Battle Of The Caramel Hot Chocolates

Hi guys, so this is pretty much going to be a random post for me! If you know me in person you will know that I absolutely love Caramel Hot Chocolates, especially those from Costa! Anyway I obviously can not afford to go and have one of those every time I want a hot drink, so I have been testing out instant caramel flavoured ones at home.

I tested 3 different ones

Cadbury Highlights Caramel

Options Dreamy Caramel

Weight Watchers Caramel

Nutritional Information: Per Serving: 40 calories, 1.2g protein, 5.5 g Carbohydrates, Sugars 3.7 g, Fat 1.1g, Saturates 0.9g Fibre 1.7g, Salt 0.3g

So I have tried each one and will just say that they are all really nice. I make mine with milk instead of water because I think that they taste nicer and I don’t have that much dairy in my diet so it always helps to get a bit extra in. No they are not as nice as the ones that you buy from say Costa but for an instant hot chocolate they are delicious. I find also that I do not need to add any more sugar to them when they are the caramel flavour ones as opposed to the normal chocolate ones.

Anyway my verdict – my favourite was definitely the Options one. It was lovely and creamy when made with milk and tasted the closest to the ones that you get from Costa. Wasn’t too sweet and mixed well into the milk and didn’t end up tasting powdery (which is my biggest bug bear with instant hot chocolate) the only downside to this one is that as far as I can find you can only buy it in the individual sachets and not in a big tub, which makes it a lot more expensive.

My least favourite was the weight watchers one, I just didn’t think that it really tasted of much and tasted very fake and powdery and out of 3 I tried it just didn’t match up, you can get this one in a big tub as well as sachets but I just don’t think that I could be buying it again.

The Highlights isn’t far off the Options one to be honest it is just a bit too sweet for me. That is really the only big swinging point for me. Depending on how much of a sweet tooth you have you may prefer one to the other. But I would recommend them both :) the Highlights one you can also buy in a big jar as well as the sachets.

Anyway guys I know that this was random but I hope that you liked it.

If you have hot chocolate at home, what is your favourite?

Lots of Love 

OOTD: Skater Skirt

Hi guys,

I hope that you are all alright, :) I am having a very strange week and have been getting lots of ideas for posts so am actually trying to get them written up so then I have a bank of some posts for if I get a bit of a block :)

So this is an outfit post for when I went out for dinner with my Mum, Auntie, Nan & Brother the other night. We went out to decide what we were doing for a family holiday away this year & for mine and my brother’s 21^st birthday which is at the start of April :) not that I am excited or anything about it. 

 Top – Soulcal

Skirt – River Island

Tights – Super Cosy from Primark

Yes I know its not the most exciting outfit in the world, I didn’t get a photo of the shoes I wore, I wore my Reiker grey Chelsea boots. This kind of outfit is a bit of a go to for me, I wear it to go out to the pub in and that sort of thing, I just think it looks nicer than jeans & a tshirt (feel free to tell me I'm wrong) hehe!

Anyway I hope you are all well and I will see you again very soon 

What kind of outfit is a ‘go to’ for you?

Lots of Love 

NOTD: Angora Cardi

Hi everyone, today I actually have a beauty related video for you! :) my first of the year! I paint my nails a hell of a lot, and I mean pretty much every other day! I love switching my nail varnish up, maybe I will do a nail varnish collection post for you soon :) 

Anyway I have just painted my nails with Essie’s Angora Cardi, okay for one I absolutely love the name of this, it just makes me smile. The colour is just sooo me it’s ridiculous, I mean I do love bright nails but this is just right up my alley as well! It is like a plumby brown colour which has a cream finish to it. I absolutely love it, yes I know I am not the best at painting my nails, I had to take a photo of my left hand today because  I had a nightmare and snapped off my thumbnail right down to the skin basically! *CRYYYY* anyway my lovely boyfriend bought me this nail varnish for Christmas so *well done Christopher*

I really want to try some more essie nail polishes soon, so if any of you have any ideas on which others I should try let me know :)

Lots of Love

Review: The 17 Smokey Eye Palette

Hey Guys,

I hope that you are all okay, I know that I haven’t been around for a week or so but things got a little on top of me! However I am back with a little review on the 17 Smokey Eye Palette. This is free when you spend over £5.99 on the 17 range in Boots. My Nan kindly gave me this because she got it for free. So I thought that I would review it for you guys, 

It comes in a nicely designed black grey and gold box which I actually really like. The actual packaging of the palette is quite basic, its plain black chunky packaging with white writing on, however I do quite like it. 

The kit contains 3 Eyeshadows, 1 Mini Eyeliner Pencil & 1 Mini Brush. I quite like the pigmentation of all of the eyeshadows. My favourite is the palest colour in the palette, which is a shimmery silver colour which I think I will probably use most out of all of the colours in this palette. The other 2 colours are both nice and I think all complement each other to make a good smoky eye look from just one palette.

What do you guys think about this palette, would you consider getting it with some other 17 products?

Lots of Love 

Getting Christmassy!

Hey guys,
This is just such a random post but I have been getting so much into the Christmas spirit recently and I have been having a bit if a random faf around with photo editing programs online, seen as they are things that I am not exactly the best at, so I decided to get a little Christmassy with some photos. SO here you go!

Top Left - My Thorntons advent calender. Top Right - Colony Vanilla & Cranberry & Yankee Cranberry Chutney candles. Bottom Left - My Christmas mug with Earl Grey tea *NOM* Bottom Right - 2 little Christmas decorations I have dug out! 

So I hope that you are all good and getting into the Christmas spirit as much as I am

Lots of Love

Christmas Tag

Hi guys I have been getting into the Christmas spirit so much recently, I have started my Christmas shopping and have been getting wrapping paper and things like that together, so I thought that I would do I would do the Christmas tag to get me even more in the mood! 

1. What’s Your Favourite Holiday Movie?

1005 has to be The Grinch, I used to have it when I was younger on VHS (oooohh) hehe, and I used to watch it so much that I broke the video, you couldn’t hear any sound on the movie anymore, so I now have it on DVD, I am just waiting for this one to be worn out and I’ll have to get it again!

2. What’s Your Favourite Christmas Colour?

Has to be red! It just screams Christmas to me! I am currently on the lookout for a Christmas jumper and I was a red one. I have just always thought that red is Christmas.

3. Do You Like To Stay in Your PJ's Or Dress Up For Christmas?

I don’t actually get a chance to stay in my PJ’s on Christmas day, there is that much stuff that we get up to that I always get dressed up and go and see all my family and things like that. However I would love to stay in my PJ’s all day! That’s a plan for in a few years’ time I think

4. If You Could Only Buy One Person a Present This Year Who Would It Be?

This is such a hard question, because I have a very large family and I buy a lot of presents! But it would probably be either my little brother who is 8, or my boyfriend.

5. Do You Open Your Present Christmas Eve Or Christmas Morning?

We always open our presents of Christmas morning. Me and my twin brother always get up and open our stockings first and then we have to make our mum and step dad a brew and then we will go and open our presents from under the Christmas tree.

6. Have You Ever Built a Ginger Bread House?

No I haven’t! I really want to, I have made Christmas cakes, gingerbread cookies and mince pies before.

7. What Do You Like To Do On Your Christmas Break?

I just love to spend time with my family. We love going to Christmas markets and Christmas shopping and just decorating our houses and spending as much time together as possible!

8. Any Christmas Wishes?

Hmmm I don’t actually know, I know most of my presents that I am gtting this year as they are things that I have been out and picked myself. But i would love a Michael Kors watch :) *Chris take note* hehe

9. Favourite Christmas Smell?

Either my Yankee Candle in Macintosh Spice, I have been nurning this for the last month and I absolutely love it, I have almost finished my 1^st one and am going to but some more of the tumblers today! Or Christmas trees, my nana and granddad always have a real Christmas tree in their front room (we are having our 1^st real one this year *yayy*) and I just love it when I walk into their house and open the front room door and just get hit with a wave of pine!

10. Favourite Christmas Meal or Treat?

Well, you can’t beat Christmas dinner in my opinion! It is one of the best meals of the year without a doubt! I love everything to do with Christmas dinner! Even sprouts! But I do really love candy canes, and advent calendar chocolate as well!

So I hope that you guts enjoyed this, I tag everyone to do this tag to get you into the Christmassy spirit!

Be prepared for lots of Christmassy posts from me over the next few weeks!

Lots of Love