September Favourites ... Six Amazing Beauty Buys !

Happy Sunday !

September comes to an end and tomorrow is the first of October , how soon is this year slipping away from us . The festival season will be on us shortly with Halloween and then Thanksgiving and December brings the best of all Christmas and New Year . I love October going forward .
Listed below are my favourite September beauty buys .
Top of the list is Revlon's Photo Ready Eye Art. They are priced at 10 dollars each and available from ultra.com.
Just layer on these duo shadow sticks on the top of your eyelids or use it for a super flick across your lash line. They come in a wide range of colours and last a good number of hours for a perfect EYE DAY!

For an amazingly long 'youthful' look without going under the surgeon's knife, The Foundation of Youth is what every woman over 45 needs! You would need to save up your money for it but it is under 100 dollars so it won't break your bank balance! Dr. Brandt Needles No More, is just 89 dollars available from Sephora.com.
It gives a temporary tightening effect. This cream makes fine lines instantly less noticeable, while it works behind the scenes towards a more permanent smoothing.

My third choice would be a Complexion Rescue Tinted Hydrating Gel Cream from Bareminerals.com. It costs 29 dollars. It has a perfect blend of a BB and a CC cream all in a jar of a perfect lightweight foundation with an SPF 30 combined!

Fourth is a dark-spot corrector. It's available from Amazon.com for 15 dollars and called Aveens Positively Radiant Targeted Tone Corrector.
It contains brightening soy and Vitamin A which speeds up cell turn over, starts to fade stubborn spots within a few weeks of consistent use!

Fifth is the best shampoo & conditioner for colour treated hair. From Hollywood hair guru, Oribe, it preserves high maintenance hues. Its edelweiss extracts offers a fade-proofing, while the watermelon extract battles oxidation, The packaging is so pretty and elegant. It's the best thing your showers will see and you will be the envy of anyone entering your bathroom! Priced at 39 dollars and 42 dollars. They are not cheap, but used once a week they can last a good couple of weeks!

At number six I love the Maybelline eyebrow tattoo pen . It has a high concentrated dye formula which creates a tattoo effect and lasts 24 hours . The comb tip brings hair like strokes which mimics your natural brow line . An absolute bargain and under 7 pounds . 
 

Hope you love all these products and choose something to buy for yourself or maybe you can afford all six ! Have a wonderful day and keep smiling!

Love & Peace!

Autumn Hairstyles .. Keep It Interesting !

Happy Thursday !

Autumn Hairstyles 
1. Soft Spring Waves
Split your hair into two sections and tie them into high ponytails on each side of your head.
Get out your curling wand and curl each ponytail.
After cooling, take your ponytails out and you will be left with beautiful, soft waves.


2. Low messy ponytail with braid
On one day old hair,  spray your entire hair with texturizing sea salt spray. Work it into your roots to get that messy texture.
Take a section of the side of your face and braid it. Secure it with a transparent hair tie.
Take another hair tie and gather all of your hair together with the braid included. Secure it in a low sitting ponytail.
Take a teaser comb and lightly backcomb the ponytail to give it a messy look.


3. Milkmaid Braids
Do a normal French braid, but gather everything towards the front hairline and secure with a transparent hair tie. Repeat on the opposite side.

Loosen the hair tie slightly so you can pull the braid slowly apart. Making your braid appear thicker.
When you're done with both braids, cross one braid across your head and tuck the end of the braid under to hide the band and pin.
Cross the other braid directly behind the other one. Tuck the end under, pin and secure



4. Florals for Autumn 
This season flowers in your hair is going to be really trendy . It doesn't mean you need to add a whole bouquet to your hair but by threading a few rosebuds through your braid or pinning a medium size flower to the side of a bun is going to add a little style to a simple hairstyle .


5. Face Framing Layers 
It was very 90's but the look is back . To achieve this style at home separate your shortest layers of hair before creating a ponytail or a bun. Wrap each side around a curling iron for a few seconds to create a curl or a soft wave then tuck it behind your ear for a few minutes to give it a soft bend while it cools .


Hope you enjoy these hairstyles and give it a go this autumn . Have an awesome day and keep smiling :)

Love & Peace

Outfit Inspiration ...September Fashion !

Happy Saturday !

Autumn weather means it's getting cold but not exactly so cold you need to fish out your thermals and go for the layered look . This fashionable outfit covers you up and still makes a statement . Pair this outfit with a gorgeous blazer or lightweight coat and you are ready to party .
Being fashionable also means being able to wear a comfortable pair of jeans and make it look sophisticated. Pair it with a nice lace blouse or a similar one to the one I have chosen for this look. High heels with jeans immediately screams ''I am ready to go to a fancy place!'' Drinks in a nice wine bar, lunch with your girlfriends, or a movie date! If it's daytime and it's sunny, the hat is a perfect shade driving your car. Low sun on the horizon is a hazard driving. Keep your hat on, to shade your eyes.

Hope you love this outfit as much as I do. A nice pair of jeans is the best thing you can invest your money in. It's lasts years and will never go out of fashion.

1. skinny jeans torn / 48 AUD / Yoins.com
2. Chiffon Blouse / 25 pounds / Mango.com
3. Solid color Stillo Heel / 37 dollars / Zaful.com
4. backpack / 25 dollars / Hm.com
5. Fedora hat black / 28 pounds / coggles.com


This River Island Check Faux Fur Collar Coat  is perfect to pair with the outfit above . This coat is comfortable and classic. The Checks and the longer line detail is bang on trend and it 's on discount at ASOS from 75 pounds to 45 pounds , worth investing . I love it .



Have an awesome weekend and keep smiling :)

Love & Peace

September Favourite ... Garlic Soup !

Happy Tuesday !

With autumn in the air , and some fresh chilly weather what better way to stay one step ahead of colds, flus and viruses , then have some trusty old garlic soup .With the amazing properties of garlic we could stop this before it even happens. Garlic has gained its reputation as a virus buster thanks to one of its chemical constitutes ''allicin''. When garlic is crushed, allicin becomes allicin and research shows allicin helps lower cholesterol and blood pressure and also prevents blood cloths. Compounds in this familiar bulb kill many organisms, including bacteria and viruses that cause ear aches, flu, and colds. Garlic has lots of properties to help boost the immune system, effective against digestive ailments and diarrhea. So nothing better than including garlic in your diet every day like I do!

Here is a recipe, (a favorite of mine), garlic soup, to kick start the healthy you! Enjoy and don't worry about bad breath, that is why mints were invented and mouth wash!

Garlic Soup

Ingredients:
2 heads garlic, halved crosswise
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
4 cups low-sodium chicken stock
8 ounces Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and chopped
1/4 cup grated Parmesan, plus for serving
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper

Instructions:
1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Drizzle garlic heads with oil. Wrap tightly in foil and roast until tender, about 40 minutes. Let cool, then squeeze garlic from papery skin and set aside.
2. Bring stock, potatoes, and roasted garlic to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 12 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in Parmesan.
3. Let cool slightly, then puree in a blender until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with Parmesan and serve with rustic bread.

Have an awesome day and keep smiling . Before I end here's a beautiful love quote which I want to share with you all ... If you have neither , remember never stop looking there is somebody out there for each of us :)



Love & Peace

Delicious Marinated Chicken On A Bed of Veg With A Green Dressing !

Happy Wednesday !

Fall is in the air and the wind , rain and clouds always makes me hungry and I like nothing more than hurrying home to cook a nice supper for the kids and myself .
Today I made tasty marinated chicken breasts with green veggies and a delicious sauce .

Let me share my recipe with you so you can whip up this easy chicken dish for your loved ones .
Ingredients
3 Chicken breasts
Olive Oil
Chilli flakes ( as much or as little as you want )
Red wine Vinegar
Bunch of Coriander leaves
Broccoli
Frozen green broad beans
Salt
Pepper
2 garlic cloves

Get a bowl and pour 3 tablespoons of olive oil in , now throw in some chilli flakes a little red wine vinegar salt and pepper and mix it up . Now score you chicken breasts across the top and batter it out a bit . Put them in the marinade and allow it to soak up the flavour for about 40 mins . While it is marinating , cut your broccoli into small florets put that in boiling water with your green broad beans  add some salt and cover . Now get your bunch of coriander put it in a blender with chilli flakes a slug of olive oil , your 2 garlic cloves and a little red wine vinegar . Get a a big spoonful of veg from the boiling pan with some water and blend it all together . Your veg should be ready does not take longer than 6 to 7 mins . The Chicken breasts should be fried in a non stick pan about 12 mins depending how thin they have been flattened .
When the chicken is ready slice it up . Put some veg on a plate add the sliced chicken over and add some of your blended dressing over the chicken . It is so delicious . Enjoy ! We ate it up so soon I forgot to take out photos :) Next time !



Have an awesome day and keep smiling :)

Love & Peace 

September Favourite White Wine Sangria With Fruit !!

Happy Friday !

The weekend is here , and what better way to celebrate than with some delicious home made Sangria . Make this cocktail drink in a large pitcher and store it in the fridge and enjoy all weekend .

I am a huge lover of white wine and this recipe gives you that along with fruit and all it's goodness .

Ingredients

One bottle of white wine ( your favourite Pinot or Reisling or anything you love )
One Mango
One large orange
A handful of strawberries ( 5 to 7 )
A few raspberries
Half a Glass of a liqueur ( like Cointreau )
A few mint leaves

Cut your mango up in small squares . Slice your orange and then cut it in half . Slice up the strawberries and raspberries  . Get your pitcher out open the bottle of wine and pour it in . Now add your half a glass of Cointreau . Put in all your cut up fruit and stir . Stick it in the fridge . When your ready to drink stir it again and pour into a glass with a few pieces of fruit and garnish with mint leaves . A white wine Sangria you will love and want every weeekend .



Enjoy this with a bowl of nachos & guacamole or some nice hot chicken wings .

Words of wisdom for Friday :) 




Have an awesome day and keep smiling :)

Love & Peace

Mob Mentality Is Harmful & Dangerous !

Happy Monday !

Roxanne quit CBB , she publicly came out and apologised but the UK's MOB mentality towards her is baffling . Men make so many blunders in their life it's laughed off and life goes on . I personally feel Roxy is being persecuted . This woman is going to go forward in life more badly affected than ever before .

I have every sympathy for her,  Ryan had no right after this long running feud with her covering a span of ten years , not being friendly with her in the Big Brother house to suddenly go like a big baboon hopping all over her throwing play punches ! This is the most ridiculous thing  ever !
I hope it is now widely accepted to suddenly when you are talking to someone else and another person comes by throwing play punches ! Please everyone take those punches at people you don't totally like example your mate's ex- girlfriend Just throwing play punches like a deranged person ..You will get away with it ...SEE Ryan Thomas HAS !!!

Play punch your boss next meeting ... Feel FREE to play punch your CHILD"S teacher ..Why don't you do at MC Donald's while waiting for your burgers , lol ... It's completely acceptable !  What an example to set for children ..I am so ashamed of the people in this world . Fat , Fake Ryan needs to be held accountable . I hope he comes out throwing play punches at Emma . He is disgusting and VILE and I will never feel friendly for that intolerable idiot ! Karma will come back to haunt him . Keep Hardeep in ,Fake Ryan will get Ugly with Hardeep and people will see him for the nasty man he is !

All I can say is never follow the crowd , draw your own conclusions justly from your heart . I got a lot of abuse on Twitter for supporting Roxy . But I just ignored the abuse and never answered the ignorant people . People called me names and it was ugly but I didn't change my feelings I had from the moment I saw the clip . It was a disgusting thing for him to do to Roxanne . You don't  cross boundaries ,ever . That's what we should be teaching our children .

Yes Roxanne was vulnerable and intimidated by the fat jerk Ryan so she in her head blew it all out of proportion . What she should have done is stood there and shouted Don't you dare play punch me , we are not on good terms and you are over steeping boundaries . She should have shouted for BB to intervene immediately . How dare he play punch her !!  Ryan knew she was vulnerable and played right into it ! He is a devious Man and I don't trust him a tiny bit ! Mark me he will be exposed in years to come for the wicked man he is ! Roxanne is a broken , wounded woman and I fear this persecution will not do her any favours .

I'm so glad Big Brother is ending , this whole thing is just what the producers hoped for, just for ratings but at the expense of a vulnerable woman . Don't play with the emotions of people it can be fatal !

 

Be the best You can be :)  Have an awesome day and keep smiling :)

Love & Peace