LIFESTYLE
A modern reimagining of Christmas traditions, for anyone who wants something a little lighter, with less obligations, less over spending, less stress and less chaos. Over the next few weeks, we’re releasing our Christmas With a Difference series on shaping the festive season to suit you.
Here are the extra, elevated, almost unnecessarily luxurious ways to do completely normal everyday activities. Because why settle for ordinary when you can be extra ordinary.
We overestimate how much time it takes to feel good. If you treat luxury like it needs a full weekend, a spa day or a 27 step plan then you're missing out. But most of the things that genuinely shift how our life feels don’t take a day, they take intention with the time you have.
We love a good dinner party and there’s something quietly luxurious about one done well. Not something overly curated, Pinterest-perfect, but the sort that feels full of conversation, laughter, connection, a table that tells a story.
We all look back at our past years and cringe, the makeup, the hair, the clothes. And whilst a certain generation of us are grateful that era wasn't permanently recorded on our social profiles, we’re still quietly glad we lived through it (except maybe the 90's eyebrows).
There’s a particular kind of loss that doesn’t have a name, when a friendship starts to dissolve. Not with drama, not with betrayal, even rarely with an argument, but it starts to drift apart. A growing distance when before you didn't go a day without speaking.
Tuesday isn’t the night for effort. It’s the night for something easy, something warm, something that doesn’t need measuring or precision, just a few good ingredients and the calm that comes with making something easy but delicious.
Some weeks are a bit dry in the grocery department, a mini cut before a holiday or event, recovering from a stomach bug, or just generally trying to get all the healthy foods in. But then some weeks get a little bougie, a little luxury and very full of flavour.
There’s something about a bath that restores order to your life. The quiet. The weightlessness. The way everything feels softer afterward, your skin, your hair, even your thoughts