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Mainstream Skincare Update: 7 New-ish Products
I have not done a skincare post for a while, as I’ve been faithful to my routine pretty much as described the last time: I vary my cleansers and acids, then do Dr Dennis Gross serum and eye cream in the evening, followed by Sunday Riley Tidal and use SK-II e..
Probably the Longest Blogpost on Cleansers, Ever
I’ve wanted to do an overview post on cleansers* for a while, but have been putting it off, as I’ve been unable to find my Sunday Riley Blue Moon cleansing balm. How is this possible? How can a person just lose a big tub of skincare? And of course it has to ..
The Brightening Project: Are We There Yet?
About four weeks ago, I told you about my issues with hyper-pigmentation and mentioned some products I planned to try. I also promised an update once I have my routine figured out and that’s what this post is about. For me, using the same products day in, da..
When a Beauty Buy Goes Wrong
As you may have noticed, I have a lot of experience with buying skincare. Therefore, I very rarely buy total duds, but there are often things that don’t perform quite as well as I expect them to. It’s never a great feeling – the waste of money, the waste of ..
7 Favourite Middle Eastern Cookbooks
There are many places in the world with food I love – Japan and Malaysia, Scandinavia and Peru, but I think Middle East takes the crown for me. I’m sure it’s not just about food. I’ve always been very interested in the region and its past: ancient Mesopotami..
6 Brightening Products and a Plan
I went on a tropical holiday recently and have the sun damage to prove it. And no, I don’t mean a few freckles here and there that I’m getting overexcited about, I mean proper darker blotches mostly on my forehead and a bit on my cheeks. I’ve never freaked o..
13 Tips for a Big Event
I love big events. I love the drama, the dressing-up, the excitement. If there aren’t any sufficiently big events happening, I will invent some, so that I can wear my gowns. Or order new ones. But chatting to people at the Estonian Independence Day reception..
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..
10 Things I Found In My Kitchen Cupboard
One of my 2016 resolutions was to use if not all, then many of the mysterious spices, condiments and liquids found in my kitchen cupboard(s). To get going, I carried out a comprehensive inventory of the edible stuff. The things below are of course not the on..
Winter Whites: Floral Perfumes For Cold Weather
Years ago, when I was still at the beginning of my perfume-blog-reading career, I happened across a comment where someone described wearing Frederic Malle’s Carnal Flower in the deep winter of Moscow. While I didn’t categorize perfumes by season, it had neve..