Ginger & Co beauty range

Bathing Beauty Moisturising Bubble Bath & Wash - £3.99*
There's nothing quite like a relaxing, hot bubble bath after a stressful day to help restore calm.  Luckily only a few squeezes of this bubble bath immediately produces an impressive array of bubbles. Perfect to sink in to and read a book! The citrus of the lemon balm immediately comes out and wafts around the room as the bubbles start to form. Thanks to it's moisturising qualities my skin came out feeling supple and smooth. Nothing worth than resembling a lizard with scaly skin if you forget to apply moisturiser!

Soft on You Daily Body Lotion - £3.99*
Rose is my favourite smell when it comes to beauty products so as soon as I started to use this I was smitten. It's a very light weight moisturiser making it perfect for morning use. It doesn't take very long to sink in and a little goes a long way. I find it worked great on the stubborn areas of my knees and elbows. Dry skin be gone!

Double Up Creamy Bodywash with Added Moisturisers - £3.49*
The ginger hit me as soon as I started to lather up the body wash. Perfect to help wake you up in the morning! It really does what it says on the tin and keeps my skin in tip top shape. It's great if you're in a rush and haven't got time to spend moisturising when you're out of the shower. Two in one products always get a thumbs up from me!

Heavenly Hands Moisturising Hand wash - £3.99*
Hands can take a battering in day to day life so a good hand wash is an essential. Endless washing can leave your hands capped and sore. A great blend of ginger root, beauplex and Juniper Berry means it smells heavenly. Perfect to keep your mitts in shape.

Soft On You Comforting Body Butter - £3.99*
If I had to choose, I would opt for a body butter over body lotion any day. The thick cream just feels more luxurious. A little certainly goes a long way with this body butter - it'll last you for ages. I do love products that are good value for money! My skin immediately felt so much more smoother and supple. It was very quick to sink in so I had no problem slipping in a pair of jeans after. Always a winner when you're in a rush!

Have you ever tried the Ginger & Co range? The whole range is now available at The Co-Operative.

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Review: Belgo, Soho

A good few weeks ago now I was invited to try out the beers and food at Belgo, a Belgian themed restaurant in the heart of Soho. I have to be honest and admit I'd never heard of the small chain of just five restaurants but I'm a massive fan of Belgian cuisine. Namely moules and frites! How can anyone not like them?! Unfortauely my photos of the mussels didn't come out very well - darn mood lighting - but I do have some mouthwatering photos of the other food I kindly got to sample.

We were served a whole variety of yummy food throughout the night alongside different beers to help compliment the dinner. The restaurant impressively serves over 50 different craft beers so there's something for every taste. My favourite was the cherry beer Kriek which reminded me of my time in Bruges.

The highlight of the dishes we got to try was the incredible rotisserie chicken. It comes in six different flavours but we tried the sweet chilli, lime leaf, ginger and red pepper glaze. Oh my, I could have eaten the whole chicken. It has just the right amount of kick and the meat was very tender.

The restaurant also boasts fresh whole lobsters with a drool-worthy garlic butter, pea shoots, a bowl of homemade coleslaw and salty crispy chips. At just over £30, the dish isn't one of the cheapest you can get in the city but sometimes it's worth splashing out. I can confirm it's definitely worth splashing out for!

The un-pictured mussels were divine. Served in a kimchi Korean-style hot and spicy sauce with pak choi. I loved the unusual flavours - I'd only ever had them with garlic white wine sauce. I couldn't fault the dish at all. The mussels felt fresh and there wasn't an ounce of grit on them. Just needed some bread to mop up the juices!

If you follow me on Instagram, you'll see that I amazingly managed to get my face on a beer bottle along with my dinner partner for the evening Lauren. We bravely managed to scoff the waffle below despite being fit to burst. Sometimes you just have to take one for the team eh?

Have you ever visited Belgo before?

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New Year goals - How I'm getting on

We're now in August -  how on earth has that happened?! - so I thought I'd have a look back at my New Year life goals and see how I'm getting on.

1. Read more books
Well I haven't read as many as I'd liked - I was aiming for one a month. But I am reading the second Game Of Thrones book which is a absolute monster so I'm not too disheartened with my total. So far I'm on my 5th book of the year which isn't too shabby. The Girl on The Train, The Fault In Our Stars, The Railway Man and A Game of Thrones: A Song Of Ice and Fire are all been enjoyed this year. Any recommendations?

2. Learn a new skill
Well I never tried to learn any of the news things I promised. But I did take up Lindy Hop dancing. Well I haven't been in about 4 weeks as real life has gotten in the way. But I've really enjoyed trying out something new. It's a lot harder than you would think! I've really missed not going and have a lot more time on my hands so I'm going to pick it up again.

3. Learn to budget
Erm yeah. The less spoke about this the better. This hasn't happened. But I been putting away money to buy a house and the fund is slowly growing. I just haven't stopped spending money on needless things.

4. Concentrate more on my blog
I finally invested in a URL for my blog and am saving up the money for a new layout overhaul. I've been trying really hard to include a variety of content that I would love to read on a blog and hopefully something you like to read. That's why you've been seeing a lot of food recently! It's something I'm passionate about and am really enjoying featuring. I feel like all my time investment is paying and feel really proud of my little space on the internet.

5. See more of the world
I vowed to travel more and this year has been a whirlwind of different places. I was lucky enough to go to the state of Illinois - including Chicago - and Luxembourg on press trips. I'm not quite sure how I got so lucky either! I've recently got back from a week in Barcelona and have a trip to Scotland booked in for October to see a friend. I've seen a fair bit of the UK too thanks to weekends in Wales, Liverpool and Oxford. I'm hoping if my money plans out ok to have a weekend away in Salzburg in December. But who knows.  I won't be jetting off to Amsterdam, Budapest or Newcastle like I thought I would be.  But it's funny how travel plans change and that's the beauty of them.

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