It has been snowing here, rearranging the tempo of life without asking our permission.
I was thinking of an old photograph of me in the snow—taken during one of those spontaneous winter photoshoots my friend and I used to have when she lived just down the street. We would step outside, let the cold bite our cheeks, and make something out of the ordinary. Even though she no longer lives on my street, the memory remains a reminder that inspiration is always within reach. It can be summoned wherever we are, if we are willing to look for it.
When the world becomes icy and still, we are reminded to tend to what usually gets overlooked. A snow day can be a remedy for restlessness.
Here are a few modest, inward-facing ways to pass such a day.
1. Tend to your tools and your space
There is something quietly reassuring about cleaning what serves us. Sanitizing makeup brushes with a proper cleaner, wiping down a vanity mirror, and discarding what has expired are small acts that restore order.
2. Let words and windows meet
Play soft music and sit near a window. Read a book you already love, or borrow one digitally from your local library. From time to time, look up from the page and out at the snow. It helps the words settle and reminds us that thought often needs distance to become clear.
{Currently borrowing/reading “Life Meets Art” a book that opes the door to the homes of some of history’s most famous creative geniuses.}
3. Piddle, deliberately
Move objects around. Shift the furniture a few inches. Create a new arrangement for no particular reason. There is a feng shui idea that moving 27 objects can refresh the energy of a space, but the deeper truth is simpler: change does not always have to be decisive to be meaningful.
{I draped a small comforter over the table like a soft curtain, then layered objects in colors I wanted to invite into my life. Now, each time I walk past that corner, I feel a small surge of joy.}
4. Make a wish list (or a thrift list)
Document the things you hope to find one day: a lamp, a coat, a lipstick, a scarf. Exchange lists with friends. Let yourselves look for one another. It is a modest form of community—hope shared, without urgency.
5. Give yourself something to look forward to
Along with Imagine Images Photo, we are hosting our Galentine’s Lover’s Eve Party—an evening inspired by the historic Lover’s Eye tradition of intimate, single-eye portraits. We’re reimagining it as a modern beauty and art experience rooted in play, self-expression, and storytelling.
{Pro Tip: Start planning your outfit with your friends. Lean into “essence dressing”.}
Artwork : Alexis Zambrano
lovers eyes art print illustration
Image: KatieConsiders.com
A note for nighttime
If it’s safe to do so, step outside after dark. Snow under streetlight has a rare kind of beauty—soft, glimmering, almost holographic. That delicate shimmer inspired our F.A.C.E. Celestial lip gloss, and even the bathroom here carries the same glittering effect. Beauty, at its best, doesn’t announce itself. It waits to be noticed. Snow days do not ask us to improve ourselves. They ask us to notice what is already sufficient.