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10 Young Adult Books I Keep Seeing Around (Vol 1)
If you’re not quite sure what “young adult” means when it comes to books, it’s the category that covers the Twilights, Hunger Games and Divergents of this world. They usually have protagonists who are in their late teens, often involve first love and coming ..
Black Garlic & Violet Sugar: 9 Things for More Exciting Food
I’ve been wanting to post this list for days, but work, a persistent head cold, the absence of light and general too-much-to-do-ness have conspired against me. I’m sorry for being behind my posting schedule, even if you don’t mind – it’s very annoying when l..
The Face of a Blogger: 9 Cult Skincare Products
My love of lists is well documented and there are very few genres I like better than lists of cult beauty products (the other contenders being Best Books of All Time and Perfect Wardrobe Staples). If you are a beauty junky, however, cult product lists often ..
Tarragon Lemonade & New Year’s Resolutions
The arrival of the New Year kind of ruins the winter for me. Most of the things that make winter bearable – warm drinks, cosy knits, stews and roasts – start to feel slightly wrong. Every January, I want to feel sleek, sharp and fit and my mind is already in..
Best of 2016: Style, Food and Everything Else
I’ve done the books, the skincare, the makeup and the perfume, but I still have some favourites left. This is the last one, I promise.
1. Tanel Veenre jewellery. I’m not a big jewellery wearer, but IF I’m going to wear any, it better make a statement. 201..
Best of 2016: Perfume
It’s not an evidence-based conclusion – as I only tried a fraction of new launches -, but I feel like 2016 was a solid year for perfume: not outstanding, but definitely not bad either. There were quite a few new fragrances that I respected and/or liked, but ..
Best of 2016: Makeup
In the last week, I’ve spent an embarrassing amount of time watching best of 2016 beauty videos on YouTube. I have mostly learned two things: 1) these videos are addictive and 2) my list of favourites is quite different from most vloggers’. The latter is not..
Best of 2016: Books
I read 112 books last year, across genres and themes, of varying thickness and respectability. It’s a decent number, but what follows is by no means a comprehensive overview of anything: while I have read some of the talked-about books of 2016, I haven’t rea..
Best of 2016: Skincare
I love best-of lists, but they are always more difficult to write then I expect – and I really should know by now. Skincare is particularly troublesome: I test and use a lot and most of it is good, but I’ve become very tough to impress unconditionally. In ad..
Japan: High-End Makeup Haul
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Japanese makeup is of high quality. Possibly a bit boring – not known for the most exciting colours – but very well made: elegant textures, refined finishes, great staying power. My overview post on the more expens..