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Probably the Longest Blogpost on Cleansers, Ever
I’ve wanted to do an overview post on cleansers* for a while, but have been putting it off, as I’ve been unable to find my Sunday Riley Blue Moon cleansing balm. How is this possible? How can a person just lose a big tub of skincare? And of course it has to ..
On the Uses of Bookstagram (and Six People to Follow)
The activities people most frequently associate with me are coughing* and reading, often conducted simultaneously. I’ve read since I can remember myself and never expected my reading experience to change much. And in most ways, it hasn’t – although I’m somew..
On Not Hating Social Media
The quickest way these days to establish your intellectual and moral superiority is to declare that you do not have a Facebook account. The other option is to say something scathing about the Kardashians (alternatively, insert locally relevant celebrity here..
My Most Expensive Perfume and Some Thoughts on Quality
What you see on the picture is Mohur extrait by Neela Vermeire Creations. It costs 350 euros and is the most expensive perfume I own*. By niche perfumery standards, even a 500-euro fragrance is no longer anything shocking, as the prices keep climbing. For a ..
How to Read More Books
Statistically, the questions I hear most often are: “Oh my god, are you unwell?” when I haven’t applied any make-up and “How do you manage to read so much?” when I’ve finished another book and feel the whole world should know. The latter question is often as..
A Year of Blogging
It’s strange to think that my blog turned one year old this week, it feels both like it should be more and less than that. Characteristically, I’m a few days late celebrating it – questionable health, increasing workload and some lovely guests have all playe..
How I Survived the No-Buy January
It’s of course ridiculous to say that I ‘survived’ a month without buying any make-up, perfume or skincare products: lots of people need to make do without stuff that is immeasurably more important than this. But one needs catchy headlines, no? And in the wo..
Why Everyone Should Be Wearing Tiaras
Tiaras are awfully old-fashioned. They make one think of royalty and privilege or beauty pageants, proms and Disney princesses. I usually don’t care much for jewellery and definitely don’t want to be associated with any of the abovementioned things, but I st..
How to Organise 500 Perfume Samples
I’m afraid this post is going to be of interest only to serious perfume enthusiasts who know what it means to have an embarrassing amount of chocolate boxes full of samples. Or possibly to other obsessive collectors who experience compulsive periods of organ..
The Future of Tolerance
It was 1998 and I was on my way to Lübeck, upon the invitation of Germany’s young social democrats – to witness the general elections and eventually, Gerhard Schröder’s defeat of Helmut Kohl. As both I and the Estonian social democrats were poor, I arrived w..