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Heya,
So as you may or may not know, this Friday (31st October) is Halloween! A time of dressing up in scary costumes, trick or treating and freaking the living daylights out of each other! So I thought it was only right to put together a Halloween themed post!
I have noticed that this year a lot of High Street shops have joined in with the excitement of Halloween selling themed but subtle items of clothing and accessories and so i'm going to pick my favourite items from the ranges which could be worn for a costume or just to get in the Halloween spirit!
TOPSHOP:
NEW LOOK:
Thank you so much for reading this weeks post, and I hope that it has given you some inspiration for Halloween this year!
So as you may or may not know, this Friday (31st October) is Halloween! A time of dressing up in scary costumes, trick or treating and freaking the living daylights out of each other! So I thought it was only right to put together a Halloween themed post!
I have noticed that this year a lot of High Street shops have joined in with the excitement of Halloween selling themed but subtle items of clothing and accessories and so i'm going to pick my favourite items from the ranges which could be worn for a costume or just to get in the Halloween spirit!
TOPSHOP:
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| Lace Ears £7.00 www.topshop.com |
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| Glitter Bone Over-the-Knee Socks £8.00 www.topshop.com |
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| Monster Bodycon £29.00 www.topshop.com |
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| Beaded Drape Choker £16.50 www.topshop.com |
NEW LOOK:
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| Ghost Busters T-shirt £12.99 www.newlook.com |
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| Black Glitter Chunky Sandals £27.99 www.newlook.com |
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| Pure Colour Burgandy Lipstick £3.99 www.newlook.com |
ASOS:
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| POP Boutique Halloween Scene Jumper £22.00 www.asos.com |
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| ASOS Cat Waist Belt £12.00 www.asos.com |
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| ASOS Ghost Jumper £30.00 www.asos.com |
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| Face Lace Eye Lace £14.00 www.asos.com |
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| Face Lace Eye Mask £20.00 www.asos.com |
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| Halloween Pumpkin Headscarf £6.00 www.asos.com |
MISS SELFRIDGE:
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| Red Devil Horns £7.50 www.missselfridge.com |
Thank you so much for reading this weeks post, and I hope that it has given you some inspiration for Halloween this year!
Just a quick update: As well as my weekly, main blog post, I will also be posting an outfit put together from items from a high street shop each week. This could be mid-week or towards the end of the week. This week I posted an outfit from Miss Selfridge (Click here). Let me know if you like these!
Love Emily x
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- 09:40:00
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Heya,
So it has been a while since I was posted a recipe, yet my last one went down a treat! (Yummy Chocolate Brownies). This time it is another chocolate themed recipe, as who doesn't love chocolate!
A 12 hole muffin tin
A 4-6 hole muffin tin
16 muffin cases
An electric mixer/ kitchen aid (or if you don't have one and wooden spoon will be fine!)
A Cake Corer (or any corer you have)
Mixing bowls
Scales
1 Cooling Rack
For the Cupcakes:
180g Caster Sugar
160g Butter (or Sunflower Oil equiv.)
3 Eggs
40g Cocoa Powder (I use Cadbury Bourneville)
130g Self-raising Flour
1tsp Baking Powder
For the Filling/ Icing:
3 Standard size Flumps (or 16 medium marshmallows)
200g Icing Sugar (powdered sugar)
100g Cocoa Powder
50g Butter (or Sunflower Oil equiv.)
Warm Water
So it has been a while since I was posted a recipe, yet my last one went down a treat! (Yummy Chocolate Brownies). This time it is another chocolate themed recipe, as who doesn't love chocolate!
You will need:
A 12 hole muffin tin
A 4-6 hole muffin tin
16 muffin cases
An electric mixer/ kitchen aid (or if you don't have one and wooden spoon will be fine!)
A Cake Corer (or any corer you have)
Mixing bowls
Scales
1 Cooling Rack
Ingredients:
For the Cupcakes:
180g Caster Sugar
160g Butter (or Sunflower Oil equiv.)
3 Eggs
40g Cocoa Powder (I use Cadbury Bourneville)
130g Self-raising Flour
1tsp Baking Powder
For the Filling/ Icing:
3 Standard size Flumps (or 16 medium marshmallows)
200g Icing Sugar (powdered sugar)
100g Cocoa Powder
50g Butter (or Sunflower Oil equiv.)
Warm Water
Method:
Making the Cupcakes:
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°c (fan)/ 200°c/ 356 °f/ Gas mark 6.
- Line the two muffin tins with the cupcake/ muffin cases.
- In a Large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar using the electric mixer/ Kitchen-aid/ wooden spoon, until light and fluffy.
- To this add the three eggs and three dessert spoons of the flour (this stops the egg and creamed mixture from curdling), combine using your preferred method (electric mixer/ Kitchen-aid/ wooden spoon).
- Next, add the rest of the flour, the baking powder and cocoa powder to the mixture. Combine on a slow speed if using an electric mixer or Kitchen-aid.
- Using two dessert spoons, take a spoonful of mixture and place in one of the cases so that it is 3/4 full. Continue until all of the mixture is gone, or all of the cases have mixture in them.
- Place the two tins in the oven, and leave to cook for 15-18 minutes until they bounce back when pressed.
The filling:
- Firstly chop the Flumps into 16 pieces (or as many cupcakes you have)
- As soon as the cupcakes are cooked and removed from the oven, turn the oven off and close the oven door!
- keeping the cupcakes in the tins, take the cupcake corer, and press down the centre of each cupcake, careful to not remove the middle.
- Place a piece of Flump/ Marshmallow in each hole just made until every cupcake is filled.
- Place the cupcakes in the tins, back in the oven and leave until you have made your icing as this allows the Marshmallow to melt!
Making the Icing:
- Place the icing/ powdered sugar, butter and Cocoa powder into a bowl and mix using an electric mixer/ Kitchen-aid/ Wooden spoon until smooth. The icing should be runny enough to slowly fall off the spoon but thick enough to hold its shape.
- (Optional depending on the consistency) If the icing is to thick, add enough water until the icing is smooth and spreadable. If the icing is too runny, add more icing sugar, until the icing is thick and spreadable yet smooth.
Decorating:
- Take the cupcakes out of the oven and leave to cool for 6-7 minutes. They should still be warm for the next step, so don't leave them to cool completely.
- Take a heaped teaspoon of icing and fill the rest of the cupcake with icing.
- With the remaining icing, cover the top of each cupcake. This can be done using a piping set or the back of a spoon.
Optional Extras:
- Add chocolate chips/chunks for an extra chocolaty treat
- Add a little Orange essence to the cake and icing mixture for a Chocolate-orange Cupcake
- Decorate the top with sprinkles, chocolate chunks/ chips/ buttons or mini- marshmallows
Enjoy it as a Dessert too:
Heat a Cupcake in the microwave (out of its case) for 20-30 seconds, for a hot, chocolaty dessert. Serve with Ice cream, Custard or just on it's own!
Hope you have enjoyed this post, and will enjoy making these delicious treats as much as I did!
I would love to see your versions of these, so tag me in your Cupcake pics on Instagram/ Twitter or leave a pic in the comments and let me know how you get on!
Love Emily x
- 21:24:00
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Heya,
So this week I thought I would revert back to my old type of posts based on the latest trends right now, but with a twist. I shall be putting 2 outfits together based on one of the top trends right now, with one on a budget of £50.00 and the other not.
As always I will leave the links to the items I include, along with their price. I will also provide you with an overall price for the whole outfit trying to keep costs as low as possible for the budgeted outfit.
I thought I would start with Casual wear using the trend of Checks and Tartan. The outfits will something that can be worn to go shopping, out with friends, and just general daytime, every day wear.
Outfit 1: Not Budgeted
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| Red, Grey and Black Oversized Scarf www.newlook.com £14.99 |
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| Faux Leather Jacket www.topshop.com £48.00 |
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| Textured Step-Hem T-shirt www.topshop.com £32.00 |
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| Black Grid Print Back-pack www.newlook.com £22.99 |
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| Gingham Tube Pants www.missselfridge.com £25.00 |
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| Frill Socks www.topshop.com £3.50 |
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| Black Mono Converse www.office.co.uk £44.99 |
= £191.47
Outfit 2: £50.00 Budget
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| Ribbon Band Fedora www.boohoo.com £10.00 |
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| Textured Checked Smock Dress www.asos.com WAS £38.00 NOW £15.00 |
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| Black 70 Denier Tights www.newlook.com £2.99 |
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| Black Pull-on Chelsea Boots www.boohoo.com £22.00 |
= £49.99
I hope you have enjoyed reading this weeks post! I had great fun putting it together! Please let me know whether you liked this or not, as if it loved, I may create a series of these?! Also please let me know whether you buy any of these outfits, or something from them if not all! As always you can let me know via the comments! :)
Love Emily x
- 18:30:00
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Heya,
So this week I thought I would share withy current faves so that you now what I love, and what's good in the shops right now! All of these products are drugstore brands (with the exception of one) and so are easily accessible and affordable.
N07 Lipstick in the shade 'Waterlily':
Benefit High Beam:
Real Techniques Expert Face Brush:
Rimmel London Wake Me Up Concealer in the shade 'Light':
Maybelline Matte Maker Powder in the shade 'Natural Beige (30)':
Rimmel Wonderfull Mascara in the shade '01 Black':
Rimmel Kohl Liner in the shade '011 Sable Brown':
Tresemmè 'Liquid Gold' Argon Oil Treatment:
Maybelline Baby Skin Primer:
Carmex Strawberry:
Simple Revitalising Eye Roll-on:
Thank you so much for reading, i hope you have enjoyed reading it! If you would like any information about any of the products please contact me!
Love Emily x
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Heya,
So as you may have known, over the summer I set my the challenge of completing a list of things to do. This list consisted of Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle activities. Now that Summer is over it has come the time when I review this list and see whether I have succeeded!
THE LIST:
All the things that I have completed are in red and have a description below them of how I got on. As you can see, there are still some items on the list that I have not completed, which may or may not be completed soon. Some such as the films and shopping items, can be, however, sleeping in a tent and sorting through my earrings, maybe not. It's too cold and I am currently being weighed down with A Level work!
12 out of 23 completed.
11 out of 23 uncompleted.
6 out of 12 completable.
6 out of 12 in-completable
So I think I've done OK, I could have done better....
Let me know what you think, how you got on and anything you would like to see on my blog in the near future!
Love Emily x
(Sorry I haven't posted in a while! I have been overworked with Alevel studies and starting at a new school! I will try to get back into routine very soon!)
So as you may have known, over the summer I set my the challenge of completing a list of things to do. This list consisted of Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle activities. Now that Summer is over it has come the time when I review this list and see whether I have succeeded!
THE LIST:
Finish reading The Fault In Our Stars book
OMG! It's so Amazing! I knew it would be good, as everyone had been raving about it, but I hadn't anticipated how good it would be! The ending wasn't a surprise to me, as I had been told, accidentally what happened.
- Watch the Fault In Our Stars film
Go to the Beach
I went to the beach with my friends, where we took a rather large picnic, moved places a couple of times, chatted and we even went swimming in the sea! I had so much fun! The weather was fab, although we did have a little rain- but that only lasted 5 minutes!
- Own a Black Leather-look Backpack
Master the Winged Eyeliner Flick
It's taken a while to master the Winged eyeliner Flick, or Cat eye flick as it also known. After finding a fantastic product for my application method (see beauty review no7 stay-precise felt tip eyeliner), I have mastered the flick, and am able to do (almost) perfect and matching eyeliner each day!
Visit London
I visited London with my friends, we visited most the major attractions, such as M&M World, Leicester Square, China Town, Covent Garden, Hyde Park, Oxford Street and spent at least an hour and a half in Harrods browsing each of the Levels! I even had my first Starbucks! (try the Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappe). I had a fab day!
Go shopping in London
While visiting London with my friends, we also went into the HUGE Topshop and H&M down Oxford Street. I had never been in this particular Topshop, and I was pleasantly surprised and I have to say it is one of my favourite Topshop's I have ever been in! I didn't buy anything in Topshop, but in H&M i went ahead and bought a dress, hair scrunch and earrings. The dress had to unfortunately be returned.
- Update a piece of clothing in my Wardrobe to create something new or more on trend
Paint my nails at least ONCE a week
Now that I am at Sixth Form, I am able to wear Nail Polish everyday! Hooray! So I have been able to paint them on a weekly basis!
- Read The Book Thief
- Watch Frozen for the second time
- Sort through ALL of my earrings
Go on Holiday
Just under a two weeks ago, I went on my holidays to Dublin, Ireland. I had a fantastic time visiting all the attractions of which we hadn't visited before and loved all the shops!
- Sleep in a tent for a night
- Try to Instagram everyday for 2 weeks
Paint my room
My room has been redecorated! Before it was a faded lilac colour scheme, now after a whole lot of paint, it is a grayish white accompanied with a really pretty blue feature wall, we are now just filling the room with lots of pretty accessories!
Try a new Hairstyle
The new hairstyle I tried out this summer, was the Simple ponytail, changed to make your hair look longer. The way this is achieved is by having two ponytails, the second one lower down on the head and hidden so only the end can be seen. The overall effect is that you have a long and luscious ponytail. (COMMENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO DO A TUTORIAL!)
- Go running at least once a week
Go swimming in the sea
Whilst at the beach with my friends I had the chance to go swimming in the sea! I hadn't been swimming in the sea properly for a long time so it was so nice to be able to once again! The water was surprisingly warm in places, and the waves were perfect for a gentle drift on the water- like boogie-boarding but with out the board!
- Try to wear a bolder lip colour
Visit a Historic building
- Own a Kimono
Try a new food/drink
On my adventures in Ireland, I tried a traditional Irish food called Champ. This is a mash potato dish that also has onion, butter and milk in it. I didn't think I'd like it at first, but it is so delicious! It's very cheesy, although it hasn't actually got cheese in it!
12 out of 23 completed.
11 out of 23 uncompleted.
6 out of 12 completable.
6 out of 12 in-completable
So I think I've done OK, I could have done better....
Let me know what you think, how you got on and anything you would like to see on my blog in the near future!
Love Emily x
(Sorry I haven't posted in a while! I have been overworked with Alevel studies and starting at a new school! I will try to get back into routine very soon!)
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