Hola Sparkly1s
I'm getting into the holiday mood this week for Fashion 5. The 5 products this week come from River Islands Holiday Shop. If you like any of the products the links are below.
Which one is your favourite?
Sunday, 6 July 2014
Friday, 4 July 2014
4th July Berry Smoothies
Hola Sparkly1s
Ingredients
Blueberries - frozen or fresh
Morello Cherries - frozen or fresh
Strawberries - frozen or fresh
Cranberry juice
Yoghurt (I used Greek style)
Honey
Ice
Blue layer
Blueberries
Cranberry juice
Yoghurt
Honey
Ice cubes
White layer
Yoghurt
Honey
Ice cubes
Red layer
Cranberry juice
Strawberries
Cherries
Honey
Yoghurt
Ice cubes
All you need to do is simply whiz up the ingredients for each layer, pour it in the glass and place in the freezer for 15 minutes to allow each layer to set slightly so the layers don't mix.
Take them out of the freezer 10 minutes or so before you want to drink them to allow them to thaw slightly, top them with a bit of the fruit and ENJOY!
Do you make any special 4th July themed food?
Take them out of the freezer 10 minutes or so before you want to drink them to allow them to thaw slightly, top them with a bit of the fruit and ENJOY!
Do you make any special 4th July themed food?
Wednesday, 2 July 2014
What I Ate Wednesday {2.7.14}
It's that time of the week again - #WIAW. I'm loving doing these posts more and more each week. What I love even more is nosing in on other peoples What I Ate Wednesdays. It gives me so many ideas for new foods to try as, as I've said before, I do get kinda stuck in a rut with my food. Do you go through phrases of eating the same foods too or is it just me?
Breakfast
My breakfast was yummy this morning. I hadn't had fruit for breakfast for a few days and it was so nice to have it this morning. It was oats soaked in almond milk over night in the fridge, topped with frozen summer fruits (blackberries, raspberries, cranberries and blueberries), half an apple and cinnamon. This has definitely become my go to easy breakfast in the past few months and I love getting in a healthy breakfast before I start the day.
Something that I noticed in a few blogs was the additional of Chia Seeds
in their breakfasts so I've ordered some of them to try in the coming weeks.
in their breakfasts so I've ordered some of them to try in the coming weeks.
Lunch
Lunch was the rye bread amaranth / quinoa that I'm loving so much at the moment, topped with avocado, sliced tomatoes, mature cheddar cheese and chilli flakes. As usual it was delicious! I'm struggling to find a lunch that I enjoy as much as this. I served it with a small side salad of watercress, celery, mushrooms and red onion. The salad was simply whatever veg I had in the fridge - I think I need to go veg shopping.
Tea
After a gloomy start to the day, weather wise, it brightened up later on so I sat in the garden reading. Time flew by and by the time I realised what time it was it was 7:30pm. By that time I couldn't be bothered cooking anything so opened the fridge down and found this garlic bread in there. It doesn't really fit with my low carb, healthy lifestyle I'm going for at the moment but hey. I've gotta say though, I didn't really enjoy it. Well, the first 2 slices were delicious, but that was enough really. Anything after that made me feel kinda heavy and bloated. I don't know how I used to eat this stuff as regularly as I did. I left 3 slices as I was just eating it coz it was there, not because I wanted it or was enjoying it.
Post the links to yours in the comments.
Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Awesome Bloggers | July
Hola Sparkly1s
I really feel like I found my way with blogging in June. It was only my second month into this whole blogging malarkey. I also found lots and lots of wonderful new blogs. It was a hard task whittling it down to 5 to feature in my Awesome Blogs post but here goes.
I love Carries blog. It's so clean and bright to look at that it instantly calms me. She is a beauty / lifestyle blogger with some baking thrown in for good measure. I particularly love her picture posts which are full of wonderfully vibrant photos of her life. A new feature are her 'Bits & Pieces' posts which I am soo in love with.
Lyndsay Fizzy Peaches seems just like the kinda girl I want to sit down n share a cocktail with. I love the variety in her posts. She writes about her life and what she gets up to, which, if you're like me, you'll love nosing in on. Her blogging tips are great and I feel are really helping me with my blog, so thanks Lyndsay.
I love Carries blog. It's so clean and bright to look at that it instantly calms me. She is a beauty / lifestyle blogger with some baking thrown in for good measure. I particularly love her picture posts which are full of wonderfully vibrant photos of her life. A new feature are her 'Bits & Pieces' posts which I am soo in love with.
Lyndsay Fizzy Peaches seems just like the kinda girl I want to sit down n share a cocktail with. I love the variety in her posts. She writes about her life and what she gets up to, which, if you're like me, you'll love nosing in on. Her blogging tips are great and I feel are really helping me with my blog, so thanks Lyndsay.
Kirsties blog just makes me smile. Simple as. I love the name. I love the look. I love everything. If you go onto her About Me page she describes herself as 'a 23, natural blonde, a tea drinker, biscuit eater, make-up hoarder, obsessive shopper, festival lover, movie nerd & bookworm.' She's also just ventured into the scary YouTube world and posted her first YouTube video.
This blog is different from ones I usually love. It's definitely more about the writing. (I love photography and so tend to enjoy more photograph heavy blogs). She's more of a lifestyle blogger with some bits of beauty and fashion thrown in here and there. Her recent social media post was really thought provoking and I'm discovering I quite like that in a blog.
I'm sure Louise needs no real introduction to most people out in blogosphere. She is just fabulous! I love her blog in general and adore her chatty, bubbly personality but this month it has been extra special. She has blogged about her trip to Seattle to see a best friend she has made through blogging, yet never met. It's just a really heart-warming, inspiring, emotional story that shows how truly amazing this blogging malarkey is.
I hope you've enjoyed this months Awesome Bloggers and it's maybe introduced you to some new lovely ladies and their blogs - make sure you go ahead and click those clicky links.
Boots Haul
Hola Sparkly1s
I hope you're having a wonderful day. My day is dragging and I just want the summer holidays to be here. I've started my summer countdown, much later than usual to be honest, but we are now 16 working days away from finishing work for the glorious, long summer holidays.
With that in mind I thought I'd best start getting my skin, hair, feet and nails ready for the warm weather. So I tootled off to Boots and bought myself a few little bits to get started on being holiday ready.
I've never done a haul before so thought I'd share with you everything I bought.
In the short time I've used these Essie nail products I have completely fallen in love with them. I just adore this colour. If you follow me on Instagram you'll have seen me sporting this colour on more than a few occasions recently.
Over the next few weeks of using these products ill probably give them a little review on here. I'm really looking forward to trying the face masks and my feet really do need some attention.
I hope you're having a wonderful day. My day is dragging and I just want the summer holidays to be here. I've started my summer countdown, much later than usual to be honest, but we are now 16 working days away from finishing work for the glorious, long summer holidays.
With that in mind I thought I'd best start getting my skin, hair, feet and nails ready for the warm weather. So I tootled off to Boots and bought myself a few little bits to get started on being holiday ready.
I've never done a haul before so thought I'd share with you everything I bought.
Gillette Venus Oceana Disposable Razor x3 Currently SAVE £) £4.33
Batiste Dry Shampoo in Tropical (Currently SAVE £1) £1.99
Soap & Glory Mini Scrub Em And Leave Em Body Buff (Currently 3 for 2) £2.50
Hoof Foot Mask Mini (Currently 3 for 2) £2.99
Hoof Foot Polish (Currently 3 for 2) £2.99
Montagne Jeunesse Deep Cleansing Passion Peel Off Mask (Currently 3 for 2) £1
Montagne Jeunesse Creamy Coconut Water Shea Butter (Currently 3 for 2) £1
Montagne Jeunesse Mud Pac Dead Sea (Currently 3 for 2) £1
In the short time I've used these Essie nail products I have completely fallen in love with them. I just adore this colour. If you follow me on Instagram you'll have seen me sporting this colour on more than a few occasions recently.
I've never used these Hoof foot products before but they were in trial size versions so I thought I'd give them a go in an attempt to get my feet flip flop and sandal worthy
Over the next few weeks of using these products ill probably give them a little review on here. I'm really looking forward to trying the face masks and my feet really do need some attention.
Have you used any of these products? What do you think of them?
Do you change your skincare routine in the run up to summer or a holiday? What do you do? I'd love to hear about any good summer products.
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