Ainsley Harriott Foods – Cous Cous

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Sarah-Louise Bailey

On my trip through culinary delights for your summer picnics my next stop will be Ainsley Harriott’s range of Cous Cous’. Super quick and easy to prepare and full of flavour these quick and simple sachets can be made in a matter of minutes. But more that next week. So why this quick post I hear you cry well it’s simple really Ainsley Harriott’s Facebook page have a supply of these fantastic packets to give away to fans of the page for FREE! All you have to do is hop, skip and jump on over to the following link: http://www.facebook.com/ainsleyharriottfoodsgive them a like and then hit like us, try us to get your free packet winging it’s way to you, but be quick the supply is limited and they are flying out of the window!

L’Occitane – Colognes

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Sarah-Louise Bailey

When I was in Paris all the L’Occitane shops I passed had window displays of these gorgeous Colognes realised this month. There are 3 colognes in the range, one for females one that is unisex and one for males. Coming in two sizes a travel size 50ml (£21) and a 300ml (£37) there is something for everyone at any time.

Eau Captivante for men is recognisable from the green packaging.

This is the first one that arrived on my doorstep and both me and my Mum agreed although is was labelled as one of the men, it was still a very nice fragrance that both of us could be around. It contains top notes of Bergamot and lime, heart notes of mint and basil and base of lavender and woody notes. Ash isn’t one for anything other than a spray of lynx in the morning but even he has decided he would wear this and ran off with it when I offered it to him. The travel size as you can see comes complete with a spray, making it easy and simple to use.

Eau Universelle is the unisex fragrance and is distinguished being yellow.

It contains top notes of Bergamot and Grapefruit, heart of Petitgrain and Geranium and Base woody notes and Amber.Eau Ravissante is of course the feminine fragrance and surprise surprise is pink.

This one caught me by surprise turning up a little after the first and totally unexpected it was nice, while the males was more deep with a herbal fragrance shining through Eau Ravissante was floral and fruity with top notes of Bergamot and Pink Pepper, heart notes of Damascena Rose and Freesia, and base of Musk and Amber.I’ve totally fallen in love with this scent I will admit I will have to buy an atomiser to decant it into at some point as I’m Miss Clumsy and although splashing yourself with it is the optimum way to use it I’m not sure showering in it actually is, although apparently 2 cap fulls into your bath is a lovely way to relax. To find out more about the range head over to the L’Occitane site.Have you had a sniff of these gorgeous colognes, what do you think of them?

*PR Sample

UGG.

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Sarah-Louise Bailey

I was sat thinking we all know that UGG make shoes for the winter there sheepskin lined boots make for warm as toast tootsies through those cold months, but even here in the UK they would be a bit too much through the warmer summers, so I set out to see do UGG make a spring / summer range to keep your feet a might be cooler? And as expected they of course have.

Maremma - £96.99 (currently on sale for £77.60) Is it wrong that I love the look of the sheepskin part, I suffer with blisters and that just looks like it would be so comfortable, yes the small things do please me.

Abbie - £166.99 (currently on sale for £133.60) I haven’t worn clogs in well forever but these just bring back so many memories and the yearning to get some for myself again.

Lucianna - £141.99 (currently on sale for £113.60) with cloth straps and a raffia wedge these wedges are sure to get you noticed with their bright colours as you walk the streets this summer.

What do you think of Uggs summer collection? Are they something you could see yourself wearing? I have to admit I don’t own a pair of Uggs boots or otherwise are they something I should look into adding to my shoe hoard?

* Sponsored Post – but all questions are ones I really wonder.

**Prices correct at time of publication