❄ Day 9 of 12 Days of CLHMakeup: 4 Quick & Easy Christmas Treats ❄

Today I thought I'd share some of the Christmas bakes that I've made this year, as you can probably tell I'm hugely in the Christmas spirit this year as last year I didn't really get into it as much. I actually don't know why because I've always loved Christmas. But anyway today I'm sharing 4 Quick and Easy Recipes. Obviously I didn't come up with these recipes I got most of them from pinterest and they're some amazing little recipes on there if you want a few more ideas. So get it in Christmas spirit with me and get your Christmas playlist going and let's get baking.

Christmas Light Cupcakes (based on this recipe), they did look a little batter when I first made them as the light string icing has kind of melter. However I think they turned out quite cute and yummy. 

Chocolate Orange Cookies (based on this recipe but I did add some white chocolate)

Gingerbread Men Peppermint Chocolate (based on this recipe)

Christmas "Moose Munch" (based on this recipe)

That's all the Christmas snacks that I made I feel think they turned out really cute, so I hope you enjoyed reading and it gave you some ideas and I will see you again in a few days.

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❄ Day 7 of 12 Days of CLHMakeup: Collective Haul ❄

We all know how much I buy, so today I'm back with another haul which does have a few Christmas bits and bobs in there so I hope you enjoy.

First I bought this adorable Santa plate from the Range as I'm doing a snacks post later and I thought it would be a perfect way to display some of the treats quite effortlessly.

Secondly also from The Range I bought this little candle which I thought was so cute and tiny in the little mason jar. Also it's a lovely Christmas scent and it was only a couple of pounds.

So I really wanted a Christmas phone case this year but I didn't want to spend too much, so I could to eBay and h=they had so much choice on there but I went for this cute and simple one.

I came to realise recently that I didn't own a wine/berry shade lipstick for the winter months, therefore when my mum was raving about these Avon Matte lipsticks I thought I'd give one a go. This ones in the shade Superb Wine and it isn't really coming up true to colour but it's gorgeous and I definitely want to try some more shades.
 
In my recent November favourites I was saying how I've been loving the Bubblegum lip scrub from Lush, therefore I thought I'd pick up a backup as my last one is nearly empty. However while I was in there I saw the Santa's lip scrub and remembered how much I've loved it in the past so I thought I'd pick it up again.

So that's it for my haul there's not much as I've mostly been buying Christmas presents but I hope you enjoyed none the less and I'll see you in a few days.

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❄ Day 4 of 12 Days of CLHMakeup: My Christmas Essentials ❄

Today I thought I would share my Christmas essentials with you because with the holidays approaching and the busy times beginning we all need our little necessities to do the holidays right. So I hope this posts might remind you of things you need to buy or it just makes you feel nice and in the Christmas spirit.

Firstly I think you always need your good old Christmas red lip and my personal favourite is definitely Mac's Ruby Woo paired with Rimmel's Exaggerate lip line in the shade Red Diva.

Next is the perfect Christmas film to snuggle up with a blanket and watch while it's freezing outside, a few of my favourites are Christmas Vacation, Elf and How the Grinch stole Christmas.

I don't know about you but there's just some foods that taste better at Christmas some favourites are definitely Bakewell Tarts and Terry's Chocolate Orange.

I also don't think Christmas is complete without a good candle to make your house smell like Christmas, I really liked this Next one from last year but I don't think they bought it back unfortunately.

Another Christmas essential is definitely my Christmas playlist because I love a good Christmas sing along, if you want to see my Christmas playlist click here to see a post I did last year about my Christmas playlist.

I have to have Christmas home wear in December in the form of my Santa, which I did actually buy this year because my last one was smashed.

I feel like Lush comes to life in the Christmas season and my Christmas isn't complete without a festive bath, a few favourites are Father Christmas bath bomb, Peeping Santa bubble bar and Candy Mountain bubble bar.

Of course we have to have a Christmas tree and ours has been up for a couple of weeks now.

And finally we have my Christmas phone case which I think is beyond cute and I am one of those people that gets so excited for Christmas that every element of me has to be Christmassy

That's it for my Christmas essentials, I hope you enjoyed, let me know your essentials and I'll see you soon.

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♥ My Favourite Cookie Recipe ♥

I shared this picture on Instagram the another day and thought I would share to recipe with you.

Ingredients:

• 125g sugar
• 125g butter
• 1 large egg
• 1tsp of vanilla extract
• 225g sifted self-raising flour
• lots of chocolate and treats (like sprinkles or chocolate drops)

Pop your oven on to 200 degrees celsius 

Cream together your butter and sugar 

Crack in your egg

Add in your sifted flour 

Add a bit of milk if your flour isn't mixing in or the mixture is looking to dry

Throw in all your chocolate and treats 

Line your trays with baking paper 

Start making your cookies about the size of a golf ball (I normally get around 20 cookies but it depends)

Pop them into the oven for 15 minutes and leave them to cool for about 30 minutes (keep checking them regularly after 15 minutes if they are not cooked.

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♥ American Candy ♥

Recently the lovely team over a Taffy Mail sent me one of there Lite boxes to try out. This contains 4 to 5 treats and costs £7.49 but you can get 10% with the code CLH10, however this does expire in 3 months time.

So I'm going to go over my likes and dislikes from the box I got sent.

My winner for the sweets was very easy to pick as they were definitely the Swedish fish they were different to what I first imagined as I thought they would be a similar consistency to Haribo's but they are a lot small and less chewy which I prefer as sometimes Haribo's can leave my teeth feeling really sore.

Next in the rankings would be the Caramel Apple Pops as it did have a nice flavour and didn't make the roof of my mouth feel sore as some lollipops can do. I thought the flavour was nice and quite original and something you wouldn't really see in a shop here in England.

The Twizzlers was definitely not for me I just don't like liquorice typed sweets I think they just taste weird. 

My favourite out of the chocolate pieces was a lot harder top chose than the sweet favourite as I did love them all but if I did have to pick a standout it would be the Mint with Dark chocolate M&M's they taste like After Eights which are one of my favourite Sweet Treats. 

Of course the White Reese's were a good one as I already love Reese's products but Reese's Pieces do have to be the winner from that brand. 

The 5th Avenue was a nice chocolate bar however it wasn't anything special that I had hoped for. 

So that's my overview of the box I was sent I hope you enjoyed reading and it gave you some inspiration to pick up a box for yourself. 

This box was very kindly gifted by the company but this post is not sponsored and all my opinions are my own 

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