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Top 10 Best Holiday Gift Items By Controse
With the holiday season upon us, we're sure you must be racking your brains wondering what gifts to buy for those loved ones with a penchant for unique items and a style all their own. Well, Controse is here to help. We spent many late nights in our offices while chugging down lots of eggnog in order to find [...]
Let's Hear it for Dads!
Fatherly Advice: where would we be without their wise, funny, practical guidance?Their words have the power to shape the very people that we become. Their words comfort us, reminding us that we are loved unconditionally, that we can, in fact, go home again and sometimes that’s all we need to know. Some are men of few words and [...]
50% Off - Memorial Day Sale all Wings and Cross Items
1. Angel Wings and Cross A soft look that does not hide your edgy side. This necklace offers timeless symbols in a powerful and raw steel setting.Reg. $48 Sale $23.99 2. Angelique - Couple Wings Necklace It was once said, We are each of us angels with only one wing and we can only fly by embracing one [...]
Cinco De Mayo – What, Who, Why and How - History, Party Menu, and Don’ts
Not a Celebration of Independence Cinco de Mayo is Spanish for the fifth of May and it is not a celebration of Mexico’s Independence (which took place on September 16 th 50 years prior to the Battle of Puebla). It’s a celebration of Mexico’s victory in the battle at Puebla on May 5th, 1862 during the Franco-Mexican war. This battle was a [...]
10 Best Mother's Day Gift Ideas By Controse, Free Shipping!
Is your mother sentimental? Is mom edgy? Is mom spiritual? Is mom a rebel? Is she trendy, romantic or classic? Or is mom just plain cool? We have the perfect gift. Being a mother is an important and satisfying role. Mothers do so much for their families expecting nothing in return. Moms cook, clean, shop, do laundry, check homework, got [...]
IS APRIL THE CRUELEST MONTH?
“April is the cruelest month . . .” begins the first line of The Waste Land, the signature modernist poem by T. S. Eliot. The poem reads:APRIL is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain Winter kept us warm, [...]
10 Necklaces April Fool's Special Sale by Controse
1.Bad To The Bone Necklace A badass necklace for a badass guy … or gal. The stainless steel pendant is finished with black epoxy and features a skull with its sunglasses slid up to give the onlooker a menacing, sinister grin. Reg. $29.99 Sale $14.99 2.Garden Heart Elite Necklace Show someone how special they are with this pretty stainless [...]
Not Your Mother’s CZ’s
Jet Black CZ Stones Adorn Edgy Styles Created for Rebellious Souls CZ, short for Cubic zirconia (quick chemistry lesson) is the cubic crystalline form of zirconium dioxide or (ZrO2). Cubic zirconiaisoptically flawless and usually colorless, but can be made in different colors. In this case we chose to make them Black for maximum impact. Its durability and close visual [...]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
A LIST OF 5 USEFUL IRISH SAYINGS FOR TODAY AND BEYOND1."Put the heart crossways" in someoneTo give someone a fright - This is what you'll do when you're staying with an Irish friend or relative and you accidentally walk in on them in the shower.In use: "You put the heart crossway in me. I didn't see you [...]
Worst Monday of The Year? Why, What & Where
WTF is Daylight Saving Time?! - A Brief History and 10 Good, Bad and Really Strange Things About It!It Started out as a JokeAmerican inventor and politician Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay called “An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light” to the editor of The Journal of Paris in 1784. In the essay, he suggested, although jokingly, that Parisians [...]