Panic Presents! Last Minute Christmas Solutions

You know the deal, you've rocked into work like it's a regular Tuesday - and Joanne (the girl you speak to...okay quite often, you send the odd text and you know each other's favourite ice cream flavour) - has left something on your desk...festively wrapped, bow intact with a label on top reading;

"Not to be opened until Xmas hehe!" 

First of all, how dare Joanne utter the words "hehe" with no sense of irony, and secondly - SAY WHAT?! You didn't know you were buying each other presents?! There's only a few shopping days left of the holidays, what on earth are you going to buy her??

Sephora Made Me Do It

So, I’m not really a bragging kinda gal – but sometimes there’s nothing that excites me more than a good ol’ fashioned haul.

You know what I’m talking about right? You haven’t bought beauty products in months; you’ve saved up a little bit of dollar for a winter splurge and Oh! Look, you’re broke again. But you've got a drawer filled with delightful goodies your skin is going to be thanking you for, for months to come.

Naughty Nutella Frosted Chocolate Cake

So, you know how there’s very little in life that’s better than chocolate cake?

Well, I have a secret for you my friend – I’ve found it; and no it isn’t winning the lottery or even scoring a date with Bradley Cooper (neither of which you can achieve with eight ounces of kerrygold and a pre-heated oven I can assure you!) No, it is my very special, incredibly indulgent Nutella Frosted Chocolate Cake.

More S'mores!

Okay, so you know how I dabbled in some S'more making just a little while ago? Well my friends, I have taken this to the next level - and created a S'more Cupcake! 

Skincare Spotlight: Glamglow Youth Mud Mask

So it's about this time in the year where my skin begins to hate me a little.

Gone are the days of readily available Vitamin D straight from the sunshine, and instead weeks are replaced by miserable rain and cold winds which like nothing more than to zap the moisture out of your skin. If it wasn't for all the festive cheer and easy access to hog roasts, you'd be more than a little ticked off to see the arrival of the winter months!

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.