Wednesday 15 October 2014

Natural Yogurt Pancakes

So this isn't exactly beauty but it's healthy eating and I had to share it!!
So a while back I bought a giant tub of low fat healthy yogurt because I can eat it on everything! And I wanted to try something new and I found a way to make it into pancakes, and who doesn't love pancakes? Especially low fat ones, this idea is slightly adapted into my own cause I had to test out the measurements, and this makes 8 small pancakes

Ingredients:
6 ounces of natural yogurt
Half a cup of flour
Teaspoon of baking powder/soda
1 egg
And any toppings you desire

Step one: mix the yogurt and egg together in a bowl.
Step two: mix the baking powder and flour in a separate bowl.
Step three: gradually poor the flour mix into the yogurt mix whilst stirring then stir until it is all mixed in together.
Step four: grease a pan (I use oil and butter, heat until melted and then pour any excess into a cup to use later)
Step five: spoon on the mixture to the pan on a low-medium heat, now I do four first then when they've cooked I then use the rest of the mixture do another four, and I use about a heaped tablespoon to make one pancake.
Step six: cook until golden on each side, make sure they aren't to thick otherwise the won't cook properly.

Cool tips:
You can add different flavour to your mix such as lemon, vanilla or anything you like!
You can also add finely chopped fruit to your mixture to make it taste even more delicious!
These are great served with classic leon and sugar or chopped fruit and icecream or even if you're a little bit yogurt mad you could serve them with a drizzle of yogurt!!!

Hope you enjoy this recipe :)



Thursday 9 October 2014

DIY Matte Lipstick

So when I apply lipstick I always find that it can be too sticky and shiny looking which I don't particularly like. I like matte lipsticks but they can be more expensive and don't come in as many shades as normal lipsticks.

When putting my lipstick on this morning I thought how could I make my lipstick look matte then I thought of using a powder, I didn't have any translucent powder so I decided to use baby powder and it worked great! I put some on my finger and dabbed it on lightly this started the matte look, I then got a medium sized make up brush and applied some powder to it, knocking off any excess, I then lightly dabbed it on my lips covering all over.

Once I finished, I checked my lips and any bits I had missed I applied more powder to the brush and went over them. The powder blends great and doesn't leave any white speckles on your lips either so I would highly recommend trying this technique!