Miss GeeKay - Jewellery

I stumbled across a lovely lady called Gillian on Twitter who owns a jewellery site called Miss GeeKay.

Her site is having a sale at the moment so I picked up a few bits

I picked up a silver infinity bracelet for £2, a bronze necklace with a cut out from a dictionary with the word fate for £3. A bronze ring which says luck for £1, a bronze ring with a cut out from a dictionary with the word believe for £2.50 and finally a silver midi ring with a green leaf design for 75p.

Each item was wrapped in blue tissue paper and put into two blue organza bags. I am impressed with how fast Gillian posted my order out. It took two days!

Find Gillian on Twitter @missgeekay and her website is Miss GeeKay

Three Ingredient Cupcakes - Nutella

This afternoon I fancied making some cupcakes - admittedly, I am not much of a baker, but today I wanted to try something new.

I heard about the three ingredient Nutella cupcakes on Facebook - this was my mission.

The beauty of these cupcakes is that you only need three ingredients, Nutella, self raising flour and eggs.

Preheat the oven to 170C.

I used 6 tablespoons of Nutella (because my cupcake cases were quite large) whisk that with two eggs until smooth.

Next sift six tablespoons of self raising flour into another bowl - then continue whisking the flour into the Nutella and egg mixture.

Once everything is incorporated and there are no lumps and bumps spoon the chocolate mixture into cupcake cases. Put in the oven for 15 minutes (or until a fork comes out clean)

Quick and easy cupcakes which went down well with a cuppa. 

The taste test was interesting - they were ok, a little bit dry, but worth a go. I have seen other cake recipes using Nutella but they had butter, milk and vegetable oil in them. So I must try that method next time.

Have you tried this three ingredient cupcake method? If so, what did you think?

Pure Turquoise & Electric Pink Konad

It has been a while since I got the Konad kit out, I used to use it at least twice week but for some reason it has slipped to the back of my collection.

I kept this manicure on for almost a week before it started chipping:

I used Barry M's Pure Turquoise and Jack Wills Electric Pink, stamped with Konad special polish in black and used plate M63.

Rain Forest Canopy

I was given Maybelline's Rain Forest Canopy as part of a birthday present recently. It is one of the brand's latest nail polishes.

This is two coats of the polish and one coat of Seche Vite.

I am not sure what to make of this polish - the colour is stunning, however, I really dislike the polka dot particles in it. Even with a generous coat of SV, it still dried to a lump, bumpy finish.

The bits snagged on my clothes and I had tip wear after only one day. Has anyone else had this problem, or is it just me?

Neon Eyes

I hadn't worn any bright eye makeup for a long, long time. 

So, when a group of us decided to venture into town for a few drinks out came the Sleek Acid palette.

I don't know why, but close up shots of eyeballs make me feel a bit ill.

Anyway, using a plain white as a base, neon green, orange and pink from the Sleek Acid palette and then a glittery blue eyeliner from Collection (formerly Collection 2000)

A bit OTT for some people but I think if you can't go a bit crazy with colours on a night out when can you?

An Oldie But a Goodie

When there is the slightest hint of sunshine out pops the holographic nail polishes. Holographic  by Gosh is an oldie but a goodie. I had bought this polish years ago, it was one of the originals.

Gosh re-released the holographic polish calling it a party varnish for one night. This was a good call, I am not the only one who didn't get on with the original formula. It was hard to apply, went on with bald patches and chipped almost instantly, even with a top coat.

At least with the newer bottles, people don't expect it to last more than a few hours.

As horrible as it is to work with, there is no denying just how beautiful it is.

Dixi Gems

I stumbled across Dixi on Twitter a while ago - an online store for quirky jewellery. This is what I bought:

The top picture is their Mystica necklace - a gorgeous brass coloured chain with a glassed domed gem which has different colours in it. 

I loved the look so much I bought the matching ring.

The bottom picture are two midi rings in gold and silver, they came as a pair.

The necklace was £12, ring was £8 and the two midi rings were £4.

Click here to see the Dixi website