by Bettina | Jul 11, 2026 | Hair care
I came to my lazy summer hair routine the way most good things happen to me — by accident, and out of sheer exhaustion. One brutally hot July I simply stopped having the energy to wash, blow-dry, and straighten my hair every day, and within a couple of weeks it looked...
by Bettina | Jul 10, 2026 | Astrology
Feeling all the feelings lately? You’re not imagining it, and neither am I. Cancer season 2026 is here, and with the Sun gliding through the most emotional, intuitive sign of the zodiac until around July 22, my inner world — and probably yours — is turned all...
by Bettina | Jul 9, 2026 | Hair care
I learned how harsh summer is on hair the hard way, on a trip to the coast where I swam in the sea every single morning for ten days. It was blissful, right up until I got home, ran a comb through my hair, and felt it crunch. The salt and sun had left it so dry and...
by Bettina | Jul 8, 2026 | Self-care tips
For years my Sundays were just a frantic catch-up day — laundry, meal prep, errands, and a creeping dread about Monday that started around 4 p.m. I’d end the weekend more tired than I started it. The summer I decided to protect one slow Sunday a month, and then...
by Bettina | Jul 7, 2026 | Food recipes
The picnic that started all of this was a disaster. I brought a heavy, mayonnaise-drenched potato salad to a family cookout on a 30°C afternoon, it sat in the sun for two hours, and by the time we ate I felt heavy and slightly worried about the mayo. I went home...
