Why did we ever stop doing this? Three months ago I took a candle to my hair to sear off my split ends in true Edwardian fashion. This practice, called hair singeing, was greatly encouraged from the 1900s onwards as a way to maintain healthy hair. The burning of the ends of the hair is […]
Little Ways To Make Your Laundry Routine More Sustainable
I’m a big fan of making small changes to recurring, everyday tasks in order to live a more sustainable lifestyle. Even though they’re minimal, these changes do indeed add up over time, and if they require next to no sacrifice on my part, I’m happy to implement them wherever I can. Today I’d like to […]
An Autumnal Skin-Clearing Tip From 1910
Happy September! The last heat wave is well and truly behind us, blown away by a crisp autumnal wind and the sun goes down sooner in favour of candle-lit evenings. To welcome the new season, I’d like to share this section from an Edwardian beauty book with you. It’s a paragraph from Health and Beauty […]
My Go-To Staple Dishes
Raise your hand if you regularly struggle to come up with meal ideas. For me, coming up with seven varied, delicious, quick and nutritious dinners every week is definitely a challenge. I wish I was one of those people who try a new recipe from a cook book and discover new ingredients and cuisines regularly […]
My Humble But Beloved Straw Hat Collection
An ode to the most underrated fashion accessory It’s no secret that I have a soft spot for hats. I’ve been wearing hats for as long as I can remember- my mom would cover my head to shield me from wind, sun and cold since I was a baby and all throughout primary school. Given […]
Watermelon Mint Salad
We’re in another heat wave! I get super excited about these as we scarcely have temperatures near or over 30 degrees here in the Netherlands, and I do enjoy a bit of heat myself. Since we got a little portable airconditioner to keep the rats (and ourselves) safe and cool inside, warm weather has been […]
All The Things I’m Doing To Grow Thicker Hair
I was eighteen years old when I experienced my first round of hairloss. It wasn’t a great experience, as I’m sure you can imagine. Not only was I losing what had always been my favourite physical feature, but by that time I was already knee-deep in my YouTube adventure as a hair tutorial channel and […]