Birthday Cupcakes

Hello,

It was my Mum’s partner’s birthday a few weeks ago, and as he lives quite far away I thought it would be best to make some birthday cupcakes rather than a birthday cake, as they are much easier to travel with.

For the cupcakes themselves, I used a basic Victoria Sponge recipe, which can be found here.

For the icing, I used Betty Crocker vanilla butter cream icing and piped it onto the cupcakes. I then finished the cupcakes with some coloured chocolate beans (which are essentially just mini Smarties), and some Happy Birthday candles.

Grace xXx

Label: Cupcakes

NOTD - Strawberry Ice Cream

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Another simple nails of the day for today.

For this design, I used two coats of Barry M Strawberry Ice Cream. I also applied a base and top coat. My favourites are Rimmel Stronger Double Duty Base Coat, and Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat. More information about these can be found here.

I love Barry M nail polishes as I feel there is a wide range of colours that are good quality and affordable, priced at just £2.99 each.

Grace xXx

Label: Nails

Graduation Cupcakes

Hello,

As some of you will know from my last post, it was my graduation earlier this week, so I thought I would make some graduation themed cupcakes to mark the occasion!

I had been thinking about making some cupcakes for my graduation for a while, and when I was browsing the internet for ideas, I came across this lovely graduation cupcake set by Meri Meri.

I ordered mine from Ebay for around £8, but I’m sure they will be available elsewhere on the internet as well.

For the cupcakes themselves, I used a basic Victoria Sponge recipe, which can be found here.

For the icing, I used Betty Crocker vanilla butter cream icing and piped it onto the cupcakes. I then finished the cupcakes with a sprinkling of edible silver hologram glitter, and the graduation cupcake toppers.

Grace xXx

Label: Cupcakes

Graduation OOTD

Hello,

It was my graduation earlier this week, so I thought I would share a few photographs from the day, and also show my outfit of the day.

I had a lovely graduation day with my Mum, Auntie and Boyfriend, even though it rained for most of it! We had champagne before the ceremony, and went for a meal in the evening with the rest of the family.

Unfortunately I don’t have a photograph that shows my entire outfit, as I’m covered up by my graduation gowns in most of them! So I’ve put together a bit of a collage to show my outfit in more detail.

The blouse is by Lipsy, and is also available in pink. I bought mine from ASOS for £35, along with the skirt which was £28. The shoes are from New Look, and cost £22.99.

The shoes are actually from the Extra Wide Fit range in New Look, which put me off to start with as I don’t actually need wide fit shoes, but I tried them on anyway and found that the smaller size fit perfectly. I am usually a size 6, but I bought these in a size 5. But even though they only have a small heel, I still ended the day with very sore feet!

Grace xXx

Maybelline Colour Tattoo

Hello,

As some of you will know from my Presents from Florida post, I was given a Maybelline Colour Tattoo in the colour Too Cool by Clairabelle0306. I’ve been using it for the past few days, so thought I would do a bit of a review.

One the Maybelline website, the Colour Tattoos are described as follows:

“Dare to wear our longest-lasting shadow. Our ink technology creates super-saturated colour. Cream gel smoothes on for vibrant colour that does not fade.”

The product itself has quite a powdery consistency for a cream eyeshadow, but I still found it to be much less drying than powder eyeshadow. It also applies well, and really does stay on all day.

After seeing a video by Voussontbeauetbelle, I have been wearing my Maybelline Colour Tattoo as a highlight in the corners of my eyes. As this is only a small area though, I like to apply the product with a rounded eyeliner brush such as the No7 Eyeliner Brush.

Maybelline Colour Tattoos are available in seven different colours here in the UK, and ten in the US. Too Cool is actually an American colour though, and so may not be as easy to get hold of in the UK.

Grace xXx

Label: Makeup

NOTD - DS Reserve

Hello,

Another simple nails of the day for today.

For this design, I used two coats of OPI Designer Series Reserve. I also applied a base and top coat. My favourites are Rimmel Stronger Double Duty Base Coat, and Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat. More information about these can be found here.

 

I love the OPI Designer Series nail polishes as they are so distinctive, and apply really well. The only downside though is that they are quite expensive compared to normal OPI polishes, as they cost around £15 each.

Grace xXx

Label: Nails