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My Evening Skincare Routine Now That I Am 45
This is the follow-up to my morning skincare routine that I posted a few weeks ago. Since then, the world has become even more unhinged than previously – a considerable feat – making me reconsider all the ways I spend my money. You will see a number of US brands here (The Ordinary, Glossier, Tatcha, Victoria Beckham), but I think my policy going forward will be to try to avoid them if possible. I will not be a fundamentalist about it and I may still want to support some smaller, independent US brands. The rest of the context is covered in the first post, so let’s get to the evening steps.
My Morning Skincare Routine Now That I’m 45
As I mostly write about books these days, I tend to forget that statistically speaking, it’s my skincare posts that have the most readers. I looked at my stats recently, after perhaps a year of not paying any attention, and it’s frankly insane that there are more than 100 000 people who have read me going on and on about The Ordinary. Most of the top 10 posts are about skincare, with a couple of perfume ones thrown in. So I thought it may be time for a skincare update, as it’s been almost a decade since I wrote some of these articles.
April Memo: Tulips, Hugos and Elevator Music
I don’t know about other parts of the world, but spring seems to have truly arrived in Brussels. 25 degrees today! No wonder it’s a spring-inspired memo, then.
1. Spring flowers. One day, I need to tackle my love for cut flowers – all these roses* coming..
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..