Christmas Cupcakes | Blogmas day 2

Hello Everyone!

So today I thought that I would do something simple yet super Christmassy - Christmas baking/cake decorating!  

On Saturday, my little brother and I decided that we wanted to make some cupcakes and I just thought I would share them with you. If you don't know already the ingredients you will need to make 12 cupcakes are:

110g of butter

110g of caster sugar

110g of self raising flour

2 medium sized eggs

We chose to make butter cream to decorate our cakes and then used various Christmas decorations to make them look really cute. We used green food colouring for the butter cream and also topped some with melted chocolate to make them look like a Christmas pudding. I was actually quite impressed and proud of the outcome of these cakes, which I know isn't much of an achievement but its a big step up from some of my other decorative attempts. I also think that these designs would look really cool on cake pops but I didn't have the moulds to make them so I had to settle for normal cupcakes.

Be sure to check back tomorrow for Blogmas Day 3!

Sarah x

Christmas Tag | Blogmas Day 1

Hello There!

So it is finally December the first and I can now officially be excited for Christmas. I really want to get into the spirit of it all this year and have decided to set myself the challenge of completing Blogmas! Therefore I will be posting every day in the run up to Christmas. So without further ado...

So to start the ball rolling I decided I would do the Christmas tag. And as I have seen so many different versions of this tag, so I have decided to pick just 10 my favourite questions to answer,-some that I have made up myself. 

1) What is your favourite winter/Christmas scent?

I absolutely love the smell of gingerbread and mulled wine around Christmas time.

2)What is your favourite winter drink?

Once again I am going to be boring and say that my favourite winter drink is a hot chocolate with a large amount of squirty cream with marshmallows on the top,  mmm...

3)What is your favourite item of clothing to wear in the winter/ near Christmas?

I love really garish, oversized novelty Christmas jumpers and woolly bobble hats :) 

4)Favourite Christmas song?

The song that stands out the most is  Fairytale of New York by The Pogues.

5) Favourite Christmas movie?

Ever since I was little, for as long as I can remember I have watched the movie 'The Polar Express' around Christmas time and it has almost become a little tradition where I will settle down with a mug of hot chocolate, wrapped in a big fluffy dressing gown and watch this film (more times than I care to mention). And obviously it wouldn't be Christmas without watching Home Alone for the millionth time.

6) Are you on the naughty or nice list this year?

I would like to think that I would be on the nice list this year.. however, I suppose I will have to wait until Christmas morning to see whether or not I have done anything naughty list worthy.

7) Where do you usually spend Christmas?

I have always spent Christmas at my nan and granddads with my family and can't imagine spending it anywhere else. 

8) Where do you wish you could spend Christmas?

As I said in the last question, I can't imagine spending Christmas anywhere else. However, if I were to spend Christmas somewhere else I would like to spend a Christmas abroad somewhere with my family, maybe in America or Canada.

9)What is your favourite part of a Christmas dinner?

My favourite thing about Christmas dinner has to be the Yorkshire puddings!

10) What is your favourite thing about Christmas?

Prepare for yet another cliché... my favourite thing about Christmas is that the whole family comes together and just has a really nice time - I also like the presents too ;)

I tag my sister Laura from Laura's All Made Up 

       Sasha from Little-Sash

and anyone else who would like to do this tag :) 

Questions:

1) What is your favourite winter/Christmas scent?

2)What is your favourite winter drink?

3)What is your favourite item of clothing to wear in the winter/ near Christmas?

4)Favourite Christmas song?

5) Favourite Christmas movie?

6) Are you on the naughty or nice list this year?

7) Where do you usually spend Christmas?

8) Where do you wish you could spend Christmas?

9)What is your favourite part of a Christmas dinner?

10) What is your favourite thing about Christmas?

Sarah x

Favourite Fall Lip Colours

Hello Everyone!

So I know it has already been autumn for a while now but here in the UK the weather has only just started to get chilly which is good news becuase fall is my favourite time of the year. I know its really cliché but my favourite thing about autumn is that when the leaves start changing colour and the oversized woolly cardigans and jumpers are out and most of all I get to wear my onsie! 

Another thing I love about the autumn is that I can wear my darker berry shaded lipsticks and lip glosses. So today I thought I would share with you some of my favourite fall lip shades. I will also be doing a post on my favourite fall nail varnishes so check back for that.

L'Oreal Paris Glam Shine Balmy Gloss ~ 

So first off is the L'Oreal Paris Glam Shine in the shade  'Dare The Dragon Fruit'  (which I must say is an amazing name for a lip colour). I absolutely love this shade becuase it is very subtle and elegant but is still a really nice dark berry colour. I also really like the slight shimmer in this shade as it just gives it that extra bit of glam.

MUA Power Pout Colour Intense Tint & Balm ~ 

Next is 'Crazy In Love' from MUA's Power Pout collection. This is pretty similar in the last one regarding application and texture, however it is a very different shade as it is a much deeper red/pink tone and isn't shimmery. I like this one for an everyday lip colour in the autumn as it is not to dark but is still bold. 

MUA Intense Kisses High Intensity Gloss ~ 

I don't usually go for lip glosses, especially in autumn winter time when the wind is blowing becuase we all know what happens when the wind blows your hair in you face, which then gets stuck to your lip gloss, leaving you standing there trying to rid your face of your tangled, lip gloss filled hair! However, I have taken to this gloss as it is not sticky and it also glides on very nicely. I love the colour as it is so bold and vibrant. Not bad for drug store product! I Bought this in shade 'Stolen Kisses'  which I also love the name of.

Revlon Renewist ~ 

I bought this out of the pound shop a few months back as I didn't really have many dark lip colours at the time. I bought it in the shade 'Radiant Ruby ~ 180' along with 2 other similar shades. It goes on very easily and the colour is very bold, however the colour doesn't last very long which is slightly disappointing so I have to re- apply it throughout the day. 

What is your favourite lip product/shade to wear in autumn? 

Let me know in the comments...

Sarah x

October Favourites

Hello Everyone!

These are just a few of the things i've been loving this month!

W7 In The Buff Eye Colour Palette ~ 
My sister bought me this palette for my birthday in September and since then I haven't stopped using it, All of the colours in the palette are natural beige and browns with a little bit of shimmer. If you would like to see some swatches then my sister has done a full review over on her blog Laura's All Made Up

MUA Intense Kisses 'Stolen Kisses' ~
I have been loving this colour recently as I love the deep berry colours in the autumn. I don't usually go for lip glosses but this one isn't sticky and has a really bold colour and lasts throughout the day.

Rimmel Stay Matte Face Powder ~ 
I have been using this for months now, it is honestly the best powder i have ever bought and its cheap too, there's not a day that I don't find myself reaching for this as it sets my make-up really well.

Lady Gaga Perfume ~ 
This was also bought for me for my birthday. I have been wearing this none stop for the past month as you can probably see, i've used pretty much all of it.

NYC Nail Varnish 'Manhattan' ~ 

This is another fall favourite as it is a deep berry purple colour, I can't wear it at school though which is slightly annoying as we are only allowed to wear natural coloured nail varnish.

American Horror Story Season 1, 2 & 3~
This is a slightly random one but a few weeks ago one of my friends introduced me to American Horror Story,which at first I was a little sceptical about watching as it included the word 'horror' and as you should all probably know by now that I am a massive wimp and hate anything scary. However, I decided to give it ago and watch the first episode on Netflix and to my surprise I really enjoyed it. I then couldn't stop watching it and within a week I had watched all 3 seasons which consisted of 38 episodes altogether. It is rated 18 but it isn't really too scary, however I wouldn't recommend anyone under 15 to watch it.

What were your favourite things in October? 
Let me know in the comments.

Sarah x