What I Ate Wednesday {28.11.17}

9:20am

Here's what I ate today! Breakfast was scrambled eggs on toast; I make mine with 2 eggs, almond milk, salt & pepper. I fry everything in a bit of coconut oil and serve on top of well-buttered seeded toast. So filling and delicious! I also had my usual black coffee & bottle of water.

12:15pm

For lunch I made myself a wholewheat bagel with tuna, mayonnaise and sweetcorn with a side of pickles. I am NOT pregnant but for some reason have been seriously loving pickles lately?! No idea why... I also had another bottle of water.

3:45pm

In the afternoon I got hungry again so made myself an almond milk cappuccino and had a caramel almond & sea salt Kind bar. These are AMAZING! Especially the caramel at the bottom...this is the yummiest snack. I also drank another bottle of water.

Later on in the evening (while putting the kids to bed) I got hungry again as we eat so late so had a banana which I ate so fast I didn't get a chance to take a photo...sorry! 

7:20pm

For dinner we had turkey lasagne with carrots, mushrooms & homemade béchamel sauce. It was good but I personally think it's better with beef or lamb or full vegetarian. But Jonathan's been trying to eat less red meat so this was his request! I used a Jamie Oliver recipe however there were lots of modifications...so it's not this exact one! I also had another bottle of water with dinner.

8pm

Ocado were sold out of these cookies for so long and it broke my heart because they were the best thing ever! These are their walnut studded Belgian chocolate raisin & oat cookies and they are super chewy, American style. I had one this evening but the night before I ate two and went to bed full which was a mistake, haha oops! I think my eyes are bigger than my belly! Although full disclosure after this one cookie I also had two chocolate Oreos!! 

That's everything I ate today. Let me know what you ate in the comments below & if you've ever tried these amazing cookies! 

And here's the video version, where you can see a little bit of how I cooked everything! Let me know if you like this style better.

November Favourites 2017

What I'm Wearing in This Outfit

Tara Sand Curved Hem Jumper - Joules

Distressed jeans - Ted Baker (out of stock)

Boots - YSL (out of stock)

Necklaces - Topaz Birthstone Star Choker in gold-plated

Scorpio Zodiac Necklace gold plated (45cm chain)

Bracelets - Scorpio Zodiac Charm Bracelet in gold-plated (medium length)

Van Cleef & Arpels Perlée Signature Bracelet in Yellow Gold

Louis Vuitton Box it Bracelet (leather strap)

Earrings - Tiffany & Co Soleste Earrings in Rose Gold

Rose gold watch - Michael Kors

Makeup

- Bare Minerals Concealer in Summer Bisque

- Bare Minerals Original Foundation in Medium Beige

- Bare Minerals Bronzer Warmth

- Bare Minerals Mineral Veil

- Charlotte Tilbury Cheek to Chic Love Glow Blusher

- BareMinerals Ready Luminizer Duo

- Benefit Browzings in 04

- Benefit 3D Browtones in 02

- Bobbi Brown Lipliner in Cocoa

- Charlotte Tilbury Lipstick in Kim K.W.

I realise this outfit is basically the exact same as my last post except I swapped out the jumper for a different one! But I've been loving this look lately; ripped skinny jeans, an oversized jumper and ankle boots. The perfect autumn uniform! 

And here are my favourite products for the month of November! There's a mish-mash of beauty, skincare, children's products and err...food. Well that's nothing new really when it comes to my favourites! I've linked all the products below in case you want to check them out.

1. Buxom May Contain Nudity Eyeshadow Palette

2. Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb Bloom Perfume

3. BareMinerals bareSkin Perfecting Veil Medium

4. First Aid Beauty Skin Rescue Blemish Patrol Pads

5. Kiehl's Creme de Corps Body Moisturiser

6. Childs Farm Blackberry & Organic Apple Hair and Body Wash

7. Childs Farm Baby Moisturiser

8. Skin Doctor InGrow Go

9. Rude Health The Ultimate Organic Muesli

10. Graze Original Fruity Flapjack

What I Ate Wednesday {14.11.17}

My breakfasts have been quite boring lately but I tend to just reach for the same thing almost every morning because it's easy and quick! Today I had Rude Health The Ultimate Muesli (which is amazing) with almond milk, heated in the microwave for 1 min 30 seconds and that's it! The perfect breakfast which keeps me full till lunch time. I also had a black coffee & bottle of water (like always). 

Lunch was a bagel with chicken salad filling (not pictured because I got distracted and forgot). The chicken salad was basically grilled chicken, mayo, peas, cucumber, pickle and some seasoning. It was really yummy and I'm so sad I never took a photo of it! But my two gorgeous girls, Annie & Amy-Lou came round to my house for cake & tea so I was having too much fun and just forgot! They brought me this amazing rocky road cake from Lola's Cupcakes which we all ate a slice of after lunch and I also had a cappuccino...the combination was divine! 

For dinner we had mashed potatoes, veggie sausages (these are the Cauldron cumberland style sausages - really recommend them!) and green beans, broccoli & peas. I'm just now realising I ate quite a lot of peas today, hahaha! I had a bottle of water with lunch & dinner. 

After dinner I decided to keep it a bit healthy and had an orange with a mini packet of quinoa chips. And that was it!

You can also watch the video of today's What I Ate Wednesday here! I hope you enjoy and let me know what you ate today in the comments below! 

Mermaid Hair Tutorial

The irony of this blog post is that although the video I put up is all about how to achieve my wavy "mermaid hair", in these photos my hair is straight. Haha, oops! This is actually the outfit I wore on Halloween night. No I didn't dress up...I was too cold and getting all three kids (and the dogs believe it or not) into costumes proved difficult enough so I didn't bother! I do love our pumpkin family though, I think my favourite outfit posts are those taken around this time of year purely for the fact that these cute little orange guys make their annual cameo in the background! 

What I'm Wearing in This Outfit

Ribbed pink jumper - MiH Jeans (out of stock)

Distressed jeans - Ted Baker (out of stock)

Boots - YSL (out of stock)

Necklaces - Topaz Birthstone Star Choker in gold-plated

Scorpio Zodiac Necklace gold plated (45cm chain)

Bracelets - Scorpio Zodiac Charm Bracelet in gold-plated (medium length)

Van Cleef & Arpels Perlée Signature Bracelet in Yellow Gold

Louis Vuitton Box it Bracelet (leather strap)

Earrings - Tiffany & Co Soleste Earrings in Rose Gold

Rose gold watch - Michael Kors

Makeup

- Bare Minerals Concealer in Summer Bisque

- Bare Minerals Original Foundation in Medium Beige

- Bare Minerals Bronzer Warmth

- Bare Minerals Mineral Veil

- Charlotte Tilbury Cheek to Chic Love Glow Blusher

- BareMinerals Ready Luminizer Duo

- Benefit Browzings in 04

- Benefit 3D Browtones in 02

- Urban Decay Primer Potion

- Charlotte Tilbury Instant Eye Palette

- YSL Shocking Eyeliner Pen

- Benefit They're Real Mascara

- Bobbi Brown Lipliner in Cocoa

- Charlotte Tilbury Lipstick in Kim K.W.

If you do want to see how I achieve my wavy hair look, then check out the video above! Here is a list of products I featured: 

Nume Curl Jam 3 in 1 (32mm wand)

L'Oreal Elnett Hairspray Extra Strength

Batiste Dry Shampoo XXL Volume 

My Night Time Routine | Get Unready with Me

What I'm Wearing in This Outfit

Henley top - Free People (sold out)

Embroidered jeans - Abercrombie & Fitch (out of stock)

Boots - YSL (out of stock)

Necklaces - Topaz Birthstone Star Choker in gold-plated

Scorpio Zodiac Necklace gold plated (45cm chain)

Bracelets - Scorpio Zodiac Charm Bracelet in gold-plated (medium length) 

Van Cleef & Arpels Perlee Signature Yellow Gold Bracelet

Louis Vuitton Box it Bracelet (leather strap)

Earrings - Tiffany & Co Soleste Earrings in Rose Gold

Rose gold watch - Michael Kors

Makeup

- Bare Minerals Concealer in Summer Bisque

- Bare Minerals Original Foundation in Medium Beige

- Bare Minerals Bronzer Warmth

- Bare Minerals Mineral Veil

- Charlotte Tilbury Cheek to Chic Love Glow Blusher

- BareMinerals Ready Luminizer Duo

- Benefit Browzings in 04

- Benefit 3D Browtones in 02

- Urban Decay Primer Potion

- Charlotte Tilbury Instant Eye Palette

- YSL Shocking Eyeliner Pen

- Benefit They're Real Mascara

- Bobbi Brown Lipliner in Cocoa

- Charlotte Tilbury Lipstick in Kim K.W.

Today's video is a highly requested one; my night time routine/get unready with me! I do apologise for the crap lighting but this was filmed at 9pm and in a house full of sleeping children and dogs, I didn't really want to haul a big studio light into my bathroom!! Anyhow, I hope you find this helpful as this is exactly what I do every night before bed (minus the fake tan, that only happens twice a week). Here is a list of the products mentioned in case you missed them!

Products Used/Mentioned

Caroline Hirons x Pixi Double Cleanse

Emma Hardie Cleansing Cloth

Oral B SmartSeries 6000 Toothbrush

Janina Ultrawhite Intense Toothpaste

Zoella Beauty Gelato Shower Shake

Obagi Foaming Gel Cleanser

Obagi ClenziDerm Pore Therapy

Obagi ClenziDerm Therapeutic Lotion

Sanex 0% Deodorant for Sensitive Skin

Oral B Satin Floss

Tata Harper Restorative Eye Creme

Tata Harper Rebuilding Moisturiser for Oily/Combination Skin

Dove DermaSpa Summer Revive for Medium to Dark Skin

Dr. Lipp Original Nipple Balm

Burt's Bees Coconut Foot Cream

What I Ate Wednesday {6.11.17}

8:30am

I went old-school with my breakfast this morning and cooked up some of my favourite porridge (you know I love those Flahavan's Oats!) with almond milk, chopped dates, raisins and cinnamon. The yummiest breakfast for cold mornings! I also had my standard black coffee & bottle of water with this. 

12:15pm

Right before I put Alessia down for her afternoon nap I started to get really hungry and couldn't wait for lunch so I needed a quick snack & ate a pear. At around ten to one I ate lunch (which I was so hungry I forgot to take a picture of...sorry!!!). I had a salmon & cream cheese bagel with some cherry tomatoes. I actually forgot to drink water until later on in the day which isn't ideal because when I don't drink enough I start to get headaches. (Especially since I'm breastfeeding!)

4:25pm

Later in the afternoon when the kids were home from school I made myself a coffee (almond milk cappuccino) and we didn't have any of my favourite granola bars left so I had this Graze box flapjack which was amazing! 

7:12pm

We didn't eat dinner until after all the children were in bed and this was actually supposed to be our dinner on Saturday so it's kind of a "fun" dinner of homemade chicken burgers with cheddar cheese in a brioche bun, corn on the cob and a little ketchup. The kids love this one and were really excited to have burgers for tea on a Monday (when this was filmed) which doesn't normally happen! 

After dinner was when I realised I hadn't been drinking much water all day so I grabbed a 1L bottle and chugged that until bedtime. 

8pm

For dessert I had a slice of this amazing lemon tart which was actually meant to be my birthday pudding on Friday but we were too full after the BBQ so we didn't eat it and ended up taking it home instead! It was delicious :) 

And that was it for today! My first WIAW as a 30 year old...hahaha! Let me know what you ate today in the comments below and don't forget to check out my video later this evening!

Written in the Stars

Today marks the launch of my new jewellery line - Written in the Stars! Those of you who are my loyal blog readers or the clever ones who signed up to the website which I announced last week will have already had a sneak preview of the whole collection as well as a head start on shopping the new line. The video launching this shop goes live at 8pm today but if you're reading this before then, you can get there sooner! I am so excited to share the new pieces I've designed with you & I hope you will love them as much as I do!

The Written in the Stars collection consists of three different necklaces. All of them come in silver, rose gold plated and gold plated. They are all handcrafted and made from 925 sterling silver. The first necklace is the Birthstone Star Choker which is possibly my favourite piece of the collection (although that's really hard for me to say as I love each of them so much!). These come with a tiny birthstone in the centre of the star and the choker is adjustable. I wear it around the middle of the chain and my birthstone is Topaz.

The next necklace is the Engraved Bar which also comes in a choker style but I like to layer it with the Star Choker and wear it on the longest setting. You can engrave your own name or the name of a loved one, which I think is so special and meaningful! 

Last but not least is the Constellation Necklace which is a beautiful piece that you can personalise according to your own star sign's constellation. I am actually wearing Emilia's (Virgo) but of course you can wear whichever one you like! This pendant is slightly smaller than that of the Zodiac Collection and is encrusted with swarovski crystals. It comes in three different chain lengths (like the Zodiac necklaces) and I am wearing mine in the 14" (small) chain.

Each of these are gorgeous stand-alone pieces but you can also layer them either two or three at a time like I've done here. Alternatively what I've been doing is layering the two chokers with my Scorpio necklace...it depends on your mood or what you prefer to do! Let me know in the comments which your favourite piece is and if you do purchase one (or all three!) send me a picture of how you styled yours! 

What I'm Wearing in This Outfit

Duster jacket - New Look (out of stock)

Pink top - Maje (Christmas present 2013)

Embroidered jeans - Abercrombie & Fitch (out of stock)

Boots - Toms (out of stock)

Necklaces - Topaz Birthstone Star Choker in gold-plated

Engraved Bar "Anna" Necklace in gold-plated

Virgo Constellation Necklace in gold-plated (14" chain)

Bracelets - Scorpio Zodiac Charm Bracelet in gold-plated (medium length) 

Van Cleef & Arpels Perlee Signature Yellow Gold Bracelet

Louis Vuitton Box it Bracelet (leather strap)

Earrings - Tiffany & Co Soleste Earrings in Rose Gold

Rose gold watch - Michael Kors

Makeup

- Bare Minerals Concealer in Summer Bisque

- Bare Minerals Original Foundation in Medium Beige

- Bare Minerals Bronzer Warmth

- Bare Minerals Mineral Veil

- Charlotte Tilbury Cheek to Chic Love Glow Blusher

- BareMinerals Ready Luminizer Duo

- Benefit Browzings in 04

- Benefit 3D Browtones in 02

- Urban Decay Primer Potion

- Charlotte Tilbury Instant Eye Palette

- YSL Shocking Eyeliner Pen

- Benefit They're Real Mascara

- Bobbi Brown Lipliner in Cocoa

- Charlotte Tilbury Lipstick in Kim K.W.

What I Ate Wednesday {19.10.17}

This WIAW is actually from Jonathan's book publication day. This was such a lovely day as we celebrated by going out to lunch with our whole team; Francesca, Vivian and our PA Izzy. Jonathan got a HUGE cake with the cover of his book on it from his publishers, Egmont and the children baked Halloween cupcakes. It was just an all round happy & exciting day and I'm really happy that I documented it! 

For breakfast I had my current go-to which is the Rude Health Ultimate Organic Muesli. I make it with almond milk and heat it up in the microwave so it goes nice and mushy (hahaha, this might be gross to some people but I love mushy cereal!). I also had a black coffee & bottle of water.

We went to Bill's for our celebratory lunch and we all ended up getting burgers. I got the halloumi burger (my favourite!) with sweet potato fries. This is always a winner, honestly! I get it all the time. Jonathan got the chicken burger and everyone else copied me...haha not really ;) I also had a bottle of still water.

After lunch we were all pretty full but around 4 o'clock I needed a pick-me-up, mainly because I was falling asleep after having been kept up all night by Eduardo :( So I made myself an almond milk cappuccino and an apple & dark choc chip granola bar. 

For dinner we had already planned to have chicken chow mein stir fry with wholewheat noodles so we ate a smaller portion as we were still kind of full from lunch (not that it looks that way in this picture...hahaha it looks huge!). This was yummy though and the kids love this dinner so it's definitely a family favourite. To drink I had another bottle of water.

Remember how I said I was full earlier...yeah well I clearly still saved room for two cupcakes!! Hahaha! These were made by Emilia & Eduardo and are actually really delicious! They're the ones I normally bake for Halloween; pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese icing. The kids had so much fun decorating these! And I had just as much fun eating them!  

And here's the video version of this post, which also contains an exciting announcement (no, I'm not pregnant)! Let me know what you ate today in the comments below and I hope you all have a lovely rest of the week!