A Real Techniques Brush That Has Changed My Life...

I have been using the Real Techniques Buffing Brush for a few weeks now and it has changed everything! I don't know why I hadn't started using it sooner, it's so worth a blog post, it's that good!

I got this brush in the Real Techniques Core Collection. I wasn't really sure which Real Techniques brushes to start with so I went with this so I had a few choices. I had originally been using the foundation brush to obviously apply my foundation but then one day I just used this and I really haven't used any other brush for my foundation since then. I noticed straight away how much better my skin looked and how it felt. Sometimes with foundation brushes you can get streaky lines and sometimes it just doesn't blend very well like this one does. 

It's just amazing and I can't see myself switching to another brush any time soon. What brush do you use for foundation? Have you tried any of the Real Techniques ones?

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Shopping in London - Whole Foods, Lush, Hamleys and Superdrug

If you saw my post last week you will know we went to London recently and I mentioned that I had bought a few things while I was there. I wanted to do a separate post showing what I got as the other would have just been ridiculously long and most people would have lost interest if it had gone on any longer.

So first of all, I was so excited to find a Whole Foods in Piccadilly Circus! I have been wanting to go to one for so long but obviously there are none near us. They had so many healthy foods which I wanted to try but I just didn't know where to start. One of the things we got was some assorted truffles which were amazing. You only got 3 in the box but they were all made of natural ingredients and I can't even tell you how good they were. So much better knowing they were healthy too! I'm going to have to try and make my own because I don't know if I can wait until we next go to London to get more! We also got some Clippers Organic Sleep Easy Infusion Tea. I'm yet to try this but I think tonight I might have to give it a go. My sleeping pattern has actually been good good over the last week or so but it is so easy for me to slip back into the routine of not going to sleep until about 4 in the morning so hopefully these will prevent that.

Obviously while we were there we had to find a Lush. We went past one on Regent Street which had 3 floors I think. I ended up leaving with 5 bath bombs, I definitely wanted more but I think 5 will last me a few weeks! I got Blackberry, Granny Takes A Dip, Sex Bomb, Big Blue and Sakura. The Blackberry bath bomb is one of my favourites so I can't wait to use this! I also love the Sex Bomb one too, it makes the bath a lovely pink colour! The other 3 I haven't tried before so I can't wait to see what they're like. 

While we were on Oxford Street we went into the biggest Toy Shop, Hamleys. There was about 5 or 6 floors and I have never seen so many toys. We ended up getting a few things from there for Georges brothers, they had so many sweets! I also had a look round Superdrug while we were there, I desperately needed some new nail polishes so I picked Rimmel Glitter Bomb Disco Fever, Rimmel Salon Pro Celestial Metallics Grey and Maybelline Color Show Pink Boom. I have to say so far I am really not impressed with the Maybelline Color Show or the Glitter Bomb. I have both on now and the glitter just doesn't spread out. You have to put loads on to get any out but then its too thick so it won't dry! And the Maybelline just took ages. It needed a good few coats and it ended up been quite streaky and a little messy. I'm looking forward to trying the Salon Pro so hopefully that will be better. I forgot to take a picture but I also got a Rimmel Lasting Finish Blush in Pink Rose. I am so glad I got this! I love it, you don't need too much at all and it gives a lovely peachy colour. 

George bought me some lovely Boots while we were on Oxford Street from Next. I had pumps on and as I mentioned in my last london post, I couldn't walk basically. I found some comfy boots and I love them! They're different to anything I already have and I have been wearing them everyday! One of the last things I got was this book, The Girl On The Train. I had heard about this and as we were going on a train it seemed quite apt. It seems different to anything I have read before so I am planning on relaxing and starting this later on today!

We had such a good time and I really hope we can go back again soon! For now I'm looking forward to Manchester at the end of the month!

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The Best Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

Today's recipe is for cookies, but not just any cookies, it's peanut butter cookies! How many times can I say cookies in a sentence?! These are one of the best things I've ever baked and I don't say that lightly. I love making cookies but it can be hard to get them right sometimes, luckily these just worked so I had to share the recipe. I'm not usually a huge fan of peanut butter but for some reason with these, I can just keeping eating one after the other!

Ingredients:

50g soft light brown sugar

50g caster sugar

50g of unsalted butter

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla essence

200g of peanut butter

100g plain flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

A pinch of salt

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 170 degrees

2. Cream the butter and sugars together until smooth

3. Add in the egg, vanilla and peanut butter. Blend until smooth 

4. Add in the flour, bicarbonate of sofa and salt and mix

5. Form into balls and place on a baking tray

6. I then pressed down with a fork and baked them for about 10 minutes so they were soft in the middle but a little crunchy on the outside

Let me know if anyone of you give these a go, they are so good and such a favourite of mine now.

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A Late Valentines Trip To London

On Monday we went to London for a late valentines trip for 2 nights and we had the best time. We took so many pictures, did all the tourist things, ate so much nice food and did lots of sightseeing. Unfortunately we didn't get to see Buckingham Palace, but I think we managed just about every other place so I thought I'd share some of the photos. I already know I'm going to love looking back over this in future.

I don't know if this statue has a name but George saw this and wanted to take a picture! Also Houses of Parliament and Big Ben!

Our hotel, County Hall Premier Inn was next to the London Eye, we could see it from our hotel room. We were right in the centre and as we were so close to the London Eye, if we got lost we could look for that and could work our way back which was helpful. That did happen a few times! Just round the corner from the London Eye was the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, its unreal that we were so close to everything, I managed to get some pretty good pictures too on my new camera. Other places we visited were Downing Street, Oxford Street, Regent Street, Covent Garden, Hyde Park and Piccadilly. I think I have covered everything but I'm sure they'll be more to see in future. We did really want to go to Buckingham Palace and we were actually on our way there on Tuesday after Oxford Street but my feet couldn't take anymore. I honestly though I was going to collapse because I was in so much pain. Dramatic I know. I don't do well with my feet and wearing pumps and walking around London just don't go together well. I did get some nice new boots from Next which I wore too and they were a lot comfier. I got the Tan Zip Detail Western Boots and I love them! Luckily we had a nice comfy bed to get back to in the hotel so we could relax a little after all the walking, I slept so well, I really struggled to get up each morning because I was so warm and cosy! 

London Eye, Pizza Hut, Selfridges, Garfunkels. 

George definitely spoiled me in London. I got some new makeup from Superdrug that I had been wanting for ages and some new nail polishes. So many bath bombs from Lush, my favourite shop! 

The boots I've mentioned, some clothes, books, i'm struggling to remember now as I'm writing this before I unpack it all! I finally managed to get my hand on a tangle teaser too! Oh my god, I wish I had got one of these sooner, I struggle so much with getting a brush through my hair and this just works. Now my hair has been cut quite a bit shorter than what it was, it was getting easier but with this I don't have to struggle at all. I really recommend it. George did get some nice things too while we were there, he basically got a whole new outfit and looked very very nice. We actually managed to take a few selfies while we were in London, I hate having my picture taken so this was kind of a big thing for me but I was brave and just went for it. I love having new pictures of us, I think we'll definitely both remember London and what a good time we had. Hopefully we'll get to go again soon! 

London Eye, you can just see our hotel next to it! A Selfie and Les Miserables. 

Nelsons Column and another London Eye picture! 

The Sherlock Holmes. 

As I mentioned I did buy a few things so i'll do a separate post on that soon!

Do you love London? Whats your favourite thing to do there?

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