30 Dec 2016
New Years Resolutions: 2017
24 Dec 2016
12 days of Christmas day 11: Christmas make up look
"On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me...eleven pipers piping"
The skin:
-dermalogica phyto-replenish oil
-elf maximum coverage concealer
-nyx concealer
The cheeks:
-sleek contour palette (heavy on the highlight of course)
The eyes:
-elf shadow lock eyelid primer in gold
-elf beautiful browns palette
-elf black mascara
-elf black eye liner
The lips:
-elf lipstick in posh
I hope you enjoyed today's post. Let me know if you recreate this look. Now get your stockings hung up ready for tomorrow and I will see you over on my youtube channel for a special Christmas day video!
22 Dec 2016
Twelve days of Christmas day 9: Festive nails
"On the ninth day of Christmas my true live gave to me....nine ladies dancing"
How to:
-I used a clear polish from Topshop as a base coat
-I painted both hands with two thin coats of Topshop nails in a pale blue (the names rubbed off my bottle and I can't find the dame, sorry!) and left to dry
-I then used the pritti princess polish in Aladdin's diamonds to create a gradient from my cuticle to the tip of my nail. I found it easiest to place a blob by the cuticle, wipe the brush clean and then drag down lightly.
-Once this has dried, repeat.
-Apply a second coat of the clear polish all over the nail to even everything out and protect the polish.
This is a really simple design that I think looks really effective. you could definitely try this with lots of different colour combinations too. Let me know if you try these out.
20 Dec 2016
12 days of Christmas day 7: Vegan Christmas Biscuits
"On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me...Seven swans a swimming"
18 Dec 2016
Twelve days of Christmas day 5: Vegan rocky road
"On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me.....five gold rings"
Ingredients:
-300g of vegan chocolate (I used Sweet William)
-1 loaded tbs of vegan butter
-a good blob of golden syrup (precise I know)
-100g of marshmallows
-75g of glace cherries
-75g of pistachios
Instructions:
-line a small but deep baking tray with baking parchment
-melt chocolate in a bowl with the vegan butter and golden syrup
-add cherries, marshmallows and pistachios and mix until everything is coated in the chocolate
-pour into the baking tray and pat the mixture down so that it's even.
-refrigerate for a couple of hours so that it sets
-slice into pieces and sprinkle on some icing sugar or any other decorations you like
I was really pleased with how these turned out and was surprised how easy and quick they were to make. I have actually popped these in the freezer ready for Christmas but made sure to try one first and they are delicious. I can't wait to share them with every body on Christmas day. Let me know if you try these out at home.
16 Dec 2016
12 days of Christmas day 3: Christmas traditions from my childhood
"On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me, three calling birds"
1. Going to the cinema on Christmas eve:
I'm not sure we did this one every year but I definitely remember a few festive cinema trips. One that stands out is going to see Elf which is still one of my favourite Christmas films. We'd go to the cinema in the evening and then when we got back it was nearly Christmas! I think I may plan a Christmas eve cinema trip for this year!
2. Pantomimes:
Who doesn't love a panto at Christmas! I haven't been to see one in years but I used to go to my local ones every year when I was younger and they were always so magical and really made you feel Christmassy! I was a brownie guide when I was little (shout out to 1st scotby brownies whoop whoop) and we always went on a trip to the panto before Christmas. They used to throw packets of jelly belly beans into the audience and then we would count all of the Christmas trees we could see on the way back home. I can't think of anything more festive!
3. Waking up VERY early:
I know most children do this but I remember it so clearly. I probably didn't sleep much at all on Christmas eve when I was younger, even now as an adult I still find it difficult to sleep for the excitement. Me and my sister used to share a room and we would wake up at around 4 am and try and head to our mums room, we were obviously told to go back to bed for a bit so we used to sit on the top of our bunk beds opening our stockings and reading Christmas stories together. When we were allowed to go through to see my mum and dad we used to have to open our stocking again and pretend we didn't know what was in them! My little brother was always hard to wake up on Christmas morning so once we had him we'd all go downstairs and into the living room, once my mum had checked that Santa had been of course. We always had cats in my house and my mum would always say that the cats would of seen santa delivering the presents and I always thought that was really cool!
4. Stockings:
Little bit random but for quite a long time we used my dad's football socks as stockings, I never really questioned it and thought that was the norm. You can actually fit a lot of little nik-naks in a football sock! When I was very small we had two stockings! The football socks would go on the end of the bed and then we would have a little one hanging by the curtains full of chocolate lollies!
5. Boxing day party:
On boxing day we would always have a party with all our family. If we hadn't all eaten enough on Christmas we would eat even more. The year we got a karaoke machine for Christmas was hilarious, my Grandad's drunken rendition of Danny boy won't be forgotten!
So there we go! I hope you enjoyed this blast from the past. Comment and let me know any of your Christmas traditions and remember to head over to my youtube channel tomorrow for the 4th day of Christmas.
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