Monthly Favourites

  Hello everybody!  
  This week's blog post is usually one of my most common themes, however last month I skipped it! So I'm glad to be back doing 'monthly favourites' today because I do have some great things to share with you! I won't delay this post any longer so let's get on with my monthly favourites...

 ▪️ Debenhams "Dream big & Shine bright" hanging decoration
 ▪️ Debenhams Sea foam green with gold polka dots jewellery box
 ▪️ Benefit Watts Up soft focus highlighter for face
 ▪️ Seventeen Easy On The Eye Birthday Suit eye palette
 ▪️ Zoella Beauty Snap Fizz Relax Bath fizzers
 ▪️ Hot water bottles for chilly nights
 ▪️ Tap Tap Fish app game
 ▪️ Paperchase rose gold HB pencils 

     

  That's all for this week! I hope you enjoyed reading what I've been loving this month! I'd really recommend trying the game Tap Tap Fish - it's incredible! I will see you next week for another blog post! Love you all!
  Byyeee!!!!    

February Playlist + Musical.lys

Hello everybody!
This week's blog post, as you can see by the title, is a "playlist and musical.ly compilation" I know I mention this in every blog with this theme, but, if you don't know what Musical.ly is, it is basically an app used for lip-syncing. You have a large variety of songs that you can lip-sync to and post them for all your friends to see.

 For this months post I am lip-syncing to the most popular songs on the app so here is the link which leads to the musical.ly on my YouTube channel:

 https://youtu.be/33nd8bWwQMw

 Now I move onto the playlist, I usually do my playlist on a website called Podsnack, but now I use Spotify which most of you will know. My Spotify username is @ISayBell.Blog if you want to follow me! The songs on the playlist are the songs that are in the video, but you can see the full versions! So... the songs that are on my playlist are:
 ▪️ Shape of You by Ed Sheeran
 ▪️ Kill Em With Kindness by Selena Gomez
 ▪️ Rockabye by Clean Bandit (feat. Sean Paul & Anne Marie)

 Here is the link for that:

https://open.spotify.com/user/isaybell.blog/playlist/4dTu9Rrj1tQIXcuKLoV2fV 

 

 That's all for this weeks blog post! I hope you enjoyed these amazing tunes! I know you love these blog posts and I do too so I was glad to do one again! If you have any song recommendations for next time leave them in the comments below! See you next week for another blog post! Love you all!   Byyeee!!!!

The Ultimate Valentines Cake

  Hello everybody!

  This weeks blog is a Valentine's bake! Since it is nearly Valentine's Day I thought I'd do a lovely bake for this special day! I call it the "Ultimate Valentines Cake" because it really is spectacular! It is a red velvet sponge with ... love and kisses decorations! If you want to find out how to bake this, carry on reading...

    

Serves: 12-15
Prep time: 10 minutes to prep the cake, 20 minutes to decorate
Cook time: 30-35 minutes   

  Ingredients:
 Betty Crocker Red Velvet cake mix
 Betty Crocker Vanilla Buttercream Style Icing
 4 packs White chocolate fingers
 Heart shape Haribo sweets (I picked mine out of 2 large packets of Haribo Starmix)
 Gummy lip sweets
 105ml vegetable oil (7 tbsp)
 200ml water
 3 medium free range eggs
 1 tub of Betty Crocker Rich Cream Cheese Style or Vanilla Icing
 1 large heart shaped baking pan or 2 x 8" well-greased cake tins or 2 x regular muffin trays & cupcake cases    

Method:   
The cake:
 1. Mix the eggs, oil, water and cake mix gently together and whisk (by hand or electric mixer) for 2-3 minutes until smooth and creamy.
 2. Pour the cake mixture evenly into your greased heart shape cake tin.
 3. Bake in the centre of the oven for 30-35 minutes or until a rounded knife inserted into centre of the cake comes out clean. Then cool on a wire rack.  

The buttercream:
 1. Pop the top - it's ready to use! Make sure it's at room temperature for the perfect finish.
 2. Stir the Icing with a rounded knife.
 3. Spread or pipe onto your cooled Betty Crocker cake or cupcakes for an instant beautifying treatment.     

Decorating:
 1. Cut the white chocolate fingers to a length slightly higher than the height of the cake and stick them around the edge of the cake.
 2. Randomly place the heart shaped Haribo sweets and the gummy lip sweets on the top of the cake.

    

That's all for this week's blog! Even if you don't celebrate Valentine's Day I still think it is a lovely cake to make! I was so happy with the final product! If you do celebrate Valentines I hope you have a wonderful and loving day! Love you all! <3
   Byyeee!!!!

This or That Tag

  Hello everybody!
  This week's blog is a tag! I did a tag in March (The TMI Tag), but for this one, I'm doing the 'This or That Tag'. If you don't know what it means, it's quite similar to 'would you rather'; you have two options and you have to make a choice. If you still don't understand, you soon will!  

   Questions:

  Makeup:
  Blush or bronzer - Blush
  Lip gloss or lipstick - Lipstick
  Eye liner or mascara - Mascara
  Foundation or concealer - Concealer
  Neutral or colour eye shadow - Neutral
  Pressed or loose eye shadows - Pressed
  Brushes or sponges - Brushes  

  Nails: 
  OPI or china glaze - OPI
  Long or short - Short
  Acrylic or natural - Natural
  Brights or darks - Brights
  Flower or no flower - No flower  

  Body: 
  Perfume or body mist - Perfume
  Lotion or body butter - Lotion
  Body wash or soap - Body Wash
  Lush or other bath company - Other bath company (Zoella Beauty)  

  Fashion: 
  Jeans or sweat pants - Jeans (Depends on the day, but generally jeans)
  Long sleeve or short - Short
  Dresses or skirts - Dresses
  Stripes or plaid - Stripes (Although, lately I have been wearing plaid)
  Flip flops or sandals - Flip Flops
  Scarves or hats - Scarves
  Studs or dangly earrings - Studs
  Necklaces or bracelets - Necklaces 
  Heels or flats - Flats
  Cowboy boots or riding boots - Riding Boots
  Jacket or hoodie - Hoodie  

  Hair:
  Curly or straight - Straight
  Bun or ponytail - Ponytail
  Bobby pins or butterfly clips - Bobby Pins
  Hair spray or gel - Hair spray (I barely use either)
  Long or short - Long (I'm considering cutting my hair into a long bob though)
  Light or dark - Dark
  Side sweep bangs or full bangs - Side sweep bangs
  Up or down - Down (I wear both a lot)  

  Random: 
  Rain or shine - Shine
  Summer or winter - Summer
  Autumn or spring - Spring (It's a hint of summer!)
  Chocolate or vanilla - Vanilla     

    

  That's all for this week's blog! I hope you enjoyed and perhaps made your choices  too! Let me know if you would like me to do any other tags since I really enjoy them! I will see you next week for another blog post! Love you all!
   Byyeee!!!!