Cafés & Resturants I Want To Visit In London!

*Picture above is the yummy chocolate cake I baked*
Hey beaut's!

The food scene in London is literally fantastic these days, it's full of quirky restaurants, vegan friendly places, amazing cafes and coffee shops and if your into your sweet treats theres plenty of places to get your sugar fix too! I'm hoping to go to London in the next few months or so - so thought I'd pop up a post of a few places I'd love to visit and dine in - HINT... it's very cake and bakery heavy he he!

Peggy Porschen - Arhh this place just looks absolutely beautiful, if you haven't seen the most beautiful pictures of this place on Instagram and are wondering what it is - it's a chic bakery featuring creative cupcakes, fancy cakes and other sweet treats, plus tea and champagne, whats not to love. The bakery itself is decorated beautifully, it's pink with flowers everywhere and I'm actually in love with their vintage vibes and pastel shades, it's so picturesque and definitely somewhere I'd LOVE to stop off at for tea and cake!

Crumbs and Doilies - Shock another bakery he he! I actually stumbled across someone called Cupcake Jemma on YouTube a couple of years back when I was getting into baking, Jemma does some incredible recipes which are really easy to follow along and now I'm a huge fan of hers! After watching her recipe video's for a while I realised she had her own bakery in SOHO London called Crumbs & Doilies and ever since I found out I've wanted to visit her bakery so badly!

Duck & Waffle - I think I just want to eat in the Duck & Waffle restaurant because it's 40 floors up and I imagine the views of London are absolutely breath taking, it's also open 24 hours a day so you can literally dine whenever suits you! I've checked out their menu on line and everything sounds immense, I'm definitely tempted by their breakfast waffles too!

 Cereal Killer Café - Ummm a cafe for cereal, can I move in please he he! The Cereal Killer Café looks so epic and really retro, they serve over 120 different types of cereal (no that isn't a typo, they really serve over 120 different types of cereal) from all over the world with 30 types of milk your literally spoilt for choice.

Purezza - My best friend Kate from the blog katescloset recently visited Purezza - a vegan restaurant that serves pizza with their very own vegan cheese! Kate absolutely loved it and her pictures of the place look incredible so of course it's now on my list of places I'd love to eat in whilst in London!

Elan Cafe - Finally we have the Elan Cafe, another place that has my favourite things within it - tea, gorgeous cakes and beautiful instagram worthy decor! I think it might be quite similar to Peggy Porschen but the cake loving side of me needs to pay this place a visit!  

What food places can you recommend I visit in London beaut's! I'd love to know!



* This is a collaborative post.

Rimmel Scandaleyes Retro Glam Mascara | Review

Hey girlie's!!!

I needed a new mascara recently so I decided I'd go for something new that I'd never tried before, and since I'm loving Rimmel at the moment I thought I'd go for their latest mascara release the Retro Glam Mascara from Rimmels Scandleyes range. I must admit I was umming and arhing about buying a mascara from the Scandleyes range as I never really hear too much about them, but the Retro Glam brush/wand looked good and it was completely affordable at just £6.99 so I went for it. The Retro Glam Mascara claims to give you thicker, fuller lashes for that wide-eyed false lash effect with no clumps, which is exactly what I look for in a mascara.

Firstly I just want to dive straight in a say I love this mascara, its a new found favourite of mine right now ha ha. The mascara wand has a bristle brush applicator which are my favourite,it has an interesting hour glass shape which I've found to be great for really plumping up my lashes and fanning them out. The application process was quick and easy, I found two slick coats of the mascara was enough to give me the length and volume that I desired and I experienced no clumping what so ever, also because the brush is a bristle brush you can really wriggle at the root of the lashes to build up length and volume without scratching or poking your eyeball like I always do with plastic applicators. As for Retro Glams staying power... I was really impressed, there was no smudging, running or flaking throughout the day with the two coats I applied so no grumbles there.

Overall I'm really impressed with Rimmels Retro Glam offering, my lashes appeared longer, thicker and fuller, I wouldn't say it completely fanned my lashes out but then again I only have short eye lashes but someone with naturally longer eyelashes my really feel the benefits of the mascara's fanning capability. I think the price is really reasonable and the staying power was really impressive.

Have you tried Rimmels Retro Glam Mascara??? As always I'd love to know your thoughts.

Rimmel London Apocalips Lip Lacquer in Celestial | Review

Hey girlie's!!!

Although I'm extremely late on the 'Apocalips Lip Laquer' train, its better to be late than never and I'm so glad i ended up getting one as I'm in absolute love!!! I picked up 'Celestial' a medium rose pink shade, its so so pretty and such a versatile shade as you can wear it day or night.

Rimmel London Apocolips Lip Laqeur's combine the pigmentation of a lipstick and the texture of a lip gloss. Usually I'm not a massive fan of lip glosses as i find so many to be really sticky so that's why i was always on the fence as to whether to buy these lip laquers but i have to say the formula is lovely, its not sticky what so ever, it feels super creamy on the lips and is ubber moisturising but i have to say I'm not to keen on the scent, it has that horrid plastic scent but i find it does soon disappear after application so that's not too much of an issue. The pigmentation of 'Celestial' is fabulous.... it's completely opaque after just one application so that saves faffing around layering up to get colour payoff. As for lasting power... I found the nice glossy shine does wear off quite quickly but it does leave a pretty matte stain to the lips that lasts for a long time.

The applicator is a nifty doe foot applicator... now your probably wondering why is it so nifty, well..... The tip of the applicator has a little dent that sucks up some additional product meaning theres no need for re dipping to apply more as you'll already have more than enough product to use. The applicator itself was really easy to use and gave complete precision as it's slanted and rounded at the tip. 

All in all I'm really impressed and in love with 'Celestial' and am now lusting after other shades in the Lip Laquer collection which i know ill just have to buy soon. I picked mine up from Superdrug for £5.99 which i think is pretty reasonable considering this is like a 2 in 1 product. Have you tried the Rimmel London Lip Laquers??? What did you think???

Face and Hair of the Day

Hey girlie's!!! I went out for lunch yesterday with my boyfriend and his dad so i thought i may as well share with you a cheeky little face of the day (focused more on the eyes than the skin) and hair of the day combined.... Hope you like ♥

Face

♥ Rimmel London Wake Me Up Foundation in 100 Ivory, i used my Real Techniques Buffing brush to get a nice flawless finish.

♥ Collection Concealer in Light.

♥ Mac Mineralize Skin Finish Natural in Medium, i used my Real Techniques Powder brush to get the perfect finish.

Eyes

♥ Mac Paint Pot in Bare Study, i just blended this all over the lid with my finger to work as a base for my eyeshadow.

♥ Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette, i started off mixing 'Foxy' and 'WOS' together with my Real Techniques base shadow brush and popped that all over the lid, using the same brush i took the colour 'Faint' and worked that into my crease. To get that extra blended finish in my crease area i picked up a small amount of 'Naked 2' on my deluxe crease brush and just buffed away. I used my accent brush to smudge 'Crave' on the outta corner of my lower lash line.

♥ Dainty Doll Liquid Eyeliner on the upper lash line.

♥ Rimmel London Scandal Eyes Kohl Eyeliner in Black used to line the water line.

♥ Maybelline The Falsies Mascara in Black.

Brows

♥ HD Brows Kit using Ash Brown from the Foxy Palette, i used my Real Techniques detailer brush as this brush is the perfect shape for my brows.

Lips

♥ Natural Collection's Pink Mallow.

Hair

♥ As always i used my Remington Pearl Curling Wand to curl my hair, I'm loving this style at the moment as the curls stay in for a good couple of days in my hair, which in the long run it means I'm using less heat on my hair. 

Love Hayley xXxXx 

Face of the Day

Hey girlie's!!!! Ive recently changed up my everyday makeup look so thought id do a cheeky little face of the day.... I don't go too OTT for a casual makeup look for work or general day to day wear, just something quite quick and simple... Hope you like ♥

Face

♥ Rimmel London Wake Me Up Foundation in 100 Ivory.

♥ Dainty Doll Concealer Pen in 003 It's A Kind Of Magic.

♥ Rimmel London Stay Matte Pressed Powder in 001 Transparent

♥ Natural Collection Blusher in Pink Cloud (not really visible in the picture)

Eyes

♥ Urban Decay Naked Palette using Half Baked all over the lid well blended out then i added a small amount of Buck just to define the crease a little.

♥ Dainty Doll Liquid Eyeliner on the upper lash line.

♥ Rimmel London Scandal Eyes Kohl Eyeliner in Black used to line the water line.

♥ Max Factor Clump Defy Mascara in Black.

Brows

♥ HD Brows Kit using Ash Brown from the Foxy Palette.

♥ MUA Clear Mascara used as a brow set, yes i know its a mascara but it works a treat to keep my brows in place.

Lips

♥ Jelly Pong Pong Lip Blush in Berry Red, i used this really sparingly today and then blotted to leave a nice rosy pink stain on my lips. 

Hair

♥ I used my Remington Pearl Curling Wand to create my dooo today, I've been using this so much lately and I'm in love with how it makes my hair look. 

Love Hayley xXxXx