Scents of the Day: Part 2
Last year, I did a project called Scent of the Day. For a month, every day, I talked about a scent on Facebook. I have been asked by friends to make these musings available on the blog, as it’s impossible to find anything on Facebook. So I’ll copy my mini-re..
Thinking of Summer
I’ve been sitting on these pictures for almost a month now, because I promised myself that my blog will not do that stupid thing where you talk about summer clothes three months before summer actually arrives. But the thing is that as this post actually invo..
I Have Nothing to Cook
When people say they have nothing to wear, it usually doesn’t mean they have nothing to wear. It means they have nothing to wear that they feel like wearing at that moment. I have a similar thing with cooking. When I stare at the produce in the market and ca..
The Art of the Understatement
Remember how I praised the virtues of a dark, statement lip? Or how I said that wearing pink in spring is, frankly, unimaginative? I hope you don’t, because what have I actually bought this spring? Two understated pinky nudes. To make things worse, these are..
A Yellow Armchair
Looking at my blog, one could conclude that I’ve got an unhealthy obsession with chairs. I assure you that this is not the case. Leather divans? Venetian mirrors? Decanters? Yes. Chairs, not so much.
I have, however, one specific chair-obsession (perfect..
8 Things to Make Your Skin Less Grey
I have never had serious issues with my skin and I truly feel for people who have. The main problem I’ve got is that in its natural condition, my pale skin does not look much like porcelain, more like greenish-grey clay. Also, to paraphrase Chris Hadfield: t..
Viking Smoked Salt
So, from yesterday’s floor-length black lace to today’s boiled eggs with salt – that’s quite a fall. But this is how we roll on this postmodern blog! Still, if I wanted to make a point, I could say that the dress and the Viking Smoked Salt have something in ..
Darkness at Dawn
In the very beginning of spring, I always feel an almost physical need to wear lighter colours. That is an urge most people experience to a certain degree and it makes complete sense. But when normal people tend to stick to it and start wearing progressively..
Form & Function
It seems there is a secret organization running the universe that has decided that certain things just have to be ugly. Some time ago, for example, all music-playing equipment had to be silvery and plasticky and rounded and ugly as hell. For several decades ..
5 Big White Floral Perfumes (and 5 smaller ones)
The Big White Florals, or BWFs, have a reputation. This isn’t entirely surprising, as BWFs are very big and very … floral. If you’ve ever felt suffocated by someone’s perfume, chances are that a big and white floral was involved.
At the same time, this ge..