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Spotlight Stationery Unboxing – February 2021

Watch our Spotlight Stationery unboxing video! 🔥
February 2021
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BOXES 📦🖋🖊✏📖💌
Spotlight Stationery is a monthly stationery subscription box for £27 inc. shipping (within the UK).
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Indulge your passion for stationery! Every month they curate a selection of contemporary stationery, based on a theme.
They choose only premium brands and artisan products, including items you won’t commonly find on the high street. 📮🖇🖍📔
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https://www.spotlightstationery.co.uk 🔗
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Box charity https://trevi.org.uk/
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Items Included:

Let me know what you think of this boxes in the comments below. Have you subscribed to Spotlight Stationery? Are there any other stationery boxes you would like to see me unbox?

Louisa

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Day 11 – GLOSSYBOX ADVENT-URES – Frank Body Original Coffee Scrub

11/12/202010/12/2020 rhubarbandburble

Ooh! This looks like an interesting product. I immediately wondered if the coffee grounds were recycled, but the packaging and website do not say. So I have posed the question directly to Frank Body on Twitter. I would imagine that if the product does have an ecological benefit, that they would be shouting about it, so I’m guessing the coffee is ground specifically for this product. The packaging does not appear to be recyclable either. Shame! With all that said, though, the product looks new and innovative and the ingredients and skin benefits seem great. This is a 20g sample size, but there looks to be enough for at least a couple of applications.

Frank Body Original Coffee Scrub

Glossybox description: This natural, vegan coffee scrub blends coffee, vitamin E and anti-oxidant-rich oils to keep your skin looking perky, even and soft. Massage the scrub into your wet skin using circular motions for a few minutes to get rid of scars, cellulite and stretch marks.
RRP / Deluxe mini, worth £1.40. Full-size 200g, £12.95
SHOP / https://www.frankbody.com/uk/products/original-coffee-scrub/

Box description: Exfoliator for smooth, glowing skin.

Get naked: Get in the shower, babe.
Get dirty: Wet your skin and grab a handful of scrub.
Get rough: Scrub in circular motions from top to toe.
Get clean: Leave for 3 minutes, then rinse.

Frank Body website description: Meet my Original Coffee Scrub: the one that made me famous. I’m natural, vegan, and ready to work my magic on breakouts, scars, cellulite and stretch marks. My blend of coffee, vitamin E, and antioxidant-rich oils keep your skin looking perky, even and soft. Enough introductions. Time to get naked.

INSIDE ME

ROBUSTA COFFEE GRINDS: There’s a reason my Original Coffee Scrub has so many 5 star reviews. My hero blend of coffee provides the ultimate exfoliation for babes who want results.
COLD PRESSED SWEET ALMOND OIL: An antioxidant packed oil that leaves your skin hydrated even after rinsing the scrub off.
VITAMIN E: A bodyguard to protect your skin from free radicals, promoting healing and fading scars.
SEA SALT: Added exfoliation to tackle dry, flaky skin without irritation. Anti-bacterial to fight breakouts.

HOW TO USE ME

Skin Type: Babes, which is my way of saying all skin types
Smell: Orange Frappuccino
How often: Every 2-3 days
How much: 1-2 handfuls per use

Step 1: Get naked and get in the shower. You don’t need clothes for this.
Step 2: Once your skin is wet, cover your body in my Original Coffee Scrub. Scrub in circular motions for a few minutes, from top to toe.
Step 3: Focus on areas that want extra attention by scrubbing them for longer: scars, stretch marks, breakouts or cellulite
Step 4: Rinse and remember you’re a babe, no matter what.

First Impressions: I can’t give a first impression until I’ve tried it, but I am looking forward to trying it as I have stretch marks and cellulite, so I will be interested to see if it makes any difference. I am a natural sceptic, so I’m not expecting miracles! I will update this post, once I have something to add.

Louisa

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My go-to lockdown breakfast

25/09/202027/01/2023 rhubarbandburble

During lockdown, I decided to try out the current dalgona coffee craze for myself.
It became my go-to almost every morning since and I can’t imagine why! (It contains coffee and sugar!)
I don’t remember which recipe I used from my Google search but this is how I make it:

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Add a few ice cubes to a glass.
Pour sweetened almond milk over the ice.
Meanwhile add a tablespoon of instant coffee, a tablespoon of caster sugar and a tablespoon of cold water into a jug.
Whisk the mixture with a drinks stirrer. This is the one I use: Zulay Kitchen Original Milk Frother.
Once it’s light in colour, pour on top of the almond milk. Alternatively, pour the almond milk on top of the coffee mixture, stir well and pour back into the glass.
Add a resuable straw.

Dalgona coffee and homemade gluten-free bread with black cherry conserve

At the beginning of lockdown, there was a shortage of some food items. One of those was bread flour. The odd friend was asking on Facebook where they could buy flour and were helped out by people who had spotted some in a local shop somewhere. However, I decided to venture online and bulk buy so we didn’t keep running out. I ended up on the Doves Farm website and I ordered a 16kg bag of Freee gluten-free, white bread flour! The website also includes some GF bread recipes for bread machines.

Doves Farm Freee Gluten Free White Bread Flour
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I dug my bread machine out of the kitchen cupboard.

The recipe I use is the Doves Farm Gluten Free White Bread Machine Loaf, but I have made some slight changes to it. I add a couple of tablespoons of psyllium husk for added fibre and I warm the milk to improve the rise. After toasting a slice, I add real butter and lashings of Bon Maman black cherry conserve!

Lockdown became very indulgent for me and now I am paying the price. I’ve just started a keto diet, so my sweetened dalgona coffee and toast breakfasts are off the menu for now, but I can’t wait to revisit them again in the future.

UPDATE: Since I’ve been following a keto diet, I tried replacing the sweetened almond milk with unsweetened almond milk and the sugar with stevia and I can hardly tell the difference! Yay!

Louisa

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HOW TO USE ME

My go-to lockdown breakfast