Klaus Haapaniemi’s Magical Creatures
Owls and spiders and ladybugs, hares and swans and whales, bats and bees and crickets … The designs of Finnish artist Klaus Haapaniemi are...
Finnish Fairy Tale Fashion of Mai Niemi
We hope you're having a splendid Friday, the kind that warrants an entire missive about the Finnish fairy tale fashion of Mai Niemi... who...
In A Lover’s Eye
For the Outlander television series, costume designer Terry Dresbach created an ensemble for Geillis Duncan that included a brooch containing Bonnie Prince Charlie’s eye as...
The Beauty Witch: SEPTEMBER
Graceful branches rake the sky
cloaked in evening stars, ever earlier
that reach to entwine limbs
with brand new winds stirring cool and fragrant.
The air is alive...
Fairy Tale Bride
A few months ago, we received an email from Kamilla Mai, who owns the bridal shop Eventyrbruden (or “fairy tale bride”) in Oslo, Norway....
Garbed in the Garden
A profusion of thriving blooms spill from the waist of her gown to the grass at her feet. Moss spreads across the bodice and...
Yarrow and Kelp Labradorite Soap
This soap is an ode to the dancing of underwater light, the shimmering of sunlight filtering through kelp forests and the gray depths that...
The Beauty Witch: AUGUST
Sun kisses bestowed upon us
by the great lion in the sky
as we bask in the last moments of fullness
to savor every delight
inhale every perfume
and...
Siren Beauty Secrets
As the setting sun prepares to rest, the moon is stirring. The air is filled with salt and spray, as the tide slowly rushes...
The Beauty Witch: JULY
Heavy heated days turn to balmy starlit nights
that breathe magic into our dreams
and carry us beyond the sea.
The silent lull of moonlight
opens the path
to...