Ancient secrets and practices to slow down time! Find Five Evergreen Beauty Rituals you can try at home
beautiful young woman with stylish jewelry. night dream concept I chose to write about evergreen beauty rituals because in the last year and a half rituals have started to play a big role in our lives again. And I don't know if you've noticed, but people [...]
Winter Skincare Essentials and rituals to help your skin thrive in the cold season and beyond
Skincare is a complicated matter. It’s never only about solving one issue! There are several factors that we usually think of – age, the climate, the pollution we live in and finally there are the seasons. These are the “external” factors that we have little [...]
In the name of Beauty: have you been to Maison Ito yet? Have you tried Gua Sha & Face Cupping?! Here is what you can expect from these ancient rituals!
There are good facials. And there are some beyond-amazing treatments that can transform your skin from inside out, making you believe that reversing back time is possible after all. I am sure that most of you are interested in the latter. Which is why I’ve [...]
The secret to after-summer glow and summer sunspots prevention
by Hannah Moses Summer is coming to an end, long days at the pool or sandbar will soon be over, and dry colder days are ahead. That’s usually the time when we notice the effects of the long days sun exposure on our skin. A lot [...]
7 tips to keep your youthful glow in summer: best summer skincare and superhero facials
Photography Ruth Hofmann As I type this, my window is open, my son is asleep with his head rested on my lap, soothed by the gentle sound of summer rain drumming against the window while thunder occasionally rumbles in the distance. This past month has [...]
The best eye-creams that work
Do you ever have those moments when you are in the kitchen and suddenly they are playing your favourite song on the radio and you forget you are 40 and you start to dance and sing BECAUSE no one is watching. But then suddenly you [...]
The Sounds of Motherhood and what you need to know about Sound Meditation
by Becky Clifford This past Friday after a long hard work week flying solo as an expat mum, I decided to treat myself to a sound meditation given by a fabulous yoga teacher and friend of mine, Michaela Diamanti. If you are wondering what sound [...]
Periods – finally what women think of menstruation (unedited)
I am not going to lie. I did not want to write this piece. Or I was certainly hesitant. This piece is about periods, and for those who know me anything “female related”; menstruation, pregnancy, child birth… you name it, I think is horribly embarrassing [...]
Summer Skincare Essentials
I don’t know what your relationship with your mother is, but I am pretty sure it is a complicated one, which is why I will not talk about your mother or mine today. Yet from the perspective of time and space (I live thousands of [...]
The Ultimate Age Stop Strategy after 35
My favourite writer of all times once said: “I don’t believe in ageing, I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun”. I don’t know whether this sentence makes much sense to the modern woman of our time who is more concerned about crease [...]
The craziest thing you’ve ever done for beauty
by Becky Clifford Beauty is all around us, if our eyes are open and looking for it. Sometimes we have other things to do that are more pressing like figuring out how to handle a little person tantrum or matching little people socks, but it [...]
The Unsexy Truth about Sexy Skin
There are many reasons I love my job, but by far the biggest reason is the truly fascinating women I get to meet. In between the school run stress and potty training disasters, I get to talk to some truly inspiring ladies. One of those [...]