New year. Feeling fresh :) Storage tips #1

Happy new year everyone :) 

I know its a bit late but better late than never! I hope you all enjoyed the festive season as much as I did. Some of you may be wondering why I haven't blogged in such a long time? The reason being is due to lots of uni assignments and deadlines just before Christmas & New Year which meant lots of stress and running around like a headless chicken getting last minute Christmas presents. But fear not, because I am back :) and hopefully more regularly now as well :). 

As its the start of a new year (even though were 10 days in already)I always find theres nothing better than starting the new year being organised. Im the worst for organisation skills however this year I thought I would spend the first few days of 2014 organising my bedroom, my make-up, uni work ect, in hope that it would help me throughout the year. SO I started off with my make-up and I thought I would share it with you to help you guys out if you want to get organised this year :)

A few weeks ago just before Christmas, I was having a casual browse in TK Maxx and i spotted this floral tin, it reminded me a bit of the Kath Kidston collection. Being your standard 22 year old girl, I have collected a fair few nail polishes over the years and I find them scattered all over the place at home, at my uni house, so I thought this would be perfect to store them in & at £3 you can't really go wrong.. 

Not only is it good for storing nail polishes or lipsticks whatever you fancy putting in it, its also very attractive looking and looks amazing on my dressing table and adds a vintage touch which I personally love. If you fancy one of these yourself take a trip to TK Maxx and have a little browse they are SO good for little bits like this at reasonable prices too. 

How do you store your makeup? If you would like to see more of these posts let me know in the comments below, I'm thinking of maybe doing them on a weekly basis on how I store and organise different bits & bobs. Let me know your thoughts! 

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Recipe: Home made Fajita's :)

Hello Everyone :)

Tonight, I fancied making myself something quick and easy which requires no effort what so ever! SO I made fajita's & it was probably one of the best decisions I've made all week! So whilst cooking it I thought I would share it with you guys :)

What you will need: (The quantity of ingredients that I used is enough for two people)

2 Chicken breasts

1 Red pepper

1 Green pepper

1 Red onion 

Wholemeal wraps

Grated cheese

Fajita mix

for the guacamole: 

1 Avocado

a handful of baby tomatoes

Half a lime

Salt & Pepper to season

Step 1: 

Peel the avocado, remove the stone & cut into small pieces

 Step 2: 

Add the tomatoes, juice of 1/2 a lime and salt & pepper and mash it all up in a bowl 

 Step 3: 

This is what it should look like :)

Step 4:

Cut up the chicken, peppers and onions!

Step 5:

Heat some oil in a frying pan & add the chicken and the fajita mix and leave to cook for about 5 minutes! 

Step 6: 

Then add the vegetables and cook for a further 5 minutes or until cooked

Put it all into a wrap topped with the guacamole, grated cheese & lettuce 

& VOILA :)

What are your favourite quick & easy meals to make? I'd love to know! 

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Uni Work!

Hello Everyone :)

Now, this isn't going to be one of my usual blog posts, however, I've been so busy with Uni these last few weeks with deadlines slowly creeping up on me so I thought I might as well share with you guys what i've been busy doing :) I've had to put together a news package containing, video, audio and copy..

So here it is - :)

             

If you want to see the WHOLE news package then you can look at it HERE!

Have you guys been busy doing school/college/uni work?

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Student recipe: Healthy soup!

Hello Everyone!

I've been a bit rubbish at blogging to say the least but I've been ridiculously busy with uni! I haven't been eating the right foods recently. Mostly quick and easy fast foods ect & now I feel its time that I should get myself back on track, & so I thought the perfect way to start this was by making a healthy vegetable soup using all my vegetables which look as though they are about to go off and I thought I would share the recipe with you guys :)

What I used: 

2 onions

6 carrots

6 mushrooms

1/2 a courgette

3 cloves of garlic

a whole broccoli.

2 chicken stock cubes

1 vegetable stock cube

Salt & pepper to season!

Step 1: 

Chop up your vegetables! It doesn't matter how neatly you cut them as your going to blend it all up anyway! 

Step 2: 

Put a frying pan on a medium heat. Add some olive oil, and then add the onions, mushrooms and garlic - fry until soft. 

Step 3:

Whilst the onions ect are cooking fill a large pan with water and bring it to the boil then add your carrots and broccoli and boil until soft. 

Step 4: 

When everything is all nice and soft add the stock cubes to the boiling water & then blend it either using a hand blender or a food processor and then season with salt & pepper!

Step 5: 

You should end up with something like this! Serve with a warm crusty roll or anything that takes your fancy! 

This soup is so easy to make and is so good for you as well! You don't have to use the exact vegetables that I used, I just cleared out all the vegetables in my fridge which makes it a good meal for students too as its cheap and you don't end up throwing a load of food out at the end of the week! What could be better, a cheap, healthy, quick, easy meal to have on a cold winters day! 

Give it a go and let me know what you think :) 

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Review: The Body Shop Vitamin E Facial Oil

Hello Everyone :)

I went shopping a few weeks ago and ended up in the Body Shop as per usual, and I ended up purchasing quite a few bits and pieces. One of the items was the Vitamin E facial oil. Im a big fan of the Vitamin E range, I tend to use the BB cream and the moisturisers from the range and so I  decided to try something new, so I picked this out...

Vitamin E Facial Oil - £11

As i've mentioned a few times throughout my blog, my skin tends to get extremely dry throughout the colder months so its SO important for me to have a good skin care routine during the colder months. Usually my skin would be really dry by now, but it isn't, so I reckon, this Vitamin E facial oil is helping my skin. Normally I would take my make-up off with a face wash and whack a load of moisturiser on and massage it into my skin. Now I do exactly the same but I use this before I apply my moisturiser.

Where this product is an oil I would only ever use it at night in order for it to sink into my skin, and I wouldn't be too keen putting it on in the morning before doing my make-up ect as I would find it too greasy. The oil is a pipet application which makes it easy too apply. When I use it, I use two drops on each side of my face and then rub it in around the rest of my face.

When I first got this product I wasn't too sure about it as I hadn't really noticed it before, however, I am so glad I did decide to purchase it. If you do suffer from dry skin then I would definitely recommend to purchase it and give it a go as I do believe my skin has benefited from this. 

Are there any products in the Body Shop you would recommend? What are you loving at the moment?

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Life update!

Hey Everyone! 

Sorry for being such a rubbish blogger recently by not being very consistent.  I've been ridiculously busy with uni work with deadlines coming up ect. However, I have planned some blog posts for this week so keep on checking :) 

Have you been busy doing anything in particular? What have you been loving at the moment? I'd love to know! 

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Maybelline EyeStudio Colour Tattoo 24hr cream gel eyeshadow: Review

Hey Everyone!

Sorry I've been so rubbish recently with blogging. I've started my third year at uni so things have been pretty hectic to say the least..:| 

Recently I purchased the Maybelline EyeStudio Colour Tattoo 24hr cream gel eyeshadow! I'm not a big eyeshadow lover, if I do wear eyeshadow I will wear it on a night out, but not during the day. However I saw this one in boots for £4.99 and thought I would purchase it & I am completely loving it. 

    

Maybelline EyeStudio Color Tattoo 24hr Cream Gell Eyeshadow - £4.99

It has a really nice creamy texture to it as you would expect it to as its in the name. I've worn it quite a few times now, and it definitely doesn't last for 24hrs but that doesn't bother me too much. I purchased the colour "And On Bronze" and I love it, its quite a subtle colour, however it looks really nice for a more casual daytime look. They have 9 different shades in this range and I will definitely be purchasing some more!

Do you have a favourite eyeshadow?

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