Making Caipirinha Cocktails at Cabana

I have only had a few goes at making a proper cocktail in my time, and this was another one of those times. Brazilian Street Food Restaurant Cabana has just opened up it's own little carnival in the new West Quay complex and they have made quite an impression. As well as seeing friends posting …

Just Like Home

Everybody loves the cinema. It's those couple of hours you really can just chill out and be transported into another world. You're forced to turn your phone off (no matter how anxiety inducing this can be) and just enjoy the film, and personally I love it. But the only thing that gets me is…

Billy, What The Hell Is Wrong With Wearing a Dress?

There haven't been many times I've been caught emotional at a theatre, but this was one to go in the record books. As an award winning show, bringing smiles and tears for over 11 years, it was about time I headed down to the Mayflower to watch Billy Elliot the Musical. And boy I was not dis…

Because Beauty is Skin Deep

Beauty has a funny perspective set upon it all the time. Ranging between showing the 'best version' of yourself and buying the latest gold infused, rose petal flavoured aloe creams. Or the whole natural beauty thing, which gives people like me with pretty troublesome skin, the shivers. 

My s…

LOVE

“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.”— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Love.
It's a funny thing. I'm pretty sure you all know what day it is, whether we like it or not, it comes around every year. Reminding us of those we love, those we've lost in one way or another and thin…

My Beauty Picks For February 2017

By no means was I ever a 'girly-girl' at school or even through college. I remember when I started wearing make up around the age of 15 and had no clue what I was doing. Foundation was a blotchy mess and blue eyeshadow was all the rage. Now I am (mostly) aware of how to style my face and so…

Making Habits for a Healthier Me

Fitness has always been something that's really important to me, mentally and physically. It's one of the only things that got me through the last year of my degree, knowing that after I left the library being sat down for hours, I could go to the gym and run until I couldn't feel my le…

Franco Manca - The Best Kind Of Pizza

Most people that know me know that pizza is 100% my weak spot, especially when paired with wine and friends. So it will come as no surprise that as soon as I was invited down to Franco Manca in the new West Quay development in Southampton, I absolutely jumped at the chance. 


I had already heard fant…

The Modern World Of Valentines

Any one who knows me will know that I really do not enjoy Valentines Day at all. It is the complete opposite of ever way I like to be or already am. Forced love and affection and appreciation in the way of cards and tacky gifts, what about the other 364 days where all this is forgotten about?