Ever secretly wish for your own scent lab, where you can play with different notes and create your own fragrance? If you haven’t been introduced to Demeter Fragrance yet, it’s time you do… especially if you’re dying to exploit that inner perfumer in you! This year, Demeter is launching more single note fragrances, allowing us […]

If Tangerine Tango is declared colour of the year, then it comes as no surprise that mandarin is the fragrance note of summer 2012. Each season, Tru Fragrance, a custom fragrance development company hand picks what they deem as the trending note, and calls it their HipNote. Now that I’ve given you a little insider […]

I haven’t even tried Josie Maran’s original argan oil yet, but I think her new limited edition Moroccan Scented Oil Trio will end up becoming my first Josie Maran purchase. How gorgeous will this trio of body oils look on my vanity? I love the apothecary feel of the amber bottles contrasted against the colourful […]

Tomorrow is St. Patty’s Day, so today I thought I would create a little inspiration board filled with green beauty things to spread around some good luck!

Yet another fragrance from this Barbados-born songstress – Rebelle by Rihanna. Her new fragrance comes in a gold and red bottle, in a shape that is inspired by an upside down stiletto heel.

Benefit Cosmetics keeps upping their game in the ‘cute packaging’ category over and over again. Geez, how do they do it?? Named Cresent Row, this mini quartet of fragrances has me utterly gleeful.

Although I’m not really a big Halloween kind of gal, with all the crazy costumes, etc., I still wanted to celebrate in spirit by decorating my place with beautiful white pumpkins and scented candles. I’ve always enjoyed creating a warm and cozy setting in my little nest as the weather gets cooler.

I’ve been rather disenchanted by new fragrance launches in the last couple of years. It seems as though every company is spewing out a slightly different version of the same thing – am I right? Think about it – almost every fragrance is inspired by either romance, sex appeal, a celebrity, or some sort of […]

I’m a sucker for pretty stationery. Every September, my favorite scholarly activity is to go school supply shopping. How academic of me, I know. And if you have been following this blog for awhile, you also know that I am also a sucker for beauty products and tea. Well miraculously, someone… and by that someone […]

Do you remember the infamous Chanel No. 5 commercial with Nicole Kidman? I love commercials with cinematography and an artistic flair. Since I’m sure you can already see that I adore feathery, vintage, decadent kind of aesthetics, it’s not a surprise that I am drawn to Rihanna’s Reb’l Fleur commercial. Through a truly glorious stimulation […]