my sock addiction

You probably think I have gone mad from the title and you probably are mad because I haven't posted for ages. Basically, I ran out of ideas and my creativeness died.

BUT I AM BACK AND I AM HERE TO BOOGIE 

So recently I have been going to shops and buying loads of really cute socks and I thought I would share them with you because they are just so C U T E ! ! ! 

1. Flowers and bees. Seriously, who doesn't want flowers and bees on their socks?

2. Tortoises. or are they turtles? I don't know, I don't care.. I LOVE THEM

3. Really sweet and adorable tigers! I fell in love with these. 

4. Pug socks. Pugs on socks. I LITERALLY COULD MARRY THEM

5. My personal favourite, cows in the flowery fields! aaahhhhh

6. Just for the classier look, I went for some snazzy flowers

7. Giraffes with glasses - how cute are these?!?!

8. Again for the classier approach.. I got frilly black ones, aw

So those are my socks. Bit weird I suppose but yannoe, I love em! 

summer day trip

Bit of a different and random post today... been as it is getting into summer and everyone goes out for  the day, I thought I would show you what I take with me on a summer's day out!

First up you will need a bag to put everything in because otherwise you are going to be carrying a lot of stuff! I just have a black leather (probably fake) bag from Primark - just a cheap £10 bag perfect for carrying all your bits and bobs! 

IMPORTANT ALERT - THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING!!!!! Snacks to keep you going - and obviously some water! These are my favourite things - Terry's chocolate oranges and Volvic strawberry water. Best things ever but make sure the chocolate doesn't melt!  

If its really hot you are probably going to get a bit sticky and smelly so carry a spray around to freshen up - I think the perfect summery scents are from Hollister! 

Again, if you have spent a whole day out, you might be going for a meal on the way home. By this time, the makeup has more or less melted off your face and your looking a bit of a mess. What do you need! mascara and lip balm! The easiest thing to make you look a whole lot nicer!

Knowing the English weather, you are most likely not guaranteed a full day of sun so it is probably best to take a hoodie! This is my go-to hoody as it is quite light to carry (this was not sponsored by Hollister I just love their stuff!)

However, it couldn't turn out to be really hot so in that case you need suncream! You can't tell from the picture but this is a really small bottle which is perfect to squeeze in a bag.

Finally, with all hopes high, you will need to take a hat and sunglasses for the scorching weather that probably won't happen! I picked both of these up really cheap from Primark and they seem to do the trick.

I hope this was helpful and you enjoy the summer... 

See you all soon Xxx

chocolate chip cookies

Seems like everyone liked my baking post last week so I decided to do another! This is a step by step guide on how to make chocolate chip cookies.

You will need 1 egg, 150g of chocolate (or chocolate chips), 3tbsp of cocoa powder, 100g butter, 75g of caster sugar, 75 grams of brown / demera sugar and 225g of plain flour. 

Mix together the 2 sugars and the butter until smooth and then add the whisked egg, baking powder and gradually stir in the flour. 

Next add your cocoa powder and stir so the mixture sticks together like shown in the picture. 

If you have a bar of chocolate like I did, cut them into smallish chunks and stir in, otherwise just pour in your chocolate chips and mix! If you have big chunks, you will get mouthfuls of melted chocolates through the cookie.. mmmm!

Put them into golf ball size circles and spread them out on the baking tray. You can have big ones or little ones, just make sure they are even. I made 15 cookies. 

Cook them for around 15 minutes at 180 degrees celcius and put them onto a cooling rack. 

This is what you end up with! You can see the little pouches of melted chocolate.. and they taste amaaaaaazing! Have fun baking!

See you soon Xxx

make up bag - travel

It's me! Today i am going back to a beauty post and showing you what I take with me when I go over night somewhere. This could be going on holiday or stopping at a friends- these are basically my essentials and thought I would share them with you!

I would put all of this in any makeup bag but to be honest, my favourite make up bags are actually from Primark- they are really pretty!

Skin Care. I get a lot of dry skin around my nose and eyes and the only thing that seems to do the trick for me is Simple.. no expensive brands but this seems to work. I just use the moisturiser and the wipes every night and it really helps.

(sorry for the bad photo quality) I will obviously take a foundation and concealer. At the moment I am loving the Rimmel Wake me up foundation and Collections Lasting Perfection concealer. I have these in fairly light tones so I can wear products like bronzer. 

These are like my extra "face" bits. I will take my No7 pressed powder, Collection Bronze Glow and Natural Collection blusher. Yes they aren't the most expensive brands but these products really suit my skin and looks natural.

I will not go anywhere without this. My eyebrows define my whole face. It is my Barry M brow kit Shape and Define. Amazing stuff. Love it...

I would probably take 2 lipsticks because it depends how I am feeling whether I want a bold lip or a subtle lip. So I would take my Rimmel Kate Moss lipstick and my MAC lipstick which are really contrasting shades but it depends on my outfit... and mood!

For my eyes I would take my Benefit They're Real mascara and a simple Collection Extreme felt tip liner. I use these daily and also use Sally Hansen eyelash curlers. 

Just in case I would take my Urban Decay Naked 3 eyeshadow palette if I want to a more adventurous eye look or to give it a subtle shimmer.

See you soon Xxx 

rainbow butterfly cupcakes

Been as I am starting to get more views etc. on this blog I have decided to start doing some different types of post. As you may guess from the title I am doing a baking tutorial on how to make rainbow butterfly cupcakes- these are really yummy and look cute!

You need to get 3 eggs, 180g stork butter, 180g self raising flour, 180g caster sugar, vanilla extract or essence, cupcake cases, 4 food colourings, 175g icing sugar and an extra 75g of stork for the buttercream. Weight out all your ingredients and put them into a mixer (except icing sugar, food colourings and the extra stork).

If you don't have a mixer (mine is Andrew James), put them into a mixing bowl and mix by a hand mixer or just use a wooden spoon.

(Just a picture of all the ingredients I used...)

Wait until your mixture looks creamy and is quite thick and then separate equally into 4 bowls.

Take your food colourings (I recommend red, yellow, green and blue) and dye each separate bowl of mixture a different colour until it is all blended.

Put 12 cupcake cases into a tray. Put a spoonful of each mixture (from the separate bowls) into each cupcake case evenly. You can leave it layered so the colouring is neat or you can stick a cocktail stick in and swirl it around so the colours all mix around.. I think this looks better. 

Cook your cupcake for 20 - 25 minutes around 180 degrees celsius (fan oven) and put them on a cooling rack. Once there are cold, getting a nice and cut a circle into the middle of the cake (about half way down) and cut the circle in half - these are the butterfly wings.

Create your buttercream by putting the stork and icing sugar into a mixer and blending till it is creamy. Put a spoonful into the wholes of the cake and stick your "wings" in the cream. 

Ta - Da! your finished cakes should look like this! Enjoy, hope you liked this different type of post.

See you soon Xxx