nice things

This is a bit of a random little post..

First up, I fell a little bit in love when I saw some of the Boots Original products advertised.

I went up to Manchester on Friday so whilst I was at Euston I popped into Boots to have a little look for them. I was particularly interested in getting the Cuticle Oil, but they didn't have it. They had quite a small range so I picked up the hand cream. Look at the sweet packaging! I've said this before- I'm such a packaging lover.

Its Lavender which to be honest, I'm not always too keen on. But this one smells quite light. It really reminds me of a hand cream that I used to use on clients when I studied Beauty Therapy. Its just one of those really classic scents.

I needed a little hand cream to keep in my car, and for £3.99 you can't go wrong.

The little book that I have put my hand cream on is just the nicest little notebook. I needed a new one that was unlined to keep in my bag and this just seemed perfect. Its brown paper inside and is just so sweet. I got it in Paperchase and it cost me about £4.50.
I like to keep a notebook in my bag to note down things like products I see, book names, things to remember from magazines, quotes, to do lists and its always handy to have there for doodles or a game of naughts and crosses :)

I love cupcakes. Cupcakes to eat. Cupcakes to look at. Cupcake everything.

However, I've never made them with butter icing. Until today!

I decided that I wanted to make them for Easter time, so I had to practice.

I went to Sainsburys and purchased an electric whisk, some sweet cases, a few food colourings, mini eggs, sprinkles, an icing bag, icing sugar and got baking.

Below is how they turnt out and I'm really happy with them!

A random regret of mine is that when I was in New York, I went to the famous Magnolia Bakery and didn't actually buy a cupcake because the queue was far too long. I looked at them and took photos but didn't actually get to taste one. They looked incredible though.

I am a huge magazine addict.

Its a little bit ridiculous really. Towards the end of last year I put a myself on a little bit of a magazine ban. I would buy about 2/3 magazines a week? Which is a little bit unncessesary. The pile would grow in my room and because I loved the photos I wouldn't get rid. Aghh!

I've been known to spend 20euros on a magazine just because it had very cool wording and photos.

I also worked out one day how much I spent on OK Magazine alone in a year, and was horrified.

For Christmas I got a Glamour subscription, and I still treat myself to OK! if theres photos I really want to look at but hmm..

But I saw this one and had to get it.

Company High-Street Edit.

It cost £3.99 which does seem quite a bit, but the quality of its just fantastic. It's also the Spring/Summer 2010 edition, which means the next one won't be until September which makes it very worth while.

It really is so lovey. The pages aren't glossy, they are just devine. It's like reading a book rather than a magazine and there is also a great article on Bloggers which is also very fab! :)

It's full of the greatest trends and fantastic pictures and is definately really worth a look.

I love it!

xx