My Review Of Some Of The Andrea Fulerton Nail Range.

Good evening Readers,

                                      As you know i love nail polish and nail art so was over joyed when my facebook friend Jacqueline Allum sent me a box of goodies to help towards (the dreaded) Christmas and inside was a bottle of Andrea Fulerton Strike & Sparkle sadly the bottle snapped upon opening :( so i decided to pop over to the Andrea Fulerton facebook page here and let them know how sad i was as was looking forward to creating new nail designs.

A few days later the lady herself messaged me for my address to send me a replacement bottle.I was over the moon a few days later when Martin the postie turned up handing me a little funny shaped package.

Once opened it was a little like nail heaven before my eyes i had a awesome surprise........

Wow aint it!  

I could not wait to get started to try them out.

I really love Andrea Fulerton layering system a double ended polish.Two colours  that become one as you can see the first coat was a little patchy but the second coat was perfect once dry i  put the lighter colour on creating a unique colour of its own.As you can see its really glossy  and vibrant. 

This is a pic of the red over the purple and my fav.(cant wait to try the others available.) 

This next pic is of the red as the base and the purple over the top.

The Strike & Sparkle is awesome as you can see they come in silver,gold and white each bottle has a little pot of nail glitter of the same colour, The brush aint your bog standard nail paint brush it is super slim and designed for details and small thin lines.

 One week later no chips to be found.

The Mock Croc is croc meets snake nails and you apply the silver and the quickly apply the matt red thinly for a snakeskin effect or thickly for a croc effect.The trick is to work quickly as it dries super dooper fast  but the results are amazing, Apply a top coat for a gloss finish or leave it as it is. (i  found it lasted longer with a overcoat)

The nail gems are tricky little things but with the tool provided i mastered 

it.One end is a little rubber bit to press the gem into place and the other end is slanted so you can line the gems  up correctly.Always make  sure you use a topcoat to keep them in place and use washing up gloves washing up as the hotwater will dislodge them.                                          

And lastly these pretty funky skulls  they were tricky to peel off by hand but a pair or tweezers were a good idea and once overcoated they are long lasting.

So to sum up the fab Andrea Fulerton range it is fantastic and beats some major brands on the market and for a fab price.

You can check out her website by clicking Here .

Hope you liked my review please subscribe so you can check out my up and coming posts,Till then i wish you all love luck and light xx

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Applewood® Cheese Vintage & Ham hock muffins

                                    
I was entering a recipe over on Applewoodcheese Facebook page so thought i would add here too as if your family are anything like mine the love cheese every kind there is.We also love using cheese  in many of our recipes and one of the best cheeses to cook with is Applewood®  its smokey flavour and texture is amazing and has a distinctive flavour that will please any tastebuds,Enough of me babbling on here is how to make them.Also if you do make them please come back and let me know that you think,

Applewood® Cheese Vintage & Ham hock muffins, 250g sr flour,1tsp baking powder,1/2tsp baking soda,1/4tsp salr,150g Applewood® Cheese Vintage grated,100g cooked ham hock,90ml sunflower oil,150g natural yoghurt,125ml whole milk,1 large egg. Preheat oven to 200c gasmark 6, Then sift dry ingredients together and in a separate bowl mix the cheese,ham,oil,yoghurt,milk and egg,
Then combine the wet to the dry mix making sure its well combined ,
Divide between muffin cases or spoon directly in to the muffin tin,
Then bake for 20 mins till golden and cooked through,
Remove from oven and allow to cool (if you can wait that long! )
Then enjoy these are also lush with Applewood® spreadable on top and 1/2 a cherry tomato in the middle(of the spreadable cheese) to make savory "cupcakes" 

They will keep for  upto 5 days in a airtight container and they can be frozen for up to 4 weeks.
I do hope you try and make them as there really yummy.
Till next time ttfn love luck and light to you all. xx

Santa hats take one :)

Since my stroke i have found i have a lot of time on my hands and im not really a girly girl in to bold make up and never using nail varnish!! But my friend Jeanette Hunter sent me a nail stamper set and ive been hooked ever since.
But now xmas is on its way i thought i would try my hand at santa hats and i think they look awesome,Yes i know there not perfect but not bad for my first go.
Maybe next year i will be even better lol.But i will be posting my progress from novice to with any luck passable.Oh well enough of me babbling on let me show you.

I used a base coat then used a soft pink.

Next red tips are added.

Now little black lines for the "hat".

And lastly white dots and glitter added then a topcoat applied and job done.  

My next task is to try snowflakes and trees so watch this space till next time Bye for now.

Princess Molly-Joy Frozen Birthday Cake

For my Princesses 8th birthday she wanted a  frozen multi coloured cake so me and my niece got to work.

Stage one cake one  piping the cake mix.

Stage one cake two.

Cake two once cooked.

Cake one cooked.

Caramel butter icing and jam in the middle.

Top goes on.

Sophie making the flowers.

Finished flowers.

Then coated in royal icing and decorated Frozen style.

The inside once cut,Oh pretty dont you think?

Mmm cake.

One super happy birthday girl.

And some cupcakes with the left over cake mix.

It took us 9 hours from start to end and it was so worth it when i saw the look on Miss Molly`s face.

Self saucing chocolate pudding

Oh now these were very yummy and very sweet and only took 20mins to cook 

Ingredients

1. 60g butter
2. 225g self-raising flour
3. 200g caster sugar
4. 60g cocoa powder
5. 180ml milk
6. 2 tsp vanilla extract
7. 175g soft brown sugar

Method

1. 1. Melt the butter in the microwave  
2. 2. Sift in flour, sugar and 25g cocoa powder, add milk and vanilla extract, and mix well and spoon in to 6 small pudding bowls, Sprinkle soft brown sugar and the remaining  cocoa powder over the top and pour in 20ml boiling water in each DO NOT stir cook in the oven for 20 mins leave to cool before turning it out,Please let me know if you try it,
3. Till next time ttfn stay lucky xx

Crumble delight :) you will find out why soon

I love nothing more than stood in the kitchen cooking with the kids.So for pudding one day last week i had some sponge and some peaches getting a bit soft so decided to russle up peach and black cherry crumble,

First i pipped the peaches and gently cooked them with some brown sugar and a bit of ginger till they were just breaking down and then while that was cooling i cut out some sponge to fit the bottom of 2 oven dishes and then topped the larger one with some of the peach and then added the black cherries  and just peach on the smaller one as my sis dont like cherries (nuts i know)  and then topped it off with a quick crumble i had wizzed together,In the oven it went 20 mins later we were tucking in. And yep it was as yummy as it looked.

About me and Mine

Hi and welcome to my ramblings,Im 37 and a mum of three,two boys and my princess,I love cooking on a budget and will be posting new ideas so watch this space i also love trying out new things and telling anyone who will listen :) and for a hobby i enter free competitions and if i win thats a awesome bonus, feel free to follow me over on twitter @bella165 or on facebook, well for now  i will close but from tomorrow ill start showing you about me and my family, love and light to you all x