#daphne reccs

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BOOK REVIEW: The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

★★★★★ - 5 stars

"If violet-eyed men are a gift from God, violet-eyed women are an unfortunate side effect."

Andrew Joseph White's sophomore novel, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth is a Victorian-based, queer, fantasy-horror piece that divulges details about real-world issues, and tells a powerful tale of gore, ghosts and friendship. In a world where the veil between the living and the dead has thinned, we meet Silas Bell. We follow him as he attempts to escape an arranged marriage; is diagnosed with the mysterious 'Veil sickness' (that only effects people of violet eyes) and is shipped off to Braxton's Boarding School, where the ghosts of missing students plea for his help. All the while, Silas undergoes a powerful journey about identity, the power we weild and the importance of finding friendships with those who are of a similar mind to us. Throughout, White uses beautifully poetic writing to express profound ideas about the world we live in, such as Silas' feelings about his identity and the fear of death many are akin to. Even so, it remains a painfully sorrowful tale, and its depictions of medical gore are graphic, detailed and horrifying; it is certainly not for the faint of heart. The diversity in this book is outstanding with an autistic, transgender (female to male), bisexual main character and a transhet (t4t) relationship at its heart. The characters are authentic, multifaceted constructs that express feelings that many will relate to, and open your eyes to a completely new world-view. As this is a historically accurate Victorian novel, sexism, abelism and transphobia runs rife within the society we are presented with, and yet, Silas questions and denies these ideas perfectly and in a way that we can all learn from. Ghosts, boarding schools and missing girls in a terribly twisted society - The Spirit Bares Its Teeth has it all. An exceptional and spellbeing piece of literature: this is the perfect book for every horror lover out there to pick up from their local bookshop and to spiral down a rabbithole of reading.

[callsignecholimamike]

Loved this!! Incredibly haunting, lively writing, gripping story. Really awesome character study. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5.

[claireelizabethsblog]

~ March's Book(s) Reviewed ~

So.... March was the month of life catching up 😅

Unfortunately I only managed to read one book this month, it was a good one at least. But yes, I didn't have nearly enough time nor head space to dedicate to reading books this month as I would have liked. I was still reading every night, just unfortunately the novels took a bit of a back seat as I was reading a lot of academic papers and then countering those heavy intellectual readings with lots of comforting fanfictions of previously read books. Fingers crossed April will allow me to get back into the novels at my usual rate!

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

(302 pages)

I really liked this book. It was a fairly easy read, which was something necessary for this month, and the mystery element was fun and well done. Some of the wording and themes and characterisations were a little dated, but generally still a really enjoyable read.

I gave this book 4 stars ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

[daphnedauphinoise]

Heyy Daphne

Do you have any book recs on antropology

I only have one book recc ( on my tbr) and a podcast episode:

Veiled Sentiments

Summary:

Lila Abu-Lughod lived with a community of Bedouins in the Western Desert of Egypt for nearly two years, studying gender relations and the oral lyric poetry through which women and young men express personal feelings. The poems are haunting, the evocation of emotional life vivid. But her analysis also reveals how deeply implicated poetry and sentiment are in the play of power and the maintenance of a system of social hierarchy. What begins as a puzzle about a single poetic genre becomes a reflection on the politics of sentiment and the relationship between ideology and human experience.

Podcasts:

Podcast episode with Dr. Tanya Luhrmann who discusses religion and anthropology of mind

Daphne x

[ataudcanela]

do you have any medieval/gothic book reccs?🍂

♡ hihi … here is an assorted list of recommendations (essentially just a few of my favorites…)

** some of these are poetry & some are prose; some are books & some are short stories/novellas.

medieval

Ælfric, Lives of Saints

various works from Marie de France: Fables, The Life of St. Audrey, Lais

Guillaume de Lorris & Jean de Meun, Le Roman de la Rose

the Harley lyrics

Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love

gothic

Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

Théophile Gautier, La Morte Amoureuse

Clara Reeve, The Old English Baron

Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber

Daphne Du Maurier, House on the Strand

Richard Marsh, The Beetle

Algernon Blackwood, The Willows

[fedyasolnishka]

i sadly don't know about any ships or pairings that reminds me of fyodor and his daughter :c i usually portray him in a kinda self indulgent way tho i try to remain as canon as possible so i think i've ended up viewing fedya in such a specific way that i can't see him in any other character (i might criticize u asagiri but thank you for bringing my most beloved comfort character into this world)…

—❤️‍🩹 (i need more meadia, i dont mind if it's a book, movie, series whatever, world plz gimme daddaughter content)

First pandora hearts, i know it doesn't have Daddaughter but It's a masterpiece to me so.

From now on or next month i'll reblogging gifsets of movies that I like under films tag so if you take that as recommendation. Also I've planned to watch arcane bc of jinx and silco only. They have pseudo father-daughter relationship but She often sits on his lap somehow and there are some scenes that looks like they're abt to kiss but they didn't and That's a problem. Also silco with his cape on kinda remind me of a certain character iykyk and it makes me yearn for him to have a daughter or a young girl that he has soft spot and be the object of his romantic affection in canon soo baadd (Asgr if you hear me-)

I recently rb an amv of them with off to the races by Lana if you're interested! It makes me happy when someone edit a Daddaughter/age gap relationship to a certain "type" of lana songs hehe

For fiction books, I reccomend matilda by mary shelley and my absolute darling by gabriel tallent and since we're both bsd fans, i recc naomi by tanizaki, it's not daddaughter but it has age gap with an underage girl. Also I've been reading rebecca by daphne du maurier, it's not Daddaughter but it has some "interesting" moments

[jorgiebug]

my favorite playlists pt.1, a directory:

tag yourself edition

daphne: rocky beaches, hair blowing in the wind, collage journals, pearl rings, talking to the stars, pastels, the bravery of doing things on your own, the sunrise, film cameras, sundresses, deep grounding breaths, pennies, wishing wells, forgiveness.

it’s a shame: broken mirrors, burning letters in the fire, cracked concrete, bitterly cold winter nights, paper cuts, faded polaroids, a tear stained cheek, anger, cities at midnight, doc martens, red lipstick, candlelight, satin dresses, dead branches rattling in the wind.

the billboards said the end is near: fields of grain, a summer roadtrip, telephone wires, acoustic guitar, campfires, radio static, a well worn backpack, abandoned gas stations, slow dancing under a starless sky, flannels, a fear of being alone, sunspots filled with dust, chemtrails.

you're on your own kid: tattered sneakers, fireflies, rain on a window pane, scrapped knees, daisies and dandelions, height lines marked in pencil, party hats, watercolor paints, letting go, winter melting into spring, cardigans, toast with honey, an old quilt, forced smiles, crinkled eyes, mismatched socks, a torn poster.

would it keep you awake?: steaming cups of coffee, making signs for a protest, flashing lights, screaming at the sky, baseball caps and high ponytails, clenching your jaw, bandaids, ripped jeans, rage, helping someone up, chipped nail polish, subways, autumn leaves crunching underfoot.

[holmesiswherethehartis]

EXACTLY ONE WEEK FROM TODAY I AM MAKING A TIMEKEEPER GROUP CHAT

Please reblog, comment, or somehow else tell me if you want to be a part of it!! Cheers!!

[writingbyricochet]

hi hi hi! i hope you’re having a great day/night! for the autumn asks: crow, dream, novel (oohh book reccs 👀)

Hello Aye! Always happy to see you in my inbox!

Crow - What's an unpopular opinion you have on autumn?

Pumpkin scented things smell bad. I already don't like food-related scents and especially things like vanilla and sugar, so the addition of pumpkin just smells way too artificial to me and I can't stomach it.

Dream - Describe your perfect au.

Hmm, an AU for what? A fandom or my own work? I've been trying for so long to think of an idea set in a 19th century, dark academia ballet AU. I'm laughing a little at myself because of just how specific it is, but I'd read anything set in that universe.

Novel - Favorite book?

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - This is my favorite book of all time. It's certainly worthy of criticism and is not perfect, but it's really stuck with me. I read it every year and never get tired of it. (We don't talk about that "sequel.") Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier - Everything I want my prose to be is here. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - Romanticism at its finest! The dichotomy between terror and sentimentality is so good. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare - One of the first books I remember being obsessed with. It single-handedly gave birth to my ever-lasting obsession with the name Nathaniel.

Thank you!

Send me an autumn ask!

[dwellordream]

Whats your book wish list?

It’s not done yet and I am open to reccs if anyone has any, I’m open to all genres! Right now it’s a little all over the place with Georgette Heyer, Daphne du Maurier, Jean Rhys, Megan Whalen Turner, Anne Carson, and Margaret Atwood.

[theclassicsreader]

Summer reading reccs?

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Book of Disquiet by Fernando PessoaUlysses by James JoyceThis House of Clay and Water by Faiqa MansabInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoClear Light of Day by Anita Desai

[daphnedauphinoise]

could you make a post on how you make your bare nails look beautiful and manicured? my nails react terribly to polish. thanks!

Hello 💙

Not going to lie, I was lowkey waiting for someone to ask. My nails and I have always gotten well together. I do take pride in them as my natural nails tend to bring a lot compliments in. In high school, the girls and guys would hold my hands and turn it just to see my nails shine in the light and having nice nails has always been a ‘Daphne thing’. 

Cuticle Removal

Sally Hansen Cuticle Care

Nail Care Set  

Cuticle removal is a new territory for me. My cuticles have always passed the scrunity of nail artists and I consider having naturally nice cuticles as one of my top 10 traits. Nonetheless, my feet do need an extra help and Sally Hansen’s gel is the easiest thing to use. I do not trust myself with cuticle clippers at all so chemical removers are my go to. A little squezze, 15 seconds wait and a little push and you are done !! When I am doing my hands, I like to dip my hands in warm/hot water to soften my cuticles up. Do be careful because the Lye (the chemical that does the dissolving in cuticle removers) has no preference between dead skin and live skin. 

I recently purchased the nail care set just because I needed the silver tools you see, and oh my goodness, best purchase ever!!! I don’t really use the first tool on the left but the middle and the right ones are my holy grails. The tip of the middle one to get rid of the dead, hard skin on the either sides of your fingernails.I have never liked the feel of the coarser skin but I didn’t know there was a solution for this. The bottom of the same tool is to scrape built up gunk from underneath your nails. The right tool has a cuticle scraper and a pusher. 

I wouldn’t reccomend removing your cuticles too often, so maybe once a week. What I do and have done since I was a child is push back my cuticles gently using my own nails which is the cheapest alternative to everything.

Cuticle Oils and Butters 

Burt’s Bees Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream 

Dior Creme Apricot 

Onsen Cuticle oil 

It is important to keep your cuticles soft as dry or cracked cuticles are an opening to bacteria. I religiously apply cuticle oil/cream; I keep one at my desk, one in my bedside table and one in every bag. I have been using Burt’s Bees one for ages and it works well. To be honest, you can just use Jojoba oil ( a must have!) as it has the smallest oil molecules and acts the most like our natural skin oils. It has lots of uses and is relativelty cheap, so if you are on a budget just get Jojoba oil instead of all the fancy ones.  Dior Creme is a cult favourite and I love it too. The packaging is so so pretty and it is just so luxurious; but in saying that the formula is tacky and you have to use your hands to get the product out because there is no applicator. For this reason I like to leave it at my bedside table. The cuticle pen is just easy to carry around.

Buffing 

4 Way Buffing Block 

This is Daphne’s holy grail. Along with cuticle care, buffing is part of my religion I discovered these 4 way buffing blocks years back and it has been a staple since. It is my ‘If I stuck on a desert island I would take...’. It is so so simple to use and it leaves your nails SHINNY!  The blocks comes numbered and you just buff each nail with each side for 10 seconds and voila! Best nails ever! It is is so simple, it is rude not to have one. This is perfect to get that hand model worthy shiny nails without using nail polish. It is low maintanece and you only need to do it once a week. I used to have girls flock to my hands in high school and they oogle my nails with oohs and ahhhs. So I started to carry extra blocks so I could show the girls what to do and I would do it for them and leave the block for them as a gift. I cannot live without these. I would highly reccomend to buy them off Aliexpress for cheaper and in bluk so you can replace it after 3-4 uses. 

Routine

I am a big fan of routines and I have a routine for everything, once a week I like to take an hour out to do them. I start off with the Sally Hansen Cuticle remover and get rid of excess dead skin. Then I like to buff my nails with the Buffing block. I trim my nails into a short square top which suits my hands the best. I like to go in with a cucticle oil or cream and rub it in circular motions. As much as I love nail art and big sparkly gems, I need to keep my nails short and clean for climbing, piano and archery. This also means that my nails have been breaking off due to excess pressure and stress as of lately; so because of the recent changes I have had to reintroduce a couple things for Winter. I reintroduced nail hardners because climbing does a number on your nails, no matter how short you trim them.Otherwise, I also love the Dior Nail glow which leaves a pretty pink hue to you nails which makes them look so healthy and glowly. The first time I had them on in one of snap stories, the amount of swipe ups I got was insane. It is pricey so I like to gift them to my friends so their nails can twinkle and catch the light in the most beautiful ways. 

Also remember, nail health is also largely dependent on you general health. If your general health lacking and you are dull beacause of so, no amount buffing is going to change that. So with like everything, get a varied diet, drink plently of water and make sure you are not lacking vitamins and minerals. 

Other Nail Care Favourites:

SUSANNE KAUFMANNNourishing Nail Oil 

Eveline Cosmetics Diamond Nail Conditioner 

Sally Hansen Nail Hardner 

Mavala Swizterland Nail Hardner 

Sally Hansen Nail Growth Miracle 

Dior Nail Glow

Daphne xoxo

[daphnedauphinoise]

Could we get your product list for Spring 22 ?

Skincare

First Aid Beauty Cleanser

I have a hate hate relationship with cleanser. No-one gets them right. I have dry skin and nothing is great for my skin. If it actual cleanses, then it strips and if it doesn’t strip it doesn’t cleanse. So it is lose lose for us. I was gifted this cleanser a while back and last week I decided why not and used it for the time and I was pleasently surprised. It feels soft in your fingers ( it is pearlescent when it comes out) as you lather it up into very gentle spuds; formula is designed for sensitive skin so it really doesn't lather. Does it cleanse? I think it does, I don’t consider it to be a heavy duty cleanser but I don’t wear makeup so it suits me fine. I have placed this in my morning routine and I love not having my skin wrinkle on me between the time I dry my face and apply the next step. If you are looking for a gentle cleanser then this one I reccomend. (I know someone will say something here but I do have acne prone skin so I do have to wash my face in the wash as per the reccomendation of my esthetician  )

Body Shop Rose Hydrating Mask

 My new routine has been slathering this after I wash face in the morning , three times a week and this has been a life-saver through the 758 different storms and winds the UK endured the entirety of February. It leaves your skin feeling peach plump and really really hydrated and oh so soft  It is so beautiful. I have noticed a drastic decrease in how quickly my skin dries and I think my month long dedication has paid off. I really like the little bits and pieces of rose petals in the mask which makes it feel like a witchy ritual or something that one would use in Aphrodite’s coven. My skin used to hate Body Shop products but I can tell that they have changed more than just their packaging and I am now more open to their other skincare products. 

Khiel’s Ultra Facial Cream

Spring is start of when you should starting switching products for something lighter. I believe in the importance of matching the season. A lot of the times I feel like once my skin gets too used to a product, it stops working so for me it makes perfect sense to let go of some products and introduce new ones. This was an impluse buy but I will be impluse buying this for a long long time. Formulated with glacial glycoprotien ( protien derived from sea glaciers which help retain moisture and prevents water loss) and olive derived squalane oil, this cream does an amazing job of hydrating and moisturising your skin. I don’t say that sentence often. For my dry dry skin, this cream held up to it’s promise and I only needed to top up every 4-5 hours instead of my previous hourly moisturisation sessions. I think the reason it does so well is because it is a two in one as it combats water loss and general loss of moisture in your skin. I know the biggest tub is steep at around £45 but I think it is worth every pretty penny. Vive la peau hydratée !

Perfume

Miss Dior Rose n Roses

Florals are meant for Spring. Actually, it is imperative that you wear florals during Spring, well when else would you wear it? My favourite floral smell is Rose. I am a rose girlie. I drink more rose water than water, I room smells of roses, my hair smells of roses and in spring I bathe in roses. Eventhough I believe that rose is a cross season smell, spring is definitely it’s time to shine. I am a perfume hound and I constantly scour for the next best perfume, when I got the Rose n Roses as a sample when I ordered a bunch of stuff from Dior and I was blown away. I love Miss Dior blooming boquet and I equally, if not more, am in love with Rose and Roses.It is youthful and light and the emobident of the 💖🌸. It is what the pink Zimmerman dress would smell like. I feel like I am floating through a rose garden and I feel soo girlies and princess pretty when I have this one. This has been a total compliment getter as well because people are attracted to the true rose scent.

Others:  Miss Dior Body Wash, Miss Dior Body Creme  (Body Shop’s British Rose collection is a very good dupe ) 

⭐️: match your perfume to the vibe of your outfit, it is one of the littlest way to be put together. I will be wearing lots of pink this upcoming spring. 

Makeup

GUCCI Fluide De Beauté Fini Naturel Natural Finish Fluid Foundation

One swipe and I fell in love is what I would write back to Gucci if I was ever asked for my opinion. Once upon a January, I was skiving my lectures and walking aorund Harrods when I was captured by a sales asscociate and because of my inability to say ‘no’ I was whisked away into 4 hours of makeup mayhem from which I walked away with a new makeup bag filled with goodies tailored to me. I will not lie, I did spend 3 hours of the 4 at Gucci sampling and chatting away with the kindest clerk which is how I ended up buying the foundation anyway. Apart from the packaging being gorgeous, it has a pink cap ugh, the formula is just how I like it. Runnier, buildable and a little goes a looong way. I am not a makeup person,I am trying to be but I am not one quite yet. But even I can tell that this is a good foundation. I only needed two pumps for my entire face and some neck blending (I decided to get my summer shade instead of my winter shade) and I was smooth. Though, buildable, the cover is on the sheer side so it is perfect for the warmer days of spring. 

Mented Blush in Merry Away 

I recently discovered this beautiful brand and I love love love it! The brand is not inclusive... as in it doesn’t have lighter shades when it comes to face makeup. I know ! Their colour range is limited to tan to deep black skin so if you have melanin you are in for a treat . The brand motto is Pigment is our Passion and I think they pulled through. My problem with a lot of makeup is that it just doesn’t show on darker skin and the colours sit weirdly and it refuses to blend properly into your skin. However, I think this is the solution. If it was another brand I wouldn’t use any of they have colours as I know it just wouldn’t suit me. However, the way these colours have been formulated (it reminds me of Illia and Refy) to work on brown/black skin. Huzzah ! For spring Pinky Promise and Peach for the Stars are what I will be using. The brand is Vegan 🌱 and Cruelty-Free.

These are going to be my staple for the next couple of months. I am so ready for Spring, armed and ready with Anti-Histamine. Let the Pollenation begin !

Daphne xo

[daphnedauphinoise]

Hi! 💗How did you get your KP to calm down ?

Hi hi 💗

I wish I could say I have gotten rid of it but it is still here but in saying that, I do have it under control.

I love the Ameliorate's Keratosis Pilaris line. The brand is dermatologist approved and they are considered to be the number one brand in the UK for treating KP. And I believe in that. I love the brand and pretty much everything about it.

I use the body scrub and the body lotion, both I consider my holy-grails. The products smell really nice, almost like baby products, which is an added bonus.

It is unfortunate that you can never truly get rid of it properly but there are ways to tame it and keep the appearances low.

Daphne xx

[daphnedauphinoise]

If anyone does Ballet here, I just found the cutest dance-wear company called Bloch. They specialise in ballet wear and they have a beautiful range of nude pointe shoes🩰

[daphnedauphinoise]

A little update:

I only tanned my legs because I didn’t want to have patchy arms if I did do it incorrectly. I did my left leg first and then my right leg. Not going to lie, my technique for my left leg was bad. I wasn’t sure of how much mousse I needed so I only put enough to cover a small area each time ( eg. the front of my legs, from my ankle to my shin ). It looked patchy when I had finished which got me worried so for my right leg I decided to dump enough for my whole leg ( ankle to knee and then knee to hips )onto the mitt, and that worked much better. It took less time and less product because I didn’t have to keep going back to fill in patches. The back of my thighs, my hamstrings, required a whole contortionist act from me ngl, but I got there and I also did my butt with the left over.

So I washed it off a little after 10 hours of having it on, which was 4 hours over the recommended time; as my shower wasn’t working so I had to figure out how to fix it myself.

After 10 hours my legs were looking more Black brown than Brown ( on my skin anyway, which is already brown). There actually wasn’t as much transfer onto my clothing as I thought there would be which was major plus. After I managed to get the pressure fixed ( I am a woman in STEM after all), the colour settled into a nice deep dark brown which I loooveeee 🤎🤎 I am so happy with the results!!!

Here what I learnt from the experience:

Wear dark loose clothing to not damage your lighter clothes. Even-though the transfer was little, there still was some.

Pump a lot of it onto the mitt, as much as you need for your whole leg. I didn’t do this for my left leg and that came out patchier than my right. I divid up the mousse onto three areas and did long strokes that way.

Next time I will probably shave beforehand. It was quite hard to effortlessly glide the mousse over my legs when it kept on getting trapped in my hair. But having hair didn’t affect my outcome, I have a nice tan.

I would probably also use a kabuki brush for my next time, to get into the crevices of my toes and my achilles. That’s the only place where it looks patchy.

Verdict :

I actually really like the Bondi Sands Ultra Dark. I think it did a good job and it didn’t smell at all chemically and horrible, it had more of a gentle chemically + coconut smell. I think it would suit everybody as well which is a plus. I know that some of my white friends tan to this colour naturally during summer and it is nice that I can share this with them as well. For my brown & black girls, I think we have to be more careful and get a tan that doesn’t have that weird orange undertone as we don’t have that and that usually happens with a cheaper than. But I defiantly see this tan suiting everybody on the brown/black spectrum and it isn’t expensive (£12) as you do get a big bottle of the stuff.

I am going to try out some more tans this winter and maybe even find some that is made for brown / black skin.

Until then, bisous 😙😚

Daphne x

I am using fake tan for the first time tonight !!! I think I have mentioned this before but I am 20 different shades of brown and I don’t like it. My skin colour is not cohesive at all and it’s one the reason I don’t like show skin because it as well :(. And if you remember my Goals for 2022, showing skin was one of them ! ( well being comfortable anyway) So, what better time to test and learn how to fake tan than winter ❄️☃️☃️

Update: I am using Bondi Sands Ultra Dark and omg it is dark 😅😅 I haven’t been this dark since I was 8.

Wish me luck !!!