The key word is "elevated"

a list of what lights me up!

Feb 17, 2024

#8 Literature & Personal Style #7 The Glow #6 Spring Silhouette #5 The Comfort Quest #4 Elevated Water #3 New Flower Remedies #2 Cream Denim Focus #1 Peace of Mind in 7 Tips

#8 Literature & Personal Style

No doubt the radiant woman is and looks smart.

I found1 this book only after publishing THE LIGHTHOUSE, our February edition. It’s everything I like and more. An invitation to find our signature look and — dare I say it — personal style, while being inspired and understanding what makes a legendary silhouette. For your library (with texts + pictures):

**written by Terry Newman**, *Legendary Authors and the Clothes They Wore and Legendary Artists and the Clothes They Wore*

#7 The Glow

Here is my winning trio for clean + radiant skin this season… and it comes from Sweden.

I use the cleansing balm AM+PM (the chlorophyll made it green!), as well as the glow serum for radiance (I only need 3 drops for the entire face, it’s quite amazing). The mask is my ritual, twice a week, to be left overnight, for plumped skin. While they are not “mini” sizes, they are carry-on friendly (under 100ml), so they are coming with me to Paris!

**MANTLE** — The Bare Balm (75ml) (AM+PM) + The Glow Serum (30ml) (AM+PM) + The Dream Mask (75ml) (overnight)

#6 Spring Silhouette

I’m obsessed with this look from the SKALL SS24 show. Obsessed as in… I screenshot the look maybe 30 times since the show last Summer, it’s pinned on my Pinterest boards several times, and I was so happy to see the pieces in person at the press showroom last Autumn. I was impatient for the collection to be available for purchase, which is… now!! This silhouette is the embodiment of a French woman who adores everything Scandinavian.

This is what I’ll be wearing as soon as Spring settles down in Northern Europe:

**SKALL** — 100% Danish wool jumper + organic cotton cream skirt + organic cotton twill coat that will last you a lifetime and beyond + organic cotton cami top. The basket and the sandals will be available in the upcoming weeks, so here are some alternatives while we wait for them: **AEYDE** — leather sandals + **ARKET** — leather shoulder bag in the most gorgeous dark brown, super minimalist, for a city-vibe

#5 The Comfort Quest

Get this 5-star hotel feeling, at home.

Everybody needs a towel bathrobe!!

It’s my favorite thing when staying in a hotel. It also makes a great gift idea — many colors available, unisex, from XS to XL:

**TEKLA** — unisex bathrobe with 3 pockets !! (colors are 1. Ivory 2. Sienna 3. Sienna Stripes) — It also comes as a hooded bathrobe + the matching towels (various sizes and colors)

#4 Elevated Water

The first one has a filter, which makes it handy for any water-infused (we love ginger-lemon-peppermint water in our household) with nice things.

The second one has just a lid, but would be a nice replacement for what we use for just water…

**ZARA HOME** — 1.6L glass jug with filter (genius) and 1.4L glass bottle

#3 New Flower Remedies

I finished my 2 bottles (that’s 2 months) of the Unburden remedy, and you can read the dit in this post).

I’ve started with Soul Purpose (I also have 2 bottles), and I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of clarity I will get.

I’ll keep you posted.

**ALEXIS SMART FLOWER REMEDIES** — Soul Purpose (via my European retailer)

#2 Cream Denim Focus

A pair of cream denim jeans does something that a white pair can’t do, and I can’t explain what it is about. I love this ecru skirt, as you know now.

Here are 4 styles I love for Spring (or as soon as the rain stops…). The SKALL and TOTEME ones are available in various leg lengths.

1. **SKALL** (‘ecru’) — 2. **TOTEME** (‘smoke grey’) — 3. **ZARA** (‘ecru’) — 4. **COS** (‘cream’)

#1 Peace Of Mind in just 7 tips and 9 minutes!!

This costs nothing and gives you something priceless: peace of mind.

Inspired by the principles of the Japanese Matcha Tea Ceremony, this short video (9 minutes) showed me how to simplify and elevate our living space (with a 3-year-old at home!).

I have implemented some of those tips, and it’s also fun to teach my son about those, such as assigning an address to each of his toys! Let me know which tip inspires you to take action.

We can all be inspired by this:

I hope you enjoyed this new format — What Lights Me Up — that I will publish maybe (?) twice a month, on top of the Light Letter every Sunday and the Lighthouse once a month.

Thank you for reading, and for supporting this publication. It means more than you can even imagine to me and my family.

Infinite blessings, and see you tomorrow for the Sunday Light Letter!!

Ardas Chandra

Let me know, what lights you up?

or rather: this book found me, through a Substack chat — the Universe truly delivers!