the style chronicle
Does it ever feel like some days all you’ve done is stare at a screen all day? The ubiquity of technology in our professional and personal lives has become overwhelming. I am a self-confessed social media addict (occupational hazard), but I’ve recently realised that outside of work I didn’t want to be a slave to my […]
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Sadly, very disappointed by first impressions. The top notes gave me a headache: the Pink Pepper and especially Pear, Orange Blossom notes are very sickly sweet and synthetic. However, the dry-down is this perfume’s only saving grace. Once the initial sweet and fruity notes have lifted slightly, the coffee in the middle note does come through and […]
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The Villa Ephrussi De Rothschild was the dream home of Beatrice who was the daughter of the eminent Baron de Rothschild. Some seventeen years after she married the banker Maurice Ephrussi she bought seven hectares of land on the narrow isthmus of land called St Jean Cap Ferrat. The Cap is the most beautiful of […]
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Fig, fig and more fig! Around since 1996, the unisex fragrance Philosykos has fig and fig leaf notes in top, heart and base notes so it certainly takes the starring role in this classic Diptyque creation. What is especially striking was the unusual pairing of such fresh woody notes with the heavy and creamy coconut heart notes. The white […]
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After seeing some hilarious posts on other beauty blogs, we decided to try it out for ourselves! Primer? Put on bare skin to hold make-up on top? Prepares the surface? Like painting a wall, right? Foundation? Put on over the primer, to texture the skin (?) Another layer to make the make-up stick […]
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“The day before, they had started eating the saltwater-damaged bread. The bread, which they had carefully dried in the sun, now contained all the salt of seawater but not, of course, the water. Already severely dehydrated, the men were, in effect, pouring gasoline on the fire of their thirsts—forcing their kidneys to extract additional fluid […]
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Standing 191m high at the top of Mont Boron, heady with sea-breeze and the smell of pine, my view looked past the port to where the Baroque architecture of Vieux Nice meets the still, blue Mediterranean. Good start to Sunday. The warmer weather left me itching to be outside all week. So I ate a […]
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If you want to experience something that is available to only a select few, come away with a handmade unique product that you have made, and all for less than a 100 euros then this article is for you. Grasse is situated north of Cannes in the hills of the French Riveria and is universally […]
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Simplicity is key here. A crisp white base and some carefully selected accessories will get you very far for date nights this summer. Mid-length dresses are à la mode currently and something simple is the perfect excuse to spotlight statement heels. Sexy meets classy with summer colours, just be sure to keep it polished. Fashion […]
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I was recently enjoying the benefits of a spa day with girlfriends and feeling relaxed and slightly tipsy from the effects of the sauna and a couple of glasses of fizz, I decided to experiment with this semi permanent eyebrow powder. Now this is not usual behavior for me as I have no real issues […]
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