February 26, 2017

You might have guessed from all the autumnal colours, but I actually visited Blair Atholl back in October. I've been so busy writing about California that all the other small trips I've taken have been neglected on the blog! Blair Atholl is a castle in Scotland close to Pitlochry, with a huge estate. I stayed in a large house close to the castle with a bunch of my Edinburgh friends. The turning leaves,
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Posted in Travel | Tagged blair atholl, halloween, pitlochry, scotland, travel |
February 24, 2017

At the beginning of summer last year, I went on a beautiful yoga retreat with my mum. The yoga instructor gave us each a tub of homemade moisturizer and homemade sugar scrub. I'm telling you, this stuff was heaven! I've tried so many moisturizers over the years but never found one that works with my very dry and agitated skin. I have eczema on my eyes and rosacea on my cheeks, and struggle to find
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Posted in Beauty, DIY |
February 22, 2017

Outfit Details: Dress, Vintage (Miracle Eye) / Top, Handmade by Me / Boots, Dr Martens (hand-me-down from a friend)
Apparently I like to torture myself because I decided to take outfit photos on Winter Solstice a.k.a. the time with least light of any day of the year. Yes, it's taken me a while to post these photos, I have a backlog! I adore this dress because it's comfy and floaty and with a roll
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Posted in What I wore | Tagged funki fabrics, miracle eye, vintage, what i wore |
February 19, 2017

Once our stay in San Francisco was over, the only thing left to do was to drive back to LA airport via a trail of interesting destinations. We left our San Francisco hotel at 6am so that we could make it to the early morning whale watching boat in Monterey (pronounced "mon-a-ray" by Americans, rather than "mon-ta-ree" which is what I had been calling it for weeks.) Whale watching was one of the things
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Posted in Travel | Tagged california, laurel canyon, madonna inn, monterey, road trip, venice beach |
February 14, 2017

These eczema relief bath melts have been a lifesaver for me over the past year. I'm sure I'll write about this in more detail soon, but a couple of years ago I developed eczema out of the blue. I'm convinced it was stress related, but I still haven't been able to shake it. It mostly effects my hands, the inside of my elbows, behind my knees and the top of my eyelids (lucky me). Over time, I've been
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Posted in Beauty, DIY, Vegan | Tagged eczema relief, eczema relief bath melts, homemade bath melts, homemade cosmetics |