Favourite Summer Drinks| 2015

During this beautiful summers evening as I type away on my laptop, the weather actually is not so bad for England haha! No rain and a slight breeze every now and then.

I have been consuming a variety of drinks during this season which I thought is worth sharing, so my first favourite is COSTA's "Mango & Passion fruit cooler". This iced drink is perfect for when the sun is out and you're feeling a bit hot and need something to cool and refreshing. The drink is fruity and the blended ice is  perfect for the summer!

Second on my list is INNOCENT'S super smoothie called "Energise". I wouldn't really call this drink a smoothie as to me it is very light in texture just like a normal drink however, my favourite part of the drink is that it contains very healthy ingredients such as strawberries, cherry, guarana and flax seeds which is a mash up of a load of goodness as well as containing many vitamins. Also what I find very convenient about this drink is that it is the perfect size to throw into my bag rather than carrying around.

My final favourite drink of the summer is a home-made smoothie, a concoction of whatever is hanging around in the fruit basket in the kitchen. This is an easy way to gulp down all the nutrients of fruit and veg with no added sugar and no extra process.

Thank you for reading! :)

Delicious home-made Burgers

Mouth-watering, Healthy,Yummy Burgers

Recently I have loved dishing up these home-made, mouth-watering burgers which taste SCRUMPTIOUS.. even better than take-out burgers in my opinion.

What you will need: 

Warburtons thin burger buns (or any type of bun will do)

Freshly & finely chopped lettuce, cucumber, carrots

Chicken breast which has been pre-marinated

Tomato ketchup

And finally Nando's peri-peri sauce- any of your choice.

Enjoy! 

Double Oreo cupcake

Hi lovelies!

Today I am coming at you with one of my secret recipes.. which you know from the title of this post; Double Oreo cupcakes! :D

This recipe consists of the following ingredients:
125g caster sugar

1/4 tbsp. vanilla extract 

2 large eggs

135g butter

2 packets of chocolate Oreo biscuits

Whiz all of the ingredients together into a large mixing bowl using an electric whisk. At this point you can also add crumbles Oreo cookies into the batter. Place an Oreo cookie in each of the empty cupcake cases, which will act as the base. Add equal amounts of cupcake mixture into the baking tray lined with cupcake linings. Place in the oven for 20 minutes, 205 degrees.  

I would recommend eating the cupcakes 5 minutes after being baked as the Oreo cookie base at this point will be warm and sort of tastes like cookie dough YUM! :D

Thanks for reading :)

LUSH | Current favourite store

LUSH

It's bright and early and I'm coming to you with a new post on my current favourite store LUSH. In fact Lush has always been one of my favourite shops as the products are made with with natural ingredients so this gives me the satisfaction that it will not irritate my skin with any harmful chemicals like some products contain and also the staff at Lush are wonderful! Unfortunately the Lush store in my town closed a few years ago now but this means that whenever I go to the city then I can splash out on as much as I want wohoo! :D

This is my first time purchasing a Lush Butterball bath bomb as it spelt delish in store so I picked one up to give a try. It's an average, white bath- bomb however it does wonders to your skin. It leaves the skin feeling soft and sooth as it contains cocoa butter and the ylang ylang moisturises the skin giving a healthy sheen. This is taking over my obsession for the honey-bee bath bomb woopsie :)

At Lush the amazing display of face masks just reels you in. All made from natural ingredients and do wonders to the skin.  

This bath bomb I purchased is called Space Girl, and I can totally see why. The vibrant purple colour with red glitter creates a fun colour in the bath. What I love most about this bath bomb is the scent which is very sweet and refreshing which is right up my street. 

Lush gave me the Fair Trade foot lotion to test and when I first smelt the product I wasn't so keen. It smells quite medicinal however the colour is a bright bubble-gum pink shade which I love and it is safe to say that it does the job pretty well of soothing the foot skin and leaving a fresh, cooling sensation. 

What I love about Lush is that the products are free from animal cruelty and are made from organic, beneficial ingredients hence I would highly recommend their products. Two of my other favourite products from Lush are Vanilla- Dee-Lite lotion which smells incredible and Honey-bee bath bomb.

Thank You for reading :)

From Summaya