December Favourites

Hey guys, did you all have christmas? Here is a brief December favourites, iv been waiting for my new camera came so I'm sorry I'm late with this.  a So lets get in to it.

Skincare:
Seaweed Clay Mask from The Body Shop.

Makeup:
Makeup Revolution Ultra Blush Palette in Hot Spice

Makeup Revolution Vivid Baked Highlighter in Golden Lights

Clinique Pop Lip Colour and Primer in Cherry Pop

Hair:
Co Lab Dry Shampoo in New York


Shop:
Zara
The Body Shop

I hope you've had a good christmas and your year has gone off to a good start.

Thank you for reading.

It's a Carnaby Christmas

The saturday after Black Friday me and my flat mates ventured out to Oxford Street to check out the sales, and to tell you the truth it was absolutely manic, but I managed to pick up a few things. I thought I would show you guys some of the pictures I had taken that day.

Personally I love Carnaby so when ever I visit Central London I inevitably end there, I wasn't going to put these pictures up because this isn't a planned post, I took these pictures to send to my family back home, but I figured you guys wouldn't mind seeing the christmas lights.

Carnaby is nestled in between Regent Street and Oxford street, it is a few small streets of shops all lined up and surrounded by old timey pubs and restaurants, some of the buildings are old and painted different colours with designs from different eras with modern twists to fit the shops they inhabit.

Of course while I was on oxford street I just so happened to pop into the Disney Store and happily found myself in the pumpkin cart from Cinderella.

Oxford Street in the evening

Oxford Street by day

Carnaby

Carnaby

Me sat in the Cinderella pumpkin cart in the Disney Store

I hope you guys have enjoyed this post, follow me on instagram for more pictures, all links are on the side of page.

Thank you for reading.

Mini Haul!

So the christmas and new year celebrations have passed, and although parties have passed the sales have started! This means that, its time to treat yourself after the christmas rush.

Today I was supposed to buy my best friend some thing for her birthday and couldn't find anything she wouldn't all ready have for christmas, so that meant most of my money would be going on me...

Bought a few batty products

• I bought the a Barry M eye crayon because it super soft, which i think is an important box to tick when you are using something around your eye, and just like I thought it is super pigmented! £3.99
• Essie cuticle care oil £8.99
• Colab New York dry shampoo, I was first attracted to the packaging, which stood out across the store, the packaging for all of the dry shampoo, is unique and eye catching, each formula has its own design and colour, also these smell amazing, I especially loved the New York one. Another thing that attracted me to this product is it is invisible, which is what I need having quiet dark brown hair! £3.49
• Dream Lumi Touch highlighting concealer, I bought this because I needed an under eye concealer which covered up my dark circles, and this product defiantly does this. £6.99

Next is shoes... I seemed to have a lapse in judgement, and turned into my brother as i bought these, but I feel in love.

Light Leopard Print Slip Ons

First are these leopard print slip on's, I really like the black strip on the heel. £6


Next are these faux leather slips on's, a few weeks ago I was looking at buying some vans slip ons with this design but talked my self out of it, but when I saw these in Peacocks for just £12 I had to get them!

I also but McBusted's album. And that is everything, although I just realised that the only thing i have bought that were on sale is the leopard print shoes...

Thanks for reading! 

*im sorry for the photos I'm testing the settings on my new phone

Candy Cane & White Chocolate Chip Cookies!

So Christmas day has passed and you've probably over eaten, especially all of the biscuits and chocolates which you weren't allowed to open until the big day had arrived!

But you still have food left and if your house is anything like in my house then candy canes are usually the last to go, so I have a recipe to help use them up. To make this easier I have kept the recipe similar to the christmas spice cookies.

Ingredients:

100g of butter

140g brown sugar

1 tbsp golden syrup

1 egg

200g plain flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 pinch of salt

1 tsp of vanilla extract

200g white chocolate chips
2 candy canes, any flavour you choose

Directions

First melt the butter, sugar and syrup, do this either in the microwave or in a pot over simmering water. Pre heat the oven to 175 degrees or gas mark 4

While the butter is melting, mix the flour, salt, baking powder and mixed spice together in a different bowl.

Next beat the egg into butter mixture, followed by the flour mixture.

Once the ingredients are mixed together put it in the fridge to cool down (it will stop the chocolate chips from melting)

Line 2 baking sheets with greaseproof paper.

Once the mix is cool, add half of the chocolate chips to the mix.

Put the  candy canes into a ziplock bag and crush them into smaller pieces

Next roll the mix into little balls and put them on the grease proof paper 

After press the remaining chips into the top, not to hard, just enough to hold them.

Next pop them in the oven, but not to high up because the chocolate will burn.

After the cookies have been in for about 8 minutes add the crushed candy to the top of the cookies and place them back into the oven for the remaining time

Bake for around 12-15 minutes, the cookies will darken in colour, but should still feel soft.

Once the cookies are finished out of the oven let them cool for a few minutes be for touching them, then transfer them to a cooling rack!

I hope you guys all had a good christmas!

Christmas Spice Cookies!

Christmas is stressful, do you guys think christmas is stressful? So sorry for the lack of posts but iv got all christmas stuff going on, as well as being piled over with college work and trying to get my university application finished.

Any way lets get started with the cookies, and just so you know the cookies will make you kitchen smell amazing!

Ingredients:
100g butter
140g brown sugar
1 table spoon of golden syrup
1 egg
200g plain flour
1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
1 pinch of salt
3 tsp of mix spices

Directions:

• First melt the butter, sugar and syrup, do this either in the microwave or in a pot over simmering water. Pre heat the oven to 175 degrees or gas mark 4
• While the butter is melting, mix the flour, salt, baking powder and mixed spice together in a different bowl.
• Next beat the egg into butter mixture, followed by the flour mixture.
• Line 2 baking sheets with greaseproof paper.
• Next roll the mix into little balls and put them on the grease proof paper and put them in the oven
• Bake for around 12-15 minutes, the cookies will darken in colour, but should still feel soft.
• Once the cookies are finished out of the oven let them cool for a few minutes be for touching them, then transfer them to a cooling rack!

I didn't decorate them, because I didn't have time but you can decorate them anyway you want!

So thats it for today! Thanks for reading guys, have a good christmas!!!

Christmas Decorations Wishlist: Next

For this week I will be showing off my favourite Christmas decorations from Next.

First off is this bunting banner simply because iv never seen one before and I think it is super cute! £8

Next are these baubles, the first are these plastic with bows and animal prints and tartan, what more do you need!
Also these golden glittery reindeer which are £6
And lastly I have chosen these simple snow flakes because it just isn't Christmas if there aren't snowflakes somewhere! these are also £6

So that's its for Next not much jumped out at me really, so that's it for today, feel free to comment, follow and follow me on twitter! Thank you

Christmas Decorations Wish List: M&S

Christmas is nearly here, and one of the best parts is defiantly being able to dress up the house, so iv decide to make a decorations wish list of decorations iv seen that I really, REALLY want for my house, and each week I will upload decorations from a new store.

In my house it has been a tradition for as long as I can remember to have a real Christmas tree, and not a small tree but I huge, HUGE tree, to the point we struggle to get through the door, also we decorate the rest of the house to the point where it looks like Santa decorated it himself, the ceiling is covered and the walls are covered. But now that me and my brother are older we are beginning to tone it down... I think


This weeks store is M&S and here are my picks.

First off are these baubles, there seems to be a white theme going on here... but look how cute these are.

• The first one is called woodland heart and costs £3, I love how it is made of tree bark, it will add so much texture to the tree.
• The next one is called Ceramic Squirrel, its a SQUIRRELL CHRISTMAS DECORATION, I doesn't get cuter than this. £4
• Silver Sequin filled bauble, this will truly get you in the mood for party season. £2
• White Pine Cone, its also very cute, and follows he whole woodland theme we have going on. £3
• Lastly we have Woodland Layered Pine Cone, he layering just makes it so unique. £4

Okay when I said lastly for the baubles, might of been misleading, because there may be more to follow.

• To add colour to the tree I found this beautiful Red Berry Ball. £4
• Also these felt woodland animals, which are perfect if you have children. £19.50
• And of course we have to add a stocking to the list and this beautiful reindeer one was defiantly my favourite. £25

And the last three things are decorations for the rooms instead of the tree,

• First we have a wreath because when ever I see a Christmas movie, and in all of them they have wreaths on there doors so we are bringing some Hollywood film style magic into our homes this Christmas. £15
• Next are there wooden letters that spell out Noel, and it adds to the woodland theme. £25
• We all need, a Christmas cushion or teddy to help decorate the house, and my choice would be this All Is Calm And Bright cushion because it literally has Christmas all over it and its super festive. £9.50

And best of all most of this is 3 for 2.