When a Beauty Buy Goes Wrong
As you may have noticed, I have a lot of experience with buying skincare. Therefore, I very rarely buy total duds, but there are often things that don’t perform quite as well as I expect them to. It’s never a great feeling – the waste of money, the waste of ..
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..
Lilac Update: Desarmant, Dior and MAC
I did a post on lilacs already last year and on the conceptual level have nothing to add – still love lilacs, still love their scent and colour. Some specifics haven’t changed either: En Passant continues to be absolutely lovely and I remain without a lilac ..
Things I Want to Wear: Zara Girl
It’s spring in Brussels at last, or one could even say that we have by-passed spring for the moment and gone straight for summer. It really is exceptionally warm and lovely after months of horribleness. This will of course pass quickly, so I wanted to take a..
A Latte for Spring
I know, I’m about seven hundred years behind the trend with this post, but for some reason I had never made a matcha latte until this week. I’ve drunk and enjoyed them when eating out and I’ve had matcha powder in the house, but no home-made matcha latte eve..
Cire Trudon Cyrnos: Mediterranean Sunshine in a Candle
I must say I sort of panicked last week when I realised I had finished all my scented candles. I’m not a full-blown candle addict, I often go weeks without burning any and it’s more of a nice bonus for me than a must. Especially in the spring and summer, the..
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..
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..
L’Oreal Nude Magique (or True Match Lumi?) Cushion Foundation
Good things come to those who look in strange places. Unless you are obsessed with make-up, you probably don’t know who Jaclyn Hill is. And even if you were obsessed with make-up, you’d possibly find following her a bit tiring, as she is very intense and can..
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..