Favourite perfumes/mists

So these are my favourite perfumes and mists EVER! I'm going to talk about them from least favourite, to favourite, even though I love them all!

First is the Zoella's Blissful Mistful. I think this scent is really fresh and almost smells a bit sweet as well. This is a mist, so it is slightly lighter than a perfume, this makes it a lot more wearable. This was £8 from superdrug. Even though I've said this is my least favourite of the three, I still think it smells amazing, I just wear it the least.

Second is The Body Shop Indian Night Jasmine perfume. This is a really beautiful scent which is floral and really fresh. I always find that jasmine is my favourite floral scent. This also last lasts a really long time because the scent is really strong so you only have to use a little at a time. This was £8.50 from The Body Shop.

My favourite of all is Ghost Eclipse perfume. I would describe this as fresh and fruity and floral all at the same time. I think this perfume is really good quality because it lasts all day and the scent is really strong, but not in a bad way. The perfume in the pictures is the 30ml which is £20 in Superdrug. I know this on the pricier side, but I absolutely LOVE this perfume and wear it every day.

I hope this helped in some way and you guys go out and buy one of these!

Dream on💗

Dolly xx

Current skincare faves

As you can probably see everything here has suddenly turned a lot more festive. I cannot tell you how excited I am for Christmas!

As the season changes, so does our skincare and over roughly the last month my skincare has changed dramatically! My Elemis cleanser has been finished and out the window and instead I have been using the slightly more pricey, Liz Earle cleanse and polish. This is the nicest cleanser I have ever used! I do realise that I am very late on the band wagon with this, but I thought I would give it a try and jump on! I find it doesn't leave my face dry or irritated and my face is always super soft and feels like it has that really clean feeling. It comes out like a cream, but when you put it on your face and start rubbing it in, it has more of a balmy consistency, but it's not oily. I have oily/combination skin so this would not be good! I think that this would be great for all skin types. You apply it all over your face (with make up on) and the oils in the product break down the make up on your face. Wait for like 30 seconds, and then wash off with a muslin cloth or flannel. I have to admit that it is quite expensive. As a product by itself it's £14 in Boots or if you want you can get it in a little pack with a muslin cloth, but because I already had a few and loads of flannels I thought it would be better to get it by itself. The pack is £15.50 in Boots. I promise you that if you buy this you won't be disappointed.

The other one in the picture is the Pixi Glow Tonic. Over about the past month, this has probably been my most loved skincare product. It is an exfoliating facial tonic, aka it's a toner that you wipe across your face, that gently exfoliates your skin with glycolic acid. Glycolic acid is great because it stimulates the production of collagen so it evens out your skin-tone and is great for resurfacing. I use this every evening. You can use this morning AND evening but it is expensive so I try to savour every bit! I got this in Liberty in London, so it isn't easy to get hold of, but I think you can get it online on Cult Beauty AND M&S have recently upped their game in the beauty department and you can now get it online their website and in some stores, like on Oxford Street. It is £18 *grits teeth*. I do understand that you might not want to spend this much on both of these products, but I think if you're going to spend money on anything then you should spend it on good skincare because if you do then when you're older you won't have to wear a blanket of foundation and when you're EVEN older you won't have as many wrinkles on your face.

Dream on ❤️
Dolly x

Gingerbread Recipe

I have tried many a gingerbread man in my time, and I have to say that this recipe is my absolute favourite! This is from Delia's Cakes recipe book. I love this book because it has a HUGE variety of recipes and I make and love every single one! I would definitely recommend buying this book. To make these gingerbread I used the gingerbread recipe in Delia's book and for the icing is used a recipe I found online. To find the recipe I will leave the link to her website at the bottom.

Gingerbread

Ingredients:

.75g light brown soft sugar

.2 tablespoons of golden syrup

.1 tablespoon of black treacle

.1 tablespoon of water

.1 teaspoon of cinnamon

.1teaspoon of ginger (but I always add a little more!)

.a pinch or 2 of ground cloves

.95g butter, cut into lumps

.1/2 a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda

.225g plain flour, sifted (plus a little extra if needed)

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/cuisine/european/english/gingerbread-men.html

Icing

Ingredients

.115g icing sugar

.1 egg white

.1/8 of teaspoon of cream of tartar

.1/2 a teaspoon of vanilla extract

.water (if needed)

Method

In a large bowl or stand-alone mixer combine the icing sugar, cream of tartar and egg white. Mix on a low until combined. Add the vanilla and mix on a high for one minute. In the recipe I found online, it said at this point it should be thick, sticky and glue-like, although I always find that it is fine. But if you think it is sticky like it should be then at some water and if it is too thin than add more icing sugar. The icing should have a "5 second consistency", this means that when you drizzle some of the icing on the surface of the rest of the icing. From here you can colour it with food colouring. I use disposable piping bags just because it's easier. I used to use fabric ones, but it is sooooo much easier to chuck the used one in the bin! When it comes to flooding (the icing on the stars) I piped the outline. Waited for a couple of minutes, and then I filled in the middle. The icing spreads a bit so you can leave a few gaps between the lines of icing.

I hope you make this recipe, and check out Delia Online because it has a HUGE selection of great recipes.

Dream on <3 

Dolly x