I set fire to the rain

                                     Dress: New Look
                                                 Cardigan: New Look
                                                 Bag: New Look
                                                 Wedges: New Look 
                                                 Earrings: Bijoux Toi
                                                 Ring: Bijoux Toi




   I'm sorry for the repeatedly use of New Look but I really really love it :-) Practically half my wardrobe is from New Look xD


   During my Easter holidays, I met up with some of my classmates for a day out at Bugibba  and for some pizza at Pizza Hut. It was ages, since the last time I ate from Pizza Hut and it was delicious :-) I just love BBQ Chicken pizza and with the cheesy crust! Mmmmm yummyyy!!


   I actually purchased the maxi dress last summer and I love it as it's so comfy that practically every time I wear I don't want to get it off.


   Tonight I ordered, some stuff from Boohoo and I'm really looking forward to receive them soon. My order consists of an Aztec playsuit, 2 espadrilles and a bag. As soon as I will have some time, I will do an outfit post with my new purchase :) 


   Have you recently purchased some new clothing? What do you think of Boohoo as it's actually my first time ordering from there?


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Cocktails Chic

   
                                   Dress: Nove - 12 euros
                                               Necklace: Nove - 7 euros 
                                               Bracelet: New Look - 5 euros
                                               Watch: Ice Watch; a gift from mum 
                                               Tights: Accessorize - 13 euros
                                               Shoes: New Look - 24.99 euros 


Last Friday, I went out with 2 of my girl friends to watch 'This means war' and later we went to splurge ourselves with some cocktails at Hugo's Lounge. I'm one of those that you're always find me with a Pina Colada in my hands. I just love it's sweet taste!


'This means war' is one of those comedies that you would enjoy watching. I don't want to spoil the story for those who till have to watch but as a small summary on the movie it's about two best friends working in the CIA  and doing all sorts of things to influence the girl, they fancy, to choose them. 


Here's the trailer, for those who still hasn't watched the movie or are thinking about watching it:

Oh and Chris Pine he's such a hottie! :-) 


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Vintage Retro

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I know I have neglected my blog and I'm really sorry but with school and work, I find no time to blog. I promise you summer will be better ;)


Last week I've done a Vintage Retro shoot with a friend of mine who's specialising in photography. Today I got the cd with all the photos and I thought I'd show you my favourites :)

                                           * Make-up done by me *


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Carnival!

                                                Hello there Beauts
  Hope all is well with you. I know I have promised you that the next post is going to be about the purchase that I've been bragging constantly about but two of the sweaters are in the washing and I want all the stuff to be in the same post as I have another new purchase to show you. 


Anyways today, I'm going to post about the Carnival I attended in Gozo. 

  I think the photos just says it all. You can see how wonderful the pool looked like but unfortunately, we could not use it as it was really freezing. Also you can see some wonderful scenery of Gozo (I'll probably go back in summer as it's only 20 mins far with a ship from Malta and I will take more photos of Gozo per se then what we did there). 


  The weekend I spent in Gozo was really cold and I had to wear a blouse and a jersey underneath my costume so that at Nadur, where there were a lot of people with different costumes and even cargoes made especially for carnival, I wouldn't freeze. 


  Overall, it was a great experience, even though some small disagreements arose between us but it figures being a big group of 17. But all is well, and we had a great time there.


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Hello Kitty Raspberry Muffins

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   Today I felt like baking some muffins and went out to buy some ready mix muffins as I didn't feel like doing them from scratch and as before I had  saw these Hello Kitty Raspberry Muffins  packets, I was dying to try them out. So voila!


                                 They were really easy to do! 

   As the packet was going to expire next month there was a special offer when buying this packet you'd also get a packet of Hello Kitty Cake Loaf which of course was a bonus! 

   The packet contained - mix for muffins, pink sugar frosting mix, a sheet of decorative wafers and 12 muffin cases (I only used 10 muffin cases).


 The below information is taken from the back of the packet and I take no credit whatsoever.


   Just add: 100g cooking oil and 100g water = 110ml cooking oil and 110ml water 
                                      with the mix for muffins


1. Prepare the muffins
Place the 12 muffin cases in a baking tray. Preheat  oven (see below). Pour mix into a mixing bowl, add water and oil. Whisk everything together with a hand mixer for approx. 2 minutes until smooth in consistency.


2. Fill in and bake the mix
Use 2 tablespoons to evenly distribute mix in the muffin cases. Bake on middle level for approx. 20 minutes. After baking, allow muffins to cool on a cake grid. 


3. Decorating the muffins
Pour the pink sugar frosting mix into a small bowl, carefully add 3 tablespoons of water (20ml) and stir to create a thick glazing paste. Use a teaspoon to spread this frosting evenly on top of the muffins (1 teaspoonful per muffin) and create a smooth surface. Carefully remove the Hello Kitty figures from the wafer sheet. Use a knife to cut a small slot into the top of the muffin and stick a figurine into the slot.


Top-/bottom heat: approx. 180 degrees celsius, Gas Mark 4
Fan assisted heat: approx. 160 degrees celsius
Preheat oven! Bake for approximately 20 minutes.

                   Before putting the mix in the oven to bake.

                     Out from the oven! Now on to the decorations. 
   As I don't like the frosting instead I spread jam on top of the muffins and to make the muffins more fancy I added some millions and thousands (vermicelli) and some small chocolate decorations in the form of hearts, stars, and moon. 

                                         The final product!
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   I really liked these muffins so if you try them out, do tell me. I would like to hear your opinions on these. 


   Have you tried something similar? If so, what were they? Or do you have an entire different recipe? 


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                                         Hello there
   Hope things are all fine! I know I have been writing a lot of apologies posts but at the moment I wasn't up to writing any blogs, doing some cool stuff/ going anywhere or taking the photos of the not-so-recent-anymore purchases that I made as a few days later from my last post my grand dad passed away.


   I was really really close with my grand dad, he was like a second dad to be and when I heard that he had left us, everything felt like falling apart. I was sad, cranky,felt really lonely and couldn't believe that he has left me. Sometimes I'm still in denial thinking that I would see my grand dad soon but well I still need to adjust. 

   He has been sick for a lot of time, like 10 years? After recovering from an illness, another one comes up. Sometimes it's a relief that he has passed away because he is not suffering anymore although I miss him terribly! But well that's life. 


   One precious dream-wish I had because I knew that it could not come true as we (meaning me and my family) knew that he did not have a lot of time with us when he got his last chronic disease was the he would accompany/ be present at my some day wedding!


   Anyways, all in all I have a lot of precious memories which I cherish  from when I was kid and I do not regret having spent all this time with him and getting to know him.


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   I promise I will get back to you soon with the photos I had to take last month! I have also bought new stuff from New Look which I will take photos of too and post about them. 


   Coming up next, next weekend I am going to Gozo - a small island near Malta that forms part of Malta, for Carnival which I will post about with photos of Gozo, the costume, make-up and the stuff my friends and I will get up to do there. 


                                               Keep tuned!


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Last thing I'd like to dedicate this song to my lovely Grand dad and to our loved ones that have passed away.

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Apology

                                      Hello there Beauts!
   I know I have been apologizing a lot since I started school in October but I'm really busy with assignments, tests and researching for school that I don't have time for anything other than going to school, doing my assignments, studying and going to work. 


   Don't worry the time chance I will have I will photograph the remaining stuff that I purchased recently and post a blog about these items. 


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Not to leave this post boring with only an apology, today I watched an episode from Season 2 of Desperate Housewives and there was this band singing an old song which is the song of Karl and Susan when they first kissed.  

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