The Video Post | My PM Skin Routine

Following on from my AM routine I wanted to show you guys my PM routine as well as I use a couple of different products.

The Style Post | Valentine's Look Book

Whether you love it or hate it, Valentines is just around the corner. We usually keep the day itself pretty low key but it is a good excuse to spend some quality time together. Whether you're off out with your lover, or just spending time with your friends I've put together some styles for each type of event...

The Video Post | Top 10 Under 10: Make Up

Today's video I talk about my top 10 make up products, all under £10 and available from either Boots or Superdrug. I love drugstore products and I love that you can get some amazing quality for minimum price. I am absolutely loving making videos at the moment so let me know if you like watching them and any you'd like me to do! Click here to watch this video and don't forget to subscribe!

What are you favourite products for under £10?

The Beauty Post | The Kiss

Last week I popped up a review about my ultimate winter lip saviour, however one of these products has also helped to completely sort my lips out. The other is a hmm product. When I saw Lush had bought out some Valentines bits I was determined to own some, especially the lip scrub. So I popped in and bought some bits - not too many if I'm honest - but I did treat myself to these two little pots of lip goodies.

The Kiss Lip Scrub

I generally love these lip scrubs and have been using them for years. I was a bit disappointed in their Christmas Santa Lips one a couple of years ago, so I was dubious about this - shouldn't have been though! This has hundreds and thousands, and little red heart sequins in it as well. Both totally unncessary but it does add to it's cuteness. This one tastes of love hearts (apt for valentines) and is my favourite flavour of these scrubs so far. In general, it's just amazing at removing dry or dead skin, scabs and smoothing my lips out. I couldn't live without these scrubs and The Kiss is no exception.

The Kiss Lip Gloss

I've never used a Lush lip gloss before, so I was really excited about using this. However, I have come away being a bit disappointed. I find it quite hard to use, literally it feels really solid and I have to press down really hard to get any product on my finger. Then, when it's on my lips there is very little colour pay off and little gloss pay off. It's very nourishing and I think it's definitely more of a balm then a gloss. This is sat on my shelf at the moment without much use at al.

Lush is a brand I absolutely love and I'm really loving their lip scrub, however I probably won't be buying any of their other glosses as I was disappointed in this. You win some, you loose some!

What are you coveting from Lush's Valentines collection?

The Food Post | Honey & Cinnamon Cookies

Since I've moved into my own house I have developed a complete and utter love for baking. It's so relaxing and honestly, it's just good fun. Therefore I thought I'd pop some of my favourite recipes up on here for you guys to recreate. If you do please share them with me on twitter (click here) or instagram (click here). 

Today I want to share with you one of my recent discoveries, honey & cinnamon cookies. The original recipe had ginger instead of cinnamon but I decided to switch it up a bit. These are super easy to make and just a bit different from the usual chocolate chip mix - which means I can insist they are healthy cookies (hmm, maybe not). They should be lovely and crunchy on the outside and spongy on the inside. Perfect.

Ingredients:
100g Caster Sugar
100g Butter

175g Honey

1 Egg

1/2 Tsp Vanilla Extract

1/2 Tsp Biocarbonate of Soda

250g Plain Flour

1 Tsp Cinnamon

Method:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees, or Gas Mark 4.

2. Over a low heat, melt together the sugar, butter and honey. Once melted and all mixed together leave to cool for about five minutes. I usually transfer it to a mixing bowl so it's not still in a hot pan (it doesn't really matter too much if it's still warm)

3. In a seperate bowl mix the egg, vanilla, biocarbonate of soda and cinnamon.

4. Pour into the hot mix whilst stirring until all joined and mixed together.

5. Slowly add the flour to the mixed and stir until well blended.

6. Drop by spoonful onto baking trays, about 5cm apart. I did tablespoonfuls for large cookies, for smaller ones do teaspoons.

7. Bake for around 12-15 minutes, then remove from the oven and allow to cool.

8. Once cooled, sprinkle some cinnamon over the top.

Top tip: These are so yummy broken up with ice cream and blackberries with a drizzle of extra honey over the top. YUM!

What's your favourite cookie recipes?