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February 7, 2023 Rose Hope

Are Scented Candles Bad For Your Health?

The food we eat requires an ingredient list but the candles we literally breathe can have their components shrouded in so much mystery, and potentially full of harmful and toxic pollutants! Learn what to look for when buying a candle, and learn how Crushes makes their clean-burning soy wax candles.

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September 7, 2023 Rose Hope

Crushing on Bebe Mae
Behind the curtain of small independent jewellery designer Bebe Mae of Ōtautahi.
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April 13, 2023 Crushes Karangahape

Your Next Candle According To Your Starsign
A match made in the heavens! Let your zodiac choose your next candle. You could choose a fragrance that resonates on your deepest level, or find the scent that will bring the energy that you need!
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March 21, 2023 Rose Hope

The Pride of Karangahape Road
I think we should all speak the full five-syllable, beautiful, historically-rich, te reo word "Karangahape Road" and CANCEL the use of "K' Road"
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February 7, 2023 Rose Hope

Are Scented Candles Bad For Your Health?
The food we eat requires an ingredient list but the candles we literally breathe can have their components shrouded in so much mystery, and potentially full of harmful and toxic pollutants! Learn what to look for when buying a candle, and learn how Crushes makes their clean-burning soy wax candles.
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December 14, 2022 Crushes Karangahape

Wildflower Planting Tips
Bees and Butterflies are really important to our ecosystem, so its time we gave them a bit of a helping hand! Learn how to get the most out of your wildflower seeds
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November 18, 2022 Rose Hope

Boycott Black Friday
This American capitalist tradition entices us to spend with those big companies who can afford to discount, leaving small businesses in the dust just before their most crucial time of the year
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November 10, 2022 Crushes Karangahape

Charlie Renaud for Sweet Home Magazine
Our amazing manager Charlie was interviewed for local publication Sweet Home Magazine about her thoughts about Crushes, conscious consumerism, and retail
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October 29, 2022 Crushes Karangahape

Crushes Halloween Party
All the pictures from our fun night at SOAP
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April 7, 2022 Rose Hope

Crushing on Allie Buckley from Itchy Knits
I was lucky enough to visit Allie from Itchy Knits at her cosy home studio in central Tāmaki Makaurau to talk about her journey and relationship to slow, sustainable fashion.
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February 22, 2022 Rose Hope

Crushing On Staci Coble of Flow Studio Ceramics
Auckland ceramicist talks about what inspires and motivates her creativity to make Flow Studio Ceramics
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December 6, 2021 Rose Hope

Santa Was Real and It Wasn't Christmas Time
The real story of Saint Nic can make even this Hardened-Christmas-Giver want to be generous.
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November 23, 2021 Rose Hope

10 Lessons I've Learnt From Being in Business for 10 Years
This year, Sarah and I are celebrating 10 years of our little baby, Crushes. Of course, she wasn't called Crushes back then. She was called (the very era-appropriate-five-word-title) "The Bread and Butter Letter" (which was named after Sarahs tumblr(!!) )...
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