The Under €15 Gift Guide For Her.

Hello Ladies and Gents,

For this blogpost  I thought it would be great to show you a few of the things which have caught my eye over the last week or two in an array of stores and which I thought would be perfect as stocking fillers, little gifts for friends or even great as those last minute gifts for the ladies in our lives. Whether it may be a bestfriend, a girlfriend, or even for the older ladies which we love and adore such as our mothers and grannys.

I absolutely love all these gifts and I think there is a great array for every type of person, whether they are more into the beauty side of things or they are a foodie person or a person that is more into the stationery. What I love most about these items is that they are available to buy in store, especially with myself I always love going out and buying my gifts, as buying online gives me a bit of anxiety as I always feel like it wont come on time. Especially when I always leave my present buying till last minute. 

1.Sleek Cosmetics 'The Gold Standard I-Lust Eyeshadow €9.99 //Here

2.Primark/Penneys Makeup Brushes €2.50/€1.50 // Here

3.Real Techniques Miracle Complex Sponge €7.99 //Here

4. Cocoa Brown Bronzed & Beautiful Gift Set €9.99 //

5. Soap & Glory Happy Pamper Gift Set €7.00 // Here

6.Happy Jackson Lunch Box €9.00 // Here

7.Debenhams Set of Three Tea Set In Tube €14.00 // Here

8.The Mindfulness Colouring Book €10.99 // Here

9.Lush Blooming Beautiful Gift Set €12.95 // Here

10.Benefit Tan About Town €12.00 // Here

11.Mood Metallic Rose Gold A6 Notebook €6.00 // Here

12.Border Biscuits Border Fruit Shortbread Gift Selection €9.25 // Here

13.St Tropez Instant Cracker €7.00 // Here

14. Sleek Cosmetics Precious Metals Highlighting Palette €13.49 // Here

Hope ye enjoyed this little gift guide,

Love Chelsea x

Cranberry and White Chocolate Shortbread Cookies.

Hello Guys and Dolls,

Since its the Christmas season I can finally get my Christmas baking started and boy have I started on

a high. The day after I finished my exams I got straight to baking these melt in the mouth 'Cranberry and White Chocolate Shortbread'. I got the Shortbread recipe off a very close friend but I just had to add something to make it even that more christmassy. And whats a better combo than Cranberry and White Chocolate? I really couldn't tell you..

These are so easy to make and take no time at all. What I love most about these shortbreads are how fragile they are, they just melt in your mouth as soon as you take a bite. They feel so smooth and luxurious and they are definitely an indulgent treat. Perfect for this time of year. They can be made into a normal sized cookie which makes around 14-16 cookies or else you can make small little cookie bites which should make around 40.

This recipe as you can tell for my adaptation is that it is so versatile. Other flavour combinations include Pistachio and White Chocolate, Chocolate Orange, Cinnamon and Raisin, Hazelnut and Dark Chocolate, the list is truly endless. You could even dip half the baked Shortbreads in Melted Chocolate and leave to set. That would be glorious, I must try that out myself.

These would also be perfect as a homemade gift to that someone special whether it is a boyfriend, girlfriend, best friend, parent, grandparent. I absolutely love giving homemade baked goods as little gifts to show my appreciation of them being in my life and who doesn't love receiving food as a present? everybody loves baked treats.

Ingredients:

175g Self Raising Flour
125g Cornflour
50g Icing Sugar
225g Soft Butter
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 Cup Cranberries

Half/1 Bar of White Chocolate

Method:

• Pre-heat your oven to 160C. Whizz all ingredients in a food processor or even by hand in a kneading motion(which is what I did) into biscuit dough.

• Once it’s a soft dough, roll out with your hands into log (you can take portions of it and do it this way). 

• Cut off pieces and roll into a small/medium ball depending on what you prefer and with a fork dipped in cold water, flatten slightly. Into the oven on a flat baking tray on top of baking paper for 13-15 mins (lightly golden brown). 

• Once baked move onto a wire tray using a spatula or palette knife (they will be quite delicate and may break up when moving them - gently does it).

• Leave to cool for as long as possible before storing them in a lunch box and into the fridge.Leaving them in the fridge stiffens them up a bit without them losing the mouth melting aspect.

I hope ye enjoyed this blogpost and that it encourages ye to bake as soon as ye end reading this blogpost.

Love Chelsea x