How to Make the Best Chocolate Brownies!

Hello my lovelies! I haven't posted in about 2 weeks now, but here I am with one LONG post! I'm going to be sharing a recipe for amazing chocolate brownies. These have turned out perfectly, so I hope you enjoy making/or just reading this tasty treat!

I must say, brownies aren't exactly healthy in any way, but I think these are a great occasional treat and nice for guests/friends/anyone!

Ingredients:

- 185g of butter OR lard (Stork is what I've used)

-185g of milk chocolate

-85g of plain flour

-40g of cocoa powder

-50g of white chocolate chips

-50g of milk chocolate chips

-3 eggs

-275g of caster sugar

Tools:

-Scales

-Hob

-Mixing Bowl

-Saucepan

-Baking paper & baking tray

-Blender/mixer/hand mixer

-Sieve

How to make:

1:

1: Measure out your butter/lard and your chocolate (separately) into the scales and try to get it directly onto 185g. Once both measured, put into your saucepan and put that onto the hob to simmer and melt on the lowest heat. This will be ready melted by the time you need to pour it into the main mixture.

2:

2: Preparing time! Turn your oven onto gas mark 4 so that it's ready pre-heated, then it will be the best temperature to put the brownie mixture in. Once you've done that, line your baking paper into the baking tray (It doesn't matter what size, but for this mixture I've used a 20cm tin).

3:

 

 

 

3: Sieve your 40g of cocoa powder and 85g of plain flour together into a big mixing bowl. This makes them both very soft and not lumpy! Then, grab your three eggs and sugar, and add them into your blender/mixer/another big bowl. Whisk them around! This can take from 3 to 8 minutes.

4:

4:Once that's been mixing and it's turned into a white colour and very creamy consistency, it's time to add in the plain flour and cocoa powder. A thing you need to look out for though is to see if your mixture is ready before you put these two in-

Take out the beaters/mixer thing and see if the mixture hanging from it leaves a trail of itself on the surface for a second or two. If it doesn't leave one, then mix it for another minute of two! It should then be ready. 

When it's ready, add in your cocoa powder and plain flour. You need to mix this in but only gently, because you need to keep the air in to keep the brownies light!

5:

5: By this point your butter/lard and chocolate chunks would have melted nicely in the saucepan! Turn off the heat and let it cool for a bit. Once fairly cool, pour into your mixture. With that, it's optional to add in your chocolate chips! I think these brownies are finished off perfectly with the chocolate chips inside. I've used two packets for the mixture because it's the right amount! I've used white and milk chocolate to spice things up a little. Mix these up fully so that the mixture is all the same colour!

6:

 

 6: Finally, pour the mixture into your ready-prepared baking tray and put it into your ready-prepared oven for 30mins. it should be crisp on top!

That is the entire recipe! One thing I would add is that you might want to put this in the fridge for a couple of hours to let it solidify. It's not that it isn't baked properly, it's just that it makes it much easier to cut open.

Then it's time to snack away! I hope you liked this super tasty treat and if you want more treat recipes, then just comment:) Let me know if you try this out!

Maybelline Mega Plush Mascara Review!

Hello everyone! I am really sorry that I haven't been blogging much at all lately. I promise, I will try my hardest to keep up with my posts, as I do love blogging but I haven't had the time, products and ideas to do it. I don't know why but I haven't felt like doing it at all either, which sounds 'mean' but I do love you really! I'm still here:)

Anyway, this mascara came out to the UK last weekend, and I was SO excited to see it! I had no idea is was even coming here, but when I saw it I immediately thought of all these American/Canadian youtubers talking about it and saying how much they love it in all of their videos.

The brush itself is crazy! There is a sort of long oval structure to it, but the bristles look pretty random.

The formula is seriously cool! It seems to just be so 'soft'; it's not super runny like some I've found. On the packaging, it says that it is a 'mousse gel formula' which explains the amazing-ness of it! It just makes the brush work more, I think if it was not such a good formula it wouldn't work very well at all.

There is this sort of bend bit near the bristles on the brush, I think it's to help it get out more product out of the bottle & also to get right into the corners of your eyes to get the mascara on all of your lashes. When I first saw this I thought that it would annoy me and make the wand not very stable and it would move a bit when I'm applying it, but it doesn't seem to be the case at all. It doesn't move (from what I notice) when I'm applying it, woohoo!

-Before-

-After-

You can see there the before & after pictures, I used eyelash curlers too, but the point is that it doesn't clump! The formula and the brush really mix well together and create very full and voluminous lashes!

I think the main reason why I did buy this is because of this- when I bought it (I think still currently!)it was already £2 off, because in boots they had an offer which showed that all Maybelline mascaras were up to £3 off. I then went over to the advantage card machine thing and I found on my exclusive offers a voucher which gave me another £2 off! Yes for money off!

The actual retail price is usually £8, so I only got it for £4. If you can, have a look on your exclusive offers because you never know what offers/coupons/vouchers you can get! I have checked on the website of boots but I can't seem to find it on there! If you see this mascara in a boots near you then I highly recommend checking it out, especially as it's £2 off anyway!

Thank you for reading, hope this helped!

Quick School Makeup!

Hello lovely readers! I've been thinking of different posts and this was one in mind. 

As am I and probably many other people in the mornings, the time seems to go pretty quick. Although it's not a full face of smoky eye shadow, liner, contour, and all that jazz, that's not what you need for school! I will probably do a quickie make up tutorial for full on everything but for now, it's just school. 

Face:

This here shows these products:

Revlon Nearly Naked Foundation, Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer & Rimmel London Stay Matte Pressed Powder. 

Brushes:

Real Techniques Buffing Brush.

I use the buffing brush for everything, it works for foundation and blends super quick with no streaks whatsoever. The Revlon Nearly Naked Foundation is generally a good foundation, it feels really nice and light but covers up things like redness and little imperfections. It's not full coverage but isn't like a tinted moisturiser. I sweep the buffing brush lightly over my concealer as I use my fingers to apply it and it leaves it flawless! With powder, you can press it into your skin so it actually stays for much longer and it stays matte the entire day! These are all products I recommend in general but they do the job amazingly and pretty quickly, too!

Eyes:

This picture shows:

Maybelline Great Lash Mascara(Waterproof), No7 Intense Volume mascara (alternative), Rimmel London Exaggerate Waterproof Liquid Liner & Primark eyelash curlers.

I use my eyelash curlers for about 5 seconds, then just apply either mascara. It depends what day it is, if it is swimming later that day, I use waterproof & vice versa! I only like to do 1 coat, because I don't feel like I need any more + it doesn't make any kind of difference. I occasionally use either gel/liquid liner along my lash line for a super duper thin line do it's not too visible but it gives loads of volume to your lashes!

Lips:

This picture shows:

Carmex original, Softlips balm, Rimmel Apocalips Lip Lacquer in 'Nude Eclipse' & NYC Smooch proof stain in 'Orange on The Go'.

I never do anything special for my lips because if I do it tends to be quite obvious for my skin tone, so these are both fairly natural shades(the orange stain is quite sheer). I do like both of these products not only for school, but also aren't something you have to perfect and have to be super precise with!

Brows:

This picture shows:
Maybelline Mastershape Brow Pencil in 'Dark Blonde' & MUA Clear Mascara.

  Brows are important, and I've found the brow pencil the best shade for me! I have light hair so it's sometimes quite hard to find a good brow pencil. The clear mascara is just an alternative if you don't have brow gel!

I like to finish off and keep my make up in for the day/refresh my face with Mac Fix +.

Thank you for reading, I hope this helps people!

Maybelline Great Lash Mascara | Review w/ Pictures

Hello readers! Here is a review on the Maybelline 'Great Lash' mascara, with pictures before & after!

First off, packaging & about the brush: 

The packaging is actually pretty light, it is a small tube and the same with the brush. I like the pink & green too. I'm not going to blab on but I got this in waterproof & the colour 'Very Black'

Here are my lashes before:

I did not curl my lashes before, just so you can see how it works without any tools.

Applying the mascara, you can see how small the wand is:

*scary eyes*

Now for after I've applied one coat!:

I like the way it doesn't make your lashes clumpy really, I mean it's not like it makes them look like false lashes and super fluttery but they do give a 'great lash' effect. They leave them really voluminous, maybe not so much on the lengthening side, but it does make them look big. From further away they look a bit shorter (well obviously Lizzie duhh) but I'm not too phased by it.

I also like the way that when I use this on my lower lashes, they don't look like spiders legs, really creepy and weird, they even out the lengths of each & also the darkness of each. Speaking of the 'ultra black'ness, it's really nice how I don't have to do more than one coat of it because it's not sheer, even though it's waterproof!

The water protecting side of this mascara is actually better than I thought it would be. I know it's probably not the best idea but I do leave my mascara on when I'm at swimming, and I've found it does not leave me with panda eyes! I don't exactly look like I've just applied it, it's faded a fair bit by the end of the session but it's still there!

The curl it leaves, without any eyelash curler, is brill! I thought I might have needed to but I really don't. This mascara is very versatile and ticks many boxes for me!

I like it very much, and for the cheapest mascara in Maybelline, you can't go wrong!

I hope you liked this post:)

Simple Moisture Boost Hydro Mist | Review

Hello everyone! As I said in my previous post, I'm doing a review on this face spray.

The concept of this facial spray is to have a refresh your face with a small boost of moisture. I thought (I know it's a bit early) this could be great in the summer time, because I know that I can feel really icky when it's too hot on holiday or what not, and this sounded like it would suit that. 

 

The smell of this is like a lotus flower (it says that on the bottle so I'm going to go with that haha) and you can smell it whilst your spraying it but once it's on your face for a few seconds it pretty much gone, so if your not fond of the scent then don't let it bug you! It's not there for long!

I really like the way it refreshes you, it sounds strange but it just calms you down, I've used this during rushy moments and it just feels nice, also does give you a tiny bit of moisture but nothing that you could really notice very much. 

I think the price of it is O.K, £5.99 is the higher end of the Simple range of products, but I do think it's worth it for the sort of things I use it for (hot days, rushy moments etc.) because it calms me down! 

I think it's the sort of product you'd have to try to understand what I'm talking about, but that's pretty much all this product is. I reckon this is similar to the refreshing side of MAC Fix + but I do prefer the scent of Fix +, it's a bit better, but this is still brill!

For those days out in the summer I do recommend this! I think I will be using this a lot on holiday.

Bye for now:)

Collective Beauty Haul

Hello everyone! I haven't been blogging like I normally do because I'm just simply busy. I'm still here though, so keep following!;) Today I'm showing you some beauty products I've collected up from different shopping trips.

 

 Maybelline Great Lash Mascara, Waterproof: I remember that this came out absolutely ages ago, and there was kind of a mixed view on it, but I thought that I'd give it a go. This is I think the cheapest mascara in the Maybelline range, £4.99, and so far so good. I've tried it out and love it already, but I'll do a full review with pictures!

 Simple Moisture Boost Hydro Mist: I had a voucher that had an extra 100 points if I spend £8 or more on women's facial skincare, and my mum wanted a cream, so this was what I chose. After looking at what it does and testing it for a while, I'm thinking this could be a dupe for the MAC Fix +? The 'refreshing' side of it anyway. I will probably do a post on that, too!

 Batiste Dry Shampoo in 'Big & Bouncy XXL Volume': I'm really not going to talk about this, everyone knows what this is already so lalalalalalalaaaaa

 Boots Natural Collection Passionfruit Body Spray: I've just about ran out of my strawberry one of this(so many oooo's), and I smelt this and thought it's very fresh and light, something nice for summertime.

 Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in 'Fair 1': I bought one of these bad boys in the start of January, LOVED it and now I'm running quite low so it's just a re-purchase:)

 

 Rimmel I ❤ Lasting Finish Nail Polish in '704 Sweet As Sugar': It's a lovely colour and Boots is currently 3 for 2, not much else to say than this is a cool colour for spring/summer!

 Barry M Nail Paint in 'Matt White': I was in the mood for french mani, so I bought this as a new plain white, because most of my others have gotten fairly gloopy.

Maybelline Colour Show Nail Polish in 'Peach Pie': Again, this was for my mood of french mani! This is the perfect 'nail' colour for me, it's fairly sheer too.

   Rimmel London Exaggerate Waterproof Liquid Liner in '003 Blackest Black': I haven't ever actually bought a fairly priced good liquid liner, if that makes sense, but I thought as a random buy I'd get this. The colour pay off is also seriously good for waterproof!

Collection Extreme 24 Hour Felt Tip Liner in 'Black': In the liner mood, I bought this because of the talk it had been getting here on blogger and also, I like the look of felt tip liners!

That's the collective haul! I will try to do some more fashion related posts, I haven't done one in so long!

Easter Nails | Tutorial

Hello everyone! When something seasonal/an occasion pops up, I always try to do a nail art design to match. So, here is another nail art tutorial especially for Easter time! 

(Also, this is a 2 in one tutorial for Ombré nails!)

 The colours you may want will be:

Left To Right: 
Pink: O.P.I. 'Japanese Rose Garden'.     Pastel Blue: Angelica 'Ice Queen'.    Yellow: Miss Sporty 'Popcorn'.   White: Natural Collection 'Nail Tip Whitener'.   Black: Rimmel London 'Black Out'.     Mint Green: H&M (Doesn't have a name).     Purple: Beauty UK 'Soft Lilac' (No. 41).  

 The clear, and I guess helpful polishes:

 O.P.I Top Coat, O.P.I Natural Nail Base Coat & Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails.

 Nail Tools and things:

Randomly:

Make up sponge, scissors, nail art dotting tools, tweezers, toothpicks, cotton buds/ q-tips & nail polish remover.

1ST STEP:

 I'm sorry I don't have a picture, but just simply paint your thumb and accent nail with this pale blue, and then the rest with this white!

2ND STEP!! OMBRÉ NAILS!!!

Get yourself the make up sponge, scissors, tweezers and the following nail polishes!⇩

 

 

 With your make up sponge, cut out a chunk which is big enough for your nail to fit. This doesn't have to be a perfect size, a bit bigger is much better than a bit smaller.

 Now it's time to do the ombré effect! Paint a generous layer of your range of colours in a row, next to each other. It's essential that you don't put too little, because the polish sinks into the sponge fairly quickly anyway so having lots is needed!

Grab your tweezers and pinch them on the back of your sponge so it's easier to hold, then pat on well your colour! Your colour builds up a bit better if you keep patting it.

It gives this awesome ray of soft pastel colours without harsh lines! I love this look for this (very gloomy) springtime.

STEP 3! BUNNIES!!

For the details of your bunny, you will need these colours⇩

I haven't actually got any shots of me doing this, but the way to do this is to:

1:  Draw a white 'V' kind of popping out of the bottom of your nail for the ears. You can either use a dotting tool or a toothpick. Do a semi circle at the bottom of this v, to make the head of the bunny!
2:  Get your pink, and do an ultra small line in your ears. This gives the cool cartoon effect of bunny ears! Try to keep this in between the white 'V'.
3:  Finally, use your black and dot on some tiny eyes and whiskers. I could have done mine a bit neater but hey, it's done haha.

That's everything!

Here are the finished nails. Add a top coat on at the end to seal in your cute design and then it will also stay longer!

Thank you for reading, comment for questions and I hope you have a happy easter!