Beauty 101: Beauty on a College Budget

Beauty 101: Beauty on a College Budget

[supsystic-gallery id=145] By Lexi Kerzman  | Submitted Photos I survived my first year of college, and I learned a lot, not only about my classes, but about budgeting, about beauty, and about loving myself. The worst part of college life is the price tag—$20,000 just...
Community Contributor: The Mercy Box

Community Contributor: The Mercy Box

Submitted Photos mercybozMercy box pick up for BPSmercy box drop off site pic When businesses and the community team up to help those in need, great things can happen. That’s the idea behind a new movement in Bismarck and Mandan called The Mercy Box. What started as a...
Maureen Wanner’s Mission Field: Pampering Promised

Maureen Wanner’s Mission Field: Pampering Promised

Article and Photos by Paula Redmann Maureen Wanner has been making people feel beautiful for 27 years. She entered the world of hair and skin in 1991, fresh out of a Bismarck beauty college. All paths crisscrossed to where she is today, to Homestead Salon and Spa—her...
Finding Beauty in Every Medium

Finding Beauty in Every Medium

by Nicole Thom-Arens  | Submitted Photos Candace Brekke’s contemporary artwork has been on display in boutiques, cafes, and businesses in Minot for several years, but it took the artist years to find her peace on the canvas. “In college, Walter Piehl was one of my...

The Beautiful Gift of Mindfulness

by Melanie Carvell What does it mean to be a “beautiful” person? We often say a person is “beautiful, inside and out” or “beauty is only skin deep” or “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” When we have a particularly positive interchange with another person, we...