Charlotte Tilbury Bathing Beauty Bag
I have never understood the thinking that everyday things don’t need to be nice. If anything, it’s more important to enjoy stuff you use or wear or are surrounded by every day, rather than things meant for special occasions (I’m suspicious of this notion of ..
A Dress to Impress
I’m a great believer in dresses. Not because I think women should wear dresses because they are women and real women wear dresses, but because I find them very efficient. You put a dress on, you are dressed. I also like the clean, unfussy line a dress can gi..
Everything Cardamom
There are very few things in life I’m absolutely certain about, but I know for a fact that cardamom is the best spice. It just is. I have never been in a situation that could not have been improved by a little cardamom and I have in fact personally improved ..
10+ Wonderful-Smelling Shower Gels
My obsessions can be very specific. For example, I don’t own any scented body lotions – except for The Body Shop Italian Fig that I bought by mistake – but I do have extensive experience with scented shower gels. I enjoy that burst of scent you get when usin..
How To Outsmart Fashion
If you are one of those people who never feels tempted to buy things you don’t need or cannot afford and have built your wardrobe according to the principles of rationality and practicality, I salute you. You have no need to read further, unless you have an ..
Suqqu Brow Pen in Green Moss
All these hours spent on beauty blogs have given me two pieces of ultimate wisdom: 1) dry and dehydrated skin are not the same (I have covered this one extensively already) and 2) never use a brow product with any red in it – instantly dismissing most brown ..
Looking Like a Boy
I’ve been looking like a boy recently. (Although I’m probably flattering myself – considering the facts, I should say I’ve been looking like a middle-aged man, but for the purposes of this post, let’s stick with boy, shall we?) This is the result of the conv..
Blush
“Blush” is, I think, my favourite word in English – I like the sound of it and the multiple meanings it denotes and the colour it refers to. But until recently, I’ve been quite unaware of how much I like the related beauty product: I always think of myself a..
Smythson Panama Notebook
I spend an entirely unreasonable amount of time staring at fancy notebooks. This mostly happens on Hermes and Smythson web sites but I don’t discriminate: show me a pretty notebook and I’ll fantasize about it, regardless of the brand.
When I was in London..
Alexander McQueen and His Savage Beauty
When Alexander McQueen committed suicide in 2010, I felt selfishly angry and disappointed: no, you cannot die! Not now, when I cannot yet afford your clothes! This was quickly followed by embarrassment and a genuine sadness, but a bit of that horrible initia..