Firstly, a HUGE thanks to everyone who entered my giveaway. And a massive apology from me for not announcing the winner yet. Don't worry, nothing's gone wrong, I still have a mystery beauty box which is so full of things I had to move it from an old Boudoir Prive box to an empty Lux box in order to fit it all in....

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Recently I hit 25 followers on Google Friend Connect. I know I also have a few other followers who keep up with my blog by other means, so there could be a few more of you out there, following by mythical ways I don't quite understand! I'm really grateful to have any followers at all, and its nice that so many of you...

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This recent horsemeat scandal is pretty horrifying, isn't it? It makes me enormously glad I rarely, if ever, eat pre-prepared food. I really enjoy cooking and one of the main reasons is I like knowing what's in my food and controlling what goes in. Sure, I ate microwave meals as a student, who didn't?! But I never find them very tasty or satisfying....

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I've spent quite a lot of time at home in the last few months and have become a bit of a housewife. Don't get me wrong, I'm still horribly disorganised at home. My home will never be perfect, but I've found some good products and tips along the way that I'd like to share with you, and hopefully you'll have ideas to share...

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In September my partner and I went to Belgium for a few days. We stayed in Brussels and took a day trip to Bruges. One of the many things that's famous over there is speculoos biscuits. Crunchy spiced biscuits that are completely delicious and moreish. Over in the UK you can buy Lotus biscuits from supermarkets, which are a massed produced version of...

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Yesterday I was near an Asda store, I'm not normally up that way so I thought I'd pop in for a browse as I'd heard good things about their beauty products, specifically nspa. Here's what I ended up getting: Melting Cleansing Gel Jojoba and White Vanilla foaming bath milk Jojoba and White Vanilla warming salt scrub 5 minute magic mask Jojoba and White...

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Well hello to you. For the first time in ages, I'm here with something crafty rather than beauty related. For Christmas my lovely Mum gave me a 3 month subscription to Crafty Creatives. Crafty Creatives operate a monthly box service not dissimilar to the beauty box subscriptions. Except, of course, that rather than beauty samples they send you some lovely crafty bits to...

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This is an odd thing for a beauty box/beauty product obsessive to say, but, my favourite face cleanser is one I make myself and the main ingredient is something you would normally cook with. I remember reading about the oil cleansing method (or OCM for short) through a forum or through Livejournal. I have greasy skin that sometimes tends towards combination skin and...

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