This was a book recommended and borrowed from a colleague, which meant I didn’t really choose it for myself and I didn’t have a clue what to expect, particularly as the blurb on the reverse was pretty general too. To summarise A Thousand Splendid Suns (by Khaled Hosseini) is a story about the lives of … Continue reading Book Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns
This week is going to be a exciting one for Manchester fashion, as Vogue Fashion's Night Out hits the city on Thursday. I love seeing fashion events being hosted here, and I thought I’d share another with you which is also happening this week (big week for Manchester!). This is for all you Manchester-based students … Continue reading ASOS Student Lowdown
Sorry if my blog’s been a bit quiet this week - I’m in a show and haven’t had a spare minute to write up any of my posts. It’ll be back to normal after this weekend though, and after an epic sleep! Meanwhile, I’ve got ankle boots on the brain as my current pair is … Continue reading October Ankle Boot Edit
In this week's Great British Bake Off we watched the bakers tackle sweet dough recipes, and I decided to try a former technical challenge - Paul's iced fingers from season 2. I took the recipe from here (halving the quantities as I felt 6 buns would be enough for me and the boyfriend), and I also watched … Continue reading Bake Off: Sweet Dough (#GBBO)
It takes me no more than 10 minutes to do my everyday makeup in the morning, which is ideal as I don’t have much time to play with. My morning makeup routine is the same every day and I always try to go quite natural for work, and I thought I would share with you … Continue reading Everyday Makeup Routine
Still a week behind with my Bake Off inspired bakes, I decided to bake some traybake brownies to accompany my watching of this week's episode (it's impossible to watch Bake Off without some sort of baked goods in the house). I've made quite a lot of biscuits this year already so I thought I'd go down … Continue reading Bake Off: Biscuits and Traybakes (#GBBO)
For my recent giveaway I asked you to share your top tips for baking, style and blogging, and I promised I would share the best ones. So here we are, just to inspire you… Baking To prevent getting greasy and buttery scales weigh your butter on top of the dry ingredients like your flour or … Continue reading Be Inspired: Top Tips
I thought I’d try a different sort of post today, and join all the chatter about university now that a new year is starting. I’ve decided to share my honest thoughts about my time at university, as I have mixed feelings overall. Firstly I always like to remind myself of the real positives, and the … Continue reading University: My Honest Opinion
As I've been away my Bake Off Pie Week post is a little belated, but better late than never! I've never made any kind of pastry, so wanted to master that this week, and rather than go for a fruit pie like they did in last week's episode I thought it would be nicer for … Continue reading Bake Off: Pie Week (#GBBO)
All I want to wear right now are autumnal colours, and they're all that’s attracting me in the shops. The blacks, metallics and sparkles will come later when it starts to feel Christmassy, but at the moment I’m all about mustard, navy, brown and claret, and here’s my current little autumn mood board (aka wish list). What styles … Continue reading Autumn Colours
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