CLINIQUE TAKE THE DAY OFF

I don't know about you, but I find great joy in getting home from a long day and taking my making up off. My skin is so thankful. It may have taken me many minutes that morning to put my Picasso skills to work to create a convincing human-like appearance but I certainly don't want fussy, complicated products to take it all off. Which brings me to today's post.

I wasn't sure I would write a post about this particular product but three jars later I realised that it had earned a place on the blog. For some reason Clinique has always been one of those brands that I've never really looked twice at but I heard skincare goddess Caroline Hirons mention this balm and I'm really loving using it. Take the day off cleansing balm is designed to melt away traces of make up and is fragrance free and suitable for all skin types.

Like I say, I am a few pots into using this product and I really like it. It has a solid, waxy texture to it which when warmed between the palms becomes a silky balm. I use it every evening to take my make up off and apply it by massaging onto dry skin, including over my eyes to dissolve mascara and eye make up and rinse off with warm water.

I am a double cleanse kinda gal and this for me is a great first step. It clears all traces of my make up and leaves my skin prepped for my second cleanse which I use this product for. It really does the job and is definitely a product I keep returning to and I would recommend it if you are looking for a make up removing cleanser. It doesn't have all the skin loving ingredients that you will find in products such as the Emma Hardy balm or like some oil or some cream cleansers have but for a first step cleanser to simply get your skin make up free and ready to take in all the nutrients of your second step cleanser it works perfectly.

I'm impressed with this pot and a little does go a long way so it should last you a good few months.

Have you tried it? What's your go to cleanser?

Until next time, Steph x

RED VELVET EASTER CUPCAKES

If your after a little dusting of Easter baking inspiration today's post has got you covered. I am not a huge chocoholic, don't get me wrong I like a bar everyone now and then, but I do love a nice cake and red velvet is one of my absolute favourites. So I made these Easter red velvet cupcakes.

To make these yummy little cupcakes, I followed Nigella Lawson's recipe which you can find here. It was the first time I have ever attempted to make these and I was quite pleased with them however I think when I make them again I may reduce the amount of cocoa powder slightly and increase the food dye as there were slightly more brown than I had hoped! There's always next time hey!



I slightly adjusted the original recipe to make these cupcakes so you will need:

250g plain flour
2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
2 teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
100g of soft unsalted butter
200g caster sugar
1 and 1/2 heaped teaspoon of red food dye
2 teaspoons of Vanilla extract
2 large eggs
175ml milk
Cake tray and cupcake cases
Pre heat the oven to 170 degrees or gas mark 3.

Now you have everything you need, let's bake!

Firstly, mix the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and cocoa together in a large mixing bowl.





In another bowl, mix the caster sugar, vanilla extract, softened unsalted butter and eggs together until it becomes a light creamy texture.

Add the red food dye to this mixture. Like I said in the ingredients list, I would put more of the dye and less of the cocoa than the original recipe says next time as I wanted them a little bit more red in colour.

Add the red butter mix to the dried flour and cocoa and stir together.

Split the mixture between the cupcake cases and bake for 20 minutes.

To make the cream cheese frosting you will need:

50g icing sugar

125g cream cheese

125g unsalted butter

Vanilla extract

Galaxy Golden eggs

Milk chocolate for grating

You will need to combine the icing sugar, cream cheese, vanilla extract and butter for this frosting and for best results this is done using a food processor so your frosting has a smooth and whipped texture.

Grate some chocolate and put aside some Galaxy Golden balls- if you can manage to not eat them about before the cakes are ready! Look how yummy!

Cakes are baked! Like I've said already, I did think they were a bit too chocolate in colour so next time I'd do the alterations!

Tadah! Cakes are ready to be eaten!

They did taste really good though and my friends and family were grateful for their cake deliveries! I made them a bit more Easter themed by adding some grated chocolate on top of the cream cheese frosting and placed a very yummy Galaxy golden egg on the top of each! De...... lish!!

Let me know if you give these a go, tag me on Twitter with a picture of your baking creations!

I hope you have a lovely week, until next time Steph x

ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELY MAKE UP RANGE

I love Rosie Huntington-Whitely. She is a gorgeous successful business woman and she has recently expanded her Autograph partnership with Marks and Spencer by bringing out a dreamy new make up collection.

The range consists of quad eye shadow palettes, eye liners, brow pencils, lipsticks and so much more she really created a full collection of beauty must haves and the packaging alone is an absolute dream. Who can resist make up encased in rose gold? Not me!


Rosie's range is designed to reflect of her own signature look, quite natural, classy, seductive sophistication and playful too. Every single product in the range is something you can see Rosie using, the eye palettes are browns, light pinks, creams, pale greys the lipsticks are a selection of silky nudes with a couple of pops of colour.

 I (somehow) managed to control myself and just picked up the translucent finishing powder. I needed to replace mine and I really like the texture of this product. The powder is really fine and light and very similar to the Nars light reflecting powder in it's texture but it's £18 versus Nars's £27. It has a lovely light lavender scent to it which I fell enhances the experience of using it and it's not overly heavy in the aroma.

I've been using the powder for around a week now and I have to say I'm really impressed with it. It set's my foundation without making me skin feel caped in make up or without getting rid of a healthy glow. I've found in the past that some face powders can dull the skin and make the complexion look flat but this has a lovely finish to it and it really has lasted well all day. I don't have time during work to touch up my make up so I really need products with staying powder and this really does deliver.

I am a big fan of Rosie and her Autograph lingerie range mainly because I love that she has designed a really classy, fun and flirty line that goes down to a 30 inch bra size. I know that a lot of bigger busted ladies struggle to get pretty bras big enough for them but the same goes for those of us with small backs and I've forever been grateful for her Autograph range because of this! I think it's always tricky for someone with as her profile as hers to go branch into a new empire but she really has create a fantastic range and I already have my wish list ready for payday to buy some more!

From my playtime in the store I have felt how moisturising the lipsticks are and how good the pigment of the palettes are. This range really should come with a warning because you will most definitely want more than one product from it! Make sure you go after payday!

Well done Rosie, it's a fabulous success.

Until next time, Steph x

MY BLOG HAS A FRESH NEW LOOK

Hello reader and welcome back to my blog! I've been spending quite a lot of time giving my blog a little makeover since you last dropped by and I'm so pleased with the finished look and I hope you like it too!

Layout

I've completely overhauled my layout which I'm so happy with. I feel it looks more refined and is now more like the vision I had for it. When I first started this blog I didn't know how long it would last and whether it was going to be something I would manage to keep going alongside a full time job but as the one year anniversary passed, I really wanted to upgrade it and get it looking how I wanted. The prices for pre made templates does vary a great deal there are companies such as Pipdig where templates range from £29 or Etsy is an absolute Aladdin's cave of templates ranging from as little as £5! It's always worth getting involved in blog chats and asking the blogging community for their experiences and recommendations. This is exactly what I did and the lovely Annalea who has a blog here suggested  VefioThemes which is ran by someone called Angga on Etsy. The prices for their templates are around £8 and they are so helpful with setting up the template and I continue to be back and forth with questions I've had and have found them so friendly so I would definitely recommend this Esty shop. I'm really pleased with how my blog looks now and I like that I can keep building on this new template and adjust things. What do you think?

Name changer

I've also had a name change from Stephanie Fay to I'll Tell You Tomorrow. I found it so difficult to choose a name when I set my blog up and going with my name seemed like a good idea but I felt ready for a change and to embrace a new name with the new look. So where does the name come from? Well, when I went to Santorini last year there was a bar there that had a sign outside which said 'free drinks tomorrow'. This really tickled me at the time and I thought it was a fun, cheeky sign that I really liked. So I've adapted it for my blog as although I proclaim myself to be a blogger, I also have a full time job and what I don't get time to tell you today, I'll tell you tomorrow. I really like and if you follow me on Twitter and Instagram, which you totally should, I'm all matchy matchy on there too. Yay!

Domain name

Along with a name change I decide to purchase a new domain (web address) I did this through GoDaddy as I wanted my blog to look more professional and now that I'd changed the name for what I wanted it seems like a good time to tie it all in. I found GoDaddy really easy and fortunately there are some really good YouTube videos to show you step by step on how to change over from a blogger.com or Wordpress domain. The video I followed is here. I did have a couple of issues and was offline for two days but the power of Twitter and it's direct messages meant that I could contact GoDaddy on their help Twitter page and they looked into my account and got me sorted! When my blog did disappear offline whilst my new domain web address was established, it did make me feel quite anxious that the blog wasn't live and you guys couldn't access it. Not that anyone potentially was trying to access it but ya' know, if they were, they couldn't. So that did make me realise how much I like being a creative and having an online space and also how important the changes I've made are to me.

I'd love to know what you think of what I've done so far in this makeover so please do leave a comment, but remember this is a positive space! Constructive please! I'm looking forward to making this even better but I am very happy with where I'm at so far. Don't forget to click on the links on the right hand side and make sure you follow me on Twitter, Instagram and Bloglovin', I would love it if you would!

I hope your having a lovely day, it's good to be back online. Catch up soon, Steph x