Jumping on the cookie bandwagon

I decided to become a blogosphere sheep and create the oh so famous choc chip cookies the other day. Ingredient list: 200g unsalted butter 300g caster sugar 1 large egg 275g self-raising flour 75g cocoa powder three bars of chocolate a splash of milk. Recipe: Soften the butter and whisk with the sugar. Crack the egg and whizz in. Add the flour and cocoa powder and mix together (I'd recommend using a spoon/for before an electric whisk or you'll end up smothered from head to toe like me) Break the chocolate bars into squares and knead them into the mixture so they're evenly distributed. If needed, add a small dash of milk. Line two trays and scoop the mixture out into 12 balls. Cook in the oven for 10 mins at 220 (fan 200) Oi Naughty! LEAVE TO COOL FOR 30 MINS TO SOLIDIFY or you'll be faced with goop. Eat up! xox

Just Call Me Laura LeBlanc

While I'm sure Raymond LeBlanc has much better things to do than knock up the easiest meatballs in the world, I'm only just beginning my culinary endeavors. If you're a cooking novice or just want a easy-to-knock-up meal, here's my recipe for yummy Meatball Pasta: Boil the kettle and fill a pot with the water. Place the pasta in and boil until cooked with a little coconut oil (very good for you) and a pinch of salt. Turn the oven on 200 (fan) and cook the meatballs on a foil lined tray for 15-20 mins - my absolute favorites are these Swedish Meatballs (hello Ikea) from Asdas, they're freaking delicious http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/search/searchcontainer.jsp?trailSize=1&searchString=meatballs&domainName=Products&headerVersion=v1&_requestid=49382 Add a tomato and basil/chilli sauce and stir in with pasta, cook for a further 10 mins. Artfully assemble cooked meatballs and smother in (healthy) cheese. Eat up! xox

Technology?

If anyone actually reads this blog, I do apologise for the awkward "selfies" and such, but It turns out product pictures alone aren't that helpful/interesting. I also apologise for the fact that I am absolutely rubbish at this blogger formatting malarkey. Even though I have pressed the enter key a thousand times, it doesn't seem to understand the art of paragraphing.... Onwards and upwards! xox

Summer Eyes

For the benefit this post I'm going to pretend that when I look out of the window I see sun, blue skies and sandy beaches. In reality, I have the heating on full blast and a wooly jumper on because it's bloody freezing. Did the weathermen not get the memo? It's spring! To cheer myself up in the doom and gloom I created a summertime eyes look in khaki and gold. Products used were as follows: Mac Bare Study paint pot swept over the lid as a base. Urban Decay's Half baked patted on with a real techniques brush. Urban Decay Home Grown blended into the crease and outer corner with the same brush. Urban Decay's Misdemeanor used to darken the crease on the outside a little. Collection 24hr Extreme Wear liquid eyeliner just on the outer corners. Rimmel Sexy Curves Mascara (purple tube)applied liberally. The lip colour used here is from an old Lula + Belle colour Palette and is a terracotta red. These are often overlooked being in the brown family. I know I used to be scared of the "I look guilty of stuffing my face with chocolate Easter egg but really I'm just wearing brown lip gloss" look, but these colours sheer out really nicely and any brown tone/brown red looks great on a pale, warm skin tone and blue eyes. On the cheeks I also used the Lula + Belle palette, the colour was a light yellow gold, and I contoured slightly with the darker brown bronze. xox