🌿 Skincare Recipe of the Week: Chai-Spiced Body Oil Warm, comforting, and deeply soothing — this oil blend wraps your skin (and senses) in cozy autumn vibes.  Ingredients:  1/2 cup jojoba oil (or sweet almond oil) 2–3 cinnamon sticks 2 tsp whole cloves 1 tsp cardamom pods (lightly crushed) 1 tsp black peppercorns 1–2 star anise pods Optional Essential Oils (per 2 oz strained oil):  1 drop cinnamon leaf 2 drops cardamom 2 drops vanilla oleoresin (or benzoin) Instructions:  Add spices to a clean glass jar. Pour in the carrier oil, covering completely. Infuse for 1–2 weeks in a warm spot, shaking gently every day. Strain and bottle. Add essential oils if desired. Massage into damp skin after a bath for deep nourishment and the lingering scent of chai.

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The <n>Doolittle House</n> in Joshua Tree, CA, designed by architect <n>Kendrick Bangs Kellogg</n>.

The Most Breathtaking Rooms T Featured This Year (Published 2015)

🌿 January’s Soft Things A small collection for tender days.  Warm water over your hands A slower exhale than inhale Clean pajamas One lamp instead of all the lights Hands resting on your heart for one breath A mug warming your palms Letting your shoulders drop without fixing anything

“I want everything quiet and simple. For me: walking barefoot, sitting still, reading, listening to stories, and now and then telling some myself. Eating fruit, drinking milk, longing to create, but with patience and many insights.”


— Rainer Maria Rilke, from a letter to Lou Salomé witten c. March 1904

An invitation to slow skincare and quiet rituals. This newsletter is a small ritual — a few minutes of calm, delivered to your inbox.  You’ll receive:  simple skincare rituals you can do without overthinking sensory self-care ideas for the space between tasks scent stories, pauses, and reminders to soften your day I write from lived experience, not trends — and I send only when I have something worth your time.  If you’re looking for a newsletter that feels more like a deep breath than a demand, I’d love to write to you.