Interior Inspo

I have been very quiet this year... to be honest I lost a lot of my motivation to write about anything.

Also, I do have my excuses... It has been my last year at University until May which obviously inevitably took complete control of my life. After that it was the stress of finding a job (I wrote a piece on that its self) and then it was having a job and saving for buying a house - looking at houses and mortgage meetings and all that grown up stuff. Without trying to excuse it I just haven't really had the time. But I have found a new love for writing again, I just love the sound of the tapping on my keyboard haha is that sad or what?!

Anyway.. since I am moving out, I have been looking at interiors and ways to decorate. I want to keep everything quite muted and fresh looking. 

Here are some inspiration I have found... All from Pinterest of course! Where else?!

LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS SWEET CANAPE IDEA

As I was preparing for Christmas I was trying to find nice sweet treat ideas that were effective but still simple to make as I have so much more to do regarding the actual dinner let alone the night time buffet!!

I love these marshmallows. They are simple, cheap, effective and taste good (if you have a sweet tooth!) 

You don't exactly need a recipe for these - or even a method haha as they are effectively just marshmallows dipped in chocolate. I just fancied taking photos as I was creating them!! 

I have made them for two sets of parties now and everyone has come up to me to tell me how lovely they were and how I made them (not sure if that's a joke though... haha)

I added some Christmas themed decorations on them to get them all party-like.

I would buy a full bar of chocolate but only melt 4/5 squares at a time as it is surprising how much chocolate it makes once its melted! 

Twist the marshmallows into the chocolate to get a good covering and then place them on your tray!
Stick the decorations on (if wanted) whilst the chocolate is still wet so it sticks well!

Once all done - place the trays in the fridge. Once dry, the trays/marshmallows can be stacked on top of each other to save space!

I got all my ingredients from Home Bargains. The trays - 79p each, the marshmallows - £1, the chocolate - £1 and the decorations -79p each!!

Serve these up along side your pudding platters or dot them round the room like canape trays!

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DIY Kim Kardashian Cheap Contour Kit!

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When I first heard about Kimmy K's infamous contour routine I was desperate to try it out myself - wasnt everyone? 

You can literally change the shape of your face (and i, for one, am very self conscious and see a LOT of flaws so this was fab!) 

I read about it a lot and the word 'highlighter' constantly came up. So, about 5/6 months ago, I took a trip to boots and searched the shop for highlighters, affordable ones as I am a student!! My boots is very small so they only have a small selection of brands, condensed down to the main products - though every brand has the majority of their space taken up by ALL the shades of nail varnish in the world???? 

Anyway, I couldnt find anything!! So I asked someone and they didnt even know what highlighter was!!! EH?! have they been living under a rock?! I eventually found one from Seventeen - I was delighted, however got home, tried it out and it was as advertised but its a shimmer liquid rather than Kim K's creamy style! So i was a little disappointed and I kept using it for awhile then it made its way to the back of the reject drawer!! (makeup that i cant throw away as it isnt empty but is old/not exactly what I wanted)

I then purchased Sleek's Contour palette - first in just the contour colours in medium. Then after i finished that the light contour palette with the blush too! This is great - its a really nice colour and affordable (contour colours alone - £5.49, with blush £6.49 i think!) and it works wonders! the highlighter is a shimmer but isnt super glittery just catches the light, and the bronzer is just a matte brown which i am glad with as I didnt want to overload on the shimmeriness as it can look far too much!! The blush just adds a nice colour/glow to the apple of your cheeks too!

However, its still not giving me this extreme look as above! 

So - I had a massive brainwave! this may be a simple solution to others haha!!
BUT I have thought, instead of shedding out alot of money cause it has the word 'contour' slapped across it.. why not make my own? Alot of the kits dont have a creamy consistency like above so I thought.. why not get a extremely light/cheap concealer stick and a extremely dark one.. making sure it is brown not orange!!

I picked both of mine up from MUA - superdrug for just a £1 each! 

I apply this similar to Kim K's (but not as extreme as I dont want to be caked in makeup) before my foundation.. making sure it is more darker than I like as by the time youve blended and put your foundation on top its barely there! And then I use my Sleek contour kit just to give that extra bit of definition and i am done :D

A fab DIY contour kit for just £2!! Take that Kim K!

Friday Favourites

I want to do a new thing!! (yippeeee)

Every Friday I will do a big post/list of my favourites from that week, it could be recipes, quotes, memories, holidays, pictures, make up, advice, pets etc anything that I have loved that week :)

This is my first week of doing it (obviously) so here is my list;

My fave quote:


Fave birthday idea/treat:

Favourite crafty tip for my fellow sewers, to keep bobbins from unwinding:


Favourite simple but so effective crafty idea for a childrens bedroom:




Let me know what your Friday faves are!!! :)