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Tiny Valentines Biscuits

I am aware this Valentine’s Day biscuit recipe is coming at quite a late date but as it is half term my mummy readers may wish to make these biscuits today with their children. My non-mummy readers may wish to make these yummy biscuits tonight as they only take 20 minutes from to make from start to finish.
This biscuit recipe is a family hand me down from my auntie and is incredibly quick and easy biscuit recipe to use with children because it is quick and easy and they can do everything themselves, with a little supervision. Best of all they taste delicious.
I have added a a teaspoon of cinnamon because I adore the flavour (Christmas throwback). Other ideas would be to add the zest of an orange to the recipe. One of my favourite icing tips are to add the juice of a lemon to your icing sugar instead of water to give each bite a zesty tang.

Quick Valentine's Biscuits | Megan Taylor

RECIPE

1 oz soft dark brown sugar
2 oz butter
3 oz flour
1 tsp cinnamon
Icing sugar and food colouring.

Quick Valentine's Biscuits | Megan Taylor

METHOD

•Preheat your oven to 160º and grease a baking tray
•In a bowl, mix together all of your ingredients with your hands
•Your mixture will look as if it isn’t going to bind but give it some time and it will turn into the softest dough
•Lightly dust your surface with flour and roll out your dough roughly £1 coin thick
•Cut out your desired shapes and place on your prepared baking sheet
•Cook for 10-15 minutes or until golden
•Once your cookies have cooled down you can start decorating them however you like

Quick Valentine's Biscuits | Megan Taylor

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My Latest Make Up Obsessions

I am having a bit of a love affair with make up lately and have recently stocked up on plenty of new goodies so expect a lot more make up obsessions to be coming soon to my blog. The pieces I have selected to show you today are from Too Faced, KIKO and Make Up Forever. I hope you enjoy my latest make up obsessions.

My Current Make Up ObsessionsKIKO eyeshadow brush
I love KIKO. Everything they sell is affordable so you can try out new products without breaking the bank. This make up brush has been perfect for a bit of precision eye shadow blending.

Make Up Forever eyeshadow brush
This brush is a little chunkier than the KIKO brush which makes it great for an easy application of a large expanse of eye shadow.

My Current Make Up ObsessionsMake Up Forever Eyeshadow – Platinum
This eye shadow is absolutely beautiful, it is like a zillion stars clustered together into a little pot. With just a small brush of this on your eyelids when you are on holiday you will be all set to go for your evening ahead.

My Current Make Up ObsessionsToo Faced Smokey Eye Palette
I have been a lover of Too Faced for a while now. Their packaging is always very enticing. This Too Faced palette is wonderful. All of the colours are wearable with no eyeshadows that are too “out there”. I normally find that with an eye shadow palette there are colours that I never use but that is not the case with this one. ‘Firefly’ and ‘Cloves’ are my favourite colours to use for a day look and then build it up with the darker colours and the silver ‘In A Flash’.

What make up have you been loving lately?

Netflix Weekend Picks {March 2016}

Back by popular demand I have compiled my second instalment of my Netflix Weekend Picks. A lovely friend of mine texted me this week asking when I was going to write another Netflix Pick. Then I realised my last Netflix post had a very high click rate, so I am not sure why I hadn’t thought to write another one. I will try and write a new one each month. My favourite pick would be the new Netflix produced show Love but I have also added a bonus show from iPlayer. Click on the below titles to see trailers for the shows and movies.

TV PICKS
1. Love
Love is a new Netflix made show. The trailer sucked me in but then twenty minutes into the show I had no idea what I was watching and I was bored so turned it off. A week later and lots of celebrities tweeting about how fabulous the show is, I turned the show back on to give it another chance. By the middle of episode two I was hooked. The dry tone is catching and incredibly funny. We watched the whole series over a few days. Gillian Jacobs plays the lead female, Mickey who is at times infuriating and  but loveable at the same time. Claudia O’Doherty plays the hilarious and loveable best friend who you want to keep watching.
Give the show a bit of chance to get past the first episode which draws out setting the scene. The following 14 episodes go by in a flash and you will be left wanting more.

2. Suits
If you haven’t yet started watching Suits then put down everything you are doing and start watching now. I adore Suits and best of all the first three seasons are all there waiting for you to watch on Netflix. Randomly, Suits airs on Dave in the UK…pretty sure this is the only TV show I have ever watched on Dave. It normally seems to be airing reruns of Top Gear every second of the day.
Every character in Suits is incredible. Mike is the genius that becomes a lawyer without having ever been to law school and can remember everything and anything. Donna and Lewis Litt are the most hilarious characters of the show and Harvey Specter, well, he is God!
Go and watch and enjoy every second.

FILM PICKS
1. Wolf Of Wall Street
I know Wolf Of Wall Street is meant to portray greed and bad behaviour but I can’t help but be inspired by this movies. I love seeing how people work hard and succeed with such incredible monetary gain. Let’s just concentrate on how incredible Leo and Margot Robbie are as actors. LOVE LOVE LOVE this movie.

2. Walk Of Shame
We put this movie on during a lazy Saturday to have on in the background thinking it would be a bit of trashy rubbish yet ended up loving it. I laughed so much. Elizabeth Banks is always incredibly funny, oh and one of her best friends just happens to be Gillian Jacobs who is the lead in the show Love, mentioned above.

3. Chef
Written by Jon Favreau who directed Elf (my most favourite movie of all time) and is an incredible actor. Favreau plays the lead in this heartfelt and understated movie. Every actor is perfectly cast and adorably quirky. A must watch for the adults.

iPLAYER PICK
1. Thirteen
Thirteen is BBC3’s first major show since it has switched to online only and they have outdone themselves with brilliance. I tuned in for two reasons, number one being the trailer hooked me in immediately and number two because I adore Jodie Comer as actress. I first saw Comer in My Mad Fat Diary as Rae’s best friend and knew she was great back then but she takes her acting skills to another level in Thirteen. The show follows the story of a twenty six year old girl that has just escaped her capturer of thirteen years. Comer shows her vulnerability of her thirteen year old self when she was snatched and the fact that she has actually grown up a great deal since she was last living at home.
A gripping and heartbreaking must watch.

Have you got any suggestions for me to watch?

{Images sourced from Pinterest}

Valentine’s Day Mr & Mrs Special

My gorgeous hubby Liam kindly agreed to co-star in one of my You Tube videos.
We decided to film a Mr & Mrs inspired paddle game.
We answered questions like Who Is The Messiest? and Who Is The Best Driver?
I thought we would be a lot better at the quiz than we were.
We know each other so well but I think we both just wanted to be the best.
Click on the video at the bottom to take a look at how we got on.
Make sure you subscribe as well.
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone
xXx

My 5 Autumn Loves


When I was younger I didn’t much care for autumn. I found it depressing that the summer was over. This was mostly because it meant the end of the school holidays. As an adult I have discovered all the excitement of autumn and must admit I now find it one of my favourite times of the year.

Below I have listed my 5 autumn loves, explaining why this time of the year is so wonderful.

1. Candlelight and fires
I adore those evenings when it is super chilly outside but you have nowhere to be. I love sitting on the sofa in front of the fire with candles all around the house…and Strictly Come Dancing on the TV.


2. Anticipation
There is so much to look forward to. There’s Halloween, fireworks night, Christmas parties, Christmas shopping, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve to plan for.
Eeeek…very very very excited for all of the above.


3. The food
Hot soups and warm baked cookies are my comfort foods of choice at this time of year. A big bowl of soup and a crusty loaf on the side is a perfect lunch when out and about. My favourite place to get soup when I’m in town is Pret. Their vegetarian soups are always yummy. I keep an eye on this page each day to see if they are selling a soup that I fancy.
I also feel this time of the year is a key baking time. A freshly baked biscuit is wonderful with a big mug of tea. Why not try out my Chocolate Dipped Orange Zest Biscuits for that festive flavour.


4. Bright and crisp mornings
How incredibly gorgeous are those bright mornings to wake up to! I love it when the sun is shining bright, there are no clouds in the sky but the air is super chilly. These mornings are actually my favourite to work out in. I love going for a run or going to Bootcamp in this weather. The mix of sunshine and endorphins is always a winner to me.


5. The fashion
A gorgeous coat, jeans, Chelsea boots, thin layered jumpers and BIG sunglasses are my favourite go-to outfit of the season.
My main aim is to prevent being cold so I can run around in the leaves like a big child whilst keeping warm.
(Keep an eye out for my next blog post on my ‘Autumn Fashion Picks To Keep You Warm’).





What do you love about autumn?