Speaking of French women and their beauty quotient, it doesn’t get more intriguing than Marie Antoinette, who lived and died by her utter glam-ness. So, while visiting Versailles, it was simply impossible for me not to poke around the gleaming archives and uncover this 18th century royal’s beauty secrets. And it turns...

Created to celebrate the storied candlemaker’s 50th anniversary, Diptyque’s 34 Boulevard Saint Germain encapsulates the scent of its first Parisian boutique with rare and precious fragrances that reveal themselves as fresh, green and spicy accords. Damp mosses, crumpled blackcurrant leaves, sun-dried fig leaves… so French, oui? Cire Trudon Solis Rex Candle Paris is...

We’ve all had them. No matter how well you maintain your beauty routine – and let’s face it, things can be erratic at times – nobody escapes a totally-wrong-moment zit or puffy eyes. Or you could be like me and have it all at once at least four times a month!...

What’s bright, fresh, smells like bottled sunlight and heals the driest, most sensitive skin in a flash? Calendula salve. A vintage skincare remedy that’s so powerful, it’s being repurposed by everyone from Korres and Kiehl’s to Jurlique and Farmacie. Calendula is a variety of marigold that is excellent for the skin....

It rarely gets hotter than summer in Morocco, where average temperatures cross the 40°C (104°F) mark with scorching regularity. Add in the dry, dusty desert winds and you have an oven of a country, where even the air conditioners struggle against the forces of nature. So how is it that you...

Sometimes, it’s the little things that make all the difference. And this holds true both in life and in skincare. Don’t believe me? Read on for the consequences of our daily reflex actions on our face. And then let’s talk about life next time. What say?   Beauty mistake #1:...

It’s clear AF that Mother Earth is pissed off with us humans. First came the storms and earthquakes, then the apocalyptic wildfires and now a global pandemic so completely unprecedented and so throughly devastating that we can finally understand how a species as hardy as the dinosaurs could vanish off...