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6 Morning Skincare Steps
If you read the post on my evening skincare routine, this is going to sound familiar. The general logic of how and what I use is the same, but the mornings are a bit lighter on product and somewhat faster. Then again, there is make-up on top of that, so alto..
YSL Touche Éclat Blur Perfector
There is a saying that if you sit by the river long enough, you’ll see the body of your enemy float by. It’s sometimes attributed to Sun Tzu, the legendary Chinese general and strategist whose Art of War is a masterpiece and who most likely had nothing to do..
7 Evening Skincare Steps
In the course of writing this blog, I’ve come to realize that people often struggle not only with which products to use, but also how – with the general logic and order of putting stuff on one’s face. Apologies if this sounds patronising, but as I myself a..
7 Nordic Beauty Brands
I’ve wanted to do a post about Nordic (note that my use of the word “Nordic” is quite loose, including also the Baltics) skincare since I started the blog, but felt that I hadn’t done enough research and testing. I still haven’t done enough and the selection..
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..
On Beauty
I was reminded the other day of the Case of the Ugly Opera Singer.* If you haven’t heard, a young mezzo performing at Glyndebourne was branded by five British critics to be stocky, dumpy and ‘a chubby bundle of puppy fat’. Oh, now that you’re asking – she DI..
ALWAYS ASK FOR SAMPLES
There are very few universal truths: as far as I’m aware, there are two. First, more books is better than less books. Second, whenever you are in a place that sells make-up, skin care or perfume, you must ask for samples. When I’ll finally get to writing tha..
Summer 2015: Make-Up Edit
Life is cruel: I was delaying this article until the weather here would at least vaguely resemble summer. This finally happened last weekend, so I got the post ready for today and… now it’s horrible and grey again. But this important matter cannot wait any..
Mizon Hyaluronic Acid 100
I’ve been slowly making a dent in the Korean skincare I bought a while back. Not an easy task, considering the unreasonable amount of things I acquired, but there is one thing I have been using almost every day: Mizon Hyaluronic Acid 100. As this is the one ..
Lumi Moisturizing Cleansing Milk
If you have been here before, you might already know I have a thing for proper cleansing and good cleansers. I have about ten of them in regular rotation and I’m very picky about the quality, with Eve Lom, Omorovicza, Tata Harper, Sunday Riley and Tatcha cle..