Versatile Blogger Award #2

Hey bloggers! I'm shocked to be nominated for a Versatile Blogger Award for the first time, I'm all new to this so this sounds pretty awesome! I'd like to say a massive thanks to Dollface Beauty for nominating me, check her out here!

Rules

• Thank the person who nominated you for this award and link back to their blog
• Tell seven things about yourself 
• Select blogs that you recently discovered or follow regularly to nominate. Let these blogs know that you nominated them.

Seven Facts About Me

• Pizza is my fav food 
• One of my biggest fears is losing people I love 
• I'm half Thai
• I have 6 piercings (only on the ears at the moment) 
• I cried when I found out I couldn't have caffeine anymore (haha), no more coke and tea :(
• I suffer from a massive fear of spiders!
• This is very cliche I know but...music is a BIG part of my life. I'm a music student. I'm a singer and I also song-write and play the guitar. I front my college Pop/Punk band, which is exactly what I would love to make a career of in the future! 

I Nominate 

modestly sophisticated

seeking serendipity

from nicole with love

joy the baker

the human mannequin

marias beauty reviews

Mumma's Rock Cakes

My mum is a chef and is always cooking the yummiest food, since I was younger I've always loved helping her out in the kitchen, so I thought I'd bake some cakes with her and do a step by step post on her recipe! Here we go...

                                                   

Ingredients:

8oz/225g Self Raising Flour
1tsp Baking Powder
4oz/110g Soft Butter
2oz/55g Caster Sugar
6oz/110g Mixed Fruit
1 Medium Egg
1-3 tbsp Milk
1tsp Mixed Spice


First of all pre-heat your oven to 200C.

STEP 1:

Place the Self Raising Flour into a large mixing bowl and add 1tsp of Baking Powder and 1tsp of Mixed Spice.

STEP 2:

Add 4oz of Soft Butter to the mix and get those hands in and gently break up the pieces until the mixture is breadcrumb-like.
 

STEP 3:

Create a hole in the middle of the mixture.





Then add the Mixed Fruit into the middle, then add the Caster Sugar, Eggs and Milk.       

Mix until it becomes a dough.



STEP 4:

Grease the baking trays then create rough rock cake shapes, they don't have to look perfect at all!
Place them on the baking tray.



STEP 5:

Place them in the oven for about 25 minutes or until golden brown depending on the oven type.

STEP 6:

When they are ready take them out, place them on a rack and leave to cool for a few minutes and they're ready to eat!
ENJOY!!

 How yummy do these look?!!

Let me know if you try these out? Happy baking! :) 

DIY ~ Dyeing Jeans

My fav pair of jeans from boohoo (boohoo.com) are great but, they have got a tad warn out and the navy colour just doesn't suit anything I wear. I'm forever searching for the perfect pair of black jeans but have never had any luck, so I thought of the idea of dyeing my jeans and looked into it, I found a great product that dyes denim so I had to try it out;

Dylon Wash & Dye





(I put on some rubber gloves before handling anything, this is recommended.)
I firstly emptied the contents of my Dylon Wash & Dye in Velvet Black into the drum of my washing machine and added my jeans in with no other item, (just the jeans for maximum results). I then put the machine temperature to 40c and put it on a standard cotton wash through the whole cycle.

After this was over, which was about 1 hour later, I added some normal washing detergent to the washing machine and put it through another cotton wash cycle. This allows the machine to be cleaned from the dye and to get any access dye off of the jeans. 

When this was finally done I took them out and left them to dry naturally. I was kind of hoping for the worst seeing as trusting myself to pull something like this off is minimal but they turned out pretty good!
I highly recommend this product if you are searching to revive your old jeans! 



Before                                                                         After

(You can notice the change in colour and no more fading on the knee area, its just like a brand new pair of jeans!)

New Avon Matte Lipstick!

In my recent Avon catalog I noticed there was a new Matte Lipstick, had to try it because I'm partial to trying out a new lippy and Avon products are great. I love matte lipsticks cause they're usually just one plain colour (which I like) and not silly sparkles attached to it (sorry glitter I just don't get along with you and your sparkles on my face).

I got this lipstick in the colour 'Matte Crimson' which is the type of red/plum colour, I really like this type of colour. It's a great little lipstick to pop in your handbag and it lasts for ages which is great, of course you're going to have to re-apply but it is long lasting. I can't see anything wrong with this product and I'd certainly recommend this!

You can get Avon products including matte lipsticks from Avon catalogs or online!

Outfit Post ~ Spring Is Here! (well..kinda)

So I noticed the sun had decided to finally pop out and I thought I'd take the opportunity to get a bit excited about not having to walk around in big winter coats and freezing my hands off every morning while waiting for the bus to college! I know we probably won't be having good enough weather for summer stuff
anytime soon but we can dream aye!

I put together a quick little outfit to wear in the warmer days and can even be worn for a party or something! It's pretty casual but it's got a bit of an edge to it, I'd probably wear this for an occasion like a summer gathering with friends rather than everyday wear, or if the weathers nice I might do.
(Now if you knew me you'd know I'm not really a one to follow trends or fashion to be honest, I'm just your typical student that walks around in t-shirts and trainers so I'm no fashion expert so don't judge I just thought this would be a really cool outfit to share, haha.)

Top ~ This is just a simple black high neck crop top from New Look, I've checked the website and they no longer have this certain one in stock but they do have others of the same style like it!

Shorts ~ These are a simple patterned blue, white, grey and black colour shorts from River Island.
I bought them in the winter sale so they're not in stock anymore, but they have similar shorts in a high waist style.

Shoes ~ I'm a sneaker kinda girl and Converse are one of my FAV types of shoes ever, I practically live in them and wear them with everything! These are classic black low tops that I think work well with the kinda rock chic jacket! You can get them from loads of different shoe stores but I got mine from Schuh!

Jacket ~ Now I got this jacket for Christmas so I'm not too sure where it's from but you can find leather-look jackets like these anywhere these days, I know Missguided do really nice biker jackets similar to these at a really good price!..
So this is just a plain black faux leather jacket. I think the jacket just completes the look otherwise it looks a bit bland without it, it gives it the grunge look edge which I really like. I think this kind of jacket is great for spring when its not really warm enough to go bare-armed.




I'd also mostly wear this outfit with plain black tights just to cover up a bit because I'd probably feel more comfortable, so if you're also uncertain on getting those pins out in shorts stick on some tights to feel less 'exposed'! :)


Anyways, I hope you enjoyed! 

Grunge-Look Lipstick

I love experimenting with new lipsticks and my favourite lipsticks are the Rimmel Kate Range! 

I love dark colours but I'm not really daring enough to try a black lipstick. I came across this beautiful purple colour that I instantly wanted to own. I'm loving plum type colours at the moment so I thought this was great! It's very pigmented and lasts for ages!

It is however very dark and nearly black when you wear it alone, so I'm not too confident to wear it on it's own for an everyday look, but to tone it down a bit a lovely berry colour worn underneath makes it less harsh and still sticks with a grungy/vampy look! It's great for anyone that can pull this look off! 

Rimmel products are available online or in store at any Boots, Superdrug or any other drugstore. Also may be available at selected supermarkets!