Feb 28, 2013

DIY - A favourite facial


OUTER BEAUTY
It´s actually this simple. Two ingredients, coffee grounds mixed with (ecological fluid) honey. Do-it-yourself in the bathroom. Dab the mixture onto your face. Leave it on for 15 minutes. This is actually a bit messy though, so I recommend staying in the bathroom, bring a glossy magazine, wear a robe so that you don´t get the mixture on your clothes. Wash it off and moisture as usual. Your skin will appear tighter and more fresh immediately. As good, or even better, as many expensive facials...

Feb 27, 2013

FAB INTERIORS | Season two, pronto please!

The cast
Interior by Jeffrey Alan Marks




OUTER BEAUTY
I am officially obsessed with this show. Season 1 ended the other night here in Sweden and I can´t wait until next season. This show not only features extremely high-profile decorators with celebrity clients, it also gives you a great look on the interiors, and how the decorators work from an idea to a finished room or a whole house. While waiting for season 2 I am seriously thinking of buying some of the casts coffee table books to be inspired from...

Feb 26, 2013

Escape to...





OUTER BEAUTY
Doesn't this colourful hotel in Marrakech look just divine? Head to luxury hotel Mosaic Palais Aziza & Spa for diving into these pools and enjoying the five acres of lantern-lit gardens...


(Press images from Mosaic Palais Aziza & Spa)

Feb 25, 2013

The Monday Pep Talk




INNER BEAUTY
"You only have control over three things in your life;

1. The thoughts you think
2. The images you visualize 
3. The actions you take (your behavior)

How to use these three things determines everything you experience. If you don´t like what you are producing and experiencing, you have to change your responses."

From the book "The success principles - How to get from where you are to where you want to be" by Jack Canfield.

HAPPY Monday!



Feb 24, 2013

Dreaming on a Sunday...


OUTER BEAUTY
Umm...ok, I have no problem seeing myself here...
(Note to self; keep visualizing.)


(Image from Pinterest via strawcut.tumblr.com)

Feb 22, 2013

BON Weekend [with cheese, again...]








Perfect little rosemary crackers for the cheese - recipe here
OUTER BEAUTY
This weekend we are invited to a dinner party with friends. The hosts used to live in London for many years. This brought me to think of the latest trip me and my husband took to London. One of the things we really enjoyed was following Gwyneth Paltrows' recommendation in GOOP and visit La Fromageri in Marylebone Street. (If it´s good enough for Gwynnie it must be good we thought:) As huge cheese lovers, we were not disappointed. This place is a world of its own in the busy city. The minute you enter you wonder if you made it to a posh country shop in the Costwolds. You can buy almost any cheese along with all other necessities you can imagine. The good thing is that you can order plates of cheese and sit down and have some red wine to it, of course specially chosen by their sommelier to complement the cheeses you choose. We loved the place. For tonights staying in I will try to recreate some of it. If you like a creamy cheese I can highly recommend Brillat Savarin which is on top of my list right now. Or actually has been for the lasts years...There are some brand variations of this particular cheese so taste it over the counter to make sure it tastes really creamy and simply delicious. I will also bring out my domestic goddess and try to make these "easy rosemary crackers" to accompany the cheeses...

Bon appétit!




[Images from Pinterest via 1thebeatthatmyheartskipped.co.uk 2 remodelista.com 3-4  editer.com 5pennybloodsblackbook.com 6-7 elephantineblog.com]

Feb 21, 2013

Pretty in PINK

Maybe for later, when the kids are older...
Perfect patio for pink Champagne...
Kelly Wearstler for the Rug Company - Want it.
Such a lovely combination, you can´t be anything than happy.
For the cosy reading...
Shades of pink...
Yes, in here too please...
Pink fresh flowers in silver julep is always right, always.


OUTER BEAUTY
I don´t know what it is but I just want to redecorate our home with splashes of PINK everywhere. Maybe it´s the longing for spring?


[Images from Pinterest via 1 Pinterest 2 mindyweiss.com  3 Pinterest 4 theaestate.tumblr.com 5 brownbutton.blogspot.com 6 shadesofamberinc.blogspot.com  7 thesvilla.com  8 decorpad.com]

Feb 20, 2013

Love the WHOLE you | Debbie Ford







INNER BEAUTY
Back in February 2011 work took me to spend an evening with the beautiful-from-inside-out Debbie Ford, when she visited Sweden for the first time with her inspirational lectures. It was an amazing and really crowded night at Grand Hotel in Lund (photo above) where she shared many of her life wisdoms as a Psychologist, best-selling author and transformative thought leader, known to a bigger audience via Oprah, Larry King and Deepak Chopra. Sadly Debbie Ford passed away at the age of 57 on Sunday. She is most remembered for her work called "The Shadow effect". This is a program, book and movie that brings you to think about what shadows you have in your life. We all have shadows, even though we believe to be light and happy. The trick is to recognise your hidden shadow/s and bring them out in the light, since this will make a huge effect on your personality, life and general wellbeing. It takes work though to see the parts of ones life that are a bit more hidden away. In every shadow there is a gift for us, says Debbie Ford. What can we learn from this shadow? At the end of the day, the shadow work mainly aims to help loving yourself, the whole you. There is no point in loving just parts of yourselves, according to Debbie Ford, who means that all of you must be recognised and loved. That will bring inner peace, help you let go of what´s holding you back in life, move you closer to your life purpose and just make your life so much better when embracing the whole you and not neglecting those "darker" corners in you.

“It’s easy to love yourself when you feel good enough, when you feel special enough, when you’re loved enough, when you have enough money, and you’re appreciated. But what about loving yourself when you’re crying and you’re in pain, feeling powerless and hopeless; when you feel like a reject and nobody loves you? That is what shadow work demands from you. That you embrace those parts of you that you have deemed inappropriate or wrong." Debbie Ford told Laurie Sue Brockway at New Consciousness Review

R.I.P.
Love. 

For more info:
theshadoweffect.com



(Images from Debbie Fords official Facebook page)

Feb 19, 2013

[BEAUTY] Currently coveting...




OUTER BEAUTY
I´m slightly obsessed with these über gorgeous little macaron-look-a-like-lip glosses from Australian MOR. Since they only cost $10 per each I will treat myself to more than one when I get to a store selling them. Of course the cans will be saved forever, looking just adorable where ever they are put. Oh, and the lip gloss itself is supposed to be really good as well...


(Images from MOR)

Feb 15, 2013

BON Weekend!

[For a better outlook on life]
[For the parties]
[For staying in - recipe here.
Tips; add various nuts, honey and rosemary onto the brie
...accompany with a glass of red wine]
[For culture in case you´ve missed it; read this interesting NY Times interview with the graceful Lee Radziwill, famous sister of Jackie Kennedy and European princess with "a timeless aura that radiates nowness" + photos from her Paris home.]

OUTER BEAUTY
Wishing you lovelies the best weekend filled with a little bit of everything! 



Feb 14, 2013

Spread the love...




INNER BEAUTY
Valentines is all about spreading the love. Have you thought about spreading some love to yourself? It all starts there. Here are some words of wisdom for you, me and all of us today. Happy Valentines! Love!


“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.” 
― Madonna 

“When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.” 


“The person in life that you will always be with the most, is yourself. Because even when you are with others, you are still with yourself, too! When you wake up in the morning, you are with yourself, laying in bed at night you are with yourself, walking down the street in the sunlight you are with yourself.What kind of person do you want to walk down the street with? What kind of person do you want to wake up in the morning with? What kind of person do you want to see at the end of the day before you fall asleep? Because that person is yourself, and it's your responsibility to be that person you want to be with. I know I want to spend my life with a person who knows how to let things go, who's not full of hate, who's able to smile and be carefree. So that's who I have to be.” 


“I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.” 
― Brene Brown

“When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn't healthy. This meant people, jobs, my own beliefs and habits - anything that kept me small.  My judgement called it disloyal. Now I see it as self-loving.” 
―Kim McMillen 


“People who love themselves come across as very loving, generous and kind; they express their self-confidence through humility, forgiveness and inclusiveness.” 
― Sanaya Roman 


“You can be the most beautiful person in the world and everybody sees light and rainbows when they look at you, but if you yourself don't know it, all of that doesn't even matter. Every second that you spend on doubting your worth, every moment that you use to criticize yourself; is a second of your life wasted, is a moment of your life thrown away. It's not like you have forever, so don't waste any of your seconds, don't throw even one of your moments away.” 
― C. JoyBell 



(Image from Pinterest via Weheartit. All qutoes from Goodreads)