Party & Painkillers (Back on Friday)
Dear Readers, I apologise for the silence on the blog. I’m in Estonia for work and the Independence Day celebrations, but have been experiencing serious back pain for the first time in my life. This has completely messed up my schedule and blog plans. I will..
The Food and Books of Diana Henry
As with everything else, I’m an eclectic eater. I eat and can get excited about almost everything, with the exception of very hot dishes, as I simply cannot physically tolerate them (and anyway, I don’t see the point of eating anything I cannot properly tast..
Byredo Pulp: Fabulous Fruity Fun
If there was an award for the fragrance with the biggest discrepancy between the look of the bottle and the smell of the juice, I’d nominate Byredo Pulp. Byredo’s design is minimal, monochrome and achingly stylish, bordering on austere. Pulp is none of these..
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..
Pretty Plates: Blue and White Dinnerware from Zara
I’ve been reading Peter Frankopan’s The Silk Road, an ambitious history book focussing on Middle East and Central Asia, and it got me craving pretty new plates. That might sound unlikely, but there is in fact a very logical reason for that: he often talks ab..
The Flavour of Winter: Smoke, Peat, Wood
For almost half a year, not much happens in Estonian nature. If we are lucky to have a proper winter, there will be snow and frost and everything will look quietly beautiful in the cold winter sun. If we are less lucky, there’ll be freezing rain and mud and ..
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..
Millet Porridge with Coconut, Dates and Almonds
January was not a good cooking month for me. Unlike some other periods, I did in fact have time for it, but I was uninspired and unable to execute if some meagre amount of inspiration was found. I’m usually a pretty decent cook and while the quality of the r..
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..
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..