A Few October Lifestyle Favourites

These kind of ‘non-beauty favourites’ posts don’t float around too often on this blog but these four thingamajigs are, quite frankly, just too good to not speak about. Oversized scarves are my JAM and so when I saw this beautiful charcoal and cadet grey striped scarf on ASOS recently, it arrived on my doorstep the very next day and without the exception of showering and sleeping, it’s pretty much been with me at all times. They weren’t exaggerating when they described it as oversized – I’ve also been utilising it as a blanket for those mid-afternoon naps. Slightly granny-ish, slightly amazing.  

Easy Like A Sunday Morning.

 

Home-Made Pistachio, Almond & Cherry Granola

A Peach Caprese Salad

Although I’m an avid caprese salad enthusiast in its traditional form, I love throwing fruit in my salads as a refreshing summery addition. If you’re looking for some light summer lunch inspiration with not a hob or oven in sight, this could be just the ticket. Side note – if you don’t

Smack Deli Is Lip-Smackingly Good

Pardon the pun.

Can’t stop with the chocolate and fizzy drinks?

*All products featured in this post are PR samples.

 I’m never going to completely give up chocolate or fizzy drinks but alternatives are always welcome to stop the sugary indulgences from happening quite as often………..

You’ll nearly always find a bottle of Pepsi max sitting in my fridge so when SlimCha contacted me asking if I wanted to try out one of their new 14 day teatox packs, I very willingly said yes! Obviously, just drinking

The Photo Journal #2 – London

This week was spent in London and we (Siobhan & I) got a lot done and a LOT of food was consumed. Enjoy!

Where To Eat In London – San Carlo Cicchetti

Gazpacho in 5 minutes recipe

 Yes, that is an edible flower. The extreme lengths I go to to make things pretty for you!

The Beauty Sanctuary will always primarily be dedicated to all things beauty but I like to mix it up every once in a while and share other things I love. Most families have a ‘famous dish’ and the dishes I’ve grown up with have been cooked by my mum and are very Mediterranean based. I think I’m really lucky to have been brought up with a wide variety of really good food cooked by a woman who knows what she’s doing but if I had to pick just 3 dishes that I have learnt from my mum and will make throughout the rest of my life, they would be gazpacho, cataplana ( a Portuguese seafood stew) a

My favourite Instagram accounts

 

 From left to right:

@beautyisboring_ – This account belongs to Robin Black – a make up artist and photographer. I relate to her as she openly admits she has a love/hate relationship with ‘beauty’. Her Instagram account features faces & looks she has created that she finds beautiful – so do I.

@lotstar – Lottie (make up artist) showcases a collection of her most beautiful, inspiring and interesting creations.

@parisinfourmonths – Carin, planned on staying in Paris for 4 months but she couldn’t leave because of her true love for the city so she ended up living there and working as a photographer. My own love for Paris is always ever growing and the snapshots on this Instagram remind me of why I love it so much.

@blairz – I LOVE the beautiful sketches and illustrations scattered all over this Instagram. So cool and chic!

@kit_king – drawings of skulls……….yes. I love skulls. This artist is so talented and her work is so intricate and she is just COOL.

@jamieoliver – comfort food, polished, clean and colourful photography and about a million and one different cuisines.

So they are my top favourite 6 Instagrams! Please let me know what your favourite accounts are – I’d love to start following more!

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Jess x