Storm in a Teacup

I’m a tea addict and I’ve previously posted about a few of my favourite teas here. I love Fruit Tea & Green tea too. I take my normal tea with Soy Milk and like it quite weak. I thought it would be fun and a little different to put together all the Instagrams I have taken over the past 2 years of all my tea ‘grams & there are quite a few.

I work from home with my husband and we like to go out to cafe’s a fair bit to escape the four walls of our office so we tend to frequent our local tea stops quite a bit. Some of these pictures were taken before I became a Vegan, I don’t have cream now and mostly take my own snacks with me. Here we go,

Grid of Tea

Classic Starbucks Hot Chocolate / Tea Pot for Two / Pizza Express / Empire State Coffee Dundee / My Jubilee Tea Cup / China Tea Cup / Apple and Cinnamon Winter Warmer / China Tea Cup / His & Hers

More Tea

Classic Costa / Drouthy Neebors Dundee / Tea Cosy / Home Sweet Home Manchester / Stag Mug / Moose Cafe Liverpool / Green Tea & Lemon / Berry Tea / Classic China Cup

Time for a brew

Blue China Cup & Saucer / Starbucks & Blogging / Green Tea & Lemon / TAKK Coffee House Manchester / Starbucks at Home / My Favourite Mug – Queen / Bodum Mug & berry Tea / Tea Bag / I LOVE TEA

Where do you love to go for a cup of tea – or what drink do you enjoy if it’s not a cuppa!?

Locket

I was a Bridesmaid at my friends wedding earlier in the year and I wanted to get her something special as a wedding gift – something from a small independent crafter.

Sadly she lost her dad 18 months ago and I wanted to get something that would include him. So I found the cutest Lockets from a UK based lady whose blog I had read for a number of years. Bonbi Forest is based in Cornwall and she leads an idyllic life creating and selling her crafts online. You should check her out.

I went for this locket and put a photo of my friend in one side and her dad in the other. I gave it to her on her wedding day and she wrapped it around her bouquet so it was like her dad walked her down the isle – it was beautiful and sad at the same time.

Everything was amazing from the packaging right down to the quality of the locket.

bonbi forest

bonbi forest 2

bonbi forest 3

I loved the hand printed paper – the locket was wrapped inside it. So simple but unusual too. Always Over The Mountain Locket £19

bonbi forest

bonbi forest pendant

bonbi forest

I’d highly recommend bonbi forest and will be using this lovely shop again for a few other gifts. It’s always nice to buy from handmade sites where you can!

Me and John

Me and John at the wedding

Aesop Parsley Seed Eye Serum

This is the last of the products I bought last month whilst I was in London, if you haven’t seen the other things I bought then you can check them out here & here. I always like to have a look in Liberty when in London as it’s such a British Institution, even if you don’t plan on purchasing anything it is such a nice place to browse. I headed to their Aesop counter after trying and falling in love with their Parsley Seed Face Serum and Primrose Cleansing Face Mask so I wanted to try something else from them.

Aesop Parsley Seed Eye Serum

After chatting to the lovely (and very handsome) man at their counter I ended up buying the Parsley Seed Anti Oxident Eye Serum £55 for 15ml. My skin loved the Parsley Seed Face Serum which I use at night and so I thought the eye serum would be a great addition to my skincare routine. It’s super light and he said this is a really good product if you use the computer alot or get tired eyes and I work from home on the computer most of the time so I have this on my desk and I massage it onto my under eye area a couple of times a day and it is quite cooling and very hydrating. After 3 weeks use I’m liking it. My concealer applies well over the top of it and that is something that doesn’t happen often for me.

Aesop Parsley Seed Eye Serum

Aesop Skincare

As I’ve only been using this for 3 weeks I can’t say how well it is working or what difference it has really made but I will write a full review once I have used it for a little while longer.

Have you tried any products from Aesop if so let me know what and if you have any recommendations for things I should try.

Instagram Roundup #25

This past week or so has been all about getting caught up with work so I can relax whilst I am on holiday. Apart from the odd weekend break to Europe I haven’t been on holiday since I became self employed 5 years ago. It’s so hard to take time off when you work for yourself and its even harder to relax! So I am determined to take proper time off this year and enjoy it!

Roundup Pull and Bear Scarf / Favourite Bodum Mug / Beers & Eurovision / Pub Lunch / Ciate Caviar Polish / Nakd Bars / FOTD / Gearing Up For Holiday / Frozen Berries

Roundup

New Book / FOTD / Holiday Money / Current Skincare / WIMY Box / Empties / F1 / Avon / USA Adapters