Twycross Zoo

Evening ladies :)

My boyfriend came over on wednesday night, so sorry for lack of updates :(

It was a gorgeous gorgeous day on thursday, so after I had been to the doctors we went to the zoo :D

Unfortunatly im not really a takeing picture person so there isnt alot of pictures but it was a lovely day out! With zillions of monkeys my fav animal in the world :D

This had a little baby in the corner it was SOOOOO cute :)

The baby elephant had like this lill tuffty hair was cutey :)

I really wish i had of taken more picture :(

After the zoo we went to pizza hut for dinner yummmm :) then we went to TK max I will do a seperate blog on that later :)

Kitchen Cupboard Beauty - Salt

Today is the day of SALT :)

Everyone uses salt seasoning salt, but its an amazing beauty tool aswell :)

Brighter teeth

• Gently brush your teeth with a paste of salt and water.
• Salt’s gentle abrasive action makes teeth squeaky-clean.
• Its anti-bacterial power keeps gums and teeth fresh and healthy.

Mouthwash

• Dissolve a teaspoon of salt in a cup of warm water and use as a mouthwash.
• Cleaner, sweeter mouth and breath!

Anti-Stress/Detox Bath

• Toss 1/2 cup of sea salt in your tub as it fills with warm water.
• Soak at least 10 minutes to help detoxify yourself on every level.

Exfoliating scrub

2 cups fine sea salt

4 cups grapeseed, apricot or almond oil

20-30 drops essential oil of choice

• Place salt in a widemouthed jar and cover with grapeseed, apricot, or almond oil. Scent with essential oil.
• To use, dampen your entire body. Using either your hands or a loofah mit, vigorously but gently massage the salt and oil mixture into the skin.
• Begin at the feet and work upward in a circular motion.
• Be careful to avoid any scratched or wounded areas.
• When you have massaged the entire body, rinse with warm water. Finish with a dry-towel rub.

Superdrug Launch MUA Online

So I have had a quick look on the superdrug website and their new £1 make-up range and to be honest it looks very varied and colourful, except the eyeshadow and eyedust. The colours of these items are very dark, they do have a green and a purple but in general they are pretty dull.

The nail varnishes look amazing and bright which makes up for this! I am also not 100% sure what their eye glitter is or how your saposed to use it but maybe I will look into that more but the colours for this are bright aswell :)

Superdrug have pretty much covered everything in this line, my only real problem is with the lipsticks, they have the colour on the top of the lipstick but it needs a big sploge of colour so you can see it propperly as some colours look the same, Hopefully they may change this :)

Will you be trying the budget make-up line??

Kitchen Cupboard Beauty - Sugar

Heya girlies, what a beautiful day today!!!
I've been haveing a few ideas, me being me I never have any money:(
So I have come up with beauty remedies you can find at home in your kitchen :) And my first one in this series is SUGAR!!!!

Cane sugar produces glycolic acid, one of the natural alpha hydroxy acids that exfoliates the skin.
But sugar has more roles for beauty care than making your skin silky soft!!
You can use brown sugar or granulated sugar.


1) Sugar scrub. Sugar is an excellent exfoliant for face, body and feet! Here are some recipes :)

Basic Sugar Scrub

1 cup granulated white sugar

1/2 cup olive oil

• Pour the granulated white sugar into the jar.
• Pour the olive oil into sugar and mix thoroughly until the ingredients are well blended

     Summer Fresh         

1/4 cup granulated sugar

Chopped fresh tomato

2 tablespoons yogurt or sour cream

• Place the sugar in a small bowl. Add enough fresh chopped tomato to moisten, then add yogurt. Combine and apply to a clean, damp face, using fingertips to gently massage the formula into skin.
• Allow formula to remain on skin for 10 minutes, then rinse with warm water and pat dry.

You can make a sugar scrub out of pretty much anything! Use it on your lips to get gorgeous smooth lips with olive oil!

2) Sugar waxing. Its an alternative to normal waxing, but its the same principal, apply to hairy part and strip off with one of the wax strips :)

Sugar Waxing

1 Lemon

1 cup Honey

1 cup Sugar

Microwave

Microwave-safe Bowl

• Take a microwave-safe bowl, put honey and sugar in it.Mix thoroughly.
• Cut the lemon in half. Squeeze juice from the lemon and put it in the bowl.
• Mix thoroughly. Keep the bowl in the microwave and heat at high, for 2-5 minutes.

3) Sugar hairspray, strange it would seem you can do this at home, just dont tease the bees ;)

Sugar Hairspray

1 tablespoon sugar

1/3 to 1 cup hot water (less water for a thicker spray)

• Dissolve the sugar in the hot water.
• Pour the mixture into a spray bottle, and spray on the hair.
• You need to soak the spray nozzle in hot water to dissolve the sugar crystals between uses.

My Idol 1

One of my idols at the moment is Lauren Luke!!

She came out of nowhere really, well youtube :) Lauren Luke is one of my idols at the moment because she has made a name for herself by selling make-up on ebay then doing youtube tutorials. You can watch her videos on youtube, she updates all the time, and goes by the nick name pancea81.

Lauren is from South shields, she was born in 1981 so says wikipedia, and she had a son at the age of 16/17.

She is a lovely person to watch, she is always cheery and gives amazing advice. She uses high brand, her own brand and low brand products for her looks!

Her career has gone sky high the past few years and she has made such a big name for herself, threw dedication and hard work!!!

She is a true inspiration to me, and she proves that a passion in something can lead somewhere no matter what that passion is :)

Her makeup line is utterly gorgeous aswell!! She has 5 kits out and a lipgloss at the moment! More to be added (I HOPE)

My smokey classics

My vintage glams

My fierce violets

My sultry blues

My luscious greens

Spring A-Z

A is for... Ankle Socks

                                         

B is for... Bra Tops

C is for... Clogs

D is for... Denim

E is for... Ethnic

F is for... Florals

G is for... Grecian

H is for... Harem Pants

I is for... Ice Cream Colours

J is for... Jumpsuits

K is for... Knotted

L is for... Leather

M is for... Military

N is for... Nude

O is for... Ooh la la

P is for... Pink

Q is for... Quaint

R is for... Ruffles

S is for... Sequins

T is for... Trench Coat

U is for... Underwear As Outerwear

V is for... Vivid Prints

W is for... Whites

X is for... Xtra long

Y is for... Yellow

Z is for... Zoo Prints

Sat waiting but am inspried!

So I am up this late waiting for my boyfriend to come over :) As today ive been quiet poorly and hes comeing to look after me how kind of him :)

Anyway as I have been in bed most of today I was thinking of all sorts of things I could make and do.

I already did a post on hairbands and clips, but im thinking jewlery! Necklaces to be exact :)

I found so many gorgeous things im going to give a bash at. Mainly as during summer im always in white tops so I want to spruce things up :)

Here is what I found :)

Some are going to be harder than others obviously but im going to give them a bash :)

If anyone wants me to try anything in perticular feel free to tell me :)

Hair Accessories

Even thought I should be trying to sort my life out, I cant help but notice the amount of hair accessories around at the moment.

Now me being poor trying to save money, instead of going to Topshop and paying like £10 on a hair band with a flower im going to try and do some myself!!!!

Im going to start easy, just attaching bits and bobs to alice bands and clips, then Im going to try and make the elastic ones.

My sewing is terrible, I never did it at school, but im willing to learn :) I will even include one in my competition :)

If anyone has any suggestions feel free to tell me :)

Peace out xx

Pear shaped

Everything has gone abit pear shaped this week, alot of stuff has happened I wish hadnt and im struggleing at the moment.

When I have sorted things out I will start the kiwi fruit test, but at the moment all im doing is self loathing, drinking wine, smokeing far to much and being a angry and upset lady!

It may take a few weeks to sort things out but hopefully I will be a much happier person when it is sorted out :)

Also when I have sorted myself out I will pick the winner of my competition so get entering for a change to get your hand on eyeshadow, eye pencil and nail varnish :) all for free picked by yours truely :)

Keep an eye out for me, and take a look at my blog sales girlies, I just want rid of the stuff now so offer me a price and I will have a chat with you.

Hope everyone has a good easter holidays

Lots of love Elli xxxx

Kiwi Fruit

Hello my fellow bloggers, what a gorgeous day it is today, beautiful and sunny :)

I have herd recently some intresting facts about kiwi fruit and their skin benefits, and we all love some tips on getting gorgeous skin :)

So girlies this is my intresting facts, Kiwi fruit has more vitamin C than a orange.

I found when you get those terrible dreaded spots if you munch on 2 kiwi fruit a day your going to get so much more vitamin C than if you ate one orange, this is turn is saposed to help get rid of those spots.

So I thought I would give this a little road test, My plan is to eat my normal healthy diet but add in my 2 kiwi fruit a day and see if this helps with my skin as its abit horrible at the moment.

I may add 1 more a day just before that horrible time of the month aswell as see what happens., because my skin is dreadfull then.

Im going to road test this for a month or so, I will give you regular updates on my skin, and maybe some pictures.

Here are some intresting facts for now though :)

• One kiwi can provide more than the full recommended daily intake of vitamin C for adults.
• Kiwis contain potassium which helps regulate nerves, heart beat and blood pressure and may be beneficial in reducing high blood pressure.
• The phytonutrient lutein is found in kiwis, which has now been shown to help maintain healthy eyesight.
• A single kiwi fruit provides more vitamin C than an orange, the same amount of potassium as a banana and more fibre than an apple.