Hello August and... Goodbye.

Hello Lovelies,

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Today I'd like to say "Hello August" and... Goodbye! It was nice knowing you, now let's prepare for September with a Back-to-school wishlist (to be published later this week).

both images via tumblr

“Some days in late August at home are like this, the air thin and eager like this, with something in it sad and nostalgic and familiar…”
—       William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

Enjoy the last days of summer while they linger!

Alix of TeaButterfly.

The Curtain

Hello Lovelies,
 
The following combination of word and image symbolizes the epitome of summer and its easy livin' to me:

"The curtains blow back
and the wind ushers in the
soft light of morning."

~   Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson

Enjoy!

Alix of TeaButterfly.

Midsummer Dreams

Hello Lovelies!

Part II of my part in the August 2013 Style Cure with Apartment Therapy is coming up soon. so why don't we relax in the meantime and enjoy the pictures I snapped during my midsummer dreams?

Enjoy!

More pictures (all by me) here.

-Alix of TeaButterfly.

However Vast the Darkness: Thoughts on Simplifying One's Day & the Meaning of Life

Hello Lovelies,

One of my main goals in simplifying my day & life is this: "Do more of what makes you happy".

So... I have started to simplify my day and joined the June 2013 ZenHabits challenge. Part of my simplifying project consists in simplifying my online life, too.

I started emptying my email inbox, 35 emails at a time, 70 per day. My inbox currently has over 11 000 unsorted emails in it! I file away the important messages, answer immediately the really important and urgent ones, and toss the rest. I have subscribed to a gazillion newsletters over the years, as I surf the net daily since 1997... I unsuscribe from one newsletter a day. I still need to do the math as to know when exactly my inbox will be finally 100% clean & empty.

After that, I plan to go on a light media fast once i complete the June challenge, at the beginning of July 2013 (more on that later).

Simplifying my online life means that I started to clean and empty my email box, as I said before, but also cleaned my computer desktop icons - now I only have 10 of them, along with a new beautiful abstract painting desktop wallpaper from Ghostly, found via apartmenttherapy.com. It looks like this (you right-click the image in order to save it as a desktop wallpaper):

I also organized my many, many digital files, all the photos I have been taking digitally since 2003! While cleaning my photo files, I found this gem, and wanted to share the wisdom with you lovelies.

Excerpt from a Playboy interview with Stanley Kubrick:

Enjoy!
-Naomi of TeaButterfly.

On My WishList for June 2013: "Simplify your day" Zen Habits Program

Hello Lovelies!

original image from here + my added text on top.

Another post about my ongoing Simplicity Project. First I read this post about "9 rules for a simpler day". Then I read about next month's challenge. And I am...

this challenge!

Right now, this is very high on my wishlist for June 2013: I want to take part in the Zen Habits Program that will focus next month on "Simplifying your day". Excerpt from the Zen Habits site:

The Zen Habits Sea Change Program

• Stop procrastinating [January]
• Eat healthier [February]
• Meditate [March]
• Exercise [April]
• Write daily [May]
• Simplify your day [June]
• Get organized [July]
• Declutter [August]
• Be grateful [September]
• Reduce/eliminate debt [October]
• Read more [November]
• Let go [December]
  

Subscription is 10 dollars/month. 

Full details here : http://zenhabits.net/membership-signup/

Enjoy!

-Naomi of TeaButerfly.

French Beauty Tips for The Lazy Gal

Hello Lovelies,

Before I publish an e-book full of organic beauty tips with a French twist, here are my FREE beauty tips, all affordable and simple for you to enjoy.

 

Am I a French beauty or what?! image, my own.

French Beauty tips for the Lazy Gal -  read it here.

French Summer Beauty Tips - read it here.

French Fall Beauty Tips - read it here.

French Winter Beauty Tips - read it here.

Spring Tips read them here.

essential oils, image my own.

Enjoy!

Naomi of TeaButterfly.

 

 

Beauty Secrets of A French Gal - Summertime

Hello Lovelies!

 this is me sporting my braided paper hat, yes, a hat made of paper! very light-weight and perfect for that light summer luggage. photo (c) Lipson 2012.

I have been taking some rest at the hospital lately and so had time to think and come up with a new idea! how about an e-book? a small pdf that will allow me to share with you my best kept beauty secrets, season after season?

I'm a French gal, so i might know a thing or two about beauty. I love to look at it from an organic, simple and lovely point of view. I'm also close to nature and will organize my beauty tips by season, so you'll find beauty essential tips for summer, fall, winter & spring.

 instagram me with Jackie O style sunglasses. photo, my own. (c) Lipson 2012.

Here's an excerpt of a perfect vanity for a simple, happy and beautiful summer 5i WILL explain more about the products I recommend, why, how-tos etc...).

some of my organic beauty products for summer. photo, my own (c) Lipson 2012.

For summer you'll need in your luggage:

• 100ml shea butter (I recommend Melvita's karité soft)
•  
• mosquito repellent (mix HE citronnelle et HE géranium)
•  
• paper hat (see image above) or a beekeeper's folding white canvas hat
•  
• sunglasses I like the Jackie O look (img)
•  
• sun protection on-the-go Avène
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• footcare HE palmarosa vetyver
•  
• 10ml tea tree essential oil
•  
• arnica montana 5cH - homeopathy remedy against pain after a chock or bruise.
•  
• after-sun moisture masque hydratant weleda à l'iris 
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• citrus-scented cologne or have your fave perfume in its summer, lighter version
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• liquid organic soap that's good for skin, face body and hair (centifoliabio.fr base lavante neutre img
•  
• muji's travel kits and accessories.

-Vic from TeaButterfly

It's Monday... It's OK!

Hello Lovelies!

 via pinterest via sun-believable

It's Monday, but it's OK... 'cause... summer is almost there! Rejoice! And... let's look at some pretty butterflies...

Happy Monday everyone!

-Vic from TeaButterfly.

Hot & Dry

Hello Lovelies!

It is starking hot in here and i'm only wearing the most diminutive linen dress on. ouf ! We already had cherries (which are normally due in June) and every bloom is faded by now. I hate it when it's so hot and dry. so i'm escaping to the countryside (lots of tree shades there) with a friend for the day.



And you? What plans for the weekend?

Vic from TeaButterfly.