D.I.Y~ Halloween mini Pumkin Candles

Hello Internet, April here,

This week I'm going to be showing you how to jazz up your Halloween displays with super cute, munchkin pumpkin candles!
(mouth full)

After pottering about many, many, supermarkets in my local area, hunting high and low for the perfect pumpkin, i finally found these babies,

Munchkin Pumpkins!  Look how adorable!

These little cuties were bought from Waitrose £1 each!

So, after my last candle escapade -Here- i had loads of wax bars left, begging to be used!
and after finding an awesome pin on Pinterest, which for the life of me, i cannot re find, to link,-sorry, i felt totally inspired to create something similar. This is a really unique and simple yet effective decoration for all your halloweeny needs!

This DIY has a make time of half an hour; 

-In depth instructions for candle making can be found here-

• Melt wax via a double boiler,
• Whilst the wax is melting, hollow out your pumpkins,
• Use some sort of Vaseline or petroleum jelly to layer the entire inside of the pumpkin. This aids in keeping the pumpkin fresher for longer,
• Dunk the metal end of the wick in to the melted wax pan then press till set in the bottom of the pumpkin,
• Using a jug, pore in the melted wax till full,
• As wax starts to set, tape the wick in place,
• Place pumpkin in fridge till fully set

And that's munchkin pumpkin candles sorted!

I hope you love this DIY as much as i do, and i cannot even describe the beautiful mixture of vanilla wax with a hint of pumpkin, its delicious!

Toodlepip xx

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"October-spiration"

Hey Internet!

April here, all cosy in my fluffy blanket sipping hot chocolate. All i need now is a tad bit of my guilty pleasure-keeping up with the Kardashians, and well, I'm in heaven.

 As the evenings are drawing in and its 81 days till Christmas-yes i said the 'C' word~sorry. 
I have been embracing the inevitability of winter, swooning over the autumn/winter fashion trends that are trickling in to our high street. I had to talk my self out of buying a navy over sized snood from Top shop earlier today, i don't think i have enough will power to last the whole winter! 
send help!

Personally this is my favourite time of the year, its still warm'ISH', but you can cosy up on the evening, with your favourite +Yankee Candle glistening away in the background burning up some of the most amazing Autumnal scents. I love going on little evening adventure's, jumping and kicking up all the crunchy leaves, BUT Lets not forget that October has Halloween too! meaning i get the yearly treat of both pumpkin calving and pumpkin soup! best of all, still getting to play dress up! call it juvenile, but what is life when your too serious?

This is my personal representation of Autumn. I wanted to share my favourite colours, aspects and textures that make this particular season so inspirational and..well.. awesome :)

All these images have been taken from +Instagram  using the hash tag #autumn go check it out if you want more autumn inspiration. 

This post was inspired by the beautiful post that +Zoella did talking about her favourite parts of autumn, click  'HERE' to check that out!

Toodlepip xx

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Feeling Autumnal?

Hello Internet!

April here, and I'm going to be sharing with you my autumn inspired fashion & Beauty wish list!

I'm going to start off with the beauty side of my Autumnal inspired look, because there are so many 
products on my mind that i want, that i need to write it down before i forget!

Beauty wish list

+MAC- Eye shadow in colour amber lights- priced at £13

click here to find more colours!

I have always heard great reviews about the mac eye shadows, and i wanted to give this a try, and for £13 who can blame me!

+Too Faced- Better Than Sex Mascara- which for America is priced at $23.00 Meaning for us brits, we should pay around £14 excluding shipping.

Click here for site

I must admit with this product, i have kind of jumped on the band wagon, but how else are you meant to find a product that perfect for you?! and with so many recommendations i cant resist much longer!

+ TARTE- Amazonian clay 12-hour blush at $26.00-(£16 'ish')

                                               

 Link

The range of colours they have for this blush are all so beautiful. For autumn, i feel a more earthy/nude tone blush with a statement colour lipstick would give a beautiful winter look! . Ive also seen a Vlog in which missglamorazzi raved about this brand, so naturally i mush have it in my life! 

I hate how easy it is for me to be incised in by a brand!

~And lastly on my cosmetic assault that is my wish list~ 

+Charlotte Tilbury- Matte Revolution Lipstick in Glaston-berry priced at £23

link

Now i have, admittedly, scoured through tons of reviews of this product, and not one has a negative comment,  the range holds fantastic autumnus colouring! The price tag may be a bit hefty but i recon it will be worth it! 

+FleurDeForce has done a beautiful in-depth product review of this, check it out here!

High-street clothing store wish list

+ TopShop- Lace Insert Flippy Dress priced at £26.00

I love, love, love, this dress, sometimes i prefer simple dressed because you can dress it up as much as you like, i want to style this with my black boots/tights, waist belt, leather jacket, and floppy hat for a cute monochrome autumn/winter look 

+ ASOS-Folded Collar Blouse priced at £22.00

                                               

This blouse needs to be in my life.... The collar detail is super cute and i have a perfect mustard colour jumper to style it with, paired with grey skinny jeans and brown boots

+ ASOS-Long Sleeve Blouse in Mono Cloud Print priced at £36.00

*cough cough* i defiantly did not just buy this when i was proof reading this post...

(i love how i have managed to talk myself in to buying this!)

+ Miss Selfridges cut work heart floppy hat-Price: £30.00

Erm.. i have this in black, and i love it so much, its a really cute way of va-va-vooming up a look AND it has a draw string inside so it fits smaller heads!... very clever!

 And finally i found this mood board on the river island website showing some inspirational fashion week street style looks. i very much want the "model off duty" look

River Island Trends

There we have it! basically my Christmas list really :)

I hope you enjoyed reading through this and potentially inspired some purchases?

woowooo shopping

Toodlepip xx

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D.I.Y- Cheep Room Decor

Hey guys,

April here, This week im going to show you how to make a quick and easy decoration for your bedroom.

Fit for any room actually

Im calling this; Project Pin Art

This is a really fun yet simple effective way to decorate your room, or in my case, im putting it on my bedroom door. 

The project has a making time of approximately 1 hour, however i was going slowly, relaxing to some chillstep- check it out its amazing to zone out on....
The project also has a total price of £5.50 so if you are looking for cheep way to either decorate a bedroom or university halls of residence, this project will not break the bank! :)

ps) I totally forgot about the wooden border around the canvas, so in the 'edge' areas i used a hammer to pop the pins in :)

I hope you have fun making this mini project and if you have a glue gun to hand, you could glue the pins in place on the back to make it more durable.

Obviously you can use any type of stencil, i just went on photoshop and printed out the letter A on A4 paper. You can also play about with the colour of the canvas either with paint or wallpaper, your choice :) alternatively in some retailers you can find multi-coloured pin heads, so be creative that way!

Check me out on both twitter for everyday ramblings and pinterest for more creative inspiration :)

Toodlepip xx

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Butternut squash soup with chilli & crème fraîche

Hey guys! April here, and I'm making soup!

(This is what its ment to look like!)

Soups are the only way I will eat any sort of vegetables, so I try and make lots of different types of soups to keep up my 5 a day veg!

Here I’m going to tell you how to make my favourite soup-

Butternut squash soup with chilli & crème fraîche

Serves 4

Calories Protein Carbs Fat  Saturates Fibre Sugar  Salt

  264           5g          28g    15g     7g           6g      17g   0.61g

Ingredients

1 butternut squash, about 1kg, peeled and deseeded

2 tbsp olive oil

1 tbsp butter

2 onions, diced

1 garlic clove, thinly sliced

2 mild red chillies, deseeded and finely chopped

850ml hot vegetable stock

4 tbsp crème fraîche, plus more to serve

Method

~Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.

~Peal the skin off the squash, I didn't and you could tastes the chunks! yuk

~Cut the squash into large cubes, about 4 cm/1½in across, and then toss in a large roasting tin with olive oil.

(Roast for 30 mins, turning once during cooking, until golden and soft.)

~While the squash cooks, melt the butter with the oil in a large saucepan, then add the onions, garlic and ¾ of the chilli.

(Cover and cook on a very low heat for 15-20 mins until the onions are completely soft.)

~Tip the squash into the pan, add the stock and the crème fraîche, and then whizz with a stick blender until smooth. for a really silky soup, put the soup into a liquidiser and blitz it in batches.

(Be careful with a stick blender! I'm still finding soup all over the kitchen because I lifted it out the pan too early) 

~ season to taste.

~Serve the soup in bowls with swirls of crème fraîche and a scattering of the remaining chopped chilli.

finito! 

 And here is my finished dish! 

I didn't sprinkle more chilli on top of the soup because, for me, it was spicy enough.

So have a go and create this beautiful healthy soup!

Toodlepip xx

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