Hello my beautiful people,

and happy spring time. As it's officially spring time now I thought what better opportunity to take a few shots for a "Get ready with me". So get yourself a cuppa get comfy and enjoy!

Makeup:

For my complexion I used my usual Nars Sheer Glow Foundation and mixed in a little of my Makeup Forever Ultra HD Foundation Stick, to give it a bit more coverage as my skin isn't looking its best at the moment.

For eyes I used a lot of palettes, as you can see, you definitely don't need that many! If you have anything similar to these shadows I used then let me know in comments down below so I can check it out. I used the shade "Combust" from UD Naked Smoky palette as my transition shade to make sure that all of the additional shades will blend better. For an all over the lid shade I used "Chopper" from the UD Naked 2 palette, and finally to further deepen the crease and to make the look a bit more interesting I added the shade "Rule" from my self-made Mac palette. For "liner" I used the shade "Whisky" from the UD Naked Smoky palette on an angled brush. Then I just added lots of my favourite mascara, you know the drill, my Benefit Roller Lash.

Brows are very important to frame the face so to fill them in I used the shade "Frisk" from UD Naked 2 Basics palette and set them in place with the L'Oreal Brow Artist Plumper in Dark. Spring is all about the pinks and all about the blush, so for that I took my Sleek Blush by 3 palette, and took the first shade called "O.C California". To set all of my makeup into place I took my Rimmel Stay Matte powder and to add some glow back I used my Sleek Contour Kit in Light.

For the finishing touch on my lips I used the Rimmel Kate Moss lipstick in 38 and the Clarins Instant Light Lip Perfecter in 2.







Outfit:





Shirt - Primark
Jeans - H&M
Coat - Zara
Shoes - Deichmann


Now that;s going to be it for today, I do hope you enjoyed this little spring post, if so then do make sure to let me know that in the comments down below. Also make sure to share this post over on your social medias, I'd love you to come back for my next post next Sunday!

Mary going offline xx

Hello you beautiful people,

and welcome back. I hope the lot of you are relaxed due to the Easter holiday. Speaking of Easter that is our subject for today's blog post.

I came up with two recipes for very delicious treats which are super easy and simple to create and don't require a lot of ingredients. So get comfy, take a piece of paper and pen to write your last minute shopping list and enjoy.

1. Easter Nests with self-made Easter Eggs


Method:

Nests: 

Melt the dark chocolate in a glas bowl over a saucepan with boiling water, keep stirring until it's completely melted. Stir in the puffed Quinoa until everything is combined nicely. Scoop the mixture, approximately one tablespoon, into some muffin cups and put them either way in the freezer for 10 - 15 minutes or pop them in the fridge for half an hour.

Easter Eggs:

Put all the ingredients in a food processor and blend until everything is combined. It might look not sticky enough to form with but leave it to set for  around 10 minutes. Separate the mixture in 3 or 4 bowls, and add food colours of your choice. Then take a teaspoon full of the mixture and form into little egg shapes, pop them on a tray and into a freezer for 20 minutes or until set.

When everything is set and ready, put a few eggs on the nests and they are ready to serve!

Tip: When you form the egg shapes make sure your hands are wet, this way the mixture sticks together much better.






2. Delicious Rocky Road - Healthier Version 



Tip: The sultanates are our substitute for the marshmallows, if you fancy some then definitely check the vegan marshmallows out, but as this is a healthier version we are using sultanates.

Method:

Melt the dark chocolate and the butter over a saucepan with boiling water. After everything is melted stir in the golden syrup. Crash your biscuits in a sealed bag, but be careful not to hit yourself with it! Pop them into the mixture as well as the sultanates and mix until combined. Pour everything in a baking tin lined with grease proof paper. Melt some vegan white chocolate and drizzle it over the mixture to make it look prettier. Refrigerate for 2 - 2 ½ hours.

Ready to serve!




That's going to be it for today guys, let me know if you create any of these for Easter tomorrow. Tag me on your social medias and let me know if you liked this post in the comments down below!

Mary going offline xx

Latest blog post:

Makeup Forever Ultra HD Foundation Stick 

Hello you beautiful bunch of people,

I hope you are all doing very well! Easter holiday have finally started, and I couldn't be more excited.

For today I decided to write another little review and first impression post about the Deliciously Ella Every Day book. You guys know how much I love her first book, and so it's no different to this one! My mum surprised me with this book on my saint's day, as it's a tradition in our family to get someone just a small thing on this particular day.

Seeing as Easter is approaching soon I reckoned it would be quite cute to incorporate a little bunny in my photos!



Onto the actual book, first of all it's a hard cover book, which I love and the cover photo is nice as well. The book is sectioned in different categories which makes searching for a recipe very easy. All the photos are so well made and from such good quality that you feel like you could take the meals out of the book. They are very creatively designed and are individual in their own beautiful way. The recipes themselves are creative again, there are some traditional things with a twist and completely new things that you probably would have never thought you could come up with. I was so excited when I browsed threw the book for the first time, that I took out some Post-it notes and started sticking them on nearly every single page. The recipes are written clearly and understandable so everyone knows exactly which steps they have to follow.



Now onto a kind of first impression of a recipe. The first recipe I tried out was the "Carrot Cake Muffins", already sounds interesting as carrots aren't a particularly usual ingredient when thinking of baking. But they are so good! People, they where so easy to make with such simple ingredients though I have to admit that I got something wrong because silly me didn't read properly, that's why I had more grated apples than carrots whereas it actually should have been the other way round. Oh well, you gotta roll with what you've got, right? Regardless of that mistake they taste absolutely delicious! Though you can definitely taste that there is no sugar in them at all, they still taste very good and have their own taste, obviously. If you don't mind trying out tasting something healthier and you like to experiment in the kitchen than I would give this recipe definitely a go!



All in one I can only say good things about this book, and I am so proud of Ella and happy for her that she is able to do what she is passionate about and loves. I can only recommend this book to every single one of you, even if you are not vegan or that much into health, go and get it and try to include one recipe every week this way you will slowly get a routine of healthy eating and learn that healthy doesn't mean missing out on the good stuff!

Make sure to leave me some comments down below and tell me how you are liking the book if you have it! Also let me know your plans for the Easter holiday!

Mary going offline xx

Hello my beautiful people,

and welcome back to my blog! Today I decided to do another makeup review, as I really enjoy writing them and you guys seem to like them as well. If you haven't seen my last two reviews then make sure to check them out, I will link them down below.



So today I'm going to review the Makeup Forever Ultra HD Invisible Cover Foundation Stick, phew, that's a mouthful. I have been testing this out for a bit over a month, and have been giving it a proper go. It's a full coverage foundation, which leaves your skin with a pretty chewy and glowy look, which is perfect for a normal to dry skin but also if you have combination skin, you should be fine with just setting it with a powder, that's what I have been doing.

Makeup Forever offer quite a few shades of this, but not as many as in the liquid foundation, I have the lightest shade which is 115 = R230. It matches my skin tone perfectly, it's like the exact same shade as my normal skin, which is really not easy to find these days, usually it's too yellow or too pink in the under tone or not light enough, but with this one I didn't have any problems in that direction.



The foundation stick is so practical and easy to use, you literally just draw some lines across your face and blend them in with either a brush or a beauty blender, I especially like to use the Zoeva 102 Silk Finish Brush for that. It lasts on my skin with a setting powder for a good couple of hours, though I need to touch up the powder as my nose tends to get oilier threw out the day but on the rest of my face it does look still the same after hours of wearing it.



I took all of these photos in natural daylight, to make sure that all of you can see what it looks like in real life properly. I'm not wearing anything else on my face except from the foundation, no concealer, powder or blusher. As you can see it covers up all of my imperfections and hyper pigmentation, which I suffer from really badly. Hearing the word "full coverage" can mislead you on thinking that it's heavy and thick, but this foundation still feels so lightweight on your face and you can barely feel it.






All in one I have to say that I love this foundation, and I can only recommend it, there are no bad things to say about it what so ever. Obviously it's not on the cheap side but not too expensive either that it breaks your bank. So if you are interested in trying it out then I'd definitely say give it a go, it's very much worth it!

Other Makeup reviews:

Eyeko Eye Do Mascara

Vichy Dermablend Foundation

That's the end of this weeks blog post, if you liked it make sure to leave me a comment down below, and to share it on your social media's. Let me know what you think of this foundation, if you have already tried it out, I'd love to know your opinion! And if you have anything you'd like me to test out and review then leave me those in the comments down below as well.

Mary going offline xx

Recent Post:

February Favourites

Hello loves!

How are you all doing? I hope your February has been amazing, mine definitely wasn't that bad.

So as February is over now I thought what better time than to do a monthly favourite post, I did one way back, I think it was nearly a year ago, but you guys seemed to really like it. So grab yourself a cuppa, get comfy and enjoy!



To make it easier for everyone, I broke it down into the categories Makeup, Skincare, Fashion and Lifestyle.

Skincare:

The Body Shop Camomile Silky Cleansing Oil

This month I had a little trip to The Body Shop, to get a few new skincare products, and this is one of them! Shockahora, I'm using something else than my Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish, I know. But I have been absolutely loving this to remove my makeup at night, it's so gentle on the skin and removes all of your makeup, you can literally see how it melts off, which is so satisfying!


Liz Earle Instant Boost Skin Tonic

I've had this in my drawers for such a long time (don't worry not that long to make it go all yucky!) but haven't really ever used it. So when I finally got it out and started using it I fell in love with it, people this is such a good toner! It's so refreshing, calming and actually brightens your skin tone, which I would have never expected to happen. If you're in need for a new toner, and happen to like everything natural then definitely give this a shot!



The Body Shop Tea Tree Skin Clearing Clay Mask

Another one of those products I got from The Body Shop. This was my skin savior when it was that time of the month, I had such problematic skin, like those horrible lumps under the skin, which just hurt like nothing else, and this one made them literally go away in two days, yes two!


Makeup:

Makeup Forever Ultra HD Invisible Cover Foundation Stick

Really have been loving wearing this foundation lately! I won't say anything more about it as I'll do a review on this very very soon, so keep an eye out for that one and head over to my twitter to stay updated!




Mac Viva Glam 1 Lipstick

If you are a long term reader of my blog then you will know that I've been in love with lipstick for absolute ages! I've had this lipstick for about two years, I reckon, and have been wearing it to death, but as you can see it looks still pretty good to me. It's a beautiful true red which you can rock around Christmas time and pretty much all year round.



Mac x9 Palette in Burgundy

Such a beautiful palette, you can go all out with it or do a really neutral eye look, so versatile and luxurious! You may recognise this from  my recent blog post "Daytime Glam Makeup Look", where I have only used his palette for my eye look. I love those burgundy colours so much, and this palette offers me just that, hands the name, haha! So if you happen to want a new eyeshadow palette then give this one a go, it's worth checking it out, especially because all of the eyeshadows are in mini form!



Fashion:

Zara Trousers

God know for how long those trousers have been in the back of my wardrobe! I think I bought them around SS time in 2014, and haven't worn them, never. Which truly is a shame, because they are beautiful, white trousers with a blue print on them. I can't really say anything about the print in more detail as I'm not the best in describing such things, so I hope you forgive me.
I recently styled them with a high neck dark blue jumper, which looked amazing!


Graceland Shoes

If you don't know the shoe shop "Deichmann" then you should definitely have a browse around, one shop is in Brighton, next to H&M, and I was on the hunt for some new shoes. They have so many beautiful shoes in there at the moment, that I could have bought every single one of them, but I restrained myself and only brought two pairs with me home. These are in the style of a college shoe with a higher heel, and what makes them even more special is that the actual shoe is black but the heel is white, which makes it a bit edgier,just how I like it!



50's Hairstyle

I am all about the vintage life at the moment, everything 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's plants a big smile on my face. Why? Because I recently watched the movie "The Age of Adaline", which is a fantastic movie with brilliant actors and actresses. I fell head over heels with the main character Adaline, her style, makeup and hair was always on point, or how some like to say, on fleek. So I wanted to recreate her hair style, and pretty much transform myself into her. No worries if you'd like to know how I did this hairstyle then make sure to check my twitter, to get informed about my YouTube channel, I already filmed the video for it!




Lifestyle:

The Age of Adaline Movie

An amazing movie, which I could watch over and over again. About a young woman, born at the turn of the 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After many years of hiding, she meets a man who complicates her eternal life she has settled into.

Peanut Butter and Banana Bread

In case you want to buy anything I mentioned, here are all the links:

Skincare:
The Body Shop Camomile Silky Cleansing Oil


Liz Earle Instant Boost Skin Tonic

The Body Shop Tea Tree Skin Clearing Clay Mask

Now that's going to be it for today guys, if you liked it then please make sure to leave me a comment and share the post on your social media's. If you'd like me to do a non beauty favourites post then leave me a comment down below as well.
You want to read more from me? Here is my recent post: Baked Banana Recipe 

Mary going offline xx