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Best of 2018: Books
I just had a year-end chat with a friend that went something like: it was a decent year – daughter happy, work fine, reading good. And it was, although I have been somewhat frustrated with my reading recently; more about this next year. I have written about ..
Best of 2018: Skincare
It is that time of the year again. I’m going to tell you what I liked in 2018 – in beauty, books, style and everything else. It is obviously a highly subjective take, as even with my level of obsession, there is a limited amount of stuff I can try. There are..
Cheap Skincare: Alessandra Steinherr x Primark
I had never been inside a Primark store until this autumn, when Alessandra Steinherr launched her skincare line for the brand. For those of you that don’t spend silly amounts of time on Instagram checking people’s skincare routines: she is a former Glamour m..
On Dressing Like a Character
One of the big pleasures of dressing is that if you want, you can tell stories, convey moods, create characters. When I talk about dressing like a character, I don’t mean trying to look like a specific person, a protagonist in a movie or a book. I mean a con..
The Scent of Autumns Past: Old Money by Teresa Helbig
Sometimes, my perfume hobby makes me despair. There are so many new launches that keeping up with them is impossible, not to mention time-consuming and expensive. I know there is no need to smell everything on the market, but I would like to have at least a ..
Autumn Edit: Life
If you follow any lifestyle youtubers, you are probably familiar with the videos of people’s morning routines. You know, the ones where they wake up at 5.30am, have water with lemon, do their yoga, write their morning pages, eat a nutritious vegan breakfast ..
Drunk Elephant Brand Overview Part 1
If you follow skincare news as obsessively as I do, you already know that Drunk Elephant is launching at Cult Beauty and Space NK on 3 October. From then on, this amusingly named skincare line will be easily accessible for people in Europe (and beyond, but i..
Three Women I Follow Instead of Gwyneth Paltrow
I really was nice to Gwyneth much longer than reasonable: I felt I owed her for the 10-hour chicken and blueberry muffin recipes (still like her cookbooks, in fact) and I also believed that a woman who has the brains to pick this Tom Ford dress for the Oscar..
Makeup Update: Bronze and Smoke, Red and Ruby
I haven’t done a makeup roundup in ages, mostly because I haven’t been buying much – or been that excited about makeup, for that matter. Lately, however, I have found not one but two looks that I really like and bought a few new toys for trying them out. The..
Warm Weather Skincare Routine
As the heatwave continues (it’s going to be 37 degrees in Brussels today), I have been contemplating my skincare routine. I fully understand when people do not want to put anything on their skin in this heat and if you can get away with cleansing, a hydratin..