The Body Shop Camomile Cleansing Butter
People often say that when it comes to skincare, you can save on cleansers, as they are on your skin for such a short time that spending a lot of money on amazing ingredients doesn’t make sense. In theory, I agree. In practice, I still want my cleansers to b..
On The Occasional Act of Getting Drunk
I’m writing this with a medium-level hangover, which makes the thesis of the post particularly unlikely. Essentially, I’m going to say that I’m OK with people – me included – getting drunk once in a while: I’m warning you right now so that you can stop readi..
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 ..
Winter Whites To Wear Now*
For me, January is the hardest month to dress for. It’s cold, which is an issue in itself, there is nothing in the shops and all the winter clothes I own seem to automatically lose all their appeal the very moment the New Year starts. I don’t want cosy knits..
The Obama Book Club
When I woke up in the morning of 24 June last year, in shock, I thought things couldn’t get any worse, that this was the political nadir of my life. Silly me. Things can always get worse and they just have. I spent yesterday in a daze of horror and disbelief..
India Mahdavi’s Pastel Power
I had no idea that I’d been in love with India Mahdavi’s work since 2014. As soon as Gallery at Sketch London reopened after renovation that year, I knew this was a place I wanted to visit: full of rose pink velvet and chairs that looked like they were made ..
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 ..