Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Let It Goat!

Hey guys, its Alex with a goat obsessed post!


A goat obsessed post? I am not joking, who can blame me really, goats are so cool, even celebrities have collaborated with them likes of Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus, Who wouldn't love them? 

Anyway, this post is probably not what you were expecting, of all things to post about, goats would have been your last guess...Goats are cute, funny and Celebrities in their own right..

I recently read an article about a company called Chuckling Goat, they provide skin care products!
My reaction to this brand is YES, YES, Amazing!!

I would strongly recommend ordering from their product ranges, my skin after 4-5 days of use using their skin lotion has become smoother, looks brighter, pores are less apparent, my skin just looks so much healthier, I was so surprised on the outcome, I break out quite frequently so its made a significant difference to the overall health of my face.

So what about the product you ask, I ordered a Cleanser Soap and Lotion for break outs; This is directly grabbed from the website about this treatment specifically:-
Our award-winning skincare is designed to nourish your skin with natural ingredients including our own raw goats milk , live culture kefir, honey, oatmeal, herbs, roots, and aromatherapy essential oils. Our products are all free from any nasty dyes, perfumes, parabens, petrochemicals or phthalates.
For serious or persistent skin conditions, we recommend that you team our healing skincare with a 21-day course of our powerful live-culture kefir.
Use the cleanser daily instead of your usual soap, on face, hands and body. Follow with a twice-daily application of the lotion, anywhere it’s needed. Go for one soothing bath every three days or so. Unlike steroid creams, our lotion will not thin or harm the skin, and can be used as long as you like, on scalp, face and body.
To help you nurture your skin from the inside, we also recommend that you drink 1/3 of a pint daily of our live culture raw goats milk kefir.
Our lovely nostalgic farm packaging was designed by local artist Helen Elliott. All these skincare products are also available separately.
Break-Out Magic Lotion – for face, body & hands£6.95
Ever think Goat Hair Could be in your make up Brushes? Yes even your make up brushes!



FASH 16-Piece Professional Goat Hair Makeup Brush Set with Faux Leather Pouch is £9.99 on Amazon!
  • Eco-Friendly and High Quality Make-up Brushes Designed for Professional Use
  • This 16 Piece Brush Set comes along with a Beatufitul Faux Leather Roll-up Storage Pouch with Magnetic Clasps
  • Professional Grade Quality
  • Consists of all the Basic Brushes Required for Getting your Make-up done.

Here is what's included:
1)Powder Brush: Uniform blending of powder products onto the face.
2) Duo Fiber Powder Brush: Blush, highlight shades, loose pigments, contouring, buffing & blending colour.
3) Blush Brush: Apply Blush onto the face, primarily on the cheekbones.
4) Fan Brush: Dusting off excess eye make up, loose powder.
5)Foundation Brush: Used to apply any kind of foundation be it liquid, cream or solid.
6)Blending Brush: Blend multiple eye shadow shades.
7) Concealer Brush: Ideal to apply concealer under the eyes, helps cover blemishes & skin tone.
8) Medium Shading Brush: Brow highlighting or blend the crease.
9) Lip Brush: Contours & blends the lipstick perfectly on the lip.
10) Pencil Brush: Smudges color on the upper & lower lash line.
11) Angled Eyeliner Brush: Apply eyeliner deep into the lash line.
12)Sponge Brush: Smudges eyeshadow or blend harsh line of the crease.
13) Eyeliner Brush: Apply a even-thin line of eye liner on the upper or lower lashlines.
14) Eyeshadow Brush: Used to apply powder & cream shadows to eyelids.
15)Mascara Brush: Apply mascara to separate lashes.
16)Eyebrow & Lash Comb: Combs eyebrow hair & separate lash hair thus removing mascara clumps.
Some reviews of this product also proves that Goats Hair is such good quality!!Check it out! http://www.amazon.co.uk/FASH-16-Piece-Professional-Makeup-Leather/dp/B0058SPLUI







And they are best friends with Hugh grant and even Prince Harry!!




Check it out here!!
Now this is I guess basically a review on their products- You may be put of by the idea that part of their product is from goats trust me I kinda was suspicious. Well is it better than the basic products you can get from boots?
Your skin is a natural eco-system. Like all natural things, it needs feeding!

Break-Out Magic Cleanser – natural soap for face£3.95
Our Zap-It formula, perfect for spots, acne, severe eczema, dermatitis and stubborn rashes. Gentle enough to use as a daily facial cleanser. Works best used together with our Break-Out Skin Magic Lotion. Free from any nasty chemicals, dyes, perfumes, pthalates, parabens or petrochemicals.  A base of goats milk, live culture kefir, coconut oil, sustainable palm oil and olive oil. Thyme & tea tree essential oils zap acne bacteria and heal eczema, psoriasis, rosacea and dermatitis.

This is our most powerfully healing lotion – we call it our “Zap-It cream!  Perfect for eczema, spots, stubborn rashes that have resisted steroid creams,  cracked hands and feet.  Tthis formulation won us our first national award in the FreeFrom SkinCare Awards for Problem skin.They also do realy cute tester pack great for gifts or even to try yourself to it for £19.95!

Don't hesitate check them out on lots of social media and see for yourself- Goats Are Taking over!!










Hope You Liked it!

Please check me out on social media! Don't hesitate to confess you Goat Obsessed products!!









Friday, 1 May 2015

April's Birthday Weekend Away

I feel like i've been a bit of a ghost for a while, what can I say...balancing work and life is pretty tricky. But hey, that's not what I want to talk about today. If you follow us on twitter you will know that April, Alex and I went on a weekend away to Birmingham to celebrate aprils 23rd birthday! 

If you don't know already, we all went to university in Birmingham and this was the first time after we graduated that we were going to see each other. No word of a lie, I was really nervous to see these guys, yes I had the nervous shit's too (sorry tmi).

We booked an apartment in city centre which was absolutely beautiful. There was a bedroom, a cute little kitchen and it even had a balcony over looking the city centre. The weather that weekend was perfect! It really felt like summer, the sun was shining, we had our sunglasses on and we were getting our drink on!

The drink's started to flow earlier than expected. Well the plan was to "pace ourselves" but that didn't happen and I was the first one to start feeling the effects of alcohol. We had cooked and ate dinner in our little kitchen and then the antics began. April made a massive punch bowl full of sex on the beach. The best cocktail to get you drunk and hyper according to April. Yes she is right! Any students reading this should take note.

We also made an amazing playlist on Spotify.


When I came back from America, I brought back these gold tattoo things (not sure what the real name for it is) and I thought it would be a good idea to put them on. BAD IDEA! We literally covered our body with these tattoo's and when I say we covered everything...I mean everywhere. Enough said. Also Alex gave me a cool smokey eye because I can't create a smokey eye to save my life.

I don't really remember much of the night after April opened her presents, i'm not sure how we got to the club and how we got back. But all in all we had an amazing night! The next day we were hanging...badly. So that meant a trip to Weatherspoons for a greasy breakfast and lots of cups of tea. I mean who doesn't love tea and some grease to cure a hangover.

I did manage to film bits of footage throughout the weekend so here is a vlog I put together. Hope you enjoy :)

Monday, 6 April 2015

Chunky Monkey Milkshake!


Chunky Monkey Milkshake!

I love a good experimental milkshake! Inspired from the classic Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream- which is not actually in my recipe but sure add that in too :) 

The Ingredients
  • 2 Chopped Banana's
  • 2 Cups of Vanilla Ice cream
  • 1 Pint of Milk
  • 1 Cup of Chocolate Ice cream or chopped chocolate
  • 3 teaspoons of Hot chock mix
  • 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
The steps to make chunky monkey milkshake are simple have 1 blender at the ready and bang everything in all at once, make sure to have a spoon at the ready to give it a try add more ingredients to achieve a stronger flavour or alter the thickness. Once perfect then dust with a bit of cocoa powder to garnish.


Hope your enjoy and that it tickles your taste buds :)




Thursday, 12 March 2015

TheATeam's Top Tunes


Spring is upon us, the festival line ups are coming at us full force how good are the British festival lineups so far! and all the summer tunes are busting through our radios to get us in the summer mood! So who's excited? I know I am!

Music varies between different peoples taste, I for one like a good mixture of Upbeat tunes to the down-low type genres, and i figured i would share my top 10 summer playlist that totally gets me in the mood and stupendously excited for festival season!



10) Florence + The Machine- What Kind Of Man,

I Literally can't wait for the whole album to be released, I have been waiting for this for what seems like forever. I am a massive fan, i have seen her live twice and although the tune is a bit on the down low side i can see Florence being once again my spring/summer Artist favourite!










9) Sia- Elastic Heart feat. Shia LaBeouf + Maddie Ziegler

this video seriously makes this song epic! the story it portrays is beautiful! I think this is a great 'go to' song to get you motivated!


Can I just PHWOER at Shia <3








8) Milky Chance- Stolen Dance

You may have not heard of them but Milky Chance are amazing! I highly recommend them! who would have thought reggae mixed with electronic could sound so cool.


They're worth a check trust me!!










7) Klingande- Jubel

A bit of deep house- I never thought them words would come out of my mouth! This is a summer club tune thats just epic, I just want to go out and get dancing!!










6) RHODES- Breathe

This song is a massive come down from the partying, but I still love it! "chill-axing" and calm but also helps with them depressing moments.












5) FKA Twigs- Water Me

She has been recently played on a lot of top radio stations and is classed as an up and coming artist, I would watch this space- seriously, her tunes are so mesmerising and the concepts behind her videos are super creative/original!












4) Parra For Cuva Ft. Anna Naklab- Wicked Games

This is more of a Pick me up tune, and also a must listen to song! its a bit more upbeat which I feel totally encapsulates the Spring feeling.











3) Sigma Ft Paloma Faith- Changing

This is already a chart topper, I just love it and want to share it with everyone! It totally captivates my attitude and ethos at the moment, as I've moved down to London embracing a new journey!



2) Neon Jungle- Louder

This is much more 'girly' sounding song, Its a great song and I think they will go far, especially if they keep on writing stuff like this!













1) Grimes- REALiTi

I Love Grimes, she creates such cool, quirky and fun, chillout music. I adore the videos too, I think they're totally wicked!


Hope You Liked this little starter playlist! Have you got any recommendations for awesome summer tunes? What festivals are you most looking forward to? let me know!






Saturday, 10 January 2015

"January-spiration"

Afternoon my Lovely's,
Its a tad chilly here in the UK, we've had a very "white" beginning to January, with all this snow and below zero temperatures, its time to get the heating cracked up and snuggle into the sofa with a warm hot coco.

The best thing about January is the fact basically everyone is on detox or in "diet mode"  I am just saving money, actually thats a lie...i'm just spending all my money it in the sales. 

As you all know I have a obsession with Vintage Clothing and I've have just moved to the Big city, London, and i kid you not, just across the street from me is a magnificent vintage shop called Mint.  This is seriously going to break my bank balance

Anyway, i went for a mooch this morning and realised January is THE month to be wearing cable knit jumpers! they are everywhere! I am literally stocking up as we speak! There is so much verity I am slightly obsessed especially with styles like;  novelty 80s prints or plain cream and grey colours.

So for your eyes only here are some photos I have found to create my January Cable Knit inspiration!!

Look of the week;
I love the simple cream cable knit partnered with a busy flowery dress, to make it more wintery add some tights and boots, maybe a scarf and beanie too.

Another accessory for January is a vintage coat 
whether they are oversized jackets or dainty coats, they all look amazing for this time of the year!

Anyway i hope you have had a wonderful new year and have a fantastic January.


Sunday, 21 December 2014

D.I.Y Christmas Decor

Hey Guys, its Alex!


I apologise the lateness of this post, been busy helping Santa in his workshop ;)



As you can see by the title this week i will be showing you quick and easy D.I.Y Christmas Decorations!!
As am slightly bankrupt with buying so many presents, the thought of having to buy christmas decorations on top of all the gift buying too was too much, hence the inspiration for this post, improvised christmas decor
Obviously Pinterest helped me along the way :)

Super glittery string baubles!
My inspiration;


Method
- In a bowl, plop out as much PVA glue as you desired, mix well with some water so it is slightly runny and then add glitter, the more glitter the better!!

- Use as much string as you like/ I used about 50cm-1m worth- colour is up to opinion :)

- Now mix the string in the glittery glue to make the string an explosion of glitter

- nows the tricky bit, (using a print out stencil) place your pins in its desired places, (like the above image of the star)

-fill in the entire area of the pin/stencil area and leave to dry, for fast results, dry via the freezer

My end result; a bit more of a rustic feel and the image doesn't show as much sparkle but trust me it is




The next D.I.Y is Cardboard stars!

These are great for name place tags, hang on the tree or even place around the house. This was pretty simple and uses up wasted cardboard from gift packaging or cereal boxes!! 

Once a star template is printed and cut out, place the star on cardboard and trace around. You also need to find the centre point but don't worry I'll show you.


Cut out 2 stars in cardboard and both need the centre marked. The first star you need to cut down the centre of one spike to the censer point and then the other war you need to cut up the centre point form between the middle of two spikes. Like this Image...

Then slot together




It should look like this…


You can then spray paint or decorate to your hearts content! for the girly girls out there, you could coat the whole thing in pva glue and cover entirely in glitter

Lastly~Lid decoration!


Inspiration;


So mine was much more "crafty" looking than above.


The best thing is to paint the Lid- mason jar lids are usually good starters. 
To start, paint the lid on the outside- hiding logos etc, then I covered the lid in glitter glue and confetti stars- very messy! I left it to dry with it resting on baking paper protecting the surface.

I then found a really cute santa sticker and placed it on top- I think it was from 99p store :) Then I used a dynamo embosser- as I didn't paint my lid the logo was appearing through the glitter so I made a label saying merry christmas one and all. So quick and really effective would be a cute xmas gift!

Here is the end Result!!



Please send in your crafty images via our twitter we'd love to see them!!

We hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year! from all Three of us! 
Have a few drinks on us! you deserve it!


Ps here's a little Christmas treat to you!

Monday, 24 November 2014

Alex's Bad Idea To Bake Birthday Cake!

Hey Guys, Alex here, 
TW: im talking about cake... run away if you're on a diet!
So Its was my 22nd birthday :( i'm getting old! 
Usually I would leave the baking antics up to someone else but today i decided i wanted to make my own cake.. and without blowing my own trumpet, i'm actually not that bad at baking.


Here are a few examples of my previous baking extravaganzas;

Easter Surprise-birthday cake




Friends birthday:- The Killer Bunny form The Monty Python and The Holy Grail
So as you can tell, things don't usually go to plan, At least i try? Amirite?

This is what I plan my cake to look like:-



Cue Baking time with alex

What you will need;-


For the Cake mix-
  • Self Raising Flour 
  • Caster Sugar 
  • Eggs x4 
  • Hot choc powder 
  • Butter 
  • Baking Powder 
  • Mixing Bowl 
  • Whisk or Electric mixer 
  • Baking tins 
  • spatula 
  • baking parchment 
  • Spoons- table and teaspoon and normal spoon 
For the Icing and Decor-
  • Mixing Bowl 
  • Knife 
  • Mixer whisk 
  • Marshmallows 
  • white chocolate buttons 
  • hundred and thousands 
  • rainbow belts 
  • Blue food colouring

Bish, Bash, Bosh
my way of baking is really simple, haha bet you couldn't tell, i just like to bang it all in at once and hope for the best.

So first things first ( am a realist- im sorry i will let my self out)

- Set Your oven to 180 degrees please!!

- Then weigh all your 4 eggs together this can vary and is important. Mine weighed around 250 grams, this is now going to be the measurement for your Butter, Caster sugar and your flour.

- Bash all them in together, for chocolate cake, take out 2/3 tbs of flour and replace it with about 2/3 Tablespoons of Chocolate Powder.

-I then put all of the ingredients into the mixer along with the eggs

- Make sure there are no egg shell :P

- Also a teaspoon of baking powder is needed at this moment!

Next up in simple baking with alex you need too;

- Mix until the batter is an even colour and consistency,3-4 mins for everyone with an electric mixer, for all you man powered mixers just keep whisking away till your arm is going to drop off :) about 10mins

- Once the batter is not too thick and gloopy but smooth and silky, evenly distributed between 2 lined/ greased baking trays

Put the cake mixtures into the oven set the timer around 35/45 minutes, mine took 1hour and 20mins! dunno where i went wrong on that one... :s its best to test by sticking a probe/kebab sick into the cake if it comes out clean its probably done, another way to test is to press on the cake slightly if it bounces back its done!

Once baked leave the cakes in the tins to cool for 5 mins! then gently remove t leave on a wire rack to cool for a further 10-20 mins.

Ice Ice icing it!

I chose to use Buttercream Icing. This link will show you how to make the perfect buttercream..
after following these instructions i popped a dap of blue food colouring into the icing for the 'sky effect'



Final Touches

The next bits the best, smother the cake in the blue icing- smooth with a knife- add a dash of water onto the knife creates a glossy effect. Leave this to dry/set, for a quick setting times i recommend you  put the iced cake in the freezer, not only will the cake set fast, but when slightly frozen the cake is much easier to decorate.


While this is going on I separated my marshmallows white and pink. The pink well they got eaten! The White need placing in a microwavable bowl and microwave for 40 seconds on 600wt. Mix with a spoon this makes the marshmallows loose their shape and become sticky and gooey. Then dust a part of table/chopping board with icing sugar and cover your hands in it take clumps of the marshmallow and form cloud like shapes and place on the cake for desired shape/style.

Dust the cake in hundreds and thousands do this at your own risk they go everywhere!!

Now the Rainbow belts need forming into semi circles- place in the freezer to set- I did a few for experiment sake this method worked the best
Leave for 5-10 mins


Once they have set slightly take one and form a rainbow on the marshmallow clouds I used some icing sugar and water and wedged it into the clouds held it for a few seconds for it to set in place and well….






Daadaaa…

Add candles for finished look…


I hope this has tickled your tastebuds for cake! 



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