Bee happy

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I was fortunate enough to receive this little bundle of items as a gift for my birthday. Bath bombs always are a treat for me and as I have never used a lush shampoo I was eager to use all of these delights. I am also a massive fan of the packaging(wrapping with bees on it) as I can re use for other people's presents. I thought I would share my opinions of these products with you:

-Fairly traded honey- As I previously mentioned I have never used a lush shampoo before and therefore this 'honey' shampoo was certainly a good one to start with. As you can probably guess one of the ingredients in the shampoo is honey and I think this gives it a honey/caramel scent. I was surprised at how sparingly I had to use this product as one crisp size amount is enough to create a large lather.

-Honey bee- This bath bomb contained aloe Vera and therefore I left my water with my skin feeling smooth like silk. It made my bath water yellow and had a very light scent. I was surprised that when I exited the bath there bomb left what looked like sand in my bath, nevertheless it was a great spring like bath bomb.

Urban outfitter spend!

A couple of days ago I had a trip to  Bluewater and a shopping trip isn't complete without a spend in urban outfitters! I still have troubles trying to work my way around urban outfitters as it is MASSIVE and I never know where to queue so I look like an idiot waiting around for someone to call me over to their till! But I absolutely LOVE urban outfitters because it has a range of brands which suit me and I love the whacky items and strange books which they also stock. I decided I will share my latest urban outfitters purchases which I was extremely pleased with:

• Obey t-shirt- £30-Sale price £12- I really liked this T-shirt, vest top and because it is black it will easily go with most of my clothes. I thought it would be great for the summer because it has small sleeves and is also a really thin, light material. This was obviously from the brand obey which are originally expensive but when in the sale section urban outfitters items are always great priced. I was so happy to find this with over half of the price deducted, however if you go in urban outfitters today it may not still be there!
• Read this if you want to take great photographs-£12.95- This is like a 'how to' guide by Henry Carroll and I thought this would help me take better photographs for you guys reading this blog! I have only had a quick flick through but has quite basic language with no too technical terms and has photographs to illustrate the techniques. The book covers the topics of: lighting, composition, exposure, lenses and seeing. I am not sure if it will be too helpful seeing as I don't have a proper camera and just use my IPhone but hopefully I can pick up some tips.
• Purse-£20-This was definitely my favourite purchase as I am in LOVE with this purse. I actually went back for this because at first I was not sure if it was worth the money. I just love how modern it looks and the colour and the leathery material! I cant actually remember which section of the store I found this though!

Berry Blast Smoothie!

Hey world,

Smoothies are an essential in the upcoming summer months, they are a refreshing, healthy drink which helps you to maintain a balanced diet.

 I always have a smoothie as a snack to help resist unhealthy temptations, as they are full of fruit they help me with my sweet cravings. I am no nutritionist but even though fruit contains sugar it will not cause great weight gain (unlike Haribos!) I have done a small amount of research and learnt that this is because sugar in fruit hits the liver in small amounts which the body can therefore process. Now that I have 'lectured' you on the health benefits of smoothies you might be wondering if I am ever going to share the 'berry blast' smoothie recipe with you! I messed around with a basic strawberry and banana recipe to discover the amount of each ingredient I would add to get my taste buds tingling and also included a few more additions, feel free to reduce/add any of your own ideas:

• Banana
• 4-5 strawberries
• Handful of raspberries
• 100g of 0% fat yoghurt

No blender? No fear! Buying a blender doesn't necessarily have to burn a hole in your pocket, I got this blender which works perfectly from NEXT at home, it includes the  blender machine and two containers which you could switch the cap to turn it into a bottle for easy and quick use. This was at a price of £20!