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radio silence by alice oseman will always be one of my favorite books and what got me back into reading <3

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the art of making someone feel seen and feel special IS the highest art

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you are growing from this you are growing from this you are growing from this

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quietwilderness

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2.12.19 // vaguely wintery library days

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Camonghne Felix, from “On Entropy”

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Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egyp,1877 -detail- Charles Sprague Pearce.

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dark academia makeup

- don’t conceal your dark undereye area; people should know that you have better things to do at night than sleep

- strong dark brows with sharp angles; I recommend a brow pomade

- blush, blush, blush; you want to look like you’ve just stepped in from outside where the bitter wind has been kissing your face most ardently. A favorite touch of mine is applying not just to the apples of your cheeks but to the bridge of your nose and blending outwards

- mascara, and a touch of something shimmery in the inner corners of each eye

- lipstick (if you so chose) ; brightly pigmented reds or dark shades of plums, purples and browns. Use a lip liner of a similar shade to make sure the edges of your lipstick don’t feather out, and dab setting powder onto your lips once you’ve put the color on; it will keep your lipstick in place no matter how many statues you kiss throughout the day

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Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne at the Galleria Borghese in Rome, 2016. Photos by Stuart Franklin.

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Ghismonda with the heart of Guiscardo (Detail), 1650. By Bernardino Mei

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