DIY Cuticle and nail moisturiser

I am going out tonight and i just realised that my cuticles are awful. I tend to pick at them so you can imagine how horrible they are. I'll spare you the picture.  I don't have any cuticle cream at the moment so I decided to make some. I love this home remedy I think  it is equal to any expensive product and virtually free.

Here' what you will need:

To start with I put about 5 table spoons of lard into my cup. All these measurements aren't exact so just adjust them if you feel you should. Also I noticed that most recipes use olive oil however I preferred to use lard as it has more of a cream like consistency.

I then put this in the microwave for about 1 minute to melt it down a bit but you need it completely liquid. You just want it to be a consistency where you can easily mix ingredients in.

Next i stabbed a hole in the omega 3 tables so that I could mix in the fish oil. I just used three so not to make the mixture too liquid. I also added in some vanilla scent because this mixture smells really bad. At this point you could also add some spices to add some colour. Sppices work much better as food colouring is likely to leave a stain on your skin.

Next I added sugar just so I could have a scrub element to my cuticle cream. I added about 2 tea spoons off sugar and I found this to be the perfect amount of scrub.

Next I put it in the crush so it would return to a cream like consistency. You have to leave it for about 10 minutes. 

This makes about a shot glass full of cuticle cream and I don't think you can make much more because if you leave this product for too long it will go bad.

So that's how I make my cuticle cream. Let me know if you try it :)

Love Emma x

Nostalgic childhood memories and DKNY

I was just watching a Trisha Paytas ( this is her channel) haul video and ten a favourite video where she mentioned DKNY Perfume in Be Delious. In the video she mentions that there is a massize hype about this perfume and I didn't know that there was I hype about this product. 

They say that scents are the things that are most likely to bring up memories. Well this perfum reminds me of some  childhood memories that I have of me and my friend sneaking into her mums bathroom so that we could use her make up and perfume. She only had one perfume and it was this one, DKNY Be Delicious. I was intised by the amazing, fresh but yet feminine apple sent and the cool, sleek bottle with an awesome way of spraying it. As my mum is alleric to perfumes this was the first proper adult perfume that I had seen I feel in love. This apple scent floods my mind with so many nostalgic but happy memories of innocent kids discovering make up for the first time. 

The fact that their is still a hype about it shows how amazing this perfume must be. As any other curious person would do I went searching for the date it came out and I found out that this perfume has been around for 11 YEARS. That is right it came out in 2004. To be still be talked about it must be a pretty amazing product and .. well... it is!! It is a really light, fresh, gentle but yet you smell of fruit smell. I love the smell of apple and what ever else is in the perfume, becasue it so fresh, and this smells just perfectly appley (and a bit cucumbery) with out being to sweet and smelling like a walking lolly pop. 

I just can't believe this is still going so strong and it has brought up loads of happy childhood memories. What smell reminds you of a happy memories? Seeing that Trisha video made me really happy as I am fully of happy memories and the fact that I knew it before it was cool.  Haha

Love em x 

Mini IKEA Haul

Before you get excited this isn't a huge home wear haul. It's just a couple of bits and bobs that I wanted to share with you. To me IKEA, and Costco, are like heaven. I spend hours and hour strolling through the shops picking out little accessories although I only came to buy a shelf. Today I did a quick shop but none the less I wanted to share it with you. In no particular order ... 

TRENSUM mirror 

I already owned this mirror but I broke both sides so I treated myself to a new one. It did require a little bit of self assembling but it was very easily done and anyone could have done it.  I really like this mirror as it is double sided (one side is magnified) and therefore perfect for doing both your make up and your hair.

KORKEN mason jars 

I feel like I am possibly one of the last people on earth to get some of these but I was waiting until I actually had a reason to get them. I am having a little gathering as it is my birthday soon so I thought that they would look very pretty on the table with some sort of sweets in it. Any Ideas? I need two good sweets. :) I can then reuse them later for storing nail varnishes, making jams or something along those lines. 

SINNLING Apple scented candle 

I love candles, especially fresh smells. These candles are a really cool bright colour and the smell really nice. For 75p you can't really go wrong. 

30 x SOMMAR raspberry napkins 

Design - Maria Vinka

As I said before I am having a gathering for my birthday and these were to cute not to pick up. At IKEA there was a huge range of colours, shapes and patterns but eventually I choose these. There just 30 simple square napkins with red raspberries on one side and pink raspberries on the other. 

That's all I bought this time. I hope you enjoyed my haul and let me know what your favourite IKEA item or department is. 

Love Em x