DIY Turban Headband

Inspired by the style of Amy (The Little Magpie) who is just a-m-a-z-i-n-g I thought I would try out the turban headband trend.

I was on a mission to find a specific colour which I just could not find online and to be honest didn't want to spend £10 on so I reverted to youtube to find out how I could make one. 

I found that it was super simple and you can make one from a T-SHIRT?! So I trotted to Primark, spotted the EXACT colour I wanted and spent less than 3 english pounds on this glorious find. 

The method is super easy and I have attached some photos below. You will just need some scissors, a t-shirt of your choice and your bare hands.

 1. Cut the hem of your t-shirt off and then measure about 6cm (personal preference on width) vertically on the t-shirt and cut horizontally across the t-shirt.

 2. Now make a figure of 8.

3. Fold one side over to meet the other side.

4. Your finished turban headband should look a little something like this. You could sew it in place if you like but I didn't in this instance as it is fiddly and I just wanted to make something easy and simple to wear on holiday without paying online prices!

How to be a breakfast queen - Smoothie Bowl Recipe

This month I have been LOVING smoothie bowls. Inspired by the recent acai bowl trendy thing to do for brekkie I have conjured up my version which is much less expensive and more accessible than frozen acai puree bases.

Ingredients

                                   

Base

- 1 Banana

- Handful of frozen mango

- Handful of frozen raspberries

- 2 Tablespoons of oats

- 1 Tablespoon of greek/natural/any yoghurt

- Almond/Coconut Milk - personal judgement

- Nut butter (Optional as I put it on top)

You want your base to be quite thick so liquids are limited but down to personal preference. I make mine like almost a melted ice cream and achieve this by using banana for creamy goodness and frozen fruits.

Toppings (Basically any old thing you can find in your cupboard)

- Goji berries

- Pumpkin Seeds

- Almond/Peanut butter

- Desiccated coconut 

- Strawbs 

- Flaked almonds

This list is defiitely not exhaustive - there are lots of different things you can put on top but these were just things I found in my cupboard - accesible CHECK.

Method

1. Blend, blend, blend. I use a blend active which I find works great but sometimes struggles with frozen fruits as it isn't as powerful as the Nutri Bullet but it's much more affordable.

2. Empty your smoothie into a bowl and start decorating - this is the fun part! Make your breakfast pretty and guaranteed you'll have a happy day ahead of you. Well that's my motto anyway... 

.... and I'm back!

It's been a whole 8 months since I last blogged on here due to the stresses and pressures of third year which inevitably took over every aspect of my life but alas! Third year is over, I am no longer a student, I've had a month of recovery and I have my life back. 

So, what have I been up to in the past 10 months? I'll give you a brief round-up of the best bits *Whips out 'One Line A Day' diary*


NOVEMBER

Sam whisked me away on a surprise weekend to Chester Zoo and Manchester where we had a fabulous time and enjoyed to fancy schmancy cocktails in The Alchemist.


DECEMBER

 The season of festivities and a hell of a lot of food thus my fave season of all! Sam and I visited his family in Cambridge just before Christmas and for new year we stayed in The Double Tree Hilton Hotel by Tower Bridge in London. London was fab, we didn't do the touristy things this time, we just spent some quality time together sampling burgers, you know the drill by now. We also went up the Shard on January 1st and it was an incredible view of the London skyline by night - not quite Empire State (sorrynotsorry) but beautiful just the same.


JANUARY

The start of my final semester at Newcastle University and dissertation. Need I say more?



FEBRUARY

February was also an intense dissertation month filled with many stressful days, sleepless nights and bucket loads of tea! However, for Valentines Sam and I went to watch 50 Shades and had a lovely meal at Jamie's Italian in Newcastle which was a lovely break from hard work.

MARCH

 I only went and achieved the impossible - I handed in my undergraduate dissertation, a remarkable moment where I felt a great sense of achievement and completely proud of myself as in first year I dreaded the 'D' and all through third year I never thought I would see the day my dissertation was bound and complete.

Then I cut my hair short which I now regret #girlprobs

 At the end of this month to celebrate the end of my dissertation Sam and I set out on a Scandinavian road trip to Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Unfortunately I had pneumonia on our trip and was hospitalised for 3 days therefore our road trip didn't go quite to plan but we managed to get to Norway for a day after a loooong drive through Sweden (8 hours) thank you Sam! I guess that means we will just have to go back to hike the Pulpit rock in Stavanger.

WATCH OUR VLOG HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZD7FfdMc-8

ARPIL

This month was pretty dull as I was just writing essays #thirdyearlife

MAY 

FINITO. 3 YEARS OF UNIVERSITY DONE. WAIT, WHAT?

It is hard to express into words how I felt once I handed in my last essays on university.  I expected immense happiness and relief, I had essentially completed the impossible and deadlines were now a thing of the distant past but I what I actually experienced was immense sadness. I cried, I felt completely lost like I had no purpose. I am a person who loves to learn and I discovered that I actually like to work towards deadlines, feel a little stress and be challenged academically. It didn't help at this time I had no job and little money - it is SO daunting not knowing what you will be doing next week, next month, next year and where your next £ is going to come from. These feelings came without warning and well and truly smacked me in the face, so I used this time to do some serious 'Life Admin' and binge on Greys Anatomy.


JUNE 

A week of R&R in the first week of June in Tunisia which was sunny and lovely. Sipping pina coladas and eating pizzas all day every day. We also played with the Go Pro a lot which was great fun (we are adults promise!)

Now what's to come?

- My 21st eeek! I am OLD.
- Degree results and Graduation
- Many more trips and travels as Sam get's some new technological photographical devices to play with - a Nikon I believe? 

AND, I start my new job 15th June which I got by complete chance and I feel very lucky and fortunate to be going back to an organisation I love, NELC to complete the graduate scheme again with my BFF Danielle! So here is to the next chapter in my life in the graduate world.