Classic Victoria Sponge | August 2017

Bruces absolute favourite cake is a Classic Victoria Sponge and as it was his Birthday yesterday, perfect excuse to bake one up for him. I really love baking and don't often have the chance to do so.
A Victoria Sponge is super easy and if your new to baking or just fancy baking something up quickly, this is the perfect recipe for you. I always follow the wonderful Mary Berry's recipe and just alter the measurement depending on how many I'm baking for. 

Below is the recipe for 12 slices;

225g Self Raising Flower

225g Caster Sugar

225g Butter

4 Free Range Eggs

2 tsp Baking Powder

Icing Sugar

Flavoured Jam

Firstly pre-heat your oven to around 180C/350F and leave that warming up whilst you create your cake. Mix up your Flour, Butter, Baking Powder, Sugar and Eggs into a bowl until its a nice smooth mixture, for better results use a hand mix but you can also do it by hand. 

Use some butter to grease up your cake tins so the cake won't stick to it and then evenly distribute your cake mix into the two tins. 

Leave them in the oven for 20-25 minutes until they are golden and will spring back when you push them down slightly. Leave both to completely cool before spreading your chosen jam onto one surface. Then place the other slice on the top. Sprinkle a nice amount of icing sugar over the top of the cake and voila! That's as easy as it is!

Let me know if you guys make this recipe, would love to see some of your creations.
Have a lovely weekend!
Amy x

The Denim Jacket | August 2017 ♡

A Denim Jacket is something I have been desperate for this summer. However, could I find one I liked...not at all! I had searched shops for months to find a denim jacket that fits nicely and dosen't cost an arm and a leg. I finally stumbled across this beauty in H&M.  I have been wearing it non stop and absolutely love it. I feel like it can finish off an outfit nicely and in this chilly scottish weather, you can enjoy wearing it instead  of a big old jacket. 

Today I thought I would show you a couple of outfits I've been styling my new favourite piece with,  I love that it can go with absolutely anything.

Thank you for taking the time to read,

Heres a wee link to H&M's Denim Jacket page, their are so many to choose from! They are so affordable and I had to try on a couple before I could make my mind up of which to go with....may have to go and pick up another one!
H&M Denim Jackets


Amy x

Zoella Beauty Jelly & Gelato | July 2017 ♡

Once again, Zoe Sugg has released a new range of Zoella Beauty products and they are fabulous!

Just the packaging alone is stunning, such lovely pastel colours and patterns and the attention to detail, as always with Zoella products, is spot on. This range is absolutely perfect for summer and is a gorgeous mix of elderflower and pomegranate scents. The range is based on some of your summer ice cream van favourites which is just too cute!

 I didn't pick up the bath items as I don't have a bath! It would be silly for me to review those products without being able to use them! 

My favourite part of all Zoe's collections is her Body Mists. The Tutti Frutti mist is still one of my favourites but this year, I think she may have topped it. 

The Gelat'Eua Body Mist is a light, fresh and gorgeous scent that smells of every Elderflower lovers dream. Instead of wearing a heavy perfume day to day I love to spritz a mist over myself, the scents stay throughout the day and don't wear off like many body mists do.

 The Shower Sauce leaves you feeling so fresh and clean after use and having used it a few times now, I can honestly say the scent stays on your skin. The Shower Shake (how awesome is the bottle) is a Moisturising Body wash which you apply whilst in the shower which cleanses and moisturises your skin leaving it soft and silky.

In this range their is an absolutely gorgeous Body Cream called the Body Pudding. Take a good dollop of this and massage it into your skin which helps to brighten and tone. In the formula their are little pink sprinkles which release the elderflower and pomegranate scents as you massage it into your skin. I think this is my favourite thing in this beautiful collection and have been using it daily.

The Creamy Scrub body scrub is another one to use in the shower. Work it into wet skin and wash off leaving the skin with a super soft finish. The gorgeous mix of polishing sprinkles and rich cream helps to brighten and tone your skin.

All the products I purchased, plus the two bath items and the Jelly and Gelato Beauty Clutch are available at Superdrug and Feel Unique and are so affordable. 

Jelly & Gelato Collection

Body Mist - £8

Shower Shake - £6

Shower Sauce - £5

Body Pudding - £8

Cream Body Scrub - £8

Bath Milk - £7

Bath Wafers - £5

Beauty Clutch - £14

Thanks once again to Zoe for bringing your fantastic ideas to life and making another beautiful collection. If you haven't tried out or had a wee look at her collection, this one and the other few she has, I recommend you do. The products are so simple yet amazing.

Thank you for reading, hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Amy x

'Wilde Like Me' by Louise Pentland | July 2017 ♡

Having finished Wilde Like Me in just over a couple of days, I can honestly say its my favourite book I have read this year so far.

First off, if your unaware of Louise Pentland, she is a blogger, vlogger, youtuber and super mama who has captured the hearts of over 2 million subscribers online.  She is absolutely hilarious and if you haven't checked out her online world, I highly recommend you do.

However, she has just recently released her first novel called Wilde Like Me. I was so excited to read this novel purely hoping that it would be as funny and charming as Lousie herself. I wasn't let down!

Wilde Like Me follows the story of single mum Robin Wilde who lives in her grannies old house with her six year old daughter Lyla Blue. Being alone is getting to her though and she craves the comfort of a companion, a man in her life for herself and little Lyla.

The book follows her trying to find love whilst balancing everyday mum life, her friends and her job. Its such a relatable, funny and heartwarming story that is so hard to put down. 

There were so many points where I found myself laughing out loud, wether it was by Robin herself and some of her hilarious thoughts and actions or if it was some of the incredible one liners from little Lyla Blue. There are also some really lovely moments in this book that makes your heart feel so full. It certainly is a bit of a roller coaster of emotions in this book but I feel thats what makes it so fresh and real. A huge part of me is hoping for a part two of this story!

Well done Louise on a truly awesome debut novel. It was definitely worth all your hard work and effort that you put into writing it.

Its available at the moment for only £4.99 on Amazon!
Wilde Like Me (Hardcover)

If any of you have read Wilde Like Me let me know below you reviews on it and if you have read any similar books like this that you think I would enjoy!

Amy x

A New Look | July 2017 ♡

If you have been reading my blog for a wee whiley now, you'll notice that I have given it a wee bit of a freshen up.  At the start of the summer holidays I decided with myself that I would try and blog more often and with content that I personally love. Along with this I wanted my wee blog to look a little more professional, more appealing and, well, prettier!

Last week I reached 200 followers, 200! That so exciting! Reaching this milestone encouraged me to revamp my wee blog and make it much more exciting for you all to read.
Thank you so much to Phil at pipdig.co for making my blog look so lovely and for all the help they gave me whilst doing it up. If you have a blog of your own that you want to jazz up a little I would highly recommend their templates and services.

So here it is, my new and improved corner of the internet. 

I hope you enjoy having a little look around. Im planning lots of posts over the next few months, outfit posts, book reviews, beauty bits and anything I fancy posting whilst Uni is over for the summer! Let me know what you think and if you have anything you would like me to post about.

Thank you again for reading and following my wee blog.

I very much appreciate it.

Amy x