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Thursday, 4 June 2015

My 7-step routine for beautiful nails

I once read, from a very wise person no doubt, that it's far more difficult to feel sad when your nails look pretty. I completely agree.

Wednesday, 3 June 2015

Tuesday, 2 June 2015

Rediscovering old favourites: MAC Quarry and Plumful


I really love this combination of MAC's Quarry eyeshadow and Plumful lipstick. I went through phases of wearing both shades individually - goodness knows why I didn't put them together until now!

Veggie feasts #2

Last night's leftovers got all sexed up with South Indian flavours.
This is a variation on the potato and onion filling of a masala dosa, which is one of my favourite things to eat.


Potatoes | onion | green beans | cumin seeds | black mustard seeds | turmeric | asafoetida | lemon

Monday, 1 June 2015

Veggie feasts #1

My diet has been a bit haphazard recently so when I decided to really put the effort back into cooking and eating healthy, regular meals, blogging about it seemed an obvious way to motivate myself. 

This is what I made tonight:


New potatoes | green beans with mustard seeds and garlic | halloumi
Serves 2



Language learning resources

As promised in 'Why you should learn a language', here's the follow-up post of some useful resources.