The Perfect Night In

Growing up with a sister meant many nights in spent painting our nails while wearing a green face mask or biore pore strip on the bridge of our nose. We’ve been having these mini at-home-spa nights for as long as I can remember, but I believe it was around high school when we coined the phrase: “beautification nights.” To this day we still call any sister beauty pampering by this name and even though I’m married, most nights when my sister and I are together some sort of face mask, eye brow plucking, or manicures take place. (The benefits of having a sister–someone to test out various beauty products with–obviously!)

My guy and I celebrated our three year wedding anniversary last week apart as he was sadly on a flight home from a work trip back east. While I of course wish we could have spent the evening together, I’m not going to lie, it was one of the most luxurious, self-pampering nights I’ve had in awhile. It was a rather spontaneous evening and I was so pleased with my impromptu-cheese-platter-for-one situation that I was inspired to document the scene.

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First things first, I treated myself to some of my favorites foods. Figs! Wine and cheese.

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Pulled out my favorite coffee table book and a stack of magazines for a little design inspiration for an upcoming project.

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Opened a delicious riesling, and lit plenty of candles despite the 100 degree weather outside. (I had the air conditioning on, plus you gotta set the luxurious mood.)

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Painted my nails, and pulled out a few various beauty products to test.

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 Best of all, I was in bed before 10pm.

Photography by Alicia Lund


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