Scones, Cakes & Happiness

Scones, Cakes & Happiness

My Nanna was turning another year older... we decided to celebrate by eating ALL of the scones, cakes and sweet things.

I do miss Manchester - ever time I go home, a new restaurant / bar / awesome thing has popped up to welcome me home and make me miss it that bit more. The 'Rosylee Tearooms' is a recent addition to the ever expanding Northern Quarter so I booked us in to sample the goods. As you walk through the doors you are greeted with delicious smells, flowers draped from the ceilings and vintage looking crockery.

We opted for the cream tea, which is basically an afternoon tea minus the selection of sandwiches. The scones were delicious - the raisins had been sneakily replaced with chocolate, which in a warm scone, just equals perfection. I think I may need to opt for the champagne counterpart next time.

Due to the vintage feel of the tearooms I felt it was necessary to don a vintage dress (a new favourite, Manchester do vintage WELL). The high waistline made cake eating all the more pleasant... on that note, the cake selection was immense - after eating all of the cakes, we came to the conclusion that the 'Rosylee Tearooms' is just a generally tasty establishment.

Eating our body weight in sweet treats felt well deserved, we left feeling full and happy. The trip into Primark that followed however...

If you reside in the North, I suggest you go and get your fill - Rosylee Tearooms

Daily Make Up Magic

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Daily Make Up Magic.

I would like to kick of this post by saying that I am by no means a beauty expert, I am more of an interested party... ha! One of the definite perks women have over men is the use of make up wizardry - women can disguise hangovers and general shitty face days with a mask of freshness. I get bored quite quickly with what I use but this is what today's face is:

Face:
 - I am still on the hunt for a foundation that I can't live without - I am super pale and struggle to find foundations that suit me... but at the moment I use the Max Factor Xperience, Weightless Foundation in light ivory along with a Revlon under eye concealer and Smashbox general concealer in fair.
- Bourjois blush pot in rose.
- Laura Mercier mineral powder in tender rose.
- Benefit High Beam.
- Mac blusher brush.
- Sephora buffing brush.
- Real Techniques stippling brush.

Eyes:
- Rimmel Jet Black eye liner.
- Loreal Super Liner liquid eye liner.
- Rimmel Lash Accelerator mascara.
- MUA Heaven and Earth eye shadow palette.
- Benefit Ooh La Lift brightening boost.
- MUA brow palette.
- Mac 213 brush.

Lips:
- Revlon Lip Butter in Juicy Papaya.

Body:
-Chloe perfume.

I am pretty nosy and I can imagine a lot of you are so I hope you enjoy...

Gin, Brooches and Leather Shorts Please.

Gin, Brooches and Leather Shorts Please.

Canned gin and mixer is such a convenient invention - progress of an alcoholic manner. I wore this outfit for a design interview, too much? My thought process went like this... 'It's a design interview surely I need to dress how I want, leather shorts or no leather shorts?', 'Leather shorts are definitely the best idea, who wouldn't wear leather shorts', 'confidence'

So to sum up I wore leather shorts to the interview, then a few days later to eat steak and drink Gin, What of it?... Also my brooch is a claw, Best.

Todays been a strange one - I have gone from slightly weeping at the Oscars to leaking tears of joy at Louis CK. I am now almost jubilant.

Casually heading out...

Going Out in a Quilt.

Going Out in a Quilt.

I am never sure about knee length skirts. I am always a little jealous when I see people looking ace in a knee length item, I always feel so short when I attempt it myself. I wanted this skirt when it first arrived on the racks at Topshop so when it felt like a sign when it went into the sale and it was my Birthday :)....

It feels like a quilt but it's still February so I guess that makes sense, if I get cold on a night out it really doesn't matter.