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Japan: High-End Makeup Haul
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Japanese makeup is of high quality. Possibly a bit boring – not known for the most exciting colours – but very well made: elegant textures, refined finishes, great staying power. My overview post on the more expens..
Japan: Drugstore Skincare Haul
My skincare tends to be quite spendy, but there are exceptions (most notably this). And there was no way I would leave Japan without buying some of their legendary drugstore skincare, because SCIENCE. Curiosity is not only responsible for cat deaths, but als..
Japan: Pretending To Be A Geisha-In-Training
If it had not been for my sister, I would never have come to wear that kimono. Nor have red eyes. There are many studios in Kyoto – and surely in other places – where you are made up and dressed as maiko (a geisha apprentice) or geiko (a Kyoto geisha), but i..
Japan: Drugstore Makeup Haul
I’m not a big drugstore makeup user, for several reasons. First, it requires more time to find the good stuff, as the quality is more uneven than with high-end brands. Second, I like things to be beautiful and maybe a little obscure, so the luxury and niche ..
Back From Japan
I have just returned from Japan and feel extremely unqualified to talk about it. What could I possibly say after a 10-day trip to a unique, complex place with an extremely sophisticated culture thousands of years old? That Tokyo and Kyoto are indeed very dif..
Style Destination: Tokyo Disneyland
The highlight of my Japan trip so far has been Tokyo Disneyland. Could this be the unlikeliest sentence I’ve ever written? Possibly. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve loved the food, the shrines, the shopping and the cityscape (I could spend days on the 55th floor of..
Travelling to Japan: Skincare Edit
Taking skincare to Japan is very similar to bringing coal to Newcastle – there’s more and better where you’re going. This means that ahead of my 11-day Japan trip*, I’ve been desperately trying to downsize my beauty routine. First, because I want to travel l..
A Latte for Spring
I know, I’m about seven hundred years behind the trend with this post, but for some reason I had never made a matcha latte until this week. I’ve drunk and enjoyed them when eating out and I’ve had matcha powder in the house, but no home-made matcha latte eve..
Big in Japan
I have long had an ignorant Westerner’s fascination with Japanese culture and history. From shinto to anime, from wakame to samurai, I just find it all interesting and appealing. And then there’s the aesthetic side of it, of course – the ink paintings, the c..
The Book of Tea
It is a well-established fact that I like books. It’s almost equally well-established that I like drinking tea. So it would seem logical that I like books about tea.
This isn’t generally the case, however. All those shiny coffee-table (hah!) books with ti..