BIRTHDAY CAKE, YUM!

Birthday Cake!

It's my mother's birthday and I decided that instead of purchasing a cake, I would use some of the ingredients in the kitchen up and make her one. I used a recipe from the BBC Good Food's website, which was simple and easy, then I decorated the cake to make it more impressive!

First, I weighed all the dry ingredients and put them into a mixing bowl. I then weighed the wet ingredients (egg, milk, butter) and combined everything with a electric mixer until the mixture was soft and smooth.

Next, I greased two cake tins with butter and then cut out some grease-proof paper to coat the inside, to ensure the cake wouldn't stick to the tin and would be easy to remove. Next, I separated the mixture into both of the cake tins and popped it into the over for 20 minutes.

Whilst my cake was in the oven, I began to organise the decorations for the top of the birthday cake. My mum loves flowers, so I chose wafer flowers to put on the top of the cake. I also used

silver balls, butterfly candy and a mixture of vanilla and cream cheese buttercream icing.

I removed the cakes from the oven and waited until they cooled before removing them from their tins and getting ready to decorate. Then the fun part began!! Decorating and eating!!

Love, Hannah

FAVOURITE GRAMMY 2016 LOOKS!

Favourite Grammy 2016 Looks!

The Grammy's are known for outrageous and gorgeous outfits, and 2016 didn't fail expectations! Here are my favourite outfits from 2016's Grammy performances/ red carpet!

Love, Hannah

January Tumblr Favourites!

JANUARY FAVOURITES

I adore Tumblr. Simple as that. I spend hours per day re-blogging and commenting on posts, which creative people have beautiful taken to inspire all of us. This has obviously amounted to masses of posts per month, and I wanted to share the few I felt most inspiring and beautiful through January. So, here are my January favourites. I hope you find them as beautiful as I do.

This quote really stood out to me as it has many meaning behind it, unseen from the outset. Some people think money is the only thing that can cause happiness and make them rich. However, being rich isn't about how much money someone has. Being rich to me, is having my friends and family there whenever I need them. It's having their support, love and sense of pride about myself and what I'm achieving. That's what being rich is. Not what you have physically. But what you have emotionally.

I don't think there is anything to be said about this photography. I love the vibrant pink colours, the white of the box as a background. I find this photo so pretty and delicious!

I found this photograph incredibly strange but amazing. It shows nature, and the true beauty of what it offers us. And that's something that cannot be ignored.

This photography I found gorgeous. It sums up everything I would like my work desk to be - beautiful, creative, inspiring. The little sketches show a creative mind at work, drawing and pencilling their thoughts as they arrive, pinning them up to remind themselves of that day, that time, and that thought.

 

I loved this photograph as I found it seriously pretty, and traditional. I adore girly tops like this which are super feminine and lacy. Combined with the cute little necklace, this is the ultimate feminine look.

I love mini sketches such as these, and I wish I had the artistic ability to manage these myself. Instead, I blog them 24/7 and brainwash myself with pretty images!

There is nothing more beautiful and simple than letters. I feel many of us lead lives that are too busy, too technically involved. We all need to step back every so often and reflect. I think letters are the perfect way to do this. Whether you write a letter to yourself in a journal to remember a certain event or emotional, or whether its a letter to somebody special, I think the process of writing and reading letters should never be taken for granted.

Anyone who knows me, knows I love golden, brown, metallic colours such as this. I love the shin and vibrancy of this eye shadow!

I think this tea set is just so beautiful. As simple as that.

New beauty buys!

New Beauty Buys!

Having been shopping recently after Christmas, I bought several items which I'd love to share with you all.

Mac Lipsticks are a firm favourite of mine due to colour and durability. I've seen many recommendations over the last few weeks for Amorous and the simple Mac Red, so I thought I would buy them and try them out for myself. I wasn't disappointed! The colours were so vivid and pigmented which I LOVED. They also were fairly easy to apply, but like with any lipstick in a darker shade, it becomes easier with a lip pencil applied before-hand. In terms of durability, they also receive rave reviews from me. Having put it on in the morning, by lunchtime it was still on with little smudging or discolouration after eating and drinking. Although Mac Red was a little more smudged, and I found much more residue on the cup after drinking. 8/10! £15.50 each from House of Fraser.

I've been a fan of MUA's make up range for a long time, due to the high quality of the products and the value. I especially like how pigmented their eyeshadows are, and how, with the right make up setting spray, they can last all day! I love the colours in this palette, as I feel they are shades that can be adapted to wear with any colour for brilliant results! 9/10 £8 from Superdrug.

Barry M, as with MUA have a brilliant eyeshadow collection, and shortly after purchasing the MUA palette, I was drawn to this beautiful Barry M eyeshadow palette. This I feel is a perfect little gift idea, with its gorgeous cover and simple lay out. Must buy product with simple shades. 10/10.










I've been dying for some Real Technique brushes for a long time, but I've been waiting for the moment the price dropped. And lucky me!! In the New Years sales I managed to get the Real Techniques Core Collection set of 4 brushes for an amazing steal of £13.99 on Amazon, reduced from the usual price of £21.99. They are brilliantly soft and perfect for applying makeup in a profession way. 8/10.














Another product just purchased was the LOreal Paris Le Lip Liner Magique by Color Riche for £3.99. Its a clear lip liner so it can be paired with any lipstick for the perfect application. It fantastic, rather than searching the shops for the right shade to match your lipstick!! 8/10.














The last product I brought was a risky purchase from Primark's makeup collection. Due to the price of £2.50, I really didn't know what to expect with the quality and last of this liquid lipstick in shade "Nude". I was definitely pleasantly surprised! The colour is highly pigmented, and the sheen is gorgeous. However, I dislike the brush applicator which can make the lipstick appear rather gunky and harder to apply. Aside from this, I think Primark did themselves proud. 7/10.