Evaluating the best and worst finds + the Quest’s twists and turns in January: health, happiness, ethical excellence.
But before we start, just look at that: it snows again over here. So beautiful. Now this is winter!
My best find in January was ILA SPA; both the range and the salon treatments. Having tested a body skincare set that I’ve purchased online, and booked a fantastic treatment in a spa in Berlin, I am seriously in love.
Right now I’m hearting their Face Mask for Revitalising Skin – green clay and a blend of essential oil to make your head spin. Well, in a good sense. I will report back after my second treatment in February.
The worst product (and remember, we don’t review products we don’t like here) was a certain novelty on the nail polish market. It takes forever to dry; chips on the first day; and takes another eternity to scratch it of. Here you see it fail epically on Day Two.
I’ve also quite loved one of Pai Skincare new serums (review to follow); am almost through my Benifu(u)ku metabolic cure – with major success; and have discovered a new brand from Germany that I’m evaluating right now.
I also went to the Greenshowroom, THE trade fair for eco-ethical fashion in their new venue (Postbahnhof Berlin); so a lot of fashion (and accessories, and jewellery) stuff is coming next.
On a very personal note: January has been about friends old and new; about learning; about finding family harmony where a lot of history was continuuously creating some toxic vapours. So yes, January has been great.
To wrap it up, let me highlight an exceptional foodie event for all Berliners out there: check out the 2015 CACAO ACADEMY hosted at the Contemporary Food Lab.
If your January was about friends old and new…there is nothing better!
❤ Yes, yes you're perfectly right.
Sounds great! For me it’s been the least January January I can recall. Maybe it was the unseasonably mild weather or not making any resolutions. Anyway I’ve enjoyed when usually it’s a struggle
Isn’t it good to look back and smile? 🙂
Lots of nice events …Wish there was similar things in the Netherlands. x
I thought that there are quite a few?
Sounds like a really good month and I am curious about the new German brand and what you think about.
Well, I try to have a Benifuuki a day and figured out, that I can enjoy it much more with a bit coconut milk for drinking and a hint of another matcha. I will get a mix now. Good reminder.
What are the leaves in the second row from the bottom (right hand-side) and the plant growing in the last row? Looks like necklace and a plant perfectly made for my writing space.
Have a great February.
I must say, Benifuuku blended into a green smoothie worked really well in terms of taste! With herbs (mint, nettle) and just one aromatic fruit per recipe (pineapple or orange – or raspberries) is was overall an enjoyable treat 😀
The leaves *are* a golden necklace (more to come!) and the plant – IDK. I got it from Damerius; I can ask when I go there the next time!
This has been one of my more positive Januarys in recent years. I am finally starting to reap the benefits of some liberated space. 🙂
Ooooh, neat! Is Jack suitably shocked by the echo he’s making? 🙂