Winter Whites To Wear Now*
For me, January is the hardest month to dress for. It’s cold, which is an issue in itself, there is nothing in the shops and all the winter clothes I own seem to automatically lose all their appeal the very moment the New Year starts. I don’t want cosy knits..
The Obama Book Club
When I woke up in the morning of 24 June last year, in shock, I thought things couldn’t get any worse, that this was the political nadir of my life. Silly me. Things can always get worse and they just have. I spent yesterday in a daze of horror and disbelief..
India Mahdavi’s Pastel Power
I had no idea that I’d been in love with India Mahdavi’s work since 2014. As soon as Gallery at Sketch London reopened after renovation that year, I knew this was a place I wanted to visit: full of rose pink velvet and chairs that looked like they were made ..
Tarragon Lemonade & New Year’s Resolutions
The arrival of the New Year kind of ruins the winter for me. Most of the things that make winter bearable – warm drinks, cosy knits, stews and roasts – start to feel slightly wrong. Every January, I want to feel sleek, sharp and fit and my mind is already in..
Best of 2016: Style, Food and Everything Else
I’ve done the books, the skincare, the makeup and the perfume, but I still have some favourites left. This is the last one, I promise.
1. Tanel Veenre jewellery. I’m not a big jewellery wearer, but IF I’m going to wear any, it better make a statement. 201..
Best of 2016: Perfume
It’s not an evidence-based conclusion – as I only tried a fraction of new launches -, but I feel like 2016 was a solid year for perfume: not outstanding, but definitely not bad either. There were quite a few new fragrances that I respected and/or liked, but ..
Happy New Year!
Dear readers, I’ve realised that I haven’t wished you a happy New Year, so I’m doing it now. Consider it done.
In the spirit of reflection and yearly summaries, I’ve taken a look at my site stats and apparently the blog had almost 40 000 users and 300 00..
Best of 2016: Makeup
In the last week, I’ve spent an embarrassing amount of time watching best of 2016 beauty videos on YouTube. I have mostly learned two things: 1) these videos are addictive and 2) my list of favourites is quite different from most vloggers’. The latter is not..
Best of 2016: Books
I read 112 books last year, across genres and themes, of varying thickness and respectability. It’s a decent number, but what follows is by no means a comprehensive overview of anything: while I have read some of the talked-about books of 2016, I haven’t rea..
Best of 2016: Skincare
I love best-of lists, but they are always more difficult to write then I expect – and I really should know by now. Skincare is particularly troublesome: I test and use a lot and most of it is good, but I’ve become very tough to impress unconditionally. In ad..