Long after the daylight is over..

Autumn/Winter is without a doubt my favourite time. Last night we snuggled down into the sofa with a tartan blanket and I read while Alex watched a film. I had warm honey apples sprinkled with cinnamon and a hot-chocolate  - Pure perfection.

Tonight I'm pumpkin carving and baking, to get ready for Halloween tomorrow. 

I can't wait to get home, put my fluffy socks on, and sit down to do these festive and fun things with a chai latte and some gingerbread to hand.

I hope you're having a wonderful day everyone <3

Lea

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Sunday in York

Hi darlings, 

Alex's younger brother and his girlfriend came up to stay with us this weekend and we had a lovely time. We spent a lot of it watching films and eating home cooked food, but on Sunday we decided to take a trip to York for the day. We left the young lovers to do their own thing for a couple of hours and went for a wander around the shops on our own.

We stuck around the York Minster area, which is full of small shops, tiny alleyways and quaint teashops. It's a lovely place to spend an afternoon and I so recommend it if you ever get the chance.

I got the opportunity to do some more Christmas shopping (nearly done now!) and we had lunch in a lovely little teashop that felt a lot like it was about to fall down it was on such a slant! 

 (The best Carrot and Coriander Soup I've had in years)

I'm super excited for Halloween this week, and I'm also contemplating dragging my friend to get Fro-yo after we're done at Uni today (she doesn't know this yet - she potentially does now)

Hope you've had a lovely weekend everyone,

Lea

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Trick Or Treat?

Good Afternoon Darlings,

When I was growing up and lived at home, Halloween was always a lot of fun. Even after I stopped going Trick or Treating, my mum used to put so much effort into the food that she gave out at the door. Rather than giving sweets or chocolate away, she used to make hotdogs for the children and parents who came with them. 

It warmed them up when it was freezing and they were out in the cold dressed as a cat for half the night, and was something a bit different from what they got at every other house.

With that in mind, this is the first year where we're expecting Trick or Treaters. Where we live now, there are quite a few children in the houses that surround us, which is a stark contrast from student-ville where we've been for the past few years!

We obviously weren't going with the boring options then were we?

These are the ideas for this year:

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You can find the recipes for all of these by clicking on the 'here' button.

They are all from a lovely site called Spoonful.com, if you like arts and crafts, cute recipes and Disney (!) You'll love it!

Abiento,

Lea

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FOTD - Glamour Style

Good afternoon lovelies!

It's been a fair while since I did a FOTD so I thought it was high time I got on with it!

I was having a little play around this morning and this is what I came up with, I hope you like it :)

Eyes:

I used Soap and Glory's 'It's About Prime' as a base.

I then used Sweet Lust by MAC all over my lid.

I added Expensive Pink by MAC into my crease.

I then added more definition to the crease with Bobbi Brown's Black Plum eyeshadow, as well as taking it under my lower lash line. 

I then blended any harsh lines with more Expensive Pink.

I used white shade from the MUA Heaven and Earth pallet to add light to my inner corners.

To finish off I used Black Gel Eyeliner by Bobbi Brown, and a generous coating of Bobbi Brown's Extreme Party Mascara.

I finished up by applying some false lashes. These are by Eyelure and are their 'natural ones'.

Lips:

I used Vaseline's Pink Bubbly limited edition to condition them before applying colour.

I then used Estee Lauder's, Double Wear, Stay in Place Lip Duo in the shade 19 Forever Fuschia.

Rather than use the attached gloss, I finished up by applying some of the Clarins Instant Light Natural Lip perfecter in pink, concentrating on the centre portion of the lips.

Cheeks:

I contoured using the Sleek Contour Kit.

I then applied Chanel's Fantasia blush and blended it out.

I used the Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick in Rose Quartz to Highlight. 

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For the rest of the day I've been working on some Jurisprudence prep that I had to do, and generally jamming around the flat to Northern Soul, all in all it's been a pretty good and productive day!

(Note to self, the mirror is streaky - I can never seem to get it perfect!)

What have you been up to? Anything exciting?

Abiento <3

Lea

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