A bargain from Next

I think in my whole 19 years, I have only ever bought one thing from Next. I never look in there, I see it as a shop for middle aged women, men and children and it has never really appealed to me. And to be honest, I still feel the same way, walking round there with my mum I grew very bored of all the mumsy tunics and just wanted to get myself to Miss Selfridge. Until I saw my new best friends. Sitting between a hundred pairs of kitten heels and 'sensible shoes' I found the very last pair, in my size, half price. Meant to be? I think so too.

I just think these are the perfect summer heels. I love the wooden type heel, I think it makes them suitable for day wear and the chunkiness means I have more chance of staying upright, even if my dad did decide to take me to a cafe down the cobbly canal. The tan/nude and black combination is a big winner for me, I think they look amazing together and will go with almost any outfit. All in all, I am super happy with my £20 from £40 bargain and will continue to wear them lots through summer. If I can do cobbles in heels, I can conquer the world. (maybe)

Emily xxx

Face of the day; cat eyes

Hello ladies! (and gentlemen)

Just a quick FOTD post today, I was in the mood for a darker eye than my usual fairly natural look so I decided to do whack out the gel liner. I've been wearing a darker eye a lot more recently, I think I like the dark eye/white blonde hair thing. 

My biggest frustration with this photo is my frrrrrrrrrickin eyebrows. They just don't like to behave recently, I don't know what's happened to them. I'm on the look out for new eyebrow product so any recommendations down there in the comments will be much appreciated. So, onto the actual point of this post...

What I've got on my face.

Estee Lauder double wear foundation
Collection lasting perfection concealer
Rimmel stay matte powder
GOSH bronzing pearls
Dainty Doll blusher in 'you are my sunshine'
Natural collection 'crushed walnut' eyeshadow in my brows
Elf clear eyebrow mascara
Elf eyeshadow primer
Naked 2 palette
Bobbi Brown black gel liner
Maybelline rocket volume mascara
Elf matte lip colour in natural

Do you like winged liner? What's your favourite eyebrow product?

Emily xxx

Yummy cheese scones!

Yesterday I didn't start work until 5 o'clock and I decided I was in the mood for some baking! I'm usually a chocolate cake kind of person but I was in the mood to make something savoury and as soon as I thought about cheese scones I got searching for recipes! I used to love these when my nan used to make or buy them but I havn't had them in years so thought i'd make my own. I found a few recipes but I used these to put together my own recipe based on the ingredients I had at home and how I like my scones.

Ingredients

500g self raising flour

Pinch of salt

300g strong cheddar cheese

3tsp oil

130ml milk

1 egg

Method

1. Mix together the flour, salt and grated cheese in a large bowl

2. In a separate bowl or jug, beat the egg and mix in the milk and oil

3. Add this into the flour mixture and mix into a dough. You can add extra milk or flour to get the correct consistency

4. Spread a thin layer of flour onto your worktop and roll out the dough to about 5mm. Fold it over on top of itself and push down gently with your fingers to slightly stick together the two layers (this is to create how scones are supposed to be two sections to cut in half)

5. Cut circles using a cookie cutter and place on a baking tray making sure they aren't touching, however you don't need to worry about them spreading loads like cookies would

6. Bake at 180 degrees for around 20 minutes

7. Cool slightly but eat when warm for extra yumminess!

As you can see, some of my scones turned out better than others with the two layers not sticking together properly, but they still taste good! I'll definitely be making these again at some point, what's your favourite home made savoury snack?

Emily xxx