The Glory of Flats
It took me about 27 years to see any point in flat shoes. I know that some women feel awkward and self-conscious in heels, but I don’t remember ever feeling that way. Quite the opposite, I felt insecure in flats – it seemed to me that as soon as I removed my..
Pretty Honest by Sali Hughes
Either it’s almost impossible to find a good beauty book or I’m extraordinarily hard to please. Possibly both. But if you have ever seen a book in that genre, I’m sure you understand: they date fast, are often vaguely (or blatantly) marketing-y and the writi..
4+ Things I Definitely Don’t Need
I have always had a soft spot for the over-the-top and the impractical. Things that I don’t necessarily need (the concept of ‘need’ is of course very subjective in any case) are often the things I enjoy the most. Here’s a small sample:
1. Dress by Ketlin ..
Blush and Bronze
I was defending the trends the other day and while I was trying to make it sound all analytical and stuff, I was of course just defending myself. I seem to be so influenced by visual cues that I can pick up a trend or two on my way from the bathroom to the k..
Scents of the Day: Part 1
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..
Neutral Nails
When I’m asked to identify my strengths and weaknesses (I hate questions like that), I feel tempted to say: great at doing my make-up, HORRIBLE at doing my nails. A risky answer at a job interview – because who would hire a person who cannot even do her nai..
In Defense of Trends
Unless you’re a magazine editor (or, indeed, a blogger), you are unlikely to use the word ‘trend’ in a positive context: everybody knows that trends only matter to feebleminded people with no ability to think for themselves. Trends are by default ridiculous ..
9 Things to Clean Your Face
In my evangelical post about the importance of cleansing, I promised a round-up of my cleanser stash. I must admit that looking at the picture above is pretty scary: when the cleansers are all hanging somewhere around the house, doing their thing, there does..
Fräulein of the Manor
Despite a steady diet of English literature, my first association with the word ‘manor’ is always German. Estonia is dotted with hundreds of manor houses, left behind by the Baltic-German barons when they returned to Germany before World War II.
I am cert..
Persian breakfast
I have to trick myself into eating breakfast, as I usually don’t have time or I just… forget. So I must come up with things I really, really like and I really, really like everything Persian-inspried. I’m not sure Dareios would recognise my muesli as an a..