New blog name , new start!

I have been debating many a time my name for my blog and I'm still not sure about this one but just to let you guys know i changed it and i hope you like it . Let me know if you do. 

see you soon ,

India x

SO I'm back ..........again............

Heloooooooo  people , long time no see!

It is unbelievable close to christmas it feels like i could touch it . I am literally buzzing with excitement , and probably bugging everyone with my festiveness . i even wore an elf hat to school, i did get some strange looks but my friends liked it . Hows life you may be asking , well its ok i guess i mean i do have a new bed and we are basically redesigning my whole room (with pictures to come don't you worry.) I also found out that i have another ................BROTHER!! Yes i know what your thinking but about 3 years ago i fell out with my dad, i won't go into the details but basically i haven't seen that side of the family for 3 years and neither has river (my little but not baby brother .) I only went to see them about a week ago  but it was so strange , i fit right in but i am yet to see Dad, Morgan (my newly found brother ) and Rachel ( my niceish step - mother ). the date is set for the 21st and i am dreading but excited as it as it get every second closer .  This weekend i saw my new baby cousin  and we went to the garden centre. Just to prove his cuteness here is a picture !x

and to make it even better his name is Teddie!!

That's enough drama for one day so i'll leave  it here for today but don't worry christmas posts will be arriving soon ! 

India xx

Guess Who's Back ???

Me of course who else's would it be! Hi people just a quick update!  So the computers still dead :( but  I have my hands on a fancy new macbook to write my blog on for now! Life is fine and halloween is here duhhhhhhhhh!I can't even describe how much halloween is the best! Whats not to love?! Free sweets, scary people and dressing up as the coolest things you can think of! My choices this year are a creepy cracked porcelain doll, a girl werewolf or a zombie school girl.  You may be thinking why are you dressing up? Are u going to a party?  Well your wrong. I am taking my brother and his friends trick or treating. Although I could of gone to this halloween party but I admit I don't really know the host so I avoided that option! Don't get me wrong I love trick or treating but it would have been better with my friends rather than a bunch of 10 year olds running through the streets like hooligans! I did ask my friends if they wanted to tag along but my bestie was in England, Lucy doesn't dress up and Mel is busy so I am friendless for halloween! "GREAT!!"I do get free sweets though?!

I will update you on my outfit choices but I guess it's bye for now!

India xx

P. s does anyone know where I can find some candy corn in Wales??

I would be eternally grateful! 

Something happened to my computer......

Hello guys and today i'm gonna talk about my computer well , my old computer . What happened was me and mess and feet = computer death .

Basically I left a tornado of mess on my bedroom floor as you do when school is constantly boarding you with sheets of random paper , and in this mess on homework and cheddar packets I saw my computer . And I had to do some form of research for an ICT newspaper thing one I had finished it was quite late so I shut down the computer leaving the screen up !!( what went through my brain, why not shut it , but no I left it open ! )Waking up due to my alarm set at 5.55!I jumped out of be hearing a cracking sound under my feet ! I looked down to see i was standing on my laptop screen ! I instantly jumped off in horror and i started crying ?why you might ask and the reason behind this was all of my life in pictures and videos for the past five years are on that laptop including pictures with my guinea pig and pictures of me na my dad , but thats a whole other story ! And all of you must be either laughing or feeling sorry for me( or neither ) but don't woes i have a screen from the same exact laptop in good contain that maybe would fix the computer.



I wrote this on my mums computer and she is constantly glued to it so the rate of posts at the moment might be less frequent , but I won't forget about you guys !

 lots of love

India xx

This Is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo True !

Just thought I would let you know , Buzzfeed gets me!!!

Love India xx

The Best Bagel shop on this earth!

Hey guys , so if you can't tell by the title we are going to be talking about Bagels , a gift from the gods!
And i know we all have our favourites and so today I thought I would share mine .Now as you may or may not know I used to live in Cardiff ,Wales before we moved and we always went to these shops .We would first visit the toy shop(bear in mind I was 7)Then Starbucks for a huge chocolate coin

and then to the holy grail of bagel shops la mina juice bar!

and I know your thing what about bagels but this place does bagels and juice 2. Now i bet they aren't even that good but this bagel shop has a nostalgic felling for me .

My personal preference of bagel is a cheese and sweetcorn toasted white bagel that's how simple it is . I even went to visit this bagel shop a few days ago before school; aka hell started and i had a bagel and they changed the cheese!!!it was still good and i still highly recommend it but it makes me sad. stupidly i   forgot to take a picture of me with the bagel so i will leave that up to your imagination bye for now.......

 India xx

Am I a feminist???

Believing in the rights of women has become a statement nowadays and is the word feminist wrong ? Well i am not gonna state that i am one but i do strongly believe in the equality if men and women and i honestly don't understand how we as humans have advanced in so many area's yet we still can't make gender's equal to each other and quite frankly what makes us different , Yes i know biology but apart from that our brains are the same if not superior to men. Yet there is still sexist people even today men get paid for and are shown as a strong figure and women are week even primary school teacher's do it . They would say" i need a few strong boys to carry some boxes! "and i would out my hand up and everyone would say " your not a boy" and i thought to myself why does it matter i am just as good as any boy! so if you count that as being a feminist then go ahead you say what you want i would call it standing up for my gender in this day and age we as girls are not equal to men so let's change it women !!!!!
Not forgetting the boys though because they are also discriminated in school by not being seen as sensible because i was always called sensible not strong but i am not just talking to teachers here i am talking to everyone on this earth make us equal !! share this using the #makeusequal
 love you lots
India xx

Does this look like me !!

i have recently discovered an image that i think and so do many people thinks it looks like me whats your opinion??

If so then good because i am currently using it as my profile picture xx

More cake!! & Happy Birthday mum!

As most of you can probably assume I have a Mum and at some point in time she was born! This is known as her Birthday. Well, said Birthday happened this Sunday, so I decided why not make another cake because everybody loves cake, don't they?! This was my only present to Mum so I had to get it right. If you too would like to make a yummy chocolate cake then keep reading!

The cake I made was called Chocolate Obsession and it definitely deserved that name because I am now cake obsessed!!!!! But before eating the cake your gonna need to make it, so you will need...

For the Sponge! 

• 350g (12oz) dark chocolate (39 per cent cocoa solids), broken into pieces
• 225g (8oz) butter, softened
• 3 eggs
• 400g (14oz) caster sugar
• 400g (14oz) self-raising flour
• 1½ teaspoons baking powder

For the Buttercream & Decoration!

• 150g butter, (softened)
• 335g of icing sugar, (sifted)

Step 1 -  Break up your chocolate and place in a saucepan with 225g of butter. Add 100ml of room temperature water ( at this point it doesn't look appetizing but once the butter melts and everything is incorporated it's fine!) your mixture should (fingers crossed) now look something like this!

Leave your chocolate mixture to cool slightly whilst  doing step 2

Step 2 - Grab a seperate bowl and add 3 lightly whisked eggs and caster sugar. Beat together until smooth! (I did have a picture of what it looks like but this aswell looks a little less appetizing !) Your mixture should be a pale yellow colour!

Step 3 - Add the chocolate mixture to your existing mixing bowl, mixing until smooth. Then gradually sift your flour into this mixture until well combined. 

Step 4 -  Place the mixture in a well greased and lined tin until the bowl is empty!

Step 5 -  Bake the cake at 170 degrees in a fan oven or gas mark 4. Me being me I tend to burn cakes and if you are looking for a gooey texture bake for 30 - 50 min and take out when your skewer comes out with clumpy & gooey cake like texture to avoid doing this! This will create a brownie tasting effect to your cake. Make sure to place the cake on the middle shelf of your oven or if not the lower  shelf to prevent crispy side's. And don't overcook your cake or you will end  up with a brownie center and a crispy outer layer cake !!! (like mine)  Although it was still very yummy!

Step 6 - Once your cake is correctly baked, leave to cool. Once your cake is cool slice in half.

Step 7 -  Time for BUTTERCREAM!! Yummy!! To make the buttercream the first thing you want to do is beat the butter for at least 3 -5 minute's. This gives it a whiter, more classier (you might say ) look!  After beating the butter gradually, add your icing sugar whilst whisking on a slow speed until well combined.

Step 8 - (now you are probably thinking 'boy this is a lot of steps', but trust me it is worth it !!) Now put an even layer of buttercream using a butter knife on one side of the cake, making sure to 

leave enough for the top half of the cake .

Step 9 -  Once one side is coated in buttercream, sandwich both sides together and spread a layer of 

buttercream on the top of the cake! Finally place some chocolate buttons on top and share the cake with someone else! In my case, that was my Mum! And I just wanted to say a little shoutout to my Mum wishing her a Happy Birthday (even though this blog post is a few day's late)

I hope you all enjoyed your chocolate cake. I know my family certainly did. Let me know via instagram if you did using #imadeacake 

Love you all. See you later!

India xx

Here are a few snaps from the day!

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P.S. this was not a serious photo!!x

Changing my blog name??

Now i have been debating this for a looooooong time and i thought why not get your guys opinion!!

I need a 1 word name for my blog because just being india is way to long and it needs to be catchy


Here are some suggestions people gave me i personally like  -      IndiA xx

Peaches
Love India xx
Mango
India-ahh
India x
Indie
India!
Olivia
Livvie
Mymango
Ish
Cariad indie
Cupcake in cymru
Olive
Olive u
Inside india
i am india
love india
J'adore india
Creativeindie
the little welsh girl
Littleindia
Littlebopeep
Little sheep
There are many a suggestions and they all have meanings but i need some opinions let me know asap!
bye for now  Potentially       IndiA xx

My first time doing a full face of makeup ;)

Today I decided to do a full face of makeup!! My day to day makeup at the moment is moisturiser, eyeliner, mascara and sometimes some lipstick and so today I tried to do my own foundation, bronzer, blusher and eyeshadow. I followed a video tutorial and I realised people are sooooooo fast at doing their makeup, like literally I was putting my foundation on the brush and she was doing eyeliner already. I have always seen the facination with makeup, because it is another thing to collect and I like collecting . My goal is to have a draw full of lipstick and every other makeup product you could possibly think of!  This was quite a hard task for me as I usually specialize in hair as I have it on my head but I think I am learning! Plus I think for my first attempt it wasn't too bad, but you guy's can be the judge of that I guess!

I did use alot of products, most of them I borrowed and so I can't really judge them myself but I do know if you have a fair complextion and care about animal testing like myself you will love Lush's very own Jackie Oat's Colour Supplement or as I like to call it, foundation. This is a cost effective and eco friendly alternative to Nar's Siberia foundation, although I will be saving up for that! The only other things I could reccomend were the Eco Tool's Fresh & Flawless, five piece complexion set. Now I am unaware if you can still buy this set anymore because I don't see it on their website but I think mine were bought in Boot's. They are travel sized brushes, specifically designed to give a smooth, airbrush finish to your skin and these too are earth friendly (can you tell I am a hippie at heart.) They also have the cutest designs that remind me of  5 little Japanese komono's!
I also tried a red lip with this look ...

I really like this look especially with my Wales top!!
I hope you enjoyed my insight into the weird and wonderful world of makeup and my overall first time makeup experience. ( It was good by the way kinda. ) Just go less heavy on blush or be prepared to give up extra foundation to cover it, best of luck!

India xx

So this happened .....

 WARNING!! This will be the Boringest ( if that's even a word )blog post ever but i wanted to tell you guys so , as i told you at the end of the last post i went to the park after seeing inside out ,we were 1 minute away from the car i decided that am gonna climb on that tree stump!(  the one behind me)The tree stump was completely submerged in thick and gloopy mud ,but none the less i walked in it then quickly realized the sinking sensation of the mud absorbing my pretty purple trainers . so my brain says what is the quickest way to get out of this situation? oh i know !!run slippy,wet mud,and we all know what happened next... i fall i slip and fall in said mud & concrete. my first thought owwww my spine , and by my second thought i didn't care about my spine i cared about my outfit!?? and we all know what happens when brown and white mix , it's not a pretty colour . And guess what just to add to this horror story i was about to cry but then my little brother made me laugh and everything was fine again. There is nothing laughter can't fix !! ( is the motto of this story) or don't try to run in mud !!

anyway i hope you had fun reading about my tragedy and let  this is a warning to all people who wear white clothing stay AWAY from tree stumps!!

Bye for now 

India xx  

Here are some other snaps of the incident!

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As you can tell i was not happy!! :)

Inside out

Hey guys!! So today I wanted to talk about Inside Out!
Like many children across the globe I was so excited when a new pixar film came out and this one happened to be Inside Out!

Since it is still currently Summer the Riverfront theatre in Newport have kids films showing throughout  the six weeks and Inside Out was the last film. It was only £1.50 so I could not pass up the chance, having heard so much about it!

My snacks of choice this time were some strawberries and chocolate M&M's. I know you are thinking what a crazy combination but trust me it works!

We sat in the middle row (after walking past multiple people trying not to stand on their toes !!), sat down and the room went dark! This movie is about a little girl called Riley and how she builds new emotions in the struggle of moving to another city. Riley has five emotions

- Joy, Anger, Sadness, Fear and Disgust! Joy keeps Riley's memories happy and positive! Sadness is sad (the clue is in the name ) but she is the part of the brain that causes you to feel better after crying. When things go wrong Anger is there to let everyone know your angry. Fear is the scaredy cat of all the emotions and tells Riley to be scared of certain things so she is safe! And the last emotion is Disgust. She gives Riley advice and make decisions in her social and mental life so she doesn't have to. This is the perfect movie to represent emotions to little kids and for older kids like myself just to enjoy. My favorite emotion in this movie was Joy because she is so lively and excitable but I also liked Bingbong who isn't even an emotion but he was Riley's imaginary friend. Bingbong is a pink, candy floss, talking elephant that cries candy! What's not to love?! Because of how spectacular this movie was i would give it ........

5 stars!!I gave this movie five stars because of it's appeal to all ages of children and the inventive thinking behind it! After the movie we went to the park and got some ice cream!! (it was super yummy !)

I hope you guys see this movie because I certainly enjoyed  it!! Tell me if you did :) Bye for now 

India xx

I made a Cake!!

Guess what guys? I made a cake! If you know me then you will know I have always loved baking and I was determined to open up a shop of my own with one of my best friends Rebecca, but in year 8 I stopped baking and I regret it now. The other day though, I was watching The Great British Bake Off ( like I do every year!) and I saw a cake and thought "you know what I could make a cake like that! "(Btw I don't talk to myself. This was in my head, so it is socially acceptable :)). So I ran downstairs, googled a recipe (Mary Berry's Classic - Victoria Sandwich) and started to bake. Later I took the cake to my Auntie's house where I cut a big chunk and scoffed it whilst watching James Corden do syncronised swimming! So, I bet you are wondering why I am telling you this? Well I am going to teach you how to make it!

Ingredients
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• 225g soft butter                    
• 225g caster sugar
• 225g self-raising flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 4 large eggs
• 175g of icing sugar
• 75g of butter (For the icing!)
• A jar of jam

Tools You may need
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• A large Bowl             
  
• A cake tin
• An electric whisk (optional)
• A pallet Knife (optional)
• Some greaseproof paper 

Instructions 

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Step 1 -  Preheat your oven to 180 degree's/fan170 degree's/gas mark 4. Grease your baking tin with butter, then place a circular peice of greeseproof paper at the bottom of the tin making sure it is stuck down. Then place this aside.

Step 2 - Put your butter in a mixing bowl and continue to add the caster sugar, self-raising flour and baking powder. Now add the eggs one at a time before mixing for 2 minutes using your electric whisk or wooden spoon.

Step 3- Once your ingredients are well combined, scoop your mix into circular tin and bake for 30-40 minuets or until golden brown! When it's golden brown let it cool for 20-30 mins.

Step 4 -  Carefully remove your cake from it's tin and slice in half.

Step 5 - Now to make the buttercream!  Beat 75g of butter for at least 3-5 mins (this gives it a lighter and more white overall look.) Then add 175g of sifted icing sugar whilst mixing at the same time. Mix the mixture for a further 1 minute.

Step 6 - Spread both side's of your sliced cake with an even layer of buttercream and jam, then sandwich the sides together. Add a dust of icing sugar on top and you have your very own.......

CAKE!! 

Step 7- Enjoy a slice of your yummy cake!

I hope you enjoyed making this cake and eating it as much as I did! Let me know if you make one yourself , good luck!

India xx

Minions!!

Hey guys! Today I went to see the new Minions movie!

I was so excited because I loved the previous movies. This movie has made me want a Minion even more than I already did. I saw it at the Rivefront Theatre with my little brother and Mum. The seats were literrally chock a block full with people but we managed to find a seat and I sat down with my Rainbow Drops and Tangfastics as the film started to play.

To start off, this is the most family friendly film you would ever see! It made all the little kids laugh and even me! My favourite character was Bob by far, just because he is so small and cute! The main theme towards this movie is how the minions met Gru (their current master.) In this fim you meet .....

Kevin, Bob & Stuart!!

The fim shows the story in which they travel through different time periods and each time they find a master and soon after meeting the Minions they have some form of accident and off the Minions go in search of a new master! Minions don't deal well without a master  so during the search they encounter all sorts of people including Scarlet Overkill. Scarlet Overkill is the most evil villain of all time and they make it their mission to make her their master. I dont wan't to spoil the film so I will leave it there but I give this film....

four stars purely because it was a good movie and great for kids! I hope they release another one!

India xx