bird chirp. Usually on Earth Day, we like to get outside.

When I first started Future:Standard in 2010, our about page stated: “WE DO NOT COMPROMISE ON STYLE AND DO NOT THINK OUR VALUES SHOULD GET IN THE WAY OF LOOKING GREAT.”  Our entire philosophy was that you didn’t have to sacrifice your values or your style and that the two can co-exist. At the time,

I wouldn’t write Future:Standard if I didn’t wholeheartedly believe in the power of voting with our dollars. If I didn’t think living a more conscious and ethical lifestyle could help save the environment. Every single one of us can reduce our footprint in small and large ways. But, we as consumers alone cannot save the