There’s nothing like a little Christmas adventure, whether it’s an escape to the woods, or to somewhere a little further afield. This year Italy did the tick nicely. Florence to be exact. I was actually flown out to attend a magical dinner, with PR’s and bloggers from all over the globe, but decided to make…

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Today I am officially out of the office, so to speak for two whole weeks – you’ll see the odd post here and there and videos will continue as normal. But until January 1st I’ll be taking it easy, having some down time and running up a backlog of new posts ready to grace these…

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Recent Purchases

CHOCOLATE ORANGE HOT CHOCOLATE Ingredients Milk (cows, coconut, almond – what ever) Hot Chocolate Powder (I use Green and Blacks for this) Orange Flavouring Whipped Cream Orange Chocolate  The How To Bit… 1) Heat your milk in a pan over a low heat (you can do it in the microwave but I’m forever botching it…

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This one goes out to everyone still yet to finish their wrapping (or gift buying in general). This morning for the first time in December I felt my inner Christmas fairy emerge and wrapped my first present at 8am. After a quick sweep around Paperchase on Friday I decided on a brown paper/twine/pine theme for…

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Recent Videos

When I posted a photo of my Christmas party makeup on Instagram last week, it received a fair few likes and comments and even a few tutorial requests. Now a full Christ party “get ready with me” was off the cards as I have something a little special planned after Christmas, but a more festive…

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Every year I make a Christmas checklist in the run up to the big day that guarantees to leave me full of festive cheer. Starting December the first I make sure every little detail is ticked off over the course of 24 days. Seeing as it’s my Christmas party tonight and i’ll be ticking off…

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