Smoothie Friday!

On Wednesday me and Clément went out to buy Holly (our dog) some food and came back with a smoothie maker and waffle machine. Needless to say we got slightly distracted at our local electrical appliance store! Some people could say it was impulsive, but life is starting to feel a little more complete now the waffle machine is around.  The excitement of coming home with all these new kitchen gadgets was hard to contain, so not long before I plugged in the smoothie maker, that baby was being put into action! 

Here is the the recipe for my oh so scrumptious banana, pineapple and strawberry smoothie! If these pictures don't send those healthy vibes through your computer screen and make you want to make this, then I don't know what will ;)

You will need:

• 2 bananas 
• Handful or two of strawberries
• Half a pineapple
• Around 3/4 table spoons of natural yogurt 
• Table spoon of Honey
• And a splash of orange juice 

Prep all your delicious fruit by chopping everything into small chunks. I'd recommend not using the core of the pineapple as it doesn't blend too well in smoothie machine, and we don't want to ruin your smoothie after all that hard work chopping!

You can use any juice you have lying around if you wan't to, I just had this "le pur jus d'orange avec pulpe" in my frigo so I poured a little of that vitamin C goodness into the mix.

 Pop everything into the machine, on goes the lid and get blitzing! I used a pot of greek yogurt I had in the fridge with honey already in it, so if your feeling lazy like me that'll work fine.

ET VOILA! Quick, fruity smoothie that contains your five portions of fruit for the day! This makes about 4 glasses of smoothie so just pop it in the fridge for later when you feel a bit peckish but wan't something healthy :)


Let me know if you give this a whirl! And if you like these sort of posts, I thought I'd try branch out a little since beauty is all in our food too ;)

Nars Andy Warhol Flowers Palette 3

I'm really excited to be talking about this product today, as it was very kindly offered to me as a surprise from Cléments mum last weekend and it's my first ever Nars product! Before I start to waffle on in total excitement, I'll talk about the idea of this product.

This flower palette is one of three in a special limited edition collection inspired by the artist Andy Warhol and his flower prints. The colours of each palette are as follows;

Flower 1 white, pink brown, lavender and dark lavender gray shine. 
Flower 2 white, blue and gray heather bright lavender. 
Flower 3 white, pink champagne, dark brown and lavender-grey shine.

swatches from left to right: lavender/grey, dark brown,  pink champagne, white

I think this is such an amazing idea and it's like having a little Andy Warhol art in your make-up bag! It's so beautifully presented in the Nars rubbered packaging with the classic Nars and Andy Warhol written in silver instead of the usual white lettering. The design is so exact to the prints it really has been done with a lot of attention to detail. On each of the palettes there is a different quote of Andy Warhol engraved onto the mirror, with "All is pretty" on the Flowers 3, it didn't pick up to well in this photo though unfortunately. Inside the silver box there is a little booklet of Andy Warhols art and quotes and a "Get The Look" guide to tell you where each of the shades are applied. There are so many other possible ways to wear these eyeshadows too so let your imagination go wild, this is your palette and you are the artist! 

These shadows are really like nothing I've tried before where blending comes in. They blend together so well on the eye that I enjoyed using them and felt really good wearing this make-up. The colours themselves are just gorgeous, the champagne and purple/grey being my favourites but really they are all gorgeous. The purple/grey shadow really adds something extra to this palette rather than it just being another bronze palette. Overall I would really recommend getting your hands on one of these as they are limited addition in Sephora.

 I will soon post a tutorial on this palette so check back for that! 

See you guys soon!

Katie xxx