My Makeup Addiction!

Have you ever walked past the makeup aisle in the shops and thought to yourself…
"Hmmmm lipstick is on special 20% off …. i might stock up" … and then get home and realise you can open up your own retail makeup store cos your totally

OVERSTOCKED!

Welcome to my makeup addiction!!!

I recently arrived back from a trip to USA. Heading out to the shops i found myself at lease once a day visiting the nearest makeup counters at Macy's, Nordstrom, and off course, beautyland Sephora!! My husband was like …"Make up again?"

He didn't understand! I was like a baby in a candy store! (Sorry just realised i am an Aussie) I was like a baby in a Lolly Shop! (ha ha) Make up mirrors, foundations, tools, brushes and creams everywhere!! ….

Come on Australia! .. we Aussies are missing out!! Americans don't know how lucky they have so many beauty labels at such awesome prices!! ! I often watch American YouTube beauty guru's using their 'Go To' beauty products such as Urban Decay Naked Palette or Benefits Hoola Bronzer or Mac's Mineralise Skinfinish so i take my list and head straight for the counters and swatch the colours!!

Needless to say I seem to find an excuse why I need these items in my life and end up buying 95% of them!! ha ha!

Anyone else addicted to make up?

What are your favourite makeup purchases from overseas???

I would love to know?!

My very first Pumpkin Pie for Thanksgiving!

The other day flicking through my emails I noticed a trend that most of them seem to contain the word thanksgiving somewhere in their titled which got me wondering.... What is Thanksgiving all about?

Thanksgiving is a time for family, gratitude, and, of course Food. What sort of food you ask?...Well Pumpkin Pie of course! 

So I asked myself.... this famous pumpkin pie.... What is it all about and What's the craze with Americans? Surely it can't be THAT good?

After searching a few recipes online I quickly came to notice that the Pumpkin pie is in fact not a savory dish but a dessert! Here in Australian we only know pumpkin in its savory form.... Who would have thought to turn it into a dessert? 

After sifting through many recipes online I came across a fairly easy recipe. The recipe did however call for "canned pumpkin" which we do not have here in Oz but with the help of my trusty pressure cooker I have pumpkin purée in 20 Mins! 

Recipe:

- 2 sheets of short crust pasty (Didnt use sweet shortcrust thought is would be too sweet)

-2 cups pumpkin (cooked)

-1 can of Nestle Condensed Milk

-2 Eggs

-1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

-1/4 teaspoon  ground ginger

-1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

-Pinch of salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 220 degrees Celsius

2. Blind bake pastry in dish for 10 mins

3. With a stand mixer, beat pumpkin, condensed milk, eggs, spices and salt until well combined

4. Pour mix into pastry shell

5. Bake for 15 mins

6. Reduce oven temp to 175 degrees Celsius and bake for 35-40 mins or longer if needed until a inserted skewer comes out clean. 

7. Allow to cool

8. Serve with double cream or ice cream

Keep an eye on the temp in the oven so the pie doesn't burn. Mine looked a little caramelised so I dusted a little icing sugar for presentation purposes. Needless to say it didn't last very long!

Happy Thanksgiving !! 

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I'm looking forward to sharing with you my personal and not so private recipes, daily kitchen shenanigans and make up products that i have found useful in my everyday life!!!!

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