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Love Stories Lingerie: A Bra Solution
Considering that I’m obsessed with an extremely wide variety of things – books, skincare, impractical dresses, strange perfumes, stews, Persia, stickers, biathlon and Tallinn sea views, to name a few – it’s a small miracle that I don’t really care about ling..
Black Garlic & Violet Sugar: 9 Things for More Exciting Food
I’ve been wanting to post this list for days, but work, a persistent head cold, the absence of light and general too-much-to-do-ness have conspired against me. I’m sorry for being behind my posting schedule, even if you don’t mind – it’s very annoying when l..
Dressing For Long Flights: 6 Rules
I know, what the world needs now is love, sweet love, not another piece on airplane dressing – there have been 347 trillion of them already. Nevertheless, I keep reading them all and what’s worse, I still keep making stupid mistakes. So I thought I might as ..
Holiday in a Warm Climate: The Rules
Everybody loves holidays. Considering this universal love for holidays, it’s funny how often we are in fact disappointed in them. We over or under pack, we try to cram too many activities into one week, we have unrealistic expectations and snap at our family..
IKEA Trolleys for Domestic Goddess Level Storage Game
This is probably the most practical post I’ve ever done. I know, that’s not saying much, but really, it is very practical! Honest. I mean, it has words “IKEA” and “storage” in the title. People close to me are probably surprised to hear that I actually like ..
A Cheap Fountain Pen
I’ve always liked fountain pens and it’s probably not surprising – they have a certain old-school charm that I always appreciate, while actually being useful everyday items. Compared to the ones I owned when starting school, modern fountain pens are easy and..
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 ..
8 Things I Will Do in 2016
I’m not calling them New Year’s resolutions, as this seems to be a bad omen. But I’m a big believer in telling the whole world that I’m going to do something, so that the potential embarrassment of not doing it would keep me on the right track. Great motivat..
A Very Short Introduction to Being Well Informed
One thing that happens when you blog (almost) every day is that you notice your thought patterns more than you otherwise would – writing things down kind of makes them difficult to ignore. So what have I learned about myself, in addition to the fact that I’v..
The Benefits of Complimenting Strangers
I was not in a particularly good mood last Saturday. My inbox was full of unwelcome work e-mails and I was on the metro, hungry and annoyed and behind schedule with everything. There was a young lady sitting opposite me, with beautiful dark skin and pretty e..