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acquisitions: Dior Crème de Rose smoothing lip balm

Dior Crème de Rose smoothing plumping lip balm
Dior Crème de Rose smoothing plumping lip balm

 

This Dior Crème de Rose balm is definitely luxe.

[Yesterday was an indulgent day. When it comes to my lips, I often indulge.]

I’ll get into my obsession with lip balms later. For now it suffices to say that I have many lip balms, and that this is a worthy addition to my options. The rose fragrance is high quality–presents as a true, simple tea rose– and the texture is firm but smooth. On the lips it is slightly tacky, though not so much as a straight ointment would be, in that way that makes me think it would be a great base for lipliner or lipstick.

I love rose, and have had my eye on this for many months. No regrets.

x

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on the menu: gin tonic with cardamom, mint, lime

 

gin tonic
gin tonic

Guerlain Homme was one of the first fragrances I got myself. It smelled fresh and good, and I later learned that what smelled fresh was mint, and what smelled good, was vetiver.

Perfumer Thierry Wasser explains that his inspiration was, in part, the mojito, and it isn’t far off. It smells like…a manly mojito. I was wearing it today and so started craving mint. Not wanting a mojito, quite, I made my own thing: a gin tonic with cardamom, mint, and lime.

Beefeater 24 gin, Fever-Tree tonic water, cardamom pods
Beefeater 24 gin, Fever-Tree tonic water, cardamom pods
Guerlain Homme, gin tonic
Guerlain Homme, gin tonic

 

Salud.