Skincare Routines: Full On vs. Lazy Days

Okay. Time to be honest here. As much as I would love to say "Oh yes, I always do a full on skincare routine every day" that would be a lie! I'm pretty sure that's the case for most people because let's face it - sometimes there are days where you just cannot be bothered with the effort. In this skincare routine post, I have decided to share with you my lazy routine as well as my full routine I try to do most of the time.

TV in Review: Making A Murderer

Hello to the first of my new blog series "TV in Review", a series in which I will do a wee review of recent tv programmes/series that I've watched. I thought I would begin with a series that has taken the world by storm over the past few months.

Favourite Lip Products

A real love of mine is all things beauty. Seeing as my last few posts haven't been beauty related, I thought I would do a lip favourites for you all. Towards then end of summer last year, I started wearing colour on my lips but before that it would just be a bit of clear lipgloss or a lip balm. I've only recently plucked up the courage to wear bold colours on my lips, but now that I have... I LOVE it! I have three favourites to share with you.

Chilli Prawn Spaghetti

Today I have my first recipe post for you all. Now, I apologise in advance for the quality of the photographs here (admittedly, they are not my best). I underestimated the ease of cooking and taking photos at the same time! This Chilli Prawn Spaghetti is something myself and Jonny created in the kitchen one evening just messing about with some ingredients we had. For those of you who don't like to eat seafood, substituting chicken for prawn would work just as well.

Ingredients

2x handfuls of spaghetti

10-12 raw, peeled prawns

1x tbsp of tomato purée

2x handfuls of plum tomatoes

3x garlic cloves

1x green (or red) chilli

chilli oil

olive oil

salt & pepper

TV Show Favourites

I am a huge lover of TV shows and because we are all currently stuck with these dark, cold, winter nights (the joy of Christmas over and summer still too far away) I thought it would be quite nice to do a post about my all time favourite TV shows. I'm hoping that those of you reading this have either seen these shows and think "Ooh, I've not watched that in ages! I think I'll give it a watch again..." or even better "I haven't seen that one and I'm looking for something new to watch. This looks good so I'll give it a go!"

This time of year is perfect for cosying up on the sofa or in bed to binge watch your favourite shows and thanks to Netflix it's so much easier that it was a few years ago. You don't need to frantically search for which friend has a boxset you can borrow, or spend all your money on buying said boxset for yourself. I remember having to wait until Christmas to get the next season on boxset.

I watch a lot of TV shows, however, I have managed to narrow it down to a Top 5. Although I can choose my all time fav from that list (which I will come to last), I don't have any particular order for the rest of them - they are all equally great in my eyes!

2015 - My Review

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

I can't believe how quickly 2015 has flown in and that we're a week into 2016 already! I thought I would do a slightly different type of post today - a sort of collection of my most substantial moments of the last year if you like. Generally speaking I've had an amazing year, with the exception of the loss of my baby guinea pig Penny, so I thought it would be nice to showcase my year for those interested.

*The photos in this post have not been taken specifically by me for a blog post, but are photos myself or my family/friends have taken throughout the year.*

Overnight & dinner in Glasgow for our Anniversary.

Favourites of 2015

I thought I would show you some of my favourite products I discovered over the course of 2015. For me, it's been a year of trying new things and of course there are some products I have come across which have not been to my liking (always a risk when you try to branch out!) however, there have also been a few fabulous finds.