About Me

Who I Am

I’m Gabriette, and I write from a place that values intention over performance and honesty over polish. I have never been interested in becoming a better version of myself for the sake of being more presentable or more acceptable. What I care about is feeling grounded in my own body, my own routines, and my own decisions, even when life feels messy, overstimulating, or unresolved.

I see beauty, skincare, makeup, food, clothing, and daily habits not as aesthetics, but as tools. Tools for regulation. Tools for boundaries. Tools for staying intact in a world that constantly asks us to be open, available, and improving. This space exists because I needed somewhere to explore that relationship honestly, without turning it into content that performs calm while feeling disconnected underneath.

Why I Started Writing This Way

For a long time, I followed routines that looked right but felt wrong. I did the things that were praised, repeated, and validated online, even when my body resisted them quietly. I bought products that promised clarity, practiced habits that were supposed to heal me, and curated versions of myself that felt increasingly hollow.

The disconnect became impossible to ignore. I realized that I was consuming a version of self care and beauty that required constant effort but offered very little grounding. It was loud, aspirational, and endlessly optimized, and I was tired of feeling like something was wrong with me for not thriving inside it.

Writing became a way to slow down and pay attention. Instead of asking what I should be doing, I started asking what actually worked. Instead of following rules, I began observing patterns in my own body and behavior. That shift changed everything, and this blog grew out of that process.

What This Space Is About

This is not a place for trends, transformations, or before and after narratives. It is a place for lived experience. Everything I share here comes from my own routines, habits, and experiments, especially the ones that happen quietly, without witnesses.

You will find writing about beauty that focuses on feeling rather than fixing, skincare that prioritizes calm over correction, makeup as a form of protection or expression depending on the day, food as grounding rather than discipline, and DIY rituals that exist to regulate rather than impress. These are not ideas I borrowed. They are things I do repeatedly because they work for me in real moments.

I write for people who feel overwhelmed by noise, pressured by performance, or disconnected from routines that are supposed to help. This space is meant to feel steady, not instructive, and reflective, not prescriptive.

How I Approach Beauty and Care

To me, beauty is not about visibility. It is about alignment. I care less about how something looks and more about how it makes me feel afterward. Does it calm me or drain me. Does it help me stay contained or does it pull my energy outward. Does it ask me to perform or does it support me quietly.

I do not believe more effort equals more care. Often, the opposite is true. The practices I trust most are simple, repeatable, and forgiving. They leave room for fluctuation and do not punish inconsistency. If a habit requires me to override my instincts, I let it go, no matter how effective it claims to be.

This philosophy shapes everything I share, from how I mix my own skincare to how I choose what I wear or eat on heavy days.

What You Will and Will Not Find Here

You will find long, reflective writing that moves slowly and stays connected. You will find fewer lists and more context, fewer rules and more observation. You will find rituals that exist for emotional regulation, not productivity, and routines that are meant to be lived with rather than perfected.

You will not find miracle solutions, aggressive optimization, or advice that assumes one approach works for everyone. I do not write to convince you to change. I write to offer perspective, language, and permission to trust yourself more deeply.

Who This Is For

This space is for people who crave depth without heaviness, structure without rigidity, and care without performance. It is for those who feel drawn to beauty and ritual but want them to feel real, grounded, and emotionally intelligent. It is for anyone who has tried to fix themselves and realized they were never broken, just overwhelmed.

If you are looking for a place that values containment, slowness, and self trust, you are in the right place.

A Final Note

I do not believe in sharing everything. Some things deserve privacy. Some rituals lose their power once they are explained too much. I write what feels honest to share, and I leave the rest where it belongs, lived quietly.

This blog is not about becoming someone new. It is about staying with yourself long enough to understand what actually supports you, and choosing that, even when it does not look impressive.

That is the work I am interested in, and that is what you will find here.