The chicest thing ever is to buy a vessel, like this bold and cheering Casa Cubista stripe jug, ($50, Saudade Toronto) and take it to your favourite florist for filling. The recipient gets both the ephemeral gift of flowers and the enduring reminder to keep buying flowers for themselves.
This Mother’s Day, let’s honour the women we love who kept it all together this past year despite 24/7 childcare, Zoom meeting tyranny, virtual house arrest and unending meal prep. And let’s recognize those friends who mothered us when we needed it- the ones who dropped off baked goods or emergency booze. It’s time to spread the love.
The lockdown-inspired resurgence in creating home bars is also a reminder that gorgeous presents can come from the liquor store. Canada’s own Laneway Distillers No. 12 Vodka ($51.45, LCBO) with its pale green label and frosted bottle is too beautiful to hide in a cupboard and pairs beautifully with a gold Japanese jigger ($32, Cocktail Emporium.) And a Moscow Mule made with ginger kombucha is perfect for Spring.
This brass-clad home bar belongs to Ett Hem hotelier Jeanette Mix.
This polished swoop of rose quartz is a Gua Sha ($40, The Fix with MC) a tool used in traditional Chinese medicine to get a depuffing, drainage massage (follow the steps in this video from MC herself.) An application of facial oil prevents the Gua Sha from tugging on delicate skin and Biossance Squalane + Vitaminc C Rose Oil, ($95, Sephora), is a rose-scented and moisturizing skin brightener as well.
A Slip silk pillowcase ($119, Sephora) sounds like a a frivolity but silk stops hair frizzing up overnight and prevents pillowcase creases from marking one’s skin. Plus, the giddy sensation of sinking into a smooth, silk-covered pillow at the end of the day cannot be overstated.
With its overdose of raspy, sunlit bergamot, Malin & Goetz Bergamot eau de parfum (Sephora, $120) is the perfect mood-booster that effortlessly punches a hole in a cloudy sky to let the sun shine through. And because it’s an eau de parfum, it lasts longer than cologne (which frugal moms will appreciate.)