Everything Eleanor

This year for Father's Day, we booked a tour of Wembley Stadium for my dad and brother. Me, having no interest in football, took this opportunity to suggest an Oxford Street shopping trip for me and my mum. Of course, no Oxford Street shopping trip is complete without popping into Lush. Lush at this time of year is one of my favourite things, as they have all their limited edition Halloween and Christmas bits out. I took great advantage of this. These are the lovely products I bought:  1. The Comforter Bubble Bar I thought I'd get this one out of the way first because it's clearly not one of their Christmas goodies. However, this is my favourite thing in the whole shop. This gigantic pinky-berry and white bubble bar creates mountains of luxurious blackcurrant bubbles whilst smelling absolutely delicious.  It has bergamot oil for cleansing, relaxing and rejuvenating, as well as cassis absolute to give it it's distinctive fruity fragrance. Because its ginormo...

Catchy title, I know.  As many of you know, I love baking, and what better excuse to bake something exciting and creative than Halloween? These marbled chocolate orange cupcakes would be perfect for any Halloween gathering or just as a fun treat to make you feel cosy and autumnal. You can experiment with the flavours as well - instead of orange, you could use vanilla, lemon or peppermint if you prefer. Of course, you can make these all year round - just take off the pumpkin toppers! If you want to find out how to make these scrummy cakes, look no further:  For 9 cupcakes, you will need: For the Cupcakes: 175g of unsalted, softened butter 175g of caster sugar 175g of self-rasing flour 3 medium eggs Grated zest and 2tbsp of the juice of one orange 2 tbsp of cocoa powder  Bake-able orange and black food colour (I used the Dr. Oetker Gell Food Colours in Jet Black and Neon Orange) For the Chocolate Icing/Decoration:  150g of unsalted butter, ...

  Nothing but Thieves are an English five-piece, consisting of vocalist Conor Mason, Joe Langridge-Brown and Dominic Craik on guitar, bassist Philip Blake and drummer James Price. Their career, that began in 2012, has already proved successful, with supporting the likes of George Ezra and Awolnation, as well as their single Itch being one of Radio One's 'Hottest Records.' On Friday 16th October, their released their debut self-titled album.  Its not often you hear an album like this one. The diversity, the easy-to-listen-to vibe and the freshness of it all - you know it will be special as soon as Conor's powerful vocals explode into the chorus of the first track,  Excuse Me. Following Excuse Me is the single Ban All The Music, a track already completely different to the previous, yet still carrying the exciting, rock-music-for-everyone feeling. I can imagine the songs being the perfect for people who want to expand their music taste. It ranges from the beautiful gu...

Remember last week when I said "Expect to see a lot more Autumnal posts in the future"? Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the first of many. Once again I am extremely late the to the party and doing my Autumn/Winter edit a good few weeks after many other bloggers. Better late than never, I suppose. If you're not sure what this is, my Autumn/Winter edit is 5 things I have chosen to that transition your style to suit the colder weather. This includes clothes, makeup and fragrance. Obviously, you don't have to go along with any of my suggestions, this is just what I like to do to update my look for this time of year. Hope you enjoy!  1. The High-Neck Top  Everyone went crazy for high-neck tops in 2014, and they're back with vengeance again this year. Personally, I really like them. I'm not a huge fan of great big turtle necks just because I'm quite petite and they drown me a little bit, but high-neck tops add quite a sophisticated edge to any look. I...

I've never known what my favourite season is, but I think I'm pretty sure now that it is Autumn. The trees turn colourful, there's always the excuse to throw on a blanket by the fire and drink every hot chocolate going, and you're almost in touching distance of the festive season. Autumn is definitely the most beautiful season. I love photography, and though I may not have the most high-tech camera in the world (it's the one attached to my Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini), I was really up for capturing the lovely Autumnal scenes outside. Below are some of my favourites. Hope you like them! If you're not a fan of trees, this probably isn't your ideal post. Expect to see a lot more Autumnal posts in the future - it's my favourite time of year for fashion and I have some exciting baking posts lined up inspired by Halloween. See you soon! From, Eleanor (P.S. I apologise for the amount of times I've said 'season', 'Autumn', or ...

Expect me to say this every month, but I can't believe it's October. It's crazy. This year has gone so so so quickly and I don't quite understand. But I guess I can't complain that much, because the quicker the months go, the quicker Christmas comes around. Yes I am already starting to think about it. I started in July. Before we get too ahead of ourselves, its time to recap September and discuss my monthly favourites with you lovely lot. My first favourite is BBC Radio One's Live Lounge. Every year I look forward to their 'Live Lounge Month', which is when every day in September, an artist or band plays a set at Radio One consisting of their own song and a mystery cover. Not only does it give a really stripped-back approach to all the music you know and love,  but it gives you an insight into the artist's taste in music as well as their creativity in remixing a song to make it truly their own. My favourites are often the ones where you can only...