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Glimpses of Senegal
If you follow me on Instagram or saw my recent greeting, you know that I’ve just been to Senegal. This was mostly an Eat. Read. Sunbathe. type of a holiday, but we did get out of the hotel territory for a bit, to have at least some sense of what the country ..
Greetings from Senegal
If you follow me on Instagram, you may already know that I am in Senegal for a week. If not: I’m in Senegal! It’s been wonderful, but of course the pictures I’ve been taking for my posts have refused to upload, as the wifi is too slow.
I’ll be back at it..
Profound Thoughts Inspired by the Modern Art Museum in Lille*
This is a completely unscheduled post that I wrote earlier today on the train, returning from Lille. It was our first proper visit to the city – Eurostar stops don’t count – and it was ridiculously convenient, taking about half an hour from Brussels. Lille i..
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..
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..
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..
London Calling
Dear readers, I’m in London, where I fully intended to do a skincare post for you yesterday (let me just say there is a lot of fresh material). Unfortunately, the otherwise excellent hotel The Beaumont is hopeless for taking pictures – it’s too dark and I on..
Diptyque Travel Collection
It’s a well-established fact that I lose all my rational faculties when confronted with mini or travel-size beauty products. I’m sure they emit some sort of chemical that affects my brain particularly strongly. There is a practical side to my obsession, thou..
Ruhnu, The Cure for Restlessness
When people ask me what they should see in Estonia other than Tallinn, I always recommend visiting the islands. We have – according to the latest data – 2222 of them, although less than 20 are inhabited. I have visited a handful: obviously the major ones, Sa..
14 Things from My In-Flight Beauty Bag
I have a somewhat unhealthy interest in what people take with them when travelling. It combines two things I find exciting: the taste of individual women and the process of editing. I’ve talked about my own travel essentials before, but this post is slightly..