As we enter the period of reopening, people are anxious to get back to normal life, however, we must keep in mind that social distancing and safety measures are still in effect. For the foreseeable future, we are required to wear face masks when social distancing and safety measures are hard to do. Like, going to the grocery store, post office, etc. As we phase into restaurant dining, store openings, etc., you might be coming out of your house more which means, you’re going to need a lot of different face masks! An easy solution is to keep a face covering in your car(s), in your purse, on your key rack, etc. You may have already noticed the new dice hanging above the dashboard in cars - yup - it’s the face mask.
For many years, plain white face masks have been worn in China. A little crazy that they never became a fashion statement! Nowadays, masks must match outfits, right? During this pandemic crisis, the CDC has issued new guidelines that relax the fabric and construction requirements of a traditional medical mask for a person wearing a face covering in a socially distanced situation out in public. The CDC and the Surgeon General of the United States of America even allow bandanas or T-shirt material folded in a special way and secured with rubber bands around the ears.
Not only can we wear stylish face coverings, we can buy them from an army of makers, including friends of Tin Shingle! Below is a list of Tin Shingle’s mask makers.
Please note, these coverings and masks are not medical grade. Use CDC guidelines and use FDA-approved items if possible and these only as a last resort. These products have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. These masks are not an N95 Respirator. Use these products at your own risk.
LuLuBdesign
LuluBdesign makes LuLuwrap from silk chiffon, a fabric that is airy, sheer and lightweight. Silk chiffon is considered a premium fabric because of its shimmer, smooth texture and its strength despite being very lightweight. While wearing it you feel luxuriously sexy!
SHOP MASKS HERE.
EFFIES PAPER
Effie’s Paper is a lifestyle brand setting the trend for the cool accessories to buy, how to travel in style and how much coffee it’s chic to drink on a daily basis. Effie’s Paper is a Minority Owned Women Business Enterprise and Kalyn (owner) is a recent graduate of the prestigious Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program.
SHOP MASKS HERE.
INNER BEAUTY EFFECTS
Inner Beauty Effects is a Hudson Valley based fashion design company, who for a brief period rented a hallway studio in Atlas Studios in Newburgh to conduct podcasts with women entrepreneurs. Originally they made durable bags with an exciting pop of fabric on the inside. Now they are making face masks in pleasant fabrics you’ll feel good about wearing around. Inner Beauty Effects is also selling surface & hand sanitizer! Free shipping on 3 or more masks with code: FREESHIP
SHOP MASKS HERE.
TARA MCPHERSON
Tara McPherson is a well known artist who moved to Beacon with her family. People collect her art as stickers, posters, dolls, board games, etc. Now her art is collectable as a face mask. Learn more about the meaning of her paintings here. “Tara exhibits her paintings and serigraphs in fine art galleries all over the world. Named the crown princess of poster art by ELLE Magazine, she has created numerous gig posters for rock bands such as Beck, The Pixies, and Metallica. She has worked with Sony Pictures Animation doing character designs & creative development. Her array of art also includes a variety of toys with Kidrobot, painted covers for DC Vertigo Comics, advertising illustrations for Wyden+Kennedy, Barton F Graf, Publicis, and Bernstein Andrulli. She taught in the Illustration department at Parsons in NYC for 4 years.”
SHOP MASKS HERE