My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of two fragrances from Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, Peony and White Lilac. You can read it here.
My Summer Hair Routine
It’s summer, and my style is a little more casual (read: unemployed) than usual this year, so I’m paring down a few of my personal-care routines. Why not start at the top, so to speak? My curly-wavy hair loves summer weather, to the point where its exuberance needs to be restrained a bit. The problem is always how to fight wild frizz without losing all volume and texture (because I actually like having naturally curly hair).
Sometimes, less is more.
Just Because: Eastman Johnson, Catching the Bee (1872)
Eastman Johnson, Catching the Bee, 1872. Oil on board. The Newark Museum, Purchase 1958 Wallace M. Scudder Bequest Fund 58.1.
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Passing Fancies: July 2014
Reading: I just finished At Last, the final novel in Edward St. Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose cycle
Video: Mr. Tinsel and I thoroughly enjoyed Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. One good summer blockbuster is a must!
Art: A recent visit to the Newark Museum
Drink: Palais des Thés Fruit de la Passion flavored black tea…iced!
Eats & Treats: I’m on a chia pudding kick.
Garb: A dress and a shirt from the latest summer sale at Comptoir des Cotonniers
Beauty Products: Local handmade soaps from Taproot Organics
Happy Bastille Day!
My “fragrance of the day” will be Atelier Cologne’s Sous le Toit de Paris. Are you wearing or reading anything French-inspired today?
Image: Willy Ronis, Les Amoureux de la Bastille (1957), via Christies.
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