Since finishing my one-month minimalist beauty experiment, I’ve been busy researching possible new foundation/ skin care combinations. Now that my beauty cabinet is pretty much empty, I have the chance to reassess my needs and perhaps remedy the minor issues I had with my old solution. Here’s a quick round up of my decision-making process: [...]
I must say I am definitely not adventurous when it comes to my hair. I’ve pretty much had the same mid-length blunt cut all my life, only varying by a couple of inches. I do however consider my hair to be an important part of my personal style and over time have developed four simple [...]
Categories: Beauty, My Personal Style
Today is the last day of my one-month minimalist beauty experiment, hurray! I’m glad I only committed to a single month and not a day longer because my tinted moisturizer is now completely empty, during the past few days I had to scrunch up the tube to force out the left-overs :) I’ve received a [...]
As soon as I hit publish on my Method Dressing post, I knew I wanted to show you what the different approaches for building outfits could look like ‘in the flesh’. So, to illustrate the first technique, the modular approach, I picked six items from my spring capsule wardrobe (three tops and three bottoms) and [...]
Categories: My Personal Style, Wardrobe Building
My one-month minimalist beauty experiment is nearly over and I’ve been thinking a lot about how to go about re-stocking my product collection afterwards. In the fashion world, the concept of ‘investing’ in your wardrobe by buying high-quality pieces that last multiple season or even decades, is relatively established. Buy fewer items, focus on quality, [...]
As promised in the intro post of my new Everyday Outfit series, here’s another version of my April uniform. The same jeans and jewellery + a simple crew neck t-shirt from COS and sandals from Zara. If I could choose, every day would be like the past week temperature-wise: between 15 and 20 °C, warm [...]
Categories: My Personal Style • Tags: Everyday Outfit
I follow quite a lot of fashion blogs and I love to see what other people are wearing, but I sometimes wonder how many of them dressed up just for the shoot. I want this blog to be strictly about personal style and wardrobe building (rather than fashion and the newest trends) and above all [...]
Categories: My Personal Style • Tags: Everyday Outfit
Meet Joy, writer of one of my all-time favourite personal style blogs, Of Stranger Sensibilities, and general curating genius. In today’s post she will share her own style evolution and curating beginnings, from Teen Vogue to Menswear. Enter Joy. MY STYLE EVOLUTION Growing up with architects as parents, I’ve always understood the importance of good design and [...]
Categories: Style Profile
How do you build your outfits in the morning? Your initial reaction might be: “Well, I just pick a few items I feel like wearing and hope they look good together”, but just as for any other everyday activity, like brushing your teeth or making coffee, overtime you are likely to have developed a relatively [...]
Categories: Wardrobe Building
This post is for all you busy spring cleaners out there! Use the chart to help you assess your clothes and facilitate your decision-making process. If you are in the mood for a complete wardrobe detox, check out this post. Happy editing!
Categories: Wardrobe Building