FOOD: CHICKEN & MUSHROOM LASAGNE

I've decided I want to try to incorporate some different things into this blog. I love beauty and I have written about it consistently but I feel that there are so many other things that I could share with you all. Hence, every Sunday I'm going to share a recipe with you for some rather indulgent food.

I'm very interested in food and I love cooking. I like to be healthy during the week and then indulge at the weekends. Here is the recipe for my favourite pasta dish: Chicken and Mushroom Lasagne. I've used a fully cooked chicken here (this saves me money as there is only me and Dave so I can get two decent days' worth of meals out of one chicken) but please feel free to use whatever type of chicken you like, be it whole breast or leg etc.

Also, this recipe works really well if you throw any other vegetables you want to in. Dave doesn't actively choose to eat vegetables so I have to avoid adding lots of yummy greens. However if I was on my own making this I would add courgettes and some spinach.

REVIEW: FREYALUNA TRY ME SELECTION BOX

WHAT I WORE: BORN STYLISH? NOT ME...

No one is born with style (or at least I certainly wasn't) and in a fit of nostalgia today I decided to share these photos with you so that I can prove that style and knowledge of your body, what is best for you and how to look after yourself definitely develops with age.

I also thought it would be funny for my followers to see some cute pictures and some disastrous teenage ones. Let the laughing commence...

yes, shamefully, my dad is channeling James Herriot here

REVIEW: SANCTUARY DEEP CLEANSE FACIAL PORE REFINING TONER

REVIEW: SANCTUARY DEEP CLEANSE FACIAL FRESH-FACED PURIFYING WASH

I seem to have a accumulated a fair few Sanctuary products over time so here is another one ready to be reviewed (there is only one more of this brand's products scheduled for the immediate future - I promise).


This is the Sanctuary Deep Cleanse Facial Fresh-Faced Purifying Wash which, as you guessed it, is formulated specifically for your face. I don't tend to get excited over face washes as I think there are so many out that that claim to sing and dance for you that don't actually live up to their name.


This face wash foams up really well with only a small amount of product so even though this product is an eye-watering £8.99 for 140ml it does go a long way. It also smells quite nice (I would say slightly floral - in line with the usual Sanctuary scent that most of the brand's products seem to have) and it doesn't leave skin feeling really taut like some of the face washes available. After using this my skin was left feeling soft and completely clean as it completely removed any trace of cosmetics and left pores unclogged.


Its a rather wonderful product really... Just a shame about the price when compared to other great face washes.

Have you tried this Sanctuary Deep Cleanse Facial Fresh-Faced Purifying Wash?

What did you think of it? Any other face washes you can recommend?

Let me know - all comments loved and appreciated!

REVIEW: SOAP & GLORY HEEL GENUIS

REVIEW: SANCTUARY BRIGHTENING FACIAL

REVIEW: NEUTROGENA VISIBLY CLEAR RAPID CLEAR TREATMENT

REVIEW: SUPERDRUG OWN BRAND DRY SHAMPOO

REVIEW: SANCTUARY BODY BUTTER

REVIEW: BIO-OIL

REVIEW: SOAP & GLORY SCRUB YOUR NOSE IN IT

FAVOURITES: AUGUST

EMPTIES: AUGUST 2012

REVIEW: APICARE SAVING FACE SKIN BALANCING FACE MOISTURISER

REVIEW: ALBERTO VO5 REVIVE ME DAILY CONDITIONER FOR NORMAL HAIR

REVIEW: FANNY & CLAUDE'S FABULOUS CONCOCTIONS

REVIEW: BOOTS NATURAL COLLECTION FACE MASKS

REVIEW: LUSH 'SWEET LIPS' LIP SCRUB

REVIEW: THE BODY SHOP LIP BUTTERS IN MANGO AND SWEET LEMON

REVIEW: MUA EYE SHADOW 'DUSK TIL DAWN' EYE SHADOW PALETTE

REVIEW: SOAP & GLORY THE FIRMINATOR AND SIT TIGHT

PICKS: TOP 5 BEAUTY PRODUCTS UNDER £30 2012

PICKS: TOP 5 BEAUTY PRODUCTS UNDER £10 2012

PICKS: TOP 5 BEAUTY PRODUCTS UNDER £5 2012

REVIEW: JOHN FRIEDA FRIZZ EASE CREME NIGHT SERUM

REVIEW: SLEEK POUT POLISH IN 'PEACH PERFECTION'

BOOKS: BEAUTY BOOKS - THE BEST AND THE REST

I love my books. I will read practically anything you put in front of me. Combine reading and beauty together as far as I am concerned it's going to be a recipe for success... Or is it?

I am a little addicted to Amazon. There is something new posted through my door almost every week (or there was until I started the 100 Day Challenge). I've received books I have had a hard time putting down and I've received books where I really shouldn't have wasted my precious pennies.

Here, just for you, I have rounded up a small selection of the books that I have in my 'beauty' selection and am going to give them all a mini-review so that you know not to make the same mistakes that I did!

HOME: HOW I STORE MY JEWELLERY 2012

When it comes to anything that sparkles, glistens and glints I am a magpie. I especially love jewelry. There isn't a lot that sends me loopier and I am forever picking up new 'bits and bobs' even though I've had an incident before where I have doubled up on a necklace because I had forgotten that I already owned it.

I have so much jewelry that I am constantly running out of storage solutions for them so I end up with earrings, bracelets, bangles, rings and necklaces draped over pretty much any inanimate object in my home whilst Dave fears to tread bare-footed as he's been spiked by a rogue stud rolling around the floor or carpet on more than one occasion.

So, now the majority of my silver and gold and plated metal has been resigned to my bedroom (for the time being) after I cleaned and tidied the house the other day, here are the ways in which I store my jewellery.

REVIEW: SLEEK 'AU NATUREL' I-DIVINE PALETTE

CHARLES WORTHINGTON HAIR HEROES

REVIEW: MOONIES

MAKE UP DIARY #1

sunday

REVIEW: MAC TINTED LIP CONDITIONERS

REVIEW: REVLON JUST BITTEN KISSABLE BALM STAIN IN 'RENDEZVOUS'

ACCESSORIES: SHADES AND SUNNIES

   

REVIEW: MAYBELLINE 24HR COLOUR TATTOOS

REVIEW: L'OREAL LUMI MAGIQUE PURE LIGHT PRIMER & NUDE MAGIQUE BB CREAM IN 'LIGHT'

nude magique bb cream and lumi magique pure light primer

REVIEW: 17 INSTANT GLOW BRONZERS COLLECTION 2012

17 'instant glow' boots competition prizes

VIDEO: TOP 5 PERFUMES

NOT JUST ANOTHER SAMPLES SITE

HOME: AN OASIS OF CALM (MY BEDROOM)

a gift-set box i converted into a cosmetics storage facility

DESERT ISLAND TOP 5 #1

HAUL: MUA & NYC LIPSTICKS

COLLECTION: LIP BALMS 2012

LAUDER LOVE: PART #2

Following on from Part One - here, as promised, is a look at what I own from the Estee Lauder range available in the UK. I do warn you - it's quite extensive (well, considering what I own by other cosmetics lines anyway).

CLEANSERS

LAUDER LOVE: PART ONE

the estee lauder logo - image taken from google images

WHAT'S IN MY BAG?

LONDON BEAUTY QUEEN WRITES....

image stolen from www.londonbeautyqueen.com

BRITISH BEAUTY BLOGGER WRITES...

image stolen from www.britishbeautyblogger.com