Naked pallet tutorial

Hey guys :)

So I've just uploaded a new video to you tube, of an easy eye makeup look just using the urban decay naked pallet.

Becki x

Healthy homemade mac and cheese

Hey guys :)

This is another post that is a little different to my usual posts, if you have read some of my previous posts you'll know I'm trying to lose a bit of weight at the moment, and I thought that I would share some of the recipes that I am really loving though out it all.

Now one of my all time favorite foods, is macaroni cheese, I love the stuff, but it's not really the healthiest meal out there, or so I thought until I found the Rosemary Conley homemade mac and cheese with sun dried tomatoes, it is just 330 calories and 4.4% fat per serving and so easy to make. This recipe makes 4 servings.

What you will need :

200g macaroni pasta

1 and half vegetable stock cubes

500ml semi skimmed milk

4tsp arrow root

40g sun dried tomatoes

30g grated low fat cheese

Salt and pepper

The first thing I always do is  prep, so I grated my cheese and sliced the sun dried tomatoes ( you can leave them whole if you like)

 Next step is to boil the pasta with one vegetable stock cube, this helps to give the pasta more flavor then boiling it in just water.

When fully cooked, drain the pasta and place it into an oven proof dish.

Pour a small amount of your semi skimmed milk into a mug, and the 4 tsp of arrow root and mix well

 Add the rest of the milk into a pan and heat until almost boiling.

Add the arrow root mixture into the hot milk and keep stirring, the sauce will begin to thicken.

Then add in the half of a stock cube, and mix really well until smooth and the stock cube is dissolved.

Now add in the the sun dried tomatoes.

And finally add the cheese, then mix until all the cheese in melted and sauce is smooth, season well with salt and pepper.

 Pour the sauce over the pasta in the oven proof dish, I gave it a little stir just to make sure all the pasta was coated with the sauce, and that is was all evenly distributed.

Put the dish in a pre heated oven at 200 degrees and bake for around 20 mins, you can choose to take it out at around 15 mins and add a little extra cheese on top if you wish ( this will up the calories however, so i like to save some cheese from the 30g in the recipe to do this).

And your home made mac and cheese is done, serve straight away while still hot, with a sprinkling of fresh parsley on top and a small side salad. 

What I like to do is split this into four portions and place in plastic tubs and freeze, then when ever I don't feel like cooking or I have a late finish from uni I can just warm this up in about 5 or 10 mins and it's ready to eat.

Hope you enjoyed this, if you want to see more posts like this, and you have any request for some healthy alternatives, let me know in the comments below and I will do my best.

Becki x

Seventeen BB cream ...

Hey Guys :)

So for the past two weeks I've been trying out a new BB cream which is from the Boots seventeen range, and I have to say I am really loving this BB cream. I previously used maybelines BB cream which was my favorite go to BB cream but I think this is my new favourite. It gives great coverage while still having that light feeling on the skin, the colour doesn't end up being this patchy orange mess at the end of the day and clinging to some of my dry spots which others have done, it gives a gorgeous dewy finish to the skin and last well through out the day.  Just remember a little goes a long way with this product.

I have two colours of this BB cream in light and medium, the light one is perfect when I have no tan on and just need a little coverage, and the medium again is great for everyday but for when I have my tan on.

The top  colour is the light which is more of a pink based toned and the bottom colour is the medium which is more of a yellow tone

So below is a photo of my skin, when it is perfectly clean, as you can see i have some redness on my cheeks, and there are a few blemishes on my forehead and chin which aren't showing to much on this photo.

This picture is my skin with just the BB cream in medium on, you can see it has covered up the blemishes and the redness well and has left my skin with a lovely finish.

And finally this last photo is my skin with the rest of my makeup on ( there is also a video at the bottom of this post, with a tutorial of this everyday makeup look)

 If you are looking for a well priced BB cream, which gives good coverage, a lovely finish to the skin and has good lasting power then the seventeen BB cream is the one for you. It is only available from boots and is usually £6.99 but is now on offer for £4.99 online ( not sure if this is the same in stores).

So below is a tutorial of the makeup I'm wearing in the above picture, which is my go to everyday look at the moment. The lighting is not the best in this video I'm still trying to get the hang of my lighting.

Becki x

First video

Hey Guys :)

 I thought I'd have a go at making a get ready with me video, I'll put a list of product that I used and a picture of the eye shadow colours underneath the video. Hope you enjoy it. The music on the video is by Alex Goot, you can find other songs by him on youtube and they are available to buy on itunes. Also sorry for the really sudden end to the video, I need some more practice with editing

Foundation- Benefit hello oxygen

Concealer- Benefit boi ing

Powder- Collection 2000 lasting finish

Bronzer- Rimmel london natural bronzer  

Highlight-  mac mineralized skin finish 

Eye shadow primer- Mac painterly paint pot

Lid colour- Urban decay sin

Crease and lower lash colour- Urban decay smog

Brow and inner eye highlight - Urban decay virgin

Out v colour- Dark horse

Liner- 17 gel liner

Eyebrows- dark brown shadow

Mascara- false lash effect

Lipstick- mac kinda sexy

Lipgloss- Rimmel london stay glossy non stop glamour

Becki x