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The Best Affordable Cleanser I’ve Ever Tried
If you’ve followed me for a while, you know I’m always on the hunt for good, affordable cleansers: I consider cleansing to be of extreme importance and while I’m personally ready to pay a small fortune for a good skin-cleaning product, not everybody can or w..
The Cleanser That Made Me Change My Mind: Oskia Renaissance
When I did my big cleanser round-up a couple of years ago, I had bought a full-size bottle of Oskia Renaissance Cleansing Gel and I wasn’t impressed. It’s possible this was my reaction to the hype surrounding that cleanser, as especially the UK-based blogger..
How Using Retinol Changed My Skincare Routine
If you are a long-time reader of my blog, you know I always stress that my skin is not sensitive and can handle most products out there without ill effects. This is not me bragging, but warning you that what works for me may not work for you. However, as the..
Pharmacy Finds: CeraVe and Vichy
I am constantly asked to recommend affordable, decent, no-nonsense skincare products. As you know, that’s not really my strength – I tend to go for insanely expensive and unnecessarily fancy -, but as I refuse to recommend things I haven’t tried myself, I ma..
Three Luxury Cleansers: Omorovicza, Tracie Martyn and Leahlani
I have quite a few things to tell you on the skincare front, both when it comes to products and my routine as a whole. When I started writing the skincare update, I realised it’s impossible to cover it all in one post with any level of detail. I have therefo..
4 Planning Tips For People Who Don’t Plan
I have a weird obsession with organising and planning: I love to read about both or watch videos, but I’m generally rather sceptical about applying all that advice. I often feel that people spend so much energy on finding the perfect system for organising th..
What I Do With My Hair
People have been asking me lately about things I feel entirely unqualified to talk about: morning routines, romance novels and, maybe most surprisingly, my hair. The only thing my hair has to recommend itself is its colour and that, as I’m sure you’ve notice..
New Year, Pretty Much the Same Old Me
Happy New Year, dear readers! It really is very nice of you to stick around, I do appreciate that. Before I get into things I want to do or achieve in 2019, let me start with some disclaimers. Sali Hughes wrote a great piece a couple of years ago about how t..
Going Out With a Bang
The photos for this post were shot a while back already, as part of the series about rewearing things and making dresses autumn and winter appropriate. This dress makes complete sense in that context, as I’ve worn it many times over several years (friends fr..
Best of 2018: Life & Style
I always like to see what really, truly works for people: even if it’s not something that would be right for me, I find it interesting and instructive. So I’ve gathered here a few of my favourite things from this year that do not fit into the best of skincar..