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7 Favourite Middle Eastern Cookbooks

There are many places in the world with food I love – Japan and Malaysia, Scandinavia and Peru, but I think Middle East takes the crown for me. I’m sure it’s not just about food. I’ve always been very interested in the region and its past: ancient Mesopotami..

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6 Brightening Products and a Plan

I went on a tropical holiday recently and have the sun damage to prove it. And no, I don’t mean a few freckles here and there that I’m getting overexcited about, I mean proper darker blotches mostly on my forehead and a bit on my cheeks. I’ve never freaked o..

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12 Perfumes for Spring

I usually like to have a concept to my posts, some over-arching idea or a point I’m trying to convey. This article has no concept whatsoever. It is just a list of fragrances I’ve worn most this spring and will keep on wearing in the near future. With 1.5 exc..

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10 Tips for Going Bespoke ft a Dress by Oksana Tandit

Having something specially made for you is one of the great pleasures of life, and not only when it comes to clothes. I do of course realise that made-to-measure is not accessible for everybody*, but it can be a wonderful experience for those who like clothe..

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14 Things from My In-Flight Beauty Bag

I have a somewhat unhealthy interest in what people take with them when travelling. It combines two things I find exciting: the taste of individual women and the process of editing. I’ve talked about my own travel essentials before, but this post is slightly..

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5 Jo Malone Fragrances I Wear All the Time

Today is the first day of spring and this seemed a good time for a post on Jo Malone, the brand that reinvented cologne for modern consumers. Perfumistas can be a bit dismissive of Malone, as the fragrances aren’t very complex or statement-making. I complain..

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11 (French) Pharmacy Favourites

What to buy in a pharmacy in Paris seems to be one of the fundamental questions of modern times, something every blogger has to address at some point. Obviously, I swore I’d never do it. But the more I read posts that unfailingly mentioned Bioderma micellar ..

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13 Tips for a Big Event

I love big events. I love the drama, the dressing-up, the excitement. If there aren’t any sufficiently big events happening, I will invent some, so that I can wear my gowns. Or order new ones. But chatting to people at the Estonian Independence Day reception..

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6 Mini Skincare Reviews: Cult Beauty x Caroline Hirons

While I haven’t bought any skincare this year, I’m not entirely without new goodies, as I pre-ordered The Cult Beaty Box by Caroline Hirons in December and it arrived a week ago. The fans of Caroline Hirons (there are quite a few here) would know that this i..

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Soaps For All Occasions

So, enough about tiaras, let’s talk about soaps. They do have something in common, though: both are old-fashioned concepts. Who buys a bar of soap these days, when one can have the much more practical liquid version? I do, and have made a study of hard soaps..