Super-quick S'mores

I don't know what it is about the word "S'mores" that makes me really want...well more I guess!

Despite never properly having them before, all I had to do was look at the ingredients and thoughtfully picture a campfire scene that was straight out of "Are You Afraid of the Dark", (minus the creepy stories,) to know it was gonna be one quick and delicious dessert - almost like it was made for Bonfire night!

A coffee and cake kinda day

So whilst I do have another baking post in the pipeline for you foodies, this is a slightly more relaxed version for those of you who maybe aren’t so acquainted with a whisk and muffin tray as I am.

My favourite ways to catch up with friends is normally over a hot drink and something delicious, enter a coffee and cake date! Most of the time I try and find new places to discover with my buddies, sampling their finest selections (more often than not a slice of Red Velvet cake) and rating the hot chocolate to whipped cream ratio whilst gossiping about gosh knows what.

Pampering, Sunday Style.

Gosh I love a Sunday, don't you?

It's the one day a week I try and reserve for total relaxational bliss, (yeah I just made up a word, it's THAT relaxing.) Sometimes I have the whole day to pamper up a storm, other times I squeeze it into an evening before bed - this week I had a Sunday morning to fit in some me-time, and boy was I ready for it!

Coffee and Walnut Cake

When it comes to baking something a little outside my comfort zone – I’m gonna be honest, I kind of freak out a little.

I think with baking, it can be super easy to stick with your strengths and signature bakes, baking is a science – and there’s nothing worse than getting in a flurry of flour and icing sugar, only to find out your batch of almond slices have gone flatter than Elle Macpherson’s abs.

How to: Clean your brushes like a Pro

Okay, so just when you've mastered knowing which make-up brush is for contouring and which one creates the perfect smokey eye - you find out you gotta keep them clean!?

Okay, this shouldn't really come as a big shock, but yes - your brushes should be kept clean, and giving them a good wash every 2 weeks (at least) or anytime you switch a product will keep them in best possible condition and make them last twice as long!

PB and Chip Cookies

So I was feeling a little spontaneous the other day, and after prepping a Sunday Dinner for my fam, I decided to go the whole hog and bake them some cookies too (I know, crazy spontaneous right?)

What I really like about baking cookies is that, you can't really do much wrong - everything just seems to work when it's in cookie form, with very few exceptions - like broccoli, tarragon etc - let’s not get silly here.

So I checked what we had in the cupboard, which was stocked full of chunky peanut butter (my sister's having a thing with it at the mo) – and whilst I have experimented with this in cakes, I had never actually tried it in cookies so heck! Why not give it a go?

My Night-time Skin Routine

If you had asked me 3 years ago what my Night-time Routine was, I would have simply replied with; "4 bourbon biscuits and a glass of milk".  Because frankly, that's all it was for quite a while.

It took a harsh dose of acne-related troubles and research for me to start appreciating my skin a lot more and to treat it with the respect and love it deserves, because we do put it through a hell of a lot. Drinking, sunbathing, waxing (never again). So what changes have I made in the evenings to make sure I don't look like a leather handbag by the time I'm 35? Well, let me tell you;