Mars Bar cookies!

Hi All, 

So i was chilling at home on my day off and wanted to bake something...
I was rooting round in the cupboards to see what we have and i came across several packs of MarsBars... I am a novice baker, and cookies are easy for anyone so this is what i decided on: MarsBar cookies.
They were DELICIOUS!!! :-D So i thought id share them with you guys...

I am not going to lie - I am not a whizz enough to just sling together a cookie recipe, Google helped me out... 

I used:  

• 125g butter
• 110g caster sugar
• 90g brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 260g selfraising flour
• 176g MarsBar/choc chips (2 Mars Bars & the rest choc chips)

What I did: 

1. Beat together the sugar & butter until creamed (hopefully you have something to do that for you, because my arm was aching like anything!) 
2. Put the egg & vanilla extract into a separate cup & just quickly mix them together.
3. Gradually add the egg/vanilla combo to the creamed sugar/butter - mixing well until combined between each addition. 
4. Sift the flour into the mix and add the choc chips & the 2 MarsBars (make sure you either chop up or break the bars into small bits) combine it all together.
5. Take a tablespoon of mixture and roll it into a ball in your hands, pop it on the baking tray and press it down slightly, leave roughly 5cm between each cookie because they spread as they cook. I did them in batches of 5 cookies at a time... 
6. Bake at 180 degrees for 10-15mins - the cookies should be a nice golden brown colour. 
7. Once out the oven, leave the cookies a minute for the middle to set and then put them on a wire wrack to completely cool.
8. Repeat steps 5 6 & 7 until you have used up all the mixture (between each set being cooked i just left the mix in the bowl with a clean towel over it)

I may have left mine in the oven a tad too long :-/ but in the middle they were lovely and soft, with the caramel and nougat from the MarsBar making them nice and chewy in places!

Enjoy! :) 

Until next time... 

xoxo

Valentine's Glossy Box Review 2013

So, I finally gave in and subscribed to the Glossy Box service after "uming and ahing" over it for months having watched beauty gurus on YouTube talking about the subscription. 

My first box came a week ago, and its the Valentines edition... 

I loved the packaging and was excited to see what was inside, however the contents of the box was a bit hit & miss for me ...

This is the Anatomical body cleanser (150ml), which has a floral/rose scent, but not too strong.

Reminds me a bit of Turkish Delight!? 

Definitely something that will be used in my shower or bath.  

This is Dr Renaud Raspberry soft cream for face & neck (30ml). The leaflet states its for dry skin, of which my face is not, so I have been using this as a hand cream. I have found it a bit greasy, but I am aware i'm not using it for its actual purpose ... 

The scent is Raspberry & its amazing! Sweet but not to over powering, still very fresh. I used this at work and a couple of the other girls mentioned how nice it smelt and tried it out for themselves :) 

 This is a mineral Blush by MICA Bella Cosmetics in the colour Terra Cotta (0.8g).

I don't wear blush myself so this will be gifted, I don't think I could get away with using it as an eye shadow with my pale complexion... :-/

From what i see its a nice peachy toned colour and it has a shimmer to it. 

This is a lipstick by HelenE Cosmetics in the colour Cafe au lait(3.5g). 

Its not a colour I would use to be honest, its a goldey brown with a bit of shimmer to it. When I tried it on my lips it drained the colour from my face and looked very odd?! 

So personally... its a no!

This is a makeup item I was glad to get and will definitely be putting in my make up bag. Its an eye shadow due by Model Co (2x 2.35g). The duo is called Bronzed Goddess and the 2 colours are called Maldives & Jamaica.

The colours are very pigmented and soft/smooth to apply, there is however quite a bit of shimmer to these colours! I wiped the swatches off my hand with a wet-wipe and now have glitter all over?! But with the right occasion I think this would make a gorgeous eye look! :)

Along with the above 5 items we got a heart shaped sweet lolly ...

But that was eaten on the day so nothing to show, sorry! 

Until next time... 

XOXO