Snow Day ❄️

While I'm stuck inside with criminal minds on rather than being very cold, I thought I'd share a few pictures of the snow I've taken, while I do admit it's very pretty, it is a bit inconvenient. I couldn't get to work yesterday as it was up to my mid calf but now it's melting rapidly, how annoying, also sixthform is closed so I missed my textiles unit 1 AS deadline, but enough about that, at least I got some pretty pictures! 

(After my trek home, it snowed solid for a good 3 hours)

(Waiting to be sent home)

(She didn't know I took this, sorry Kate)

(And obviously a selfie was needed!)

Rachel xoxo

Cake Pop Machine + Recipe!

For Christmas, my mum was so kind as to get me a cake pop machine, and today was the first day I tried it. 

First off, it's purple, which is pretty cool in its self, it's really cute and to add to it the same company (babycakes) makes other machines in different colours for example the one I intend to get next is a doughnut machine in baby yellow, although I have no where to put it, oops.

To try it out I thought I'd make a simple vanilla recipe: 

Makes about 36 pops~

100g self raising flour

100g caster sugar

50g butter

1 egg

60ml milk

1tsp vanilla essence

1/2 tsp. baking powder pinch of salt 

~As amature as it sounds I just chucked it all in the bowl and whisked away, and that worked for me but if you want to soften the butter then add the powdered ingredients etc. that's fine just follow the recipe on the baby cakes website (as that's where I found mine)

~Tea spoon it in to the holes and bake for 5 mins

~DONT FORGET OVEN GLOBES IT GETS HOT (like I did, again, oops)

~Also don't forget to leave room for it to grow

~Spoon out 

It's that simple 

However... What I will say is that 1) it's a pain to clean due to all the holes and 2) icing is very difficult so I just quit while I was ahead! I'll grasp it one day and when I do I'll be sure to share how.

And just to prove I'm not completely incompetent I made some manually at halloween and they turned out pretty good decoration wise: 

Over all, loved this little machine, would 100% recommend if you love baking and have the room!

Let me know your icing tips!

Rachel xoxo

P.s. Not sponsored all opinions my own

NEW YEAR SALE HAUL

To welcome in the new year, since I had no plans of my own, (except working) I decided to do a little retail therapy. 

First thing I ordered was some black to white obmre trainers from River Island £28, thesenarenactually the comfiest trainers I've ever owned, not that I've owned many, but still, really looking forward to workouts in these. Next I got a yellow scallop hem top from New Look £6, for £6 how could I not, it's such a nice length, boxy and really flattering. I also browsed the new in and found this fun airtex sports bra £9.99, I also found a nice pinky colour skater dress, with a flattering elastic waist £24.99, and last I was looking for a cute bracelet ring chain and I found this really nice one for just £6.99 and comes with loads of midi rings and normal rings too. Then I hopped onto DVDs and ordered New Girl Season 3, Amazon £12.99, I really love this show it's one of the few that can make me laugh out loud on my own in  my bedroom. For Christmas my family started a MAC pallet form me so I bought a few shades, £10 each per refil pallet and I got 'all that glitters' 'rhetrospeck' and 'bronze' for myself with a lipstick in 'velvet teddy' £15.50 and a lip liner in 'hover' £12.50. Also got some croc skater shoes Topshop £20, I can wear for work, 'salt and pepper' knit jumper for £30, so slouchy and comfy with an oversized checked shirt also £30, an october birthstone necklace in the sale for just £4.50 and much needed black Jamie jeans, £40, so flattering, so comfy. Last but certainly not least I got a new coat from Boohoo £30 in the sale, I couldn't fit it on the picture so I'll just insert the image from the website underneath, this coat is so nice, such a love.y colour, however what I will say is that within 10 mins the buttons all dropped off, nothing too major though. 

Rachel xoxo

P.s. Not sponsored, all opinions my own, just love shopping

Clothes Show Live! HUGE HAUL + New Beauty Bits

On Tuesday the 9th of December I went to the Clothes Show in Birmingham which is basically one massive shopping trip and a cat walk, and if you like that sort of thing, it's heavan. We got there at about 11 which gave us a good 2 1/2 hours of shopping before watching the show and then we had an hour after the show. The show itself was so good, I'd never been to a cat walk before and it was amazing, there were dancers, models to really loud music and some people from made in Chelsea so everyones self esteem went down the toilet but still amazing none the less.

Here are a few things I bought:

Everything was soo cheap, in a good way, I got some public desire shoes for £27 and they're so comfy and pretty 😍 a Barry M goody bag worth £65 for £10, a Lee Stafford goody bag for £5, W7 for £10, Rimmel for £5 and Models own for £10! Everything was such a good price. 

I've also included a few little beauty bits in this haul I got because there's not enough for an individual one.

Reccently I've found my hair being really itchy, turns out I'm allergic to fabric softener but I picked thi treseme shampoo and conditioner from ASDA and after 3 uses I feel like it's already started to help! I also got not your mothers way to grow conditioner £6 because my hairdresser cut my hair shorter than I would have liked so it'd be nice if it helped encourage growth and I'll definitely write a review soon! I also bought this FACEFINITY primer from max factor as I've found my makeup coming of my face leaving it blotchy and as a result got a free gift worth £35! I keep finding myself looking at EOS balms so it just slipped it in my basket and clicked pay before i could say do I really need this, really moisturising, bit pricey at £6 though. I also decided to get a light up Budha because you know, why not, trying to reduce my anger but the lighty up switch broke now it's just a blue Budha. I actually only got the soap and glory spray as it was in a 3 for 2 and I wanted to get my friend two of the products. Next is a fast dry OPI top coat, it dries really fast but does make the nail more inclined to chip because of how brittle it is, and last is a MAC lipstick I got for a friend but decided to keep, oops sorry. 

Rachel xoxo

Fave Winter Yankee Scents✨

As tomorrow is the first day of December I thought I'd get a bit festive and share my favourite yankee candle scents for winter. 

The first one is called icicles which is kinda a light floral scent, I think it'd be perfect for a cold frosty day to light for a bath and a good wind down. The second is silver birch which kinda smells like a watered down men's aftershave which is why I think I like it, again this ones so subtle and so nice and the grey just gives it a winter feel, the last one is Angels wings, this has kind of a vanillary scent to it but also reminds me of marshmallows (idk???). These three look so good next to each other, they all have such winter colours and not too over powering, I'd definitely reccomend if you're looking for a lighter scent this Christmas! Let me know what othes to try!

Rachel xoxo

What I got for my Birthday 2014🎉

Yesterday I turned 17, it's a bit of an unsubstantial birthday inbetween sweet 16 and the big 18 so I thought I'd try make the best of it anyway, the Parentals said I could have a ParT but all my friends unfortunately had other plans so I had a cute night in with my favourite person. 

This blog post is in no way bragging, I just really wanted to share how lucky I feel and give you all. Few ideas of things to ask for / give people😊

Off of my parents I got a new phone which I've needed for a very long time bc mine was rubbish and wouldn't let me text or call anyone ever. so I got the iPhone 5c in pink, I also got the Benefit bathina perfume set with some socks, a hamster onsie and the 5 Tinkerbelle movie collection. 

From my grandparents I got this lovely coat and my auntie put money towards it too I really have a coat fetish going on, it needs to stop 😂

From my friends I really got a bit spoiled, from my lovely boyfriend I got public desire shoes, Bobbi Brown shimmer, and some lush thingsI got some halloween socks, a pug plug and a pug make up bag from my lovely pops, socks earrings and chocolate from jodie, lush things from many, the importance of being earnest dvd from Joanne, pug slippers from tashy, (do you see the reoccurring theme) and a nice big basket for lush from Megan and Claire and one of the lovely girls I work with got me some cupcakes which I really did not expect. 

 

I am honestly so grateful for all of this 🙈 thankyou x

Rachel xoxo

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