Toujours Belle

I know we are well and truly into the year of 2016 but I though I would share something that I have been doing for the past couple of years. Since 2014 I have been keeping a memory jar, every time I experience something new, overcome an obstacle or even have an amazing day out with friends, I write down the memory on...

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A couple of days ago I made the trip into the city on the hunt for some new makeup products. Here is what i got: My first stop was Mecca where I got the Too Faced Natural Eyes palette. I'm not too adventurous when it comes to eyeshadow so I generally stick with the neutral colours and I wanted to get a smallish...

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You will need: 1/4 cup of plain yogurt 1 tablespoon of honey 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon Let's do this: This is pretty simple to make, just combine the cinnamon and honey into the yogurt and mix until it all combined nicely.  Make sure your face is clean and makeup free before you apply your face mask with clean fingers. Let the mask dry...

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Recently I made the slightly last minute, impulse decision to purchase my first set of Zoeva makeup brushes at the Sephora store that has just recently opened in Melbourne. After some time in the store deciding which set i should go for, I settled on the Rose Golden Vol. 2 Luxury Set. The set came with three face brushes, five eye brushes and...

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Since finding these little cupcakes in Julie Goodwin's cook book 'Our Family Table', this recipe has become one of my all time favourite cupcakes to bake. Enjoy! You will need: 100g unsalted butter, softened  165g caster sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla extract finely grated zest of 3 lemons 2 eggs 200g self-raising flour 125ml milk Icing 125g unsalted butter, softened 300g icing sugar 1...

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