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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..
13 Items of Korean Skincare I Have Just Bought
Yeah, I know. Thirteen. There are some mitigating factors, however: several of these come in trial size and there are quite a few individual sheet masks that I’ve also counted. And I didn’t really buy it all on the same day. But still, 13 skincare items is a..
The Nostalgia of Grooming
Huh, so from the Amanda Palmer-storm of yesterday (this post has now been viewed almost 3000 times, SLIGHTLY above the average) to the nostalgic grooming products of today. A bit of a change in direction, but the Modern Woman of the North is a multifaceted c..
The Garden of the King
I am not a gardener. Possibly because I spent my childhood summers in my grandmother’s garden, weeding and watering, and didn’t want to see a growing thing in close-up for decades after that. It’s more likely, though, that I simply lack the inclination and p..