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Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Sunday, 6 December 2015
I've Moved
Hi All,
I've recently started a new blog twentyxtoo.blogspot.com
Please follow that blog instead!
:)
Sunday, 22 February 2015
Naked Palette Dupe for £6.50!
W7 Palette (top) Naked Palette (bottom)
I've recently found a really good Naked palette dupe that is such good value for money and has the exact same shades as the Naked 1 pallet. It's called "W7 Lightly toasted." I actually bought mine from Amazon for £6.50 then had to pay a few more pounds for postage. The Naked palette is £38 so you save quite alot of money. The pigments of the shadows are so amazing and every single one stays on with or without a primer. The palette is a good size and depth and lasts a few months (obviously depending on how often you use them). The only faults I could find are that the palette has no mirror on the inside, but that's not really a problem as you can use a handheld mirror instead. This is my first time buying from the W7 brand but i'd definitely buy from them again in the future if they're product quality is the same as this!
Labels:
fashion,
lifestyle,
makeup,
naked palette,
urban decay,
W7
Saturday, 21 February 2015
I'm back & Co-blogging :)
I've basically neglected this blog for months just because of my university workload, exams and coursework and all the rest!! But i finally feel like i've got everything together now and i'm back on to blogging and should be doing posts more often.
Also...
Introducing Brenda!
Also...
Introducing Brenda!
My sister will be contributing to the blog with all things makeup & lfiestyle orientated and all her posts will be signed with a "B x" at the end just so y'all know.
Monday, 2 February 2015
Acai Bowl
Recently I've been looking at healthy snack recipes, getting bored of the same old smoothie recipes and I stumbled across an Acai bowl (basically just a bunch of fruit blended up topped with granola and more fruits). So here is the recipe I tried which was make shift because I didn't have all the ingredients.
To make this Acai bowl I used;
- Handful frozen raspberries
- Handful frozen strawberries
- Handful of blackberries
- 1/2 banana
- 1 table spoon of ground organic flaxseed
- 1 cup almond milk
- Granola
Method ;
I blended all the ingredients together in a blender for about 1 minute and then poured the contents out into a bowl, added granola and some honey to make it taste even better, and voila you have yourself a quick healthy snack. What's your favourite healthy snack?
To make this Acai bowl I used;
- Handful frozen raspberries
- Handful frozen strawberries
- Handful of blackberries
- 1/2 banana
- 1 table spoon of ground organic flaxseed
- 1 cup almond milk
- Granola
Method ;
I blended all the ingredients together in a blender for about 1 minute and then poured the contents out into a bowl, added granola and some honey to make it taste even better, and voila you have yourself a quick healthy snack. What's your favourite healthy snack?
Labels:
5 a day,
acai bowl,
breakfast,
breakfast recipe,
clean eating,
detox,
eat,
eating,
food,
fruit,
good food,
healthy,
healthy blog,
healthy eating,
healthy recipe,
healthy snack,
healthy snacking,
post work out meal
Monday, 15 September 2014
Wagamamas Dining Experience
I had Wagamama for dinner tonight and loooooved it. I've been there a few times before but today I decided to try something new and I was really happy with it.
For those of you that haven't been to Wagamama's before it's a traditional Japanese and Asian inspired restaurant that offers dining in a casual setting.
I love the features of this restaurant, the service is always really friendly and quick. They've incorporated Japanese-style seating and the whole feel of the restaurant is quite unique. Anyways that's enough from me, i'll go onto what i enjoyed tonight...
pulled pork gyoza - this was delish **
grilled pork bulgogi wrap
Chilli Squid with shichimi sauce
Prawn Raisukaree
Teriyaki Chicken Donburi
As you can see alot of eating went on (obviously I had some assistance with that - thanks bae;)) but I really did enjoy everything tonight, I remember my first trip to Wagamama didn't end so well but now I've mastered the art of choosing what's best on the menu. I didn't get to have a desert because by that time i was just too full, but next time i'll eat with caution to make sure there's room to try something from the desert menu.
Wagamama' have recently added a online recipe book and i'm definitely going to have a try at cooking some dishes from there sometime soon and see how that turns out!
x
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Prawn, Avocado & Watermelon Salad
For the saints For the sinners
This super healthy & tasty dish is so quick and easy to make it requires next to zero effort. It's packed full of all that good stuff and is 3 of you're 5 a day if you're counting! The picture on the left was before i decided to go all out and add cheese and dressing just for more flavour as i was feeling peckish but that's completely optional.
To make this salad I used;
- 1/2 bag of mixed leaves
- Handful of prawns
- 1 whole mini avocado
- 1/3 of watermelon
- Table spoon caesar dressing (optional)
- Table spoon Parmesan cheese (optional)
- Sliced lemon (optional)
Method -
I actually baked the prawn and avocado in this salad just because i wanted to try something new. I marinated the prawns with a clove of garlic by grinding the clove and mixing it with the prawns in a small bowl. I also added some a teaspoon of lemon juice into the bowl and left it to soak up all the flavour for about half an hour. However, most frozen prawns are already pre-cooked and only require defrosting which would save you a lot of time if you're in a hurry.
To bake the avocado i simply cut it up into 4 quadrants and placed it in a baking tray alongside the pre-marinated prawns and left it in the oven for about 15 minutes. When the prawns and avocado were ready, i just put my salad ingredients all together in my bowl, added the prawns and avocado then i was done!
x
Labels:
5 a day,
avocado,
clean eating,
food,
healthy,
healthy eating,
prawns,
quick,
recipee,
salad,
summer,
watermelon
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