Smoothie Saturday | May 2016

For this smoothie I tried to incorporate something extra healthy into it, so if you are more of a health nut who can take the taste then this smoothie is for you but if not like me, don't try it. I for sure won't be making this again but I figured somebody out there may like it.

Ingredients:

1 Ataulfo Mango

200 ml Tropicana Orange and lime juice

2 tsp wheatgrass powder

I was in whole foods when I thought of this recipe, to Kensington and I saw a variety of mango I had never seen before and figured I would give them a go.

I think its an Ataulfo mango but I'm not sure, it was very sour in taste. 

I added wheat grass powder because of the massive range of vitamins and minerals contained and the benefits to you health, hair and skin, I was also going to add spinach but I forgot.

Now as I said before I couldn't stomach this smoothie, it smelt like freshly cut grass and I really didn't like the taste, but maybe you might. 

Enjoy.

Food Place Favourite | Noodle Stop

Living in London, no matter where you go you are surrounded by culture and another important think, food! Yes thats right food, and of course food and culture go hand in hand to create so many culinary delights. Since I have been here I have eaten out a lot and I'm not going to lie, McDonalds is practically my second home like many other students I know; but I have decided to to blog some of the other places in London you may not of heard of before. My first post will be on The Noodle Stop in Leicester Square.

So guys sit back while I set the scene: Image its Monday 7th of May, I have numerous university deadlines for this day, one of which isn't finished, and at 5pm I'm supposed to be in Waterloo watching Captain America Civil War. My friends had already ventured out to spend the day in central London. At around three I submitted my work and left to meet them.

Once in Leicester Square I received a few texts explaining where my friends were and after spinning in circles and looking like a tourist I finally found The Noodle Stop. Upon seeing the building I was slightly disappointed from the outside, it looked slightly run down, missing letters from the sign. After some time I decided to try the food, its really simple, you pick the size box you want and then you pick either rice or noodles then pick the meat and sauce you want. For me I got vegetable noodles and sweet and sour chicken, I got a regular size for £5.50 and it kept me full all day I loved it. This place is the classic tale of not judging a book by its cover. I recommend this shop if you are in need of food quickly.

Id like to apologise about the quality of this image because I had no idea I was going to be using it as a blog post.

Enjoy

Smoothie Saturday | April 2016

Hey guys how are you, I'm so close to the end of my first year at university; and I can't quite believe it. Here is this months smoothie saturday, I know I'm cutting it close. I would say that this is a more tropical smoothie, which is probably my favourite kind.

Ingredients:

-1 passion fruit

-half a papya

-1 mango

-ice

-water

I am loving making more simple smoothies, I find i they taste much better and mango and passion fruits are two of my favourite foods so I wanted the taste to stand out.

The bottle is from a Tiger

Thank you for reading

March Favourites

Hey guys, how are you doing, I'm finally uploading my March favourites. At university at the moment I'm leaning about film theory and it much harder than it sounds. Anyway here are sat month favourites starting with hair and beauty.

Hair and beauty:

-Barry M Contour palette 

-Garnier Ultimate Blends, coconut oil and cocoa butter

Shampoo and conditioner 

Fashion:

Cactus Tee- New Look

White Skinny jeans- Boohoo

White Over sized knit jumper- H&M

Film and TV:

American Horror Story
Batman Vs Superman: Dawn Of Justice

Shop:

H&M

Topshop

Zara Home

Food:

Mango

 Kale Pesto pasta 

Rich tea Biscuits

Kale Pesto Pasta

These are the things iv been loving this month, to keep up with me follow me on instagram and twitter.

Thank you for reading.

Smoothie Saturday | March 2016

Smoothie Saturday is back, when i moved to university I didn't bring my blender because of not having a enough space, but i cracked and my dad bought it down for me; so it was only right to upload another smoothie post.

I have decided that I will now do Smoothie Saturday once a month now because it will make me feel less pressured, so here is my first 2016 Smoothie Saturday.

The first smoothie of this year is a simple apple and raspberry.

Ingredients 

1 granny smith apple

a handful of raspberries

2 tbsp vanilla protein powder 

3 tbsp greek yogurt 

a cup of coconut water

Well there you go nice and simple to start us off, if you want to keep up to date then follow me on instagram and twitter, the links are in my bio. 

Thank you

February Favourites | 2016

Hey guys, I'm back with a new favourites, February has been so busy and university is so stressful at the moment but I'm trying my best to stay on top of things so ill get started.

Makeup:

Kiko Skin Evolution Foundation

Hair:

Reincarnation mask - Bleach London

Fashion:

Nike leggins (so comfy)
Brown leather books - primark

Food:

Galaxy golden eggs

Cashew nuts (random) 

Toffee popcorn

Shops:

Kiko

Birchbox

Primark

Music:

Ed sheeran- X

Book: 

The Little Black Book of Style by Nina Garcia

If you guys want to keep up with my page, please follow me on twitter and instagram, the links are on the side.

Thank you for reading guys!

Quinoa Salad

Like many people I'm trying to live healthier, this includes eating well but I still want to eat food that I enjoy, surprising to some people I love fruit and veg so here is a recipe for quinoa salad. I made a huge batch of this so that it can last me the week while I'm at university because I can keep going back and snacking when I need too.

Ingridients:

Quinoa (kinda obvious)

Broccoli

Potato

Green beans 

Bell peppers

Cucumber 

Beetroot 

Onion

Apple

Plum tomates

Sweetcorn

Olive oil

Chilli powder

Method:

Well the method is simple, depending on the quinoa, cook it for how long it is instructed on the packet. 

I peeled and chopped the potatoes and added some olive oil then sprinkled on some chilli powder, and did the same for the broccoli and half the green beans. Then Put them in the oven for around 10-15 minutes.

For the rest I washed cut and peeled then added it all together in a big casserole disband gave it a mix, I also added the rest of the raw green beans to add a crunch.

For me this is a huge batch but I know it will stop me from snacking of junk food, I can take it to university with me if I want or simply eat it at home.

Thank you for reading I hope you like the recipe.

January Favourites| 2016

Im back with a new favourites, I'm sorry this one is a little later than usual but I'm going to jump right in, first up, Makeup.

Makeup:

• Makeup Revloution Ultra Eyeshadow Flawless matte
• Maybelline Dream Flawless Nude
• Kiko Metallic shine eyeshadows, in the shade 02 and 06

All Matte colours

Fashion:

• Green bomber jacket from boohoo
• oversized denim jacket from urban outfitters
• Classic white Nike High Tops

Hair:

• John Frieda Sheer Blonde Shampoo
• John Frieda Frizzease Flawlessly Straight Conditioner

Shops:

• Urban Outfitters
• Whole Foods
• Tiger

Place

• Kensington Palace

Food:

• Harvester New York Style Cheesecake
• Lucky Charms

Music:

Taylor Swift- 1989

The Weeknd- Kissland

Thank you for reading! 

November Favourites

Hey guys, sorry I haven't posted in a while but I'm back and with christmas around the corner I have a few things planned. But right now I will be telling you my November favourites.

Beauty:

• Estée Lauder- Advance Night Repair
• Nivea body lotion- Intensive Moisture
• Nivea Cleanser- Daily Essentials, Gentle Cleansing Cream Wash

Hair:

• L'oréal Paris Elvive Smooth-Intense, Anti Frizz Shampoo and conditioner

Fashion:

• Urban Outfitters Stone Necklace
• H&M White Striped Shirt Dress
• Topshop Desert Boots

Urban Outfitters Necklace £8.40

Shop:

• Urban Outfitters
• Topshop
• Makeup Revolution

 Food:

• Gold Bar
• Galaxy Ripple
• Staffordshire oatcakes (I was so surprised when I was shooting a short film in central London and finding these, which are the speciality food where I'm from in Stoke-On-Trent
• Lobby- Also a food where I'm from, its like a stew

Lobby

Oatcakes

Thanks for reading, I hope you like these!

September Favourites

Hey guys, sorry I haven't been around in a while but I will be putting up a post to explain why, but today I will be telling you my September favourites. It feels weird saying September favourites, like where has the year gone?!?!

Beauty:

• Once again the Maybelline Dream Flawless Nude Foundation (review to follow soon)
• Rimmel Scandeleyes Eye Shadow Crayon in Tresspassing Taupe
• Real Techniques Core Collection! iv been doing a lot of travelling and these have been life savers.

Fashion: 

• Pale blue and white pin stripe shirt from New Look
• Topshop leather jacket
• Primark navy and white long line striped top
• Black dungarees 

Shop:

• Urban Outfitter
• H&M Home

Music:

• Beauty Behind The Madness- The Weeknd
• Wonderland- McFly (my go to album when I'm ill)

Food:

• KA sparkling pineapple drink
• Fajitas

Thank you for reading, I have a lot coming of posts

 up in the next few weeks.

August Favourites

The end of the month is here which means its time for another august favourites.
This month because I had finished college I expected to get more posts up but then life stuck his nose in and I didn't get chance.

I you follow me on twitter then you will know that I took time away from my blog because my nan had become ill and was in hospital, and unfortunately she passed away, so I took a little extra time, and I know I have lost lots of followers over social media, so thank you to everybody else that has stuck around. This also means I have less favourites because iv had other things to deal with.

Back to my favourites:

Beauty:
Maybelline Dream Flawless Nude Foundation
Simple Kind To Skin Replenishing Rich Moisturiser
Nivea Daily Essentials Sensitive Cleansing Milk
Nivea Daily Essentials Sensitive soothing Cleansing Mousse


Fashion:
Primark wool cable knit jumper in grey with brown elbow patches (iv literally had this for like 4 years but its still a staple)
Silver triangle necklace from Warehouse

Food:
Graze boxes, I bought some of the individual boxes while I was at the hospital and they are so amazing
Cheesy garlic pizza
Mango chicken curry
Donut peaches

Music:
The Gardiner Sisters
The Weeknd

TV/Film
Hot In Cleveland
Fight Club

Youtube:
Gardiner Sisters
Patricia Bright

Person:
Of course my favourite person this month and every month in the past, present and future will always be my nan, she looked after me and my brother like we were her own. Im not going to write a huge paragraph here because no matter how much I write you will never understand how truly amazing she is!

Thank You for reading!

July Favourites

July is over already at the speed this year is going it will be christmas tomorrow. I hope you've all had a lovely month, here are my July favourites.

Beauty/Fashion:
Gillete Venus  Satin Care Sensitive Skin Shave Gel
Illamasqua Eyebrow Cake in Thunder
Clothing:
Black full leg dungarees from Primark (£17)
Tan Chelsea boots from ASOS (£20)


Shop:
New Look
The Works
WH Smiths

Music:
One Direction- Four (full album)


TV/Film:
The Lake House
Southpaw - Jake Gyllenhaal kills it in that film, go check it out.
Hot in Cleveland (newly Discovered)
Supernatural

Food:
Nectarines
Cherries
Full english breakfast,  I may indulged myself every once in a while.
Home cooked chips

Book:
Alexa Chung It

Person:
Alexa Chung

Youtube:
Lily Melrose
Becca Rose

Miscellaneous:
Disney Goofy Tsum Tsum, I love this little guy.

As you can probably tell since iv finished college I have had a little more time to indulged myself with junk food and TV, I haven't really left the house so not many beauty things.

I hope you enjoyed this post and that August is awesome for you guys

Thanks for reading!

June Favourites | I'm Back

Hey guy long time no read... i suppose.

Anyway I'm sorry I didn't post anything over the last few weeks but I have been cramming in my college work, and now I have to wait until August to see if I have got the grades for university.

Even though it is late I thought a June Favourites would be the perfect post to get me back into the swing of things!

Beauty:
Rimmel lasting finish 25 hour medium coverage foundation.

Food:
Watermelon
Cherries
Watermelon sweets

TV & film
Vikings
Zombeavers
Friends
Take That III (they released the tour as a movie in the cinema)

Music:
Take That III (i feel like there is a running theme here)
Mcfly- Motion in the Ocean

There isn't anything mind blowing here but I have been so busy, so hopefully I will have a better July favourites.

Thank you for reading

Smoothie Sunday

Im late again but here is todays super tangy smoothie, iv done a lot of sweet so iv changed it up bit.

Ingredients:
5 apricots
1 cup of raspberries
3 peaches
1 passion fruit
1/2 of a naval orange.
2 tspn chia seeds
2 tspn flack seed

I hope you like a lots of tang because this smoothie is jam packed.

(the pictures aren't the best but they have been taken late at night)

Thank you for reading

Smoothie Sunday | Apricot Delight

Once again I stepped out of my comfort zone and tried apricot, the only time I have eaten apricot is in   yogurt but I wanted to try the actual fruit so I made a smoothie.

Ingredients:
1 passion fruit
juice of half an orange
1 mango
3 apricots
100ml of coconut and pineapple juice.

This smoothie is for people with a sweet tooth, I hope you enjoy

When I payed for the apricots I was stood at the till for about 15 minutes because they weren't on the computer system so it took four different workers to work out how to pay.

I bought the coconut and pineapple juice because it is really expensive to buy coconut water on its own so I figured that this would be a good alternative and bought it, but silly me didn't read what was in it until I got home. It is full of added flavours and also milk, which I am sensitive with, I told you guys before I have a lot of bad luck.

Thanks for reading

Smoothie Saturday...

I know, I know its a Sunday night but I honestly thought today was Saturday but its not! oh well heres a smoothie anyway.

So this is by far the best tasting smoothie I have ever had! EVER.

It it is a tropical smoothie, I told you I wanted to get more summery and diverse well here it is my tropical twister smoothie.

Ingredients:
1 cup of pineapple
1 cups of mango
1 passion fruit
1/2 papaya
100ml of water

You can play about with the amounts depending on what you want or like, I actually drank a lot of mine before I took any pictures I was running around my house like making my dad and brother taste it because it was so good!

I loved this smoothie and now that summer is coming there is more of a variety of fruits coming to the UK which has me very excited!!!

I hope you enjoyed this post

Thank you for reading.

Smoothie Saturday | Melon Mix

Iv always loved melon but especially in the summer mouth as they are good for hydrating but taste so damn sweet, so it only seemed right that I make a smoothie out of them, although it probably classes more as a juice!

Ingredients:
A quarter of a water melon
a quarter of a honeydew melon
a quarter of a galia melon
a squeeze of lime.

its super simple and I like to make it after iv been to the gym to rehydrate, of course like other smoothies you can add plenty of extras, or add a whole lot more lime depending on how you feel!

Thank you for reading!

April Favourites

Woooo April went fast, I know I say that each month but as the end of my college year draws closer, the quicker time seems to fly!

Beauty:
For skin care my favourites this month has to be Simple. I have been using the Kind to eyes smoothing eye balm and the Kind to skin vital vitamin day cream, also the vital vitamin foaming cleanser.

I have also been loving the super drug own brand tea tree facial cleansing wipes, they are super cheap there is a lot of them, they usual have a deal on them and they actually work, what more could you ask for. I would advise that you get the sensitive skin ones iv if your eyes are sensitive as well is your skin, you ask why? all i got one of each but the normal ones make my eyes water like I'm cutting an onion.

Iv also been loving Benefit Roller Lash, when I first saw the brush I didn't think it would be up to much, but a love it, your lashes look so natural and you don't need to use ten coats. Also if you are like me and don't like putting things close to your eye and the huge mascara bristles other brands use freak you out then Roller Lash is for you.

Lush Jungle Solid Conditioner, I know I put this up last month but I haven't just been using it for my hair, I thought I would see how it shapes up when it comes to shaving my legs and guys this is a magical product, I will write a review for you.

Shop:
Boohoo, Plain and simple I freaky love boohoo!

Clothing:
Because Iv started the gym Iv been looking for more work out appropriate clothing and New Balance Sports bra and my under armour tops have become my new best friends.

Also my bright orange Nike shoes, you guys know I love orange so these shows are perfect for me.

TV & Film:
Generation Kill

Food: 
Watermelon
herbs and spices, these can make a change to any meal.

Also this cute jar from wilkos!

I hope you guys enjoyed this post, tell me in the comments what your favourite things were this month.

Thank you for reading

Smoothie Saturday

Happy Saturday people, how are you guys?

Iv been starting my garden projects and while I was in the garden I really fancied some ice cream so I decided to go one better and make a milkshake float. You know like a coke float but with fresh made milk shake and it tasted so good. Here is the recipe for this summery treat.

Ingredients:
Handful of strawberries
handful of raspberries
almond milk
ice cubes
Vanilla ice cream
Frozen blueberries

I hope you guys enjoyed this, it is super creamy, its healthier than a coke float and also filling.

Thanks for reading, feel free to comment and follow me on social media!

Smoothie Saturday | Simple Summer Smoothie

As I write this the sun is trying to push through the clouds and speed light throughout the kitchen, so I am glad that I made a summer berry smoothie because is England is trying, I should probably try too.

Ingredients:

• a cup of strawberries half frozen, half fresh
• half a cup of blue berries
• a cup of blackberries half fresh, half frozen
• a handful of frozen mango chunks
• handful of red grapes
• a tea spoon of honey
• 200ml of water

So like I said super simple its like a juice, I wanted to add almond milk and yogurt but I forgot to buy them when I went shopping, and my banana weren't ripe enough so I didn't add one because I'm a ripe banana kinda girl.

With this being super simple you can easily add so many ingredients to amp up this recipe, so have fun!!

Thank you for reading guys!