Belvoir Spiced Winter Berries Cordial | A perfect autumn/winter warmer

Now that autumn has finally arrived and winter is around the corner there's no better time to snuggle up on the sofa with a blanket and warm up with a hot drink. In fact, not just any drink but Belvoir's spiced winter berries cordial. I discovered this cordial around 2 years ago and have been a big fan ever since and it is one of my favourite drinks for autumn/winter time. This winter warmer is a intensely fruity cordial that gives off a spiced aroma filled with real elderberry juice, blackberry juice and orange juice which is blended together with real cinnamon, clove and nutmeg extracts. 

There are many ways you can drink this cordial but I like to add a small amount of the cordial into a mug (around 15mm, it depends how strong you want it to be) and then add around 150mm of boiling water. This makes a lovely hot berry flavored drink which is a perfect non-alcoholic alternative to mulled wine. Alternately if you wanted to make mulled wine with it you could try this simple recipe:

Spiced Winter Berries Mulled Wine (serves 7)

You'll need: 

1 bottle of dry white wine (try Sauvignon Blanc)

70ml Belvoir Spiced Berry Cordial

400ml Cloudy Apple Juice

1 Cinnamon stick

Peel of 1/2 an orange

Then gently simmer all ingredients in a saucepan on low heat and serve in seven short glasses or mugs and enjoy your winter warmer!

Charlotte x

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Beauty Favourites | Real Techniques Brushes

I wanted to share with you guys some of my recent beauty favourites. I'm pretty sure everyone with an interest in beauty and make up has these brushes in their collection and for a good reason. I've been eyeing up these brushes for a while now and I'm so glad I invested in them. It's only been in the last year or so since I started reading beauty blogs and watching youtube videos but it encouraged me to invest in good quality brushes and products. Although my collection is still growing, I hope to share more of my beauty favourite with you. I'm sure these will always be in my essentials collection. They're affordable and very high quality, I feel like they have given my foundation a better finish and they apply eye shadows and bronzer like a dream. I'd definitely recommend them to anyone wanting to start their make up collection or even if you already a large make up collection! The brushes photographed here are from the Real Techniques Core Collection but I also purchased the Buffing Brush separately.

Also I'm super excited to say I made a new twitter where I will share my adventures, recent blog posts and things I'm loving. I had my old twitter from when I was 15 and thought I needed a new start aha. You can follow and tweet me @charoliviap I'd love to follow you guys and see what you're up to! 

Charlotte x

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Colours of Autumn

Hello lovely people, today I went on another autumn walk to one of my favourite places. I've posted many pictures of this beautiful place before so you're probably familiar with it. There's something so special about autumn which I find so magical, the way the trees turn from green to amber and gold and the smell of fresh rain as you walk through the woods. I could go on forever about how much I love autumn! It is also my favourite time of the year to explore and photograph nature, it's so vibrant. Although it rained the majority of the day it didn't bother me, I had a great day!

Charlotte xx

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Small A/W Haul

Hello everyone! I wen't shopping yesterday and I managed to pick up a few items which I've photographed above. I went into Topshop, Primark and River Island and everything I tried on didn't fit me right or I picked an item thinking it was my size when it turns out someone had put it on the wrong hanger and there was none of that item left in my size. So I came away slightly disappointed with not buying any new clothes. On a more positive note I was able to find this lovely cable knit jumper and these tartan pajama bottoms which were only £6 from Primark. I've been eyeing up some just like them on the Jack Wills website for a while now and I though these were a perfect and cheaper alternative. I also bought some cute socks from Topshop along with knitted knee high socks and tights. I couldn't resist buying some new books, even though I have lots of other books to read first. I was also excited to try the Revlon Lip Butters because every beauty blog i've read has been raving about them and I have to say I love them as well! 

Charlotte xx

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