September is the new January

We're making September the new January. 

Time to reflect and redirect what's not working.

Here are my new season resolutions, big and small:

1. Be better at keeping in touch with old friends. 

And new friends. Especially, Kate and Christy. Those two!

2. Switch up the make up routine. So long, beloved Laguna.

NARS Blush in Seduction

3. Well, I drank the Goop Kool Aid. No going back now.

Within by Dr. Habib Sadeghi, father of "conscious uncoupling"

4. New signature scent. This one's unisex, a la 

"Unbreakable" by Khloe and Lamar. Except, well, :(

Khiel's Aromatic Blends Fig Leaf & Sage

5. Relax more. And not have a guilt complex over it.

Diptyque Precious Oils for Body & Bath

6. A little less Netflix, a little more reading. 

After my summer in South Africa, I'm going to start

 with the fearless Nadine Gordimer.

7. Either go all Jared Leto on you....

...or start taking better care of my $$ blonde hair.

7. Wear yoga pants....to an actual yoga class.

First stop, finally trying anti-gravity yoga. 

Stone Fox Heather Andersen of New York Pilates

8. To redirect paths confidently and unapologetically.

All with this in mind:

HAPPY SEPTEMBER!

Cowshed | London

Have you heard of Cowshed? The English skincare brand, which 

got its start in a - you guessed it - cow shed in Somerset 

is one of my favorite London discoveries. The scents 

(all named after moody cows) are unique and fresh.

And how cool is the packaging?

Cowshed now has spas across the UK (and even abroad at 

Soho House Berlin, Miami, and New York). Inside, 

they're the perfect mix of funky and rustic. Might just

have to book myself a little spa day for my birthday 

coming up (MOM ARE YOU READING?) #treatyoself.

Images via Cowshed

Betty Adewole for Tom Ford

Tom Ford Beauty's Spring/Summer 2014 campaign stopped

me dead in my tracks. Betty Adewole is a knockout.

Shop the limited edition collection here.

All images via

BYREDO

Have you heard of Byredo? I discovered the Stockholm-based

fragrance house last weekend in a boutique in Amsterdam. I

couldn't stop thinking about the scents and the super cool

minimalist packaging until I finally caved and bought Blanche,

partly because it smells like heaven, but mostly because this

is its description in the box: 

"Sun filters through morning-fresh air, through breezy linen

curtains; it washes mutedly over the room across the pale wood

floors, onto her bare shoulder; it brushes her cheek, illuminates

her silhouette. A young child's laughter echoes from the other room.

The day is new. And all is before us."

AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE.

TOP: WHITE ROSE, PINK PEPPER, ALDEHYDE

HEART: VIOLET, NEROLI, PEONY

BASE: BLONDE WOODS, SANDALWOOD, MUSK

Here is a peek at the Stockholm boutique...

     

Images via

...and a cool piece on the company's founder, Ben Gorham,

a Swedish pro-basketball player turned perfumer.

Image via

Chantecaille's Spring Campaign

Have you seen Chantecaille's spring campaign? 

As The Coveteur points out, it's basically the Instagram of 

our dreams. I'm ordering their Brilliant Gloss in Glamour ASAP.

P.S. Into the Gloss has you covered in case you're 

wondering just how exactly to pronounce Chantecaille.

Images via

Bobbi Brown Comes to London!

"The Studio" has officially opened at The Westfield!

I love Bobbi's products, especially the looks on

Katie Holmes in the line's latest ad campaign. 

Get Katie's Look:

In honor of Bobbi's debut in London, 

here is her "English Rose" look, day to night:

All images via Bobbi Brown and British Vogue