peace

I spent my day today running last minute errands and enjoying some peace at my home before I suddenly become very busy. I re-arranged my studio and added a bell jar to my magazine collection stack. My friend gave me a new planner and pen from Typo to help me with my new job, and I cannot wait for the coming weeks.

april beauty favourites

Grown Alchemist Gentle Gel Cleanser, Grown Alchemist Intensive Hand Cream, Essence Quattro Neutral palette, & LUSH Dream Cream Body Lotion.

April is coming to a close and these are my favourites for the month.

I have been loving Grown Alchemist, and these two products- Gentle Cream Cleanser and Hand Cream- will become very handy when it begins to cool down. I find my skin gets very flaky and dry, so having moisture rich creams will help with the impending dryness. 

I purchased this Essence Quattro palette about a year ago, and I've come back to using it again for when I've been out and about this month. The colours are quite pigmented, and can bring a little bit more depth to a natural eye look. 

My bestie Clarissa L O V E S Lush, and this Dream Cream was picked up a couple of months ago on one of our shopping trips. Clarissa has literally every single solid perfume from Lush and she always smells amazing. I love this body lotion because it's super moisturising without being greasy, and doesn't leave residue on my hands or fingers.

I spent the day cleaning up my make up collection, finishing off work for clients and caught up on some essential reading x

winter haul

Grown Alchemist Intensive Hand Cream, Wrap Coat, Floral Print top, Ecoya Wild Frangipani, Essie polish, & Earth boots

Winter is trying really hard to break through the dregs of the summer heat in Sydney at the moment- we've had a few days of cold and rain, but hopefully it'll become colder soon.

I was in need of a new winter coat, and managed to pick up a few other bits and pieces- I love the Grown Alchemist hand cream, it smells amazing and will stop the wind from drying out my hands. The Earth boots make me rather tall which I like, and the Floral Print top I wore out to dinner the other night & felt very dressed up in it.

My study smells like wild frangipani and I'm busting to try out the Essie nail polish I picked up too.

materials in the raw

Typo Shop,  Grown Alchemist

One of my favourite things to do is day dream about my ideal home, and think about all the beautiful pieces I want in it- lately, Typo has been a great source of inspiration over the last few days, and all but one of the pieces above can be found online or in store. 

I love the stripped back rawness of the ram's skull- perhaps a little gruesome for some, but I love the starkness of bone against distressed wood and a neutral palette. The tea towels will have a place in my kitchen, the je'taime sign will be in the main hall near the door, and the Grown Alchemist range will be sitting in my en suite.

Here are a few more home inspirations found on tumblr;