Spotify subscribers — prepare for a price hike, as the company has announced another increase for users in the U.S., Estonia, ...

J.Aesthetic nail salon in Gladesville now offers extended gel manicure and pedicure services, bringing luxury nail care to ...

I made this sign out of 1.25 inch white oak for its excellent durability outdoors. It was coated in a spar urethane finish and installed last fall. I had never used shellac as a paint sealer before ...

Are your clients calling for vegan and cruelty-free products? Scratch explores how to tell if your nail and beauty products ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...

While the merits of making your bed are many, science may support leaving it a mess. For years, experts have maintained that the morning ritual can help you sleep better, have more sex, boost ...

Shellac has been a critical material ever since the war cut supplies from India, virtually its sole producer. Shellac has unique properties as a protective finish, and none of its many substitutes has ...

It was “an unfathomable sum” for two fellows who had struggled to get into the industry, Todd James Pierce tells us in “Making Mary Poppins,” an illuminating microhistory of the brothers, their ...

National Candy Corn Day is Thursday, Oct. 30, and while some will try to stay as far away from the sweet treat as possible, others have likely already been indulging in the Halloween "delicacy." ...

At the Hot Club of New York, patrons revisit the music’s past by spinning shellac 78 RPM discs of recordings made in the 1910s to ’50s. At the Hot Club of New York, patrons revisit the music’s past by ...

Located just a few blocks from campus, the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture’s Creating_Making Lab (C_ML) is a 7,000+ sf lab for students, faculty and staff in the college. In addition to ...