Life ¦ Livening up lunchtime with Haywards

 

Recently I've been in a little bit of a lunchtime rut so when this parcel turned up I was pretty excited.  (Can we just take a minute to appreciate the fact that I carried this for about half a mile from the post office and it weighed just under 6kg) For a start I have always had a mild obsession with Piccalilli so I was pretty excited for cheese and piccalilli sandwiches. However I have to say I was excited to receive the veggies as after look on the Haywards website there are so many recipes including their products to add a little twist to very traditional dishes, like the welsh rarebit below. I also definitely need to try adding some piccalilli to my potato salad which is another of the suggestions on the website.

 

 

 

Haywards have recently extended their product range massively and they now have four different types of onions ranging from sweet and mild to hot and spicy meaning that you can choose the products to suit how much tang you like.

 

I'd highly recommend heading over to the Haywards website //here// if you are looking for a little lunchtime inspiration, I'm especially looking forward to making the Goats cheese and caramelised onion tart and the cauliflower burgers! (also eating the gherkins straight out the jar but that's not half as fancy looking)

 

Haywards products*  are available to buy from most supermarkets in the UK.

Blogmas ¦ Day 7 - More products from Born pretty

If you are a regular reader you will probably know I've spoken about born pretty before. I am always really impressed with the products that they send me so today I'm going to be sharing some more with you.

 

I've actually got a set of brushes very similar to these pink handled ones* and I absolutely love them so when I saw them on the website I had to get them. They are super sturdy and they feel super gentle on the eyes. I also love the angled one for concealer. If you need some new eye brushes and you want ones that wont break the bank these are perfect.

 

Next up I picked out a Makeup sponge* I've been wanting to try a beauty blender forever but I wasn't sure how I would get on with it and when I tried to find the real techniques sponge my local boots never seemed to have it so I was really excited to try this one. I can confirm that I really do love it. It seems to apply my foundation seamlessly and I've also found it's actually been lasting longer when I use this. (Although that could just be me)

 

DOG 02

Since it's Christmas time I thought picking out this 10 set of lashes* seemed appropriate as it is the party season. I'm very picky about what lashes I wear as I find so many styles look really strange on me. These don't look quite as full on the website however it turns out I actually really like them. They definitely aren't a natural looking lash however I think for parties etc. they are perfect.

 

So finally I have one of the DOG Eyeshadow crayons in 02*. I love a good cream shadow and I find sticks so easy to use that I definitely had to give this a go. The shade 02 is a beautiful mix of copper and gold with some pretty obvious shimmer. I was quite impressed by the formula and I found using it alongside my usual eye primer (Urban decay Primer potion for reference) that it looked good all day and I only experienced a very slight colour fade which no one is likely to notice. If you like eyeshadow crayons and you'd like to try something that not everyone has done I would definitely suggest these.

Don't forget to add the code BAXH10 at the checkout for 10% off!



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