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Friday, 27 May 2016

Baker Days Letterbox Cake* Review


Last week I was contacted by the Baker Days team on Twitter, about trying one of their letterbox cakes. After a few emails, it was sorted for me to have a personalized 5 inch letterbox cake. I picked a simple cake from their website, and attached an image I wanted on the cake.

There are a variety of cake choices, such as vanilla sponge as chocolate - along with different sizes. I had the vanilla sponge option as it was the basic one. This size and type of cake usually retails for £14.99.





It arrived on Tuesday, and came with some Love Hearts and in it's own little tin. I love that I can keep the tin after consuming the cake! It claims to be able to stay fresh for 14 days, which is a long time - but I never have cake for this long to know if this is true or not!

The cake was nice and simple, and I loved that it had a nice picture of my, my sister and dad on it! I'm quite tempted to order another one to send to my sister!




For someone who is super fussy with icing, I really enjoyed this! It was really tasty and soft, which I really liked. The sponge was moist and a little crumbly, which is how I like it! It was big enough for 4 portions! I shared half between me and my Dad on the Tuesday and he gave it rave reviews - but said he personally wouldn't pay the price for this gift, even though it was yummy! I then had the other half with Cameron on Wednesday and he really liked it too - and he is super fussy with food!

I would definitely buy this as a gift for a birthday or present of sorts as it's a lovely personal touch if you can add pictures. The price is a little high for my liking, but any lower would mean compromising on the quality!

Have you tried any Baker Days products before, and if so, what did you think? Let me know! Hope you have a great day and keep safe :)

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Friday, 20 May 2016

2016 Goals | Check In


Personal & Resolutions Goals
  1. Lose some weight/tone up 
    • So far lost a few pounds and toned up in some areas!
  2. Learn to take better pictures
    • Not even started this yet!
  3. Drive somewhere new
    • Not yet!
  4. Go to the cinema at least 5 times
    • Done! Seen 4 films so far, one of which we saw twice! Also have 2 more trips lined up!
  5. Carry on with the job search/get a new job
    • I didn't find a new job, but I have moved to a new department at work (deli counter) and I am much happier there. Just trying to sort more hours/contract hours out and hopefully I'll be on full time soon!
  6. Save up for holidays/outings
    • I'm doing pretty good with saving up for Florida next year, but as for the hen party, wedding and Marvel trip in London, I've not so much as saved a penny....
  7. Organise my room better
    • This has been partially done. My desk and clothes are all much better arranged!
  8. Get into a better sleeping routine
    • Not gone well so far. I sometimes have 6am starts at work, so 9am bedtime and up at 4:30am hasn't helped!
  9. Be more of an 'adult'
    • This has gone well in my opinion. I've cooked a lot more and not relied on my Dad to make sure my car is alright and that things get fixed indoors. I have my own toolbox, so I've been having way to much fun!
  10. Try and follow my resolutions!
    • I'm getting there slowly with this!

Blog Goals
  1. 750 Bloglovin followers 👍 Managed this back in March!
  2. 1400 Twitter followers 👍 I hit this mid January and currently have 3500+
  3. 450 Instagram followers 👍 Managed this on Feb 1st!
  4. 250 YouTube subscribers 👍 Mid March I hit this, so super happy with this!
  5. 150 Facebook page likes 👍 Hit this about a week in February!
  6. 150,000 blog page views -- Not hit this yet, but I'm on 109k right now, so might hit this by the end of the year! 

Did you have any personal or blog goals for the new year, and how are you doing so far? Let me know! Hope you have a great day and keep safe :)

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Wednesday, 18 May 2016

Charlotte Tilbury Glastonberry Lipstick


If you've been a follower of this blog for a while now, you'll know I'm not a massive lipstick fan - or of any lip product for that matter... However over recent months I've been trying more out and have come to like a few of them - and this one is just beautiful!

I won a Charlotte Tilbury lippy from the lovely Debra-Bow on twitter, in a giveaway she was hosting. The shade I was is called Glastonberry, and if you want to buy this for yourself, you can get it for £23 off the CT website, or for the same price from Selfridges.




This is the first CT product I've ever owned, so I was super excited about it as I've read a load of good reviews about their products. It was even worn by Poppy Delevingne at this year's Met Gala.





Like my MAC Instigator lipstick, Glastonberry is a dark berry purple with a slight red undertone to it, and is just such a lovely shade! The reason I love such a dark colour is that light shades such as pink, look pretty bad on me, but darker colours work better! It is a super creamy and smooth formula, and like the Instigator lipstick again, it is perfect for a 'vampy' makeup look.

And there isn't any odd scent to it, which is something I find super off-putting from some brands.

Considering I don't usually like lip products, I loved this! Have you ever tried a Charlotte Tilbury lipstick or any other products at all, and what did you try out? Let me know! Hope you have a great day and keep safe :)

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Monday, 16 May 2016

Insta Love #4


I'm obsessed with taking pictures, editing them and making nice memories - hence why I love Instagram. There are some awesome accounts that I follow, plus the picture sharing app has gone insane with really talented photographers and bloggers who just seem to have this whole filter thing down.

So today, I'm sharing some Insta love with my top 5 pictures/accounts that I've come across recently!


A photo posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀T A M Z 🍕 (@tmznloves) on




A photo posted by Hannah Rose 💗 (@hanrosewilliams) on


Which accounts and pictures have you been loving lately? Let me know! Hope you have a great day and keep safe :)

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