Wednesday 25 February 2015

Outlet haul

Jess here, 
The other day my sister and I traveled to Gun Wharf Quays in Portsmouth which is an outlet shopping park, and it is amazing! I love discounts and when I can get a £56.50 dress down to £16 I can't say no, so here is what I bought:
From Jack Wills I got two dresses, they had the best discounted clothes, I was so tempted to get some track suit bottoms which were only £15 but I persuaded myself out of it and instead I bought two dresses: 
£56.50 down to £16 
£49.50 down to £10 

We then went to gap so that my sister could get some baby clothes for her children however I managed to find two bargains:
 
£19.99 down to £13.99.
This jacket is a different kind of purchase than what I normally buy however I thought it would be perfect as a summer jacket as it is so light, and I loved the colour of it!
I cannot remember the exact price of these stripped jean leggings however they were around £15.

Thank you for reading,
-J xox

Friday 13 February 2015

Detox tea review

Hannah here!

This week I purchased the M&S Detox tea, it is a blend of nettle, dandelion, and milk thistle. No to mention it is naturally caffeine free, making it suitable for all. I am a great tea lover and was eager to try a calming and cleansing brew (especially when it was only £1 for 20 tea bags!). I have absolutely fallen in love with this tea and its many health benefits are a bonus. I also find that the milk thistle gives it a slightly sweet taste, which makes it all the more enjoyable. 


Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed this post. I would love to know your thoughts on any great teas that you've come across!
-H xox

Sunday 1 February 2015

Only Water and Tea February.



Jess here,
Recently in a food tech lesson I found out the bad qualities of sweeteners such as the risks of headaches, cancers and mood swings, although it is not 100% proven that these things occur from sweeteners I can't help wanting to test it out.

I have recently been getting headaches and wondering what it could be, although it is only probably stress from school, when I was taught about this I thought to myself  'God I drink a lot of sweeteners.' 

In my house we always substitute sugar for sweeteners, in teas and coffees, diet cola, diet lemonade and no added sugar orange squash so by removing these things from my diet,  could make some impact on my health.  I also never drink enough water, the reason for this is because I would rather have orange squash or another kind of sugary drink but I have recently learnt that most of these contain sweeteners! 

When I mentioned what I had learnt to my parents they were as shocked as I was at the amount of sweeteners we actually drink so we agreed that for the month of February we would only drink water and tea (because non of us could get up in the morning without a cup of it.)

These studies into sweeteners may be wrong but even if they are, only drinking water and tea for a whole month will hopefully have benefits for me and my parents health.

I'll keep the blog updated on how it's going, wish me luck and hopefully only drinking tea and water will do something good for me! 

Thanks for reading, 
-J