My Stuff Series **Table Tonic**

I'm very excited to haveLouise from Table Tonic today at the My Stuff. Louise is an Aussie and her blog is a pure pleasure to read. She lives with her family in their newly bought cutest beach house ever and runs an incredible online shop. I'm honored to have her here.

Inspirations

Favorite Discovery: Japanese Hair Straightening - for the sheer number of hours it has saved me in the bathroom! I go to Yui Endo in Sydney’s Double Bay.

Favorite Place in the World: Oooh – It would have to be a 3-way tie between New York, Lake Como (Italy) and Sydney, Australia, where I live (it’s always so good to come home!)

Style Icons: I generally find anyone creative to be incredibly inspiring, style-wise. Artists, stylists, decorators and jewelers (to name a few) all bring something to my mental table!

Favorite Designers: Dries van Noten, Marni, Isabel Marant and Marc Jacobs. And for Aussies, Lee Matthews and Scanlan & Theodore. I can’t actually afford any of them, but a girl can dream!

Favorite Movie: Hmmm. Difficult. I love a kooky comedy like The Darjelling Limited and Napoleon Dynamite, also old James Bond movies and French films...

Clothes

Jeans: Nudie “Slim Jim” (actually a men’s style) or Sportsgirl for skinny styles

Underwear: Bonds boy leg undies. Always.

Watch: A Silver Gucci bought in 1999 (my Husband’s!)

Day dress and day bag: A bright, floaty dress, a light scarf, sandals (and a tan!) in summer, Nudie jeans and trainers in winter. At the moment, I’m using an increasingly beaten up looking Country Road satchel bag, which is getting better every day.

Evening Dress: Another bright and floaty dress with a leather jacket, a scarf and heels.

Shoes: In summer, I absolutely live in K Jacques leather sandals, patent Black or  natural tan (I even got my mum wearing them!), and in winter, White Converse all stars, Black Nike high-tops, Black suede Minnetonka boots.

Home

Inspiration: Kelly Wearstler, Nature, the 70’s, Morocco, India, eclecticism, Art.

Favorite Art: I’m increasingly enjoying the use of exotic textiles as “art”.

Bedding: Plain White 100% cotton with a Moroccan Wedding blanket thrown on top. It ‘jingles’ every time the dog jumps on the bed!

Stationery: Anything simple – I’ve recently discovered (and am loving) “French Navy”.

Coffee table books: All of Kelly Wearstler’s, Domino Book of Decorating, Still Life by Irving Penn, Iconic Australian Houses: Three Decades of Domestic Architecture by Karen McCartney

Flowers: Cherry blossoms, freesias (for their scent) and anything bright!

Beauty

Perfume: Philosykos by Diptyque, Marc Jacobs Pink Grapefruit, or Geranium Essential Oil.

Moisturizer: Dermalogica Skin Smoothing cream (face) Body Shop Body Butter (body)

Mascara: Any (I’m not very fussy when it comes to mascara!), but any by Benefit are pretty great.

Shampoo: Spluge: Redken (All Soft range) Steal: L’Oreal Elvive

Soap: Dermalogica Special Cleansing Gel (face) Dove Beauty Bar (body)

Thank you so much Louise!

Ps: Louise made these gorgeous collages this time, pretty!!