Tuesday 25 May 2010

Stash Flashage

As I've been obsessed with make up lately, I've been organising my very very modest stash. I always think it's fun seeing other people's stashes of various things, be in knitting wool, nappies (yes, I like cloth nappies), make up, fabric or whatever.

So here's my make up.


Left tray: Foundation, kits, blushers, powders and my new Shu Umeru eyelash curler. Oh yes, and a tin with my samples and spare bits.
Middle tray: Lip products.
Right tray: Eye products.

That's all of it except for one eyeliner crayon (but then it's a dupe).

The eyeshadows

1: Bourjois Smokey Eyes Trio in 05 rose vintage
2: Ruby & Millie Eyes
3: Bourjois Smokey Eyes Trio in 06 violet romantic
4: Avon True Colour quatro in sueded nude
5. L'Oreal ColorAppeal Platinum
6. Sleek Divine Eyeshadow Palette in storm
7. Avon Anew lifting eyeshadow in sky
8. Revlon ColorStay eyeshadow quatro in 10 berry bloom
9. Revlon ColorStay eyeshadow quatro in 07 spring moss

The eyeliners

Left to right: Barbara Daly Make-up liquid satin in seal, the same in marine,Laura Mercier eye liner in black ebony, Barbara Daly Make-up eye define in black, BarryM Intense black eyeliner pen, Avon glimmerstick eye liner in blackest black, Avon Anew smoothing eye liner in grey, the same in brown/black.

I got bored and haven't gone through the lip products. Or nail polishes. But I don't have so many of those.

Food for those who don't want it

As I've mentioned (read moaned about) before, I've had problems with eating lately thanks to lovely drug side effects (that's medicinal drugs, not recreational - I've never even tried any of those). I know from also having suffered from awful awful morning sickness that sometimes you WANT to eat, but the fear of boomerang food means that you just go hungry.

Anyway, today is one of those days I'm hungry and NEED to eat, but nothing takes my fancy. This is my go-to recipe for a nutritious and non-offensive, filling meal for the sickly. It's also packed full of veggie-bubble goodness.



Ingredients
3-4 potatoes
1 onion
1-2 carrots (depending on how carroty you like it)
2 sticks of celery
2 garlic cloves
2 stock cubes
water
a splash of soya sauce (optional)
cabbage (optional)

Step 1: Boil about 1 litre (2 pints) of water
Step 2: Peel and quarter the potatoes, throw them in the pot
Step 3: Peel and slice the carrots, throw them in the pot
Step 4: Crush and dice the garlic, throw in the pot
Step 5: Dice the onion, throw in the pot
Step 6: Throw the stock cubes in the pot
Step 7: Chop the celery into 1-2 inch pieces, throw in the pot
Step 8: Add boiled water and soya sauce, then cover
Step 9: Allow the pot to boil, then turn down the heat to a brisk simmer
Step 10: Add cabbage if you like it. I love it and add lots, but I realise that my love of cabbage is actually quite freaky.
Step 11: Allow the stew to cook for 20-30 mins or until the potatoes are soft (but not crumbly).

Serve with rice. I like to ladle it up (with plenty of the soup) into a bowl, mash it a bit, then mix the rice in. It's nutritious, very satisfying and very easy on the tummy.

These amounts should serve 2-4.

Ready to eat!


The beauty of this recipe is that you've got quite a few different veggie groups in there, you can add/change/substitute other things as you fancy, you don't have to prepare things very much, just peel, chop and throw them in. It's simple to make too, which is just what you need when you're feeling a bit under the weather.

Photos to follow.

Monday 24 May 2010

I've hit my teens

Yep. At *cough21yetagaincough*, I've finally hit my teens. I've started taking an interest in fashion and makeup. Didn't take long eh? I know just who to blame though. My friend Lana (in Oz). She showed me these video tutorials on YouTube (by someone called Catalina), and suddenly, I decided that I too could maybe do this makeup stuff.

So with my guru Lana (she used to be a makeup artist) advising me, I've made some purchases. Oh yes, and I've been stalking some other blogs too, and found some other cool bits and bobs. No more will my makeup collection fit into a baby-sized shoe box..!

This is what I got today - a Sleek iDivine eyeshadow palette in Storm. Under a fiver in Superdrug. BARGAIN!



If you fancy indulging in some girly makeupness..here are the blogs I've been enjoying:

Catalina's Blog

Chanel Blue Satin
Cosmetic Candy

Sunday 23 May 2010

Oopsies

I know, I've been bad and not posted for a while. To be honest, I haven't done much cooking lately..or I have, but haven't really felt like it. I'm on some rather nasty tablets and they're making me feel sick a lot of the time. So cooking and eating are rather well, not really what I'm after at the moment. This is very disturbing for me as food has always been very important to me. Ah well.

I've just been getting rather obsessed with make up as well at the moment - so I've finally hit my teens! I was never bothered with such things and never even wore makeup til I was in my early twenties. Now, I think, I need to make a little more effort in order to not look like a hideous crone. Muhahaha.

Other than that, I've been rather busy with other stuff in my life. We've all come down with a cold, the weather was nasty..but has now turned nice and sunny..er and time has just flown.

Oooh yes, and I've just learnt how to do threading. I'm still rather un-co at it, but I'm very pleased with YouTube..it's so handy for learning how to do things. Perhaps print media might be on its way out? Possibly a worry to print publisher - and that includes me as I'm in that industry. We'll see.