You Need:300 ml double cream 50g unsalted butter 280g good quality dark chocolate (70% or more ideally!) 2 tsp caster sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract And to decorate/taste: Rum, cocoa, and orange, and other decorations! I made these around Christmas time, completely forgot I was planning to blog about them, and then found the pictures… Read More
My Wedding dress was from Phase 8 (if anyone is interested in buying it let me know, its a size 10) and I had terrible nightmares it wouldn’t fit round the just emerging baby-bump, but its very forgiving and a little stretchy. It had a gorgeous train, and my mum put in a… Read More
I was invited to a ‘nails & wine’ night at Powder Beauty last week in association with Gallo Wines, and although couldn’t partake in the wine, very much partook in the nails part of the event! I had my nails done by Rachel, and ever indecisive, couldn’t choose one colour so went for thumb/4th finger… Read More
Face: MAC studio sculpt in NW20, with benefits Hello Flawless (the powder version) in Champagne to set. Bobby Brown shimmer brick to contour and highlight. Unfortunately my face is darker than my neck :/ Eyes: Maybelline colour tattoo in pink gold all over, with Benefit skinny jeans creaseless cream shadow in the sockets… Read More
Going back to work after a three day weekend is hard, but for me it was made much better by heading to Food for Friends (in the Lanes) for a cream tea when I finished work (and it was a pretty stressful day, they all seem to be actually…) Food for friends don’t just… Read More
For me sleep has become a vital part of my day (or two parts, as I have gone from frequent to prolific napper since getting to 8 months pregnant!) I remember when I first did a ‘blogger Q&A’ type post for someone else’s blog way back when I started blogging, one of the questions… Read More
I had a busy Bank holiday weekend planned (including working on Good Friday, BOO!) but when both people I had plans with on Saturday cancelled, then the person I had plans with Sunday evening cancelled I then spent Saturday dozing, with a night out with Sam’s work colleagues that night, and on… Read More
Possibly the most boring outfit ever, apologies in advance! Skirt: H&M Mama, T Shirt: Newlook maternity, Cardigan: Primark, Converse, To be worn again, Scarf, Portobello rd Market Attempting to remain stylish whilst being comfortable when you’re 7 months up the duff is difficult to say the least. If money was no object… Read More
A little while ago I went to an evening to celebrate the launch of Benefits new super-duper concealer ‘Fake Up’. We were told about the product, what it does and what it can be used for, but I wanted to use it long enough to formulate a proper opinion before I blogged about it!… Read More
[all pre acrylics removal, boo] So about 2 months ago I went and had my acrylics taken off. It was a sad sad day, I’d had acrylics for over 2 years. I know they’re no good for your nails, but they were always all the same length, with near square tips and they rarely… Read More