So while I am supposed to be doing an essay, I thought I'd share with you a particularly exciting snippet of the weekend. Yes, it centers around food, but we love it and it's fun and delicious and shhhh. Sam and I were trying to find something exciting to cook, and there happened to be a cooking show on focusing on new and innovative (apparently) types of Surf and Turf (Lamb and anchovies? not for me...) so we decided to take a closer look. After research and discussion - which cooking dinner definitely requires - we figured that buying fillet steak and lobster would be too expensive, so settled for half of the equation. That's right, we decided to attempt cooking our very own lobster for dinner! Because it costs waaaay too much dolla we just bought some lovely tails from Waitrose and decided to make home made chips with it.

We had never cooked lobster before, and it was only the second time I'd had it myself. However, after reading a few recipes, it seemed simple was the best option to get the full flavour of the beast. Here is what we did in a few quick bullet points:

- cut down lobster lengthways, almost butterflying it
- brush inside with olive oil
- season with salt & pepper
- sprinkling of lemon juice (which we forgot to get, but reckon this would taste good)
- grill for 3-5 mins on each side on a medium heat

Chips can be quite boring, but home made ones always have SO much more flavour and are really easy to make. And probably much healthier too, especially if you leave the skins on which means you get all the added vitamins and nutrients of the potato AND extra taste.

- cut potatoes in halves or quarters (depending on how big they are)
- boil potatoes for approx. 10-15 mins (you dont want them too soft, just partially cooked)
- slice into thin chips or wedge shapes
- season with salt and drizzles of olive oil
- sprinkly generously with paprika
- shake in metal bowl to get the chips covered and fluff up the sides, meaning they get crispier
- lay evenly on baking tray and drizzle with more olive oil
- roast slowly in the oven on medium heat, for about 30-40 mins
- turn during cooking
- grill for 5 minutes on medium-hot heat to crisp up

ta daaaa! It was a delicious and surprisingly easy lunch, with each plate only cost about £7-8 in total, bargain! Well, cheaper than eating out anyway....

Hello all,

Just thought I'd do a little post showing the dress that I customized the other night. The pictures were taken in my back garden, I thought the dull greys of the decrepit shed and stone made an interesting contrast and helped bring out the sugary colours of the dress - everything I want for Spring! Even the the flowers were quite a simple addition, I thought they worked quite well and definitely made me want to be a bit more ambitious when it comes to customizing and even designing new things.

I also realised that I don't think I've ever posted any of my art work...considering it's whats consuming most of my time at the moment, I thought I'd share a pic! You can find more of my artwork here.

I always find that bedrooms can say a lot about a person - so I thought I'd share a couple of pics of mine with you. Mine is often messy, always colourful, and I like to think pretty arty!
enjoy x
(please excuse the terrible quality pics, my lightbulb blew so I am working with veeery little lampshade light aha)

Evening Project

I was feeling ever so slightly creative, so decided to customize a plain tshirt dress I'd been toying with getting rid off. As you know, I am loving florals and pastels for Spring, so decided to decorate the pink dress with some pretty light coloured flowers.

It is pretty simple really - simply position the flowers where you want them, pin them to the dress, then sew them on like buttons! Just stitch from inside the dress and go straight through the fabric underneath each flower, fastening off after each individual flower. Any questions feel free to ask, here is the photo step by step :)

Will post proper outfit pics when I wear it x

Curl Gurl...

Having incredibly hard hair to manage (lucky me), I thought I'd do a review of the products I've been using lately to help anyone else who has the problem of curly/dry/damaged/dyed/tangly hair. Although I haven't dyed my hair in a long time, over a year now, it's still suffering from dry and damaged ends, and I've also lost my curl!! Still incredibly gutted about this, over the last two years I've gone from having extremely bouncy curly hair to dull wavy locks. This might be because of the length, but good products seem to be a necessity at the moment.

So today I'll be focusing on Curl Cream because anyone who uses it knows that they are all compleeeetely different and it's so difficult to find one that suits your hair type. Normally I'm dubious when hair products cost such a ridiculous amount, but in the case of Label M it's completely one hundred percent, no doubt about it, worth it. I think I'm probably quite easily duped by advertising - which is shameful to admit - but this worked!

Label M Curl Cream

At £12 a bottle the Label M Curl Cream seems extortionate but it does the job and MORE. I used to use Tony N Guy Curl Cream and that was so perfect costing only about £7, but sadly for some unknown reason they discontinued it. Since then I've been searching far and wide for a curl cream that smooths curls, makes them bouncier, less frizzy, and basically, just curlier. It's been a long hard ride... However, the Label M Curl Cream is amazing. It smells beautiful (coconut!) and manages to have a very light, non-sticky texture while still being quite a thick cream. It's not so thick that it sits in your hair and makes it feel heavy or sticky, but thick enough that you can feel it really taking hold of the curls and defining them. It's also full of lovely ingredients to help protect your curls, including Jojoba, Bran and Sunflower extract. Perhaps more importantly as the Summer is coming up, it contains an ingredient exclusive to Label M which actually shields your locks from UV rays. The only down side is that you only get 150 mls, and it is expensive but I really do think it's worth it.


L'oreal Kerastase Oleo Curl 

L'oreal Kerastase Oleo Curl - also expensive costing again about £12, so for some reason I must have thought that this meant it would work. And to be honest, it does...sort of. It's gorgeous smelling and does do the job but is just lacking that extra push. When using it, it does feel nice and light in the hair but this also makes it feel like its not even doing anything because it is so light. I'd recommend it for those of you with thinner hair as mine is quite thick and needs something slightly heavier to tame it, but there is no doubt that this is an effective product. This is possibly something I'd use everyday (if I could afford it) just for a light de-frizzing and curl smoothing, but doesn't quite push the curls as much as Label M does. You get about the same amount in the bottle, so I think in this case it's probably very dependant on hair type.


Boots Essentials Curl Creme.

The third curling cream I'll be reviewing is the Boots Essentials Curl Creme. For a cheap everyday alternative, this stuff is great. Compared to the other two it is in a bit of an annoying twist-lid tub, but hey it only costs about £3! It smells AMAZING I could stick my nose in it all day, but more importantly it also works. Its thick but not too thick, and does the job of making curls bouncier and more defined. My one problem would be that it is quite sticky and you do feel this stickiness in your hair until its completely dried, and even then it does leave it slightly crispy... however, if you only use a small amount it definitely does the trick and is very much worth a try at such a cheap price.


Umberto Giannini Silky Curls Smoothing Balm.

And last, (and actually to be honest - definitely least) the Umberto Giannini Silky Curls Smoothing Balm. It's tiny and in a nice little bottle so would be good for holiday...but to be honest these are the only real positives I can think of for this product, personally. It's light (too light), smells good, de-frizzes and smooths to an extent but not really enough to warrant itself as a specific curl smoothing balm. Maybe get this if you have incredibly light/thin curly hair...if you dont, then just....dont!

Hope this helped any curly girls (or boys...) x