Knight Divine Smokey Eye

Hi my lovelies,

Firstly, sorry that I have been a little absent recently! With my move to London last week I have been pretty busy trying to find a place to live and a job. You've got to set priorities in life sometimes; to blog or to have a home and income.....? ;) Anyways, I am happy to announce that mission #1 (a roof above my head) has been accomplished!! I have found a lovely flat in Clapham and I move in tomorrow. I can't wait to decorate my room and create a little cosy 'haven' for myself in London. 

On Tuesday I attended my first blogger event in London (post to follow!) & I thought I'd quickly share my Face of the Night. I used Knight Divine eyeshadow by MAC to create a grey/navy smokey eye:

♥ Face:

Bourjois Healthy Mix Concealer

Revlon ColorStay Foundation in #180
MAC Studio Fix Powder in NC20
MAC Bronzer in Refined Golden
Topshop Blush in Neon Rose

♥ Eyes:
MAC Paintpot in Blackground (base - on lid applied until crease)
MAC Wedge e/s (crease)
MAC Knight Divine e/s (all over lid, blended into wedge e/s & lower lashline)
MAC Dazzlelight e/s (brown bone highlight & inner corner of eye)
Chanel Kohl Liner in Claire (waterline)
Barry M Liquid Liner in Black (upper lashline)
MAC Zoom Lash Mascara

♥ Lips:
Rimmel Volume Booster Lipgloss in Magnet (#20)

Healthy Baked Oatmeal Snack Bars!

Want a delicious filling snack without any guilt? 

Then look no further than my amazing Healthy Baked Oatmeal Snack Bars!!! 

Ingredients: 

1 + 1/2 cups rolled oats (old fashioned)

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

3/4 cup dried fruit (I used 1/4 cup chopped dried apricots, 1/4 cup golden raisins, 1/4 cup normal raisins)

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

1 + 1/4 cups skim milk

1 egg 

1 tsp vanilla

Let's start making these yummy and healthy snack bars!

♥ Preheat the oven to 180˚C (350˚F)

♥ Start by adding all dry ingredients in a bowl. Start by adding oats (1), walnuts (2), dried fruit (3 & 4), cinnamon (5) and salt (6)

♥ Mix them all together (7)

♥ In a separate bowl add the milk (8), egg (9) and vanilla (10)

♥ Pour the wet into the dry ingredients (11)

♥ and stir to combine (12)

Super easy right?! 

Now pour the mix into a 23x23cm (9x9inch) baking dish either coated in cooking spray or lined with baking paper. Pop this baby in the preheated oven and bake for 40 minutes. Cut into squares & let it cool! While delicious, the only sweetness in these comes from the dried fruit so you can add in 1/4 – 1/2 cup brown sugar (or honey) if you like, but personally I don't feel it needs it. 

The variations for these bars are endless: cranberries, coconut, all kinds of dried fruit (e.g: dates, apples, cherries, banana) and nuts, seeds etc! (you could even add some chocolate chips...hehe) 

I usually wrap each bar in plastic wrap and put them in the freezer. This means I can easily grab & go for a healthy (but delicious) snack or microwave for instant enjoyment. Note: these are not crunchy like a granola bar, but they are chewy like thick muffin. I can pretty much guarantee that you will love them & whoohoo you actually won't have to feel guilty when you can't stop eating them ;) 

ENJOY xoxo

Original recipe from Kath Eats

Deliciously soft kissable cherry lips!

With the cold winter months approaching I thought I'd share one of my all time favourite lip products that keep my lips moisterised, soft, healthy and kissable ;) during the chilly winter season.

Introducing: The Body Shop, Wild Cherry Lip Butter 

The Body Shop Lip Butters come in little pots with screw top lids. They are basically a miniature version of their Body Butter pots, for anyone who is familiar with those, but made for the lips. A pot is 10ml in size and costs £4.00. On the bottom of the pot we are informed that the pot is recyclable after use and that of course The Body Shop is against animal testing (FAB!)

They come in a variety of other flavours; pink grapefruit, shea, coconut, mango, sweet lemon and the new spiced vanilla one which I cant wait to try next! The colours of the pots correspond to the flavours - coconut is brown, lemon is yellow, pink grapefruit is pink etc. - with stickers on the top of each one to inform you which variety it is.

When you unscrew the lid you are exposed to the lip butter which is a soft pink colour and comes about three quarters of the way up the pot. As soon as you remove the lid you are hit with a gorgeous sweet cherry smell which is what initially drew me to this product! You just need a tiny bit of the butter on your finger for your lips and as such I am sure that this product will last a long time, making the £4.00 price tag not as bad as it perhaps first seems as a pot is sure to last you a very long time.

What The Body Shop says: 

A rich, intensive moisturiser for the lips with tantalising wild cherry. Its creamy butter-like texture melts onto the lips to help prevent dryness, leaving them feeling soft, smooth and kissable.

The main ingredients are wild cherry oil known for its moisturising benefits, community trade shea butter which leaves the skin soft, smooth and supple and community trade beeswax which is a skin conditioner.You can get the Lip Butter online here or at any of their stores.

What I love:
The smell, I adore anything cherry! ♥
The texture, leaves my lips feeling super soft & moisterised
The small and convenient packaging
That it's not tinted and makes my lips a little glossy but not sticky

What I hate:
Nope....Nada...Nothing :)

One little thing I should say is that I wouldn't recommend this product if your lips are already sore or chapped. Because it is a butter and not a balm, it does not have good healing properties and is therefore better suited as a general moisturising product when your lips are already healthy :)

What is one of your favourite lip moistering products for the cold winter months?

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