Cookie dough pizza

This is gorgeous, deliciously chocolatey and gooey :)

110g soft brown sugar

115g butter

150g self raising flour

As many choc chips as you want

4 tbsp water

Preheat oven to 180 degrees

Step 1: cream the butter and sugar

Step 2: add the flour, water and choc chips

Step 3: stir well so all the ingredients are well mixed

Step 4: spread the cookie mix over a baking tray or in a cake tin, it will be quite sticky

Step 5: put in the oven for 10 mins 

Step 6: take out of the oven and serve with ice cream and chocolate sauce

Gorgeous primark buys for spring

This is a perfect summer dress although it could be worn in spring with leggings or tights and a cardigan or jumper. I really like the floral pattern on the top as it makes it more delicate and pretty. It looks great with a belt around the waist for extra intresta and definition. This was only £5 which is great for a nice dress.

The colour of this top is bang on trend for spring and the little flowers add a nice pattern. It can be worn with shorts for a summery look or jeans for when it's a bit colder. This tops was only £3 which I think is a great price.

I love this top, the patterns lovely and you can make so many outfits from it. It looks great with jeans, leggings, denim shorts, or coloured cardigans. This top was only £4 which I think is amazing as lots of floral stuff is really expensive this year.

This dress is good for spring as the sleeves are longer and it look good with leggings. The pattern is simple but flattering and a belt makes the dress look much more fitted. This was only £5 which is good value for a nice dress.

Chocolate tiffin

This is really delicious and a perfect treat for when people come over. It's really easy and quite quick to make.

110g butter

2 tbsp granulated sugar

2 tbsp golden syrup

4 tsp cocoa powder

225g digestive biscuits (crushed)

1 large handful of raisins 

150g milk chocolate 

50g white chocolate

Step 1: melt the butter, sugar, golden syrup and cocoa powder in a pan over a medium heat.

Step 2: once the butter has completely melted add in the crushed digestives and raisins.

Step 3: pour into a tray.

Step 4: melt the milk chocolate and pour it over your tiffin mix.

Step 5: melt the white chocolate and drizzle it over the milk chocolate.

Step 6: leave it to set in the fridge for 1 hour.

  

10 places to go/things to do with your friends

1. Shopping-whether it be serious buying or just window shopping, you can have a great laugh shopping with your mates.

2. Going to the park-walking the dog, playing football or just chilling, it can be nice to leave the house particularly on a sunny day.

3. Sleepover-they can be hilarious fun and brings you closer to your mates.

4. Movie night-all bring along your fave films and eat popcorn.

5. Spa day-you could go somewhere posh to have a treatment or you could do some DIY ones at home, manicures, pedicures and facials are quite easy and cheap to do.

6. Go out for a meal-this can be great fun, just make sure wherever you choose is within everyone's budget and there is something that appeals to them on the menu.

7. Rollerblading disco- these can be hilarious and good exercise too. Don't worry if you can't skate it just makes it even more of a laugh.

8. Swimming-whether it be for exercise or just for a laugh, you can have a great time without spending too much.

9. Cinema-watching a good film with your friends is always good, especially when it's on the big screen.

10. High ropes course-these can be expensive but they are great fun and you feel a good sense of achievement when you've completed it (especially if you're scared of height!)

Triple chocolate cookies

Ingredients

100g Butter

75g soft light brown sugar

175g self raising flour

2 tbsp Milk

2 tbsp golden syrup

50g White chcolate chips

50g Dark chcolate chips

25g Cocoa powder

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees

Step 1: cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl.

Step 2: add the flour, cocoa powder and milk and mix well.

Step 3: add the white chcolate chips and the dark chcolate chips and mix well.

Step 4: use a tea spoon to spoon a small amount of mixture onto a greased tray.

Step 5; place in the oven for 8-10 mins.

Step 6: take out of the oven and leave to cool.

White chocolate and cherry cookies

Ingredients

100g Butter

75g soft brown sugar

175g self raising flour

2 tbsp Milk

2 tbsp golden syrup 

50g White chcolate chips

20 Glacé Cherries (halved)

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.

Step 1: cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl.

Step 2: add the flour and milk and mix well.

Step 3: add the white chcolate chips and the cherries and mix well.

Step 4: use a tea spoon to spoon a small amount of mixture onto a greased tray.

Step 5; place in the oven for 8-10 mins.

Step 6: take out of the oven and leave to cool.

Fimo cookie necklace tutorial

This necklace is quirky and goes with lots of styles. This tutorial is for a choc chip cookie but you could use red for cherries or blue for blueberries.

Step 1: soften a small lump of dark brown and pale brown polymer clay.

Step 2: roll the pale brown fimo into a ball.

Step 3: squash the ball until it looks a good cookie size.

Step 4: roll the dark brown fimo into a thin sausage.

Step 5: cut small chocolate chips from the dark brown.

Step 6: gently press the dark brown chips into the pale brown cookie base.

Step 7: carefully put a head pin through the cookie and put in the oven at 110 degrees for 30 mins.

Step 8: once cool brush the cookie in polymer clay varnish to make it shiny.

Step 9: use pliers to turn the end if the headpin into a loop.

Step 10: thread a piece of black cord about 30cm through the loop in the headpin.

Step 11: attach a cord end to both ends of the cord.

Step 12: attach a jumpring to both ends and attach a lobster clasp to one jumpring.

3D gem nail art

This is really simple but adds a nice 3d effect.
Step 1: paint your nails in a bright base colour. I used seventeen supreme shine in shade wave.

Step 2: use a medium dotting tool to cover the nail in white spots.

Step 3: cover the white spots with a gem. You may want a cuticle stick to help you pick up each gem. If the white has already dried simply use a bit of clear polish to help them stick.

Step 4: wait for it all to dry then coat in a really thick layer of top coat.

Dangly earrings in 5 mins

This is very quick to make and can be easily customised to suit your personal style.

Step 1: choose 6 beads, 2 medium beads (6mm), 4 small beads (4mm)
Step 2: get 2 headpins and thread the beads on in the order small, medium, small. There should be 3 beads on each headpin.
Step 3: using round-nosed pliers bend the top of the headpin into a hook shape.
Step 4: put the earring loop into the hook shape and close the loop on the headpin.
Step 5: repeat for the other earring.

Cool collage photo frame

This is pretty much free to make and recycles old magazines. 

Step 1: cut out some pretty patterns from magazines, you could use background, clothing, whatevever takes your fancy.

Step 2: get some cardboard and cut it into a square (mine was about 18cm by 18cm) 

Step 3: Measure 3cm from the edge the entire way around the cardboard.

Step 4: cut the middle bit out.

Step 5: use PVA glue to stick your magazine pieces around the cardboard.

Step 6: coat in a thick layer of PVA glue to seal it all together.

Step 7: find a pretty picture and Sellotape it to the back.

Chocolate brownies

200g 50% plain chocolate,

250g butter,

300g caster sugar,

4 eggs,

2 teaspoon baking powder,

80g cocoa powder,

70g plain flour

Step 1: melt the chocolate, butter and sugar together in a pan over a medium heat, stirring regularly

Step 2: once it is all melted take off the heat and leave to cool for 5-10 mins.

Step 3: mix the eggs in a jug.

Step 4: add the eggs and stir well.

Step 5: sieve the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder into the bowl and stir until all the ingredients are combined.

Step 6: pour into a brownie tin lined with baking parchment.

Step 7: cook in the oven for 20mins, these will be gooey when you take them out but ensure they aren't too wobbly.

Step 8: cut into squares and leave to cool.

Step 9 (optional) I made a sauce for mine by melting 200g of chocolate in a pan with 200ml of double cream.

Step 10 (optional) I also used raspberries and white choc chips to garnish mine.

Chocolate cupcake recipe

This is quick and easy to make but it very tasty. Once you have mastered piping these cupcakes look very professional. You can top them with sprinkles or icing letters, customize them to a person or a theme.

Cake recipe 
3 eggs
75g caster sugar
75g soft brown sugar
150g butter
3 tbsp cocoa powder
125g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder

Icing
150g icing sugar
175g butter
30g cocoa powder

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius 
Step 1: cream together the butter and sugar in a bowl
Step 2: mix the egg in a separate bowl
Step 3: gradually add the egg, alternated by the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder.
Step 4: stir well 
Step 5: put bun cases in a bun tray.
Step 6: using a teaspoon, spoon 2 tsp of cake mix into each bun case.
Step 7: bake in the oven for about 20 mins, use a cake tester/ skewer to see if its cooked through.
Step 8: take out of the oven and leave to cool.
Step 9: put all the ingredients for the icing in a bowl and stir well.
Step 10: using a piping bag pipe a neat spiral onto each cupcake. Start at the edge and work in towards the middle.





  

Super quick and easy spot nail art

This is mega easy and can be achieved in minutes.

Step 1: paint your nails in a dark base shade, I used a mua black polish.

Step 2: wait for it to dry.

Step 3: use a small dotting tool to cover the nail in small dots.

Cute cupcake nail art

This is really simple to achieve but looks quirky and eye catching.

Step 1: paint just over half your nail in a simple background colour, I used Barry m nail paint in shade 303-bright purple

Step 2: paint the other half in an opaque white. I used gallery colours in shade 236-white lightening.

Step 3: where the background colour and the white join, using a dotting tool make a dotted line.

Step 4: use a dotting tool to make a large red spot for the cherry.

Step 5: using a smaller dotting tool, take a contrasting colour and make dots at regular intervals.

Step 6: using the same size dotting tool and a different colour add some more dots.

Step 7: wait for it all to dry, then finish with a top coat :)

Top 10 sleepover rom-coms

Chick flicks are the perfect films for sleepovers but it can sometimes be hard finding a good one, these are my favourites:

50 first dates

Bridesmaids 

Bride wars

Little bit of heaven

What to expect when you're expecting

Bridget jones diary

Bridget jones the edge of reason

What a girl wants 

Love actually 

Angus, thongs and perfect snogging

February favourites

Collection 2000 Concealer, this gives good coverages and is perfect for under eye circles. Loads of people rave about it and I totally see why, it applies so well and lasts ages.

Herbal essences dazzling shine hair mask, this makes your hair so shiny and soft. Even after just one use you can really notice the difference. You want to apply it once a week so it lasts quite a while.

Beauty uk palette, there is a good range of brown shades, perfect for doing a brown smokey eye. The top line is pearlised and the bottom line is Matt meaning there are shadows to suit different styles. 

W7 mascara, the brush is great and makes your lashes look beautiful and fluttery. It is really affordable, I got mine from boyes for less than £2!

Fave nail polishes

I really like this rimmel polish as it is really smooth so applies beautifully. It is also a gorgeous colour and you only really need 1 coat.

This w7 polish is really sparkly, it's perfect for a party or a night out. You do need a few coats tho but the finished look is great.

I really like Barry m nail polish, they apply well and you only need 1 coat.

This seventeen polish is really glossy and smooth.

I absolutely love this nail polish, it is really sparkly and the colour is gorgeous.

Budget skincare saviours

The beauty palour chocolate face mask, it is really smooth and applies really well, it's got a nice strong chocolatey smell and is a great face mask for sleepovers.

Simple spotless skin anti blemish moisturiser, this is nice and light, I wouldn't say it's helped my spots go away but I don't think it's caused any either like lots of moisturisers do. I bought it for £3 from tesco so it's quite affordable as it looks like it will last a long time.

Superdrug deep action facial cleansing pads, these are really affordable but really help to improve skin quality, one side is rough, the other side is less rough but still textured, I find it particularly good for forehead spots. The main downside is it does have quite a strong smell.

Simple spotless skin rapid action spot zapper, this is great for getting rid of spots you already have, it claims in 4 hrs but I think it takes more like a day or two.

Lots of knots friendship bracelet

These bracelets are really quick to make and make great presents for friends! 

1. Measure 2 arm lengths of wool and cut it 

2. Use the piece of wool to cut another two pieces of wool in different colours.

3. Put all the pieces of wool together fold them all in half and tie a knot so there is just a small loop at the top.

         

4. Attach a safety pin through the loop and pint he safety pin to your trousers, duvet or similar. You could also use a clipboard.

5. Do a forwards knot with the string on the left (make the shape of a 4 over the other strings and pull it through.)

6. Pull the knot right to the top and repeat 9 more times.

7. Take the next colour to the left and do 10 forward knots

8. Switch to the last colour and do 10 forward knots.

9. Repeat until the bracelet is the desired length and then tie a knot right at the end of your knots and cut off the excess, leaving about 5cm to tie the bracelet around your wrist.

Button earrings in less than 5 mins

These are really cute and quirky. You can buy buttons in a huge variety if shapes, patterns and sizes so look around for what suits your style best. Blank earring backs aren't too expensive and can be purchased from ebay or a craft supply shop.

Step 1: choose two pretty patterned buttons, they don't want to be too big.

Step 2: heat a hot glue gun up and put a small blob of glue onto the button.

Step 3: quickly put the blank earring back into the glue blob

Step 4: hold it until the glue is mostly set then leave it to dry until it is completely set.

Fabric heart decorations

These are quite quick but look lovely. They also make a nice gift for friends or family

Step 1: find some attractive patterned fabric such as gingham

Step 2: cut a heart shape out of a piece of paper

Step 3: lay the paper heart on top of the fabric and cut out 2 identical heart shapes

Step 4: using a sewing machine sew most of the way round the heart leaving just a few centimeters

Step 5: stuff your heart with wadding 

Step 5: hand stich the edge of the heart shut

Step 6: hand stich a small ribbon loop to the top to enable you to hang it

Origami heart

Step 1: get a square of paper. I used post it note size but you could make it as bit or as small as you like.

Step 2: fold in half diagonally and open back up

Step 3: fold in half diagonally from the other corners and open back up

Step 4: fold the top corner to the middle crease

Step 5: Fold the bottom corner to the middle of the top line 

Step 6: fold the right side so it touches the place where the bottom corner went to meet the middle top.

Step 7: repeat with the other side.

Step 8: fold the pointy corners on the left and right behind the heart.

Step 9: Fold the top pointy corners behind the heart.

Your origami heart is now complete :)