March Beauty Buys

With Spring on its way my focus is on fresh, glowing skin, radiating good health and using make up that instead of covering my flaws, rather reveals the best version of myself. I hope you'll enjoy them!

1.Body Shop's higlighter/ blush 02 is a shimmery peachy pink with golden glitter (good for all skin tones),that you can build up in layers. I like the honey fragrance and how easy it is to apply and blend, the texture is so creamy and silky soft to touch that it blends easily and you can get either sheer or more opaque color payoff. It has no streakiness and looks very natural on the skin. It is perfect for summer makeup and will be a very nice addition to your collection.

2. This was a pretty good sized sample that came with another product from the Shiseido brand that I bought and I am loving it. After washing my face, day and night, I use this product on my skin that afterwards feels soft, dewy, and plump without any greasy feel at all. My skin looks and feels hydrated and supple with a very nice refreshing feeling.

3. Chanel Olga (422) Rouge Coco Lipstick is described as a "bright pink." It's a muted, light-medium pink with subtle warm undertones and barely-there golden shimmer and it'll be my spring staple for sure. It embodies sensuality, joy and radiance besides the fact that it leaves the lips with a supple, comfortable veil of hydration which deeply nourishes and plumps them.

Adidas OG Gazelle Crush

Throughout the years I am becoming more of a sporty person, though I still love maintaining a fashion-forward, sassy, cool style. I'm just not up for discomfort or sacrifice with high heels on a regular basis anymore. This suede model by Adidas has since last year become kind of a cult and an almost daily staple, specially if the weather is fine. Fortunately we’re at a point where it’s completely socially acceptable to wear sneakers outside of the gym or just for sport situations, and that’s amazing because sneakers are so comfortable and can still look so fashionable! Cool and chic they look amazing with the most varied outfits, conveying an effortless style that still adds some refinement.

This Too Shall Pass

In The Mood For

{welcoming Spring with arms wide open}

Growing up, Easter was one of my favourite days of the year, specially if it coincided with my birthday. My mom would always have a brand new ensemble for me that I eagerly awaited to get on[though now it seems quite a torture to have had to wait more than a month to wear it - really mom?], chocolate eggs on the table setting and beautifully colourful sweet almonds at the reach of my hands throughout the whole day, family feasts and my favourtite treat:the "folar" with boiled eggs my godparents always bought me. The ingredients are already waiting for me in the pantry and the bash of delicious treats is about to get started, the famous "folar" included. Let's see how it's going to come out! Wish you a lovely holiday ahead!I'm in the mood for...

{beautiful white blouses that exude femininity and romance}

{the prettiest DIY décor for your Easter table}

{an amazing mask from my latest beauty brand crush -  CAUDALIE}

{soft lavander nails that are cool and chic}

 {my favourite Easter indulgence}

{on my wishlist - at ZARA}

Tuna Fish & Peppers Cake

This spectacularly delicious tuna cake is moist, bursting with flavour and perfect for the upcoming sunny bright spring days, when family gets together on the weekends for lazy and comforting meals and amused socilaization. It has a wonderful soft texture and a tasty savory  combination of flavours besides the fact that it is super easy to make, healthy and very inexpensive using simple pantry items.

Ingredients:

• 3 cans of tuna
• 1 tomato
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 shallot
• red , yellow, orange peppers 
• 3 eggs
• 2 flour mugs  
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• qs salt
  

  In a frying pan, bring to heat the extra virgin olive oil, minced garlic, chopped onion letting it golden  slightly. Add the tomatoes and the chopped peppers and saute for a few minutes. Ad the  duly drained tuna oil and let cook for 5 minutes. Reserve. In the meanwhile, break the eggs into a bowl and beat. When the eggs are fluffy and bulky add the milk and oil and beat again. Add the flour and baking powder and beat until everything is well blended. Season the dough with salt. Mix well with a spoon. Add the tuna stew. Wrap it well. Place the dough in a mold, greased with butter and dusted with flour.  Bake in preheated oven 180 years and cook for about 30-40 minutes. After it is baked, remove it.

Ingredientes:

• 3 latas de atum
• 1 tomate
• 1 dente de alho
• 1 chalota
• pimentos vermelho, amarelo, laranja
• 3 ovos
• 2 canecas de farinha 
• 1 colher de sopa de fermento em pó
• 1 chávena de leite
• 1/2 chávena de azeite
• Sal q.b.

  Numa frigideira, leve ao lume o azeite, os alhos picados, a cebola picada deixando aquecer ligeiramente. Junte o tomate e os pimentos cortados e salteie durante alguns minutos.Adicione o atum devidamente escorrido do óleo e deixe apurar durante 5 minutos. Reserve. Entretanto, parta os ovos para uma tigela e bata.Quando os ovos estiverem fofos e volumosos junte o leite e o azeite e bata de novo. Junte a farinha e o fermento e bata até que tudo fique bem misturado. Tempere a massa com sal. Misture bem com uma colher. Adicione o refogado do atum. Envolva tudo muito bem. Coloque a massa numa forma, previamente untada com manteiga e polvilhada com farinha. Alise. Leve ao forno pré-aquecido anos 180º e deixe cozer cerca de 30-40 minutos. Depois da bôla cozida, retire-a.