8 Things Gisela Gueiros Swears By

“I think getting married is one of those weird things where nothing changes, but everything changes.” As a newlywed, I agree with this sentiment!

This is my favorite type of post! I love recommendations! Will Gisela be my best friend??

8 things I swear by:
1) any product by Living Libations. Founder, Nadine Artemis, is brilliant, and I am convinced her skincare (and more) products are the best available. The way she has used essential oils is truly magnificent

2) thrifting. I love perusing and allowing my eyes and senses to guide me to uniques pieces I love. As someone who is highly analytical and always uncertain, I have been using it as a way to tap into my intuition and express creativity

3) Calvin Klein sheets. Like sleeping in a cozy t shirt. Enough said.

4) Haruki Murakami books. Trust that you will be swept away.

5) ninja hot and cold brew coffee maker. My husband and I have tried sooo (!!!!) many coffee makers, but this one…it has our hearts. It is programmable and it makes a delicious cup of hot coffee, but also makes caraffes of cold brew, which is what makes this machine amazing and worth the splurge.

6) reading before bed. Guaranteed to help you fall asleep.

7) asking for feedback at work. You either get to understand blind spots or receive compliments which will boost your confidence and motivation. Either way you’ll grow.

8) honoring yourself, however that looks for you. It’s the greatest liberation you will experience.

Love being part of this community. xo

I’m going to throw this out there, just in case… I would love the source for the shelf that is behind her in the photo! Did they make it or was it purchased somewhere? I’ve been driving myself crazy looking for the perfect shelf for our living room, and there it is in this photo, aaagh.

P.S., I’m enjoying the comments on this post. Lots of rabbit holes to fall down!

What a great feature!
And Gisela is fabulous, I love following her on Instagram… her inquisitive mindset definitely comes across.

I’m loving all of these lists!
1. I have time blindness (a *cough* perk of ADHD), my husband hates ticking sounds, the solution is this beautiful tickless clock that comes in a bunch of colors in basically every room of our house https://society6.com/product/clock-numbers-bone-2_wall-clock?sku=s6-14357096p33a33v282a34v286
2. Nag champa incense sticks in my car, because I need it to smell like a bookstore run by lesbians in the 90’s
3. If you’re renovating a bathroom and code allows, put an outlet inside the medicine cabinet for charging your toothbrush
4. ZAS! Mango chili shake on absolutely everything, but especially on half an avocado at 3:30pm http://zas.net/
5. Kidizen! It’s an app where families sell outgrown kids’ clothes. I’ve clothed both of my children entirely in 2nd hand stuff from kidizen.
6. Homeschool one day a week. Obviously this depends on resources/time/location etc… but school/homeschool does not have to be a binary. My kindergartener goes to a public Spanish dual language program 4 days a week, and one day a week we go to unschooling meetup hikes and ukulele class and have uninterrupted, focused home time. It’s the best of both worlds and all it took was being open and communicative and brave with his school and teacher. We also live in Washington state, where the right to part time homeschool is legally protected, but if you don’t, you can still be the architect of your child’s education with some self-advocacy.
7. Light Mountain Naturals henna in Bright Red. It’s been my hair color for 15 years, it costs $8 a box and strangers routinely chase me down the street to ask about it
8. Landscaping with plants that have black-purple foliage. Ninebark, Black Lace Elderberry, Smoketree, and Mondo Grass will get you the goth witch garden of your dreams

I love this and I’ll never pass up a chance to recommend things that are great:
1. Men’s cashmere sweaters on consignment. They are twice as thick and the cardigans have actually useful pockets.
2. The Oregon coast is otherworldly at any time of the year. I spent last weekend in Tillamook, but Manzanita, Otter Rock (where you can rent a wet suit and take a surf lesson if you’re so inclined), Newport (which has the aquarium) or Astoria are all absolutely magical places.
3. I Speak Because I Can is my absolute favorite Laura Marling album, but it only just beats out every other one because she’s a once-in-a-generation musician.
4. Periogen complete oral health toothpaste. I’ve never experienced anything like it. The absolute cleanest my teeth have ever been, and I was raised by a dentist, so that’s saying a lot.
5. Smitten Kitchen’s recipe for Gramercy Tavern’s stout based gingerbread. I’ve made it every Christmas Eve for 5 straight years.
6. Improv class, when we can be in rooms with strangers again. There’s no better source for new friends than a room of grown adults who are choosing to pretend they’re a rhinoceros who’s also a lawyer on a Tuesday night.
7. Gretchen Rubin’s 4 Tendencies quiz. Learn about the shape of motivation in your personality and change your life.
8. The phrase “There is no such thing as all the things, there is only this next thing.”

My eight things are always shifting but some pretty constant ones are:
1) All Birds
2) Huevos Rancheros
3) Aperol Spritz
4) 30A in Florida
5) Maira Kalman Art
6) Art Festivals. Live theater. (Tied)
7) Bic Clear Crystal Pens
8) ‘ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’

There is a walk-in sculpture version of ‘The Dream’ at Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ!! It’s one of my favorite places to take my girls!

Anyone know if Ilia ever has sales? I’d love to hop on the mascara train, but if there’s going to be a Black Friday sale, I’ll probably hold out for a sec 🙃

My heart leapt when I read that Gisela loves Manka’s in Inverness. It is my parents’ favorite place in the world; their special romantic place where they spent many vacations. In May, we moved my mother into a facility where she could be cared for as she navigates a form of early dementia (she is in her 60s). It was a heartbreaking decision. I always thought they would have one more trip to Manka’s.

Such a fun post! These days, it’s the simple things I find inspiring.

This is great. I couldn’t resist making my own list….
1. Book: The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown. Will change your life if you let it.
2. Exercise: Yoga with Adriene on YouTube
3. Shoes: House Birks— buy a pair of Birkenstocks but just for wearing indoors!
4. Ritual: Live theater
5. Hobby: Cross stitch- I swear it’s easy just following directions and making tiny x’s
6. Shirt: JCrew chambray button down in *tall*
7. Recipe: Smitten Kitchen Ultimate Banana Bread https://smittenkitchen.com/2020/03/ultimate-banana-bread/
8. Transport: an electric bike

This is fun. I am old and this photo collage doesn’t work for us with old lady eyes.it’s so tiny!

Xo the peanut gallery

Kirsten Dunst just shared her home tour a few days ago on Architectural Digest and her designer used Heathy Taylor linens for the shower curtain!!

I love this! It made me start thinking about the eight things I might recommend. Which also made me think of a fun possibility for a CoJ post, it would be neat to see reader submissions of an outfit they swear by — that one magic outfit that you wear on days when you want to look good or feel cozy or need a stroke of good luck!

Love this post. She is fantastic. It is great to think about these things we love from the simple to more elaborate like a trip. I am going to write my own 8 things today. Also…would love a tour of her place in your old apartment and a conversation between the two of you about the space.

I can never get enough “favorite things” lists. I will offer mine in the sincerest hope that the other commenters here – the unintentional influencers in my life – will share their. OK –
(1) Athletic Beverage Company non-alcoholic beer. Tastes like the real thing, full of antioxidants, refreshing, hydrating. My marathoner friend introduced me.
(2) Sezane’s fall line up of sweaters. Gorgeous greens.
(3) Free YouTube workout videos from BodyFit by Amy. She was recommended to me years ago by a radiologist friend who will cheerfully talk your ear off about bone density and weight-bearing exercise. The workouts are great and Amy herself is a LOVE. I follow her on IG and she’s boldly feminist, caring, anti-racist, anti-body-shaming. She’s awesome.
(4) Keeping three (3) books on my nightstand – something nonfiction (currently reading The Gene), something mindless like a murder mystery or a rom-com, and whatever I’m reading for my book club (which is usually gut-wrenching cerebral fiction). I’ve started setting a 15 minute timer and rotating through all three. If one of them hooks me and I go over, no big deal, but if I set a goal of reading at least 15 minutes of each, I’m less likely to doom scroll on my phone in bed.
(5) The art of Gayle Kabaker. Find her on IG.
(6) Ilia mascara.
(7) Beek suede slides for fall. Autumn’s answer to flip flops.
(8) My nespresso machine. Plus an eastfok mug and some oat milk.

I love her style :) beijos from another Brazilian Gal.

My absolute favorite kind of cup of jo post. Just put a hold on that book from the library! Thank you for the recommendations!

She speaks to me. Love all these things. :)

I love this new series!

“Insidery” is now my favorite word. :) From one Brazilian to another, muito obrigada, Gisela!

Love this! Hoping this will be a reoccurring series on COJ!