White Pizza!

Hey guys!

The other day I made a little "white" pizza and I thought I would share it with you guys!  I put pesto, goats cheese and courgette on it and it was amazing!! Enjoy!

So good, so quick and so easy!  I shared some with my mum and she liked it too!  What're your favourite pizza toppings?

robynisabella x

May Favourites

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I'm going to leave you all with a couple of pictures of my May favs!  The lighting was really terrible today which resulted in blurry pictures so apologies for that - I tried my best to tidy them up because I didn't want to disappoint!  I have a Maybelline product in here (and Garnier owned by the same company) - if you have been following my blog for a while you may have noticed that I recently posted about not wanting to continue using their products due to animal testing.  I've since found a statement on their website that states they no longer test on animals nor do they use outside companies.  Now all these other sites that say they do test can say whatever they want - however I'm pretty sure Maybelline would be in some kind of trouble if they posted false statements like that on their website.  Do any of you know for sure because I would LOVE some clarity.  For the most part I am going to be avoiding their products just in case - but going by their website they no longer test and we are all free to use them with happy consciences! Yay!   I hope you enjoy the post!

 This makes taking makeup off joyful.  Highly recommend!

Clearly very well loved since I bought it!

Only the one colour in focus which I use as a highlight not a shadow (it's very shimmery).

I have rediscovered my love for this palette!

That's all of my beauty favs for this month!  What has been your beauty favourite?

robynisabella x

Products featured in this post:  

Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water, Maybelline Colour Sensational Lipstick in 842 Rosewoood Pearl, Rimmel WonderFul Mascara, PS Love (Primark!) Sunkissed Metalic Bronze Blush, PS Love Kabuki Brush, PS Love Metallic Palette (one shadow), Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette.

Dinner Night

Hey guys!

This post is going to contain lots of lazy pictures with lazy editing - lets call it an authentic post.  We went out for my boyfriends mums birthday dinner to an italian called Zizzi's.  It was a lovely evening with lots of happy people all round.  I'm feeling really ill so i'll let the pictures do the talking - I hope you all enjoy this post, leave me a wee comment down below if you did!

Live music!

Massive pizza!

This quote does not make sense at all!

Guess who didn't wait long enough for me to get a picture?  My lovely boy of course!

Yep, that baby is acutally peeing...

robynisabella x

Follow me!

Hey guys!

So the past couple days I've just been trying to relax and have a little me time hence the lack of yesterdays post.  It's important sometimes to just take a little time out and rejuvenate.  Alas the pull of my blog has drawn me in and I decided I wanted to share with you guys anyway.  I've not really got anything prepared for this post so I thought I'd just shamelessly plug all my other social media outlets.  I don't really post on some of them but I'm working on it - twitter being a prime example.  I just don't have followers so I don't really post, but if I share with all of you lovelies hopefully that will change.

So here we go guys - if you didn't know already here is a list of all my social media:

Twitter: @robynisabella_x

Vine: robynisabella

YouNow: robynisabella (I haven't used this yet but I think I might start broadcasting tomorrow - so far it looks like mostly younger kids but hey ho why not!?)

So I thinkkk that is everything!  I'll probably put a few of them into my description bar for a later date but yeah you should all go follow me!

Sorry for the sucky post and lack of time keeping so far this week.  Back to normal tomorrow and I'll try have more organised for next week!  Love you all!

robynisabella x

Clean Brushes!

Hey guys!

I have a confession to make - before today - I had never cleaned my makeup brushes!  I know, disgusting - I just didn't realise that it was something you were supposed to do.  I've seen a couple of posts on brushes cleaning so I decided to give it a bash myself.  At first I just filled a jug with warm water and a little dish soap because my face is sensitive to soaps but that didn't work so I had to do it properly.  I just squeezed a little soap onto my hand then swirled the brush onto the soap and the make up came straight off!  For my dirtier brushes it took a couple of tries but I think if I did it regularly that wouldn't be an issue.  The foundation brush smells pretty strongly of soap now so I'm hoping it doesn't irritate my face - if it does I'll just rinse it out again.

Again I had work today (getting in the way of picture taking!) so the after pictures are still ever so slightly damp but you can definitely see the difference.    I hope you guys enjoy the before and after pictures - I couldn't believe how different they looked - like brand new brushes!  I haven't altered the colour in the before or after pictures so they really are a true indicator.  I knew they were bad but I didn't think they were that bad - the after brushes look a completely different colour all together!!!

Before:

After:

I hope you enjoyed this post - I know there is not much in the way of content - but I just had to share this with you all.  Cleaning is important and it makes your brushes look all clean and spanking new!  What is your favourite way to clean your brushes?

robynisabella x

Oh no!

Hey guys!

It appears I've lost the lighting today!  Had to work this bank holiday where I would have normally had the day off.  Don't worry though I'll be posting up a shiny post for you all tomorrow!

robynisabella x

Healthy Smoothie!

Hey guys!

I made myself a nice healthy smoothie and I decided to share it with you all!  I went for a mango and passion fruit combination with a little bit of orange and lime juice added just to make it a nice consistency.  Making this smoothie is so super easy - anyone can do it!  

I scooped the seeds from two passion fruits and pushed them around in a sieve (this is an added step really, I just don't like the seeds so push the juice through and bin the seeds) then left them to sit over a bowl to drip as I chopped up half a mango.  Then I popped the mango, passion fruit juice and some ice into a blender cup with a splash of orange and lime juice (if you really wanted to you could squeeze your own orange and lime) and whizzed it all up.  That's it!  Super easy and really tasty!

Let me know if you make your own!  What's your favourite flavour of smoothie?

robynisabella x

Pets at Home Haul!

Hey guys!

So it occurred to me recently that I haven't really mentioned a huge part of my life here on my blog.  My pets!  I loveeee my pets and they honestly do mean the world to me so it's about time you guys were introduced and what better a way than through a haul post!

Now this post is going to be lacking pictures because stupidly I forgot to individually photograph everything!!!  Couldn't believe it when I went to edit and unfortunately all of these goodies pictured above have already been handed over to their new owners (ie my pets) and are now partly destroyed!  I'll through in some pet snaps for good measure.

I think I'll start with my dog first - My dog is called Betty and she is a little mixed breed dog.  She looks a bit like a Jack Russell at first glance but when you get to know her you realise she actually looks totally different.  She's actually my mum's dog - as in her loyalties totally lie with my mum - but I love her and she deserves a wee mention!  In the picture above there is only one thing for her and it is the little treat at the very front.  It's a little dental stick type thing that is shaped like a little toothbrush and is super cute.  Apparently they are all natural and they do a couple different sizes for different sized dogs.  My pets at home has Tiny, Small and Regular.  Betty is really a small dog but I buy her the regular size because she doesn't get them very often and the small ones just look sooo tiny!

Next up is my baby boy, my cat.  My cat is an all black short hair (though going greyer on the chest with age) called Button.  He's my little love and I don't think I love anything as much as I love my cat.  He's a pretty old boy now at 14 and he's just so special.  He also has three legs but I'm so used to it now I don't even notice and he hops around quite the thing.  He's slowing down a bit in his old age but I'm usually around to help him out.  From pets at home I just picked him up a little cat grass pack.  He has a stash of treats already so I resisted the urge to buy more. 

Last up and the owner of pretty much all the treats up there is my little bunny Belle.  Belle is a house rabbit that lives in my room in a massive cage I made her out of NIC cubes.  She's super cute and really rabbits are such underrated pets.  They train easily, can be litter trained and are generally very affectionate if you listen to them and understand their limits.  I would say they are pretty hard work though and if you ever think about getting a rabbit make sure you are in it for the long haul because they can live for longer than ten years!  

From pets at home I got Belle a large collection of hay, straw, willow and other edible type balls to play with.  She really enjoys the willow ones but really she likes them all.  I also picked up that super cute little bowl with the carrots on it!  Really I totally did not need to get the bowl because she already has a perfectly good bowl but I just couldn't resist.  Lastly (and the sole thing I went into pets at home to buy) I picked up a small animal furminator.  Seriously those pet brushes are amazing!  They are quite pricey (over £20) but I would honestly recommend them if you have an animal that sheds a lot.  We have one that the cat and dog use and it is absolutely amazing on my dog which is what made me go in to get a rabbit one.  I like the rabbit one but it's not quite as good - I think it's because rabbit fur is just so fluffy and fine.  While I say it's not as good, it is effective for removing the hair - it just doesn't hold onto it as well as the dog one does.

Belle investigating her new toys while I was taking pictures!

So that's it for my introduction to my pets and my pets at home haul.  I know most of this was for my rabbit - but my cat is old and doesn't like toys and my dog already has far too many it's not that I left them out don't worry!  What pets do you have?  If you've not got any, is there a particular pet you wish you did have?  Thanks for reading!

robynisabella x

Primark Haul!

Hey guys!

So today I bring you a little Primark haul but not of the usual sort.  It's a makeup haul!  I know, I was sceptical when I first heard Primark had a makeup range too.  I have nothing against Primark - in fact I love it but I never thought their makeup range would be any good.  I was wrong.  It's actually pretty great - especially for the prices!  I didn't get much because I was just testing it all out but I'm planning to get more on Wednesday so next Monday should have a few extra bits included!  

Also I checked and Primark don't test on animals which is a pretty big thing for me!  I recently went through all my makeup and checked if they test on animals (I was really scared I'd have to throw it all away) and it turns out I only had one Maybelline eye liner.  I'm going to pick up a Primark liquid when I'm in town to replace it.  Obviously I will no longer be purchasing from Maybelline or L'Oreal who own them.  There is absolutely no excuse for animal abuse.

 I picked up this 8 Shade Metallic Eyeshadow Palette for £2.50.  They had another one there but I prefered the colours in this one.  I'm not really sure how I feel about this palette if I'm really honest.  The pigment is good on your finger but on a brush it's not as good.  The consistency is a bit powdery for my liking but that's just me being picky.  I'm used to just using my Urban Decay palette so it might be that I'm just super used to high quality now.  The peachy colour second in is really pretty as a highlight so it wins in that department!

I also picked up this single Baked Wet and Dry Shadow in the colour 14 Dark Brown for £2.50.  This is such a pretty colour!  I haven't used it all over the lid but sparingly and it seems nice.  The consistency of this one is much nicer and not as powdery.  This contains quite a lot of product too so I was happy about that.  I think I'm going to look out for some lighter colours on Wednesday because this one was a little dark.

I've not got a price tag on this SUNKISSED Metalic Bronzed Blush but it was definitely under £3.00.   I love this!  It's now a regular in my makeup routine.  It's nice and shimmery and just adds a really pretty glow to my face without looking orange which I find a lot of bronzers do on my face.   My only complaint is that it was detached from the base - it is still stuck to a base but the whole base has come loose from the container which is a bit annoying.  I just picked up a broken one though - so no fault of the product!

I decided I wanted to try just one of their brushes because brushes can be really hit and miss I find.  I got this kabuki brush to try for £2.50 and I am so in love with it.  I use it for all my powdered products and it really does a lovely job.  It's superrrrr soft and so far I have had no shedding.  It is actually a fantastic (super cheap) brush.  I' definitely going to be picking up some more from them.  I love that it has this nice black to purpley pink fade too.  Super cute.

I never normally wear eyeliner - never mind white or pink but I decided to pick it up anyway.  Can't go wrong for £1.00 can we?  I like that it comes with a sharpener too - I haven't tried the sharpener so can't vouch for its usefulness but I can say the white liner is fab!  I've used it a couple times on my water line and it's been nice.  I like putting it under my eyebrow to accentuate the arch too and it looks great that way.  The pigment is really there too which I find lacking with a lot of pencil liners.   I haven't tried the pink yet but I'm sure it will be good too.

My last makeup product is this pretty lipstick that I picked up for £1.50!  I can't believe it was so cheap and it is actually so nice!  It smells amazing too!  It's a really nice creamy consistency and it isn't tacky at all and it doesn't dry out my lips either which is a huge plus!  I haven't really been wearing this because when I brought it home my mum asked to have it - and me being fab - let her so I'll need to get another one when I'm in town on Wednesday along with probably a billion other colours.  The few times I have wore it though it's lasted a good time on my lips.

The last thing I'm going to share with you is this little candle that only cost me 80p!  I know it's not makeup but it's just a little added bonus that I bought at the same time haha!  I really like the Red Berry and Jasmine scent.  It's really over powering in the jar but when you light it it's a nice subtle smell.  I feel really calm when I have it on as well - I don't know if that's just the affect of the candle or the scent but it works anyway!  My mum says it smells like calpol in the jar haha but I think it just smells nice and floral.  Who doesn't love calpol anyway?

That's it for today guys!  Don't forget to follow me if you'd like to see more next week!  Have you tried any of the Primark PS Love range, what do you think?  If not do you think you'll try some after reading this post?

robynisabella x