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Friday, 11 July 2014

50 Random Questions

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the late blog post, just been mega busy this week with work and sorting out a few things for the university house. Hope you've all be having a lovely summer. This blog post is going to be a bit different as kind ran out of ideas to do for today and Wednesday's blog post. When I mean by different it's a good thing. Basically, I have go some ideas of blog posts and stuff to do like tags and advice blogs but are unsure of what advice people would want or stuff to know about me. Can see why i'm stuck! So this is where you guys come in. You can either comment below or contacting me on my twitter: @fran_helsing, with an questions you have this blog tag ideas and/or questions you want to know about me.

Anyway here is a tag I found online by meghanrosette. Really enjoyed reading this tag. Hopefully you will find it good too :)

Where were you 3 hours ago? Driving my brother to day services (don't know why this is bold, must be an important thing to write about :P

Who are you in love with? My boyfriend and my friends and family :)

Have you ever eaten a crayon? I don't think so but did use to eat ants though :P random crazy child.

Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you? My animal rucksack.

When is the last time you went to the mall? I think it was last Tuesday.

Are you wearing socks right now? nope

Does your family have a car worth over $2,000? I think so, not good with car value so I would say yes.

When was the last time you drove out of town? Like 3 weeks ago maybe to see my dad or being for work.

Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days? Nope.

Are you hot? Totally ;) haha joking. i'm normal temperature I would say.

What was the last thing you had to drink? Water.

What are you wearing right now? Leggings, black vest top and grey top over the top.

Do you wash your car or let the car wash do it? Car wash do it, put I hoover the inside of the car.

Last food that you ate? Quorn Chicken burger and vegetables.

Where were you last week at this time? Doing food shop for family.

Have you bought any clothing items in the last week? Nope but did last week.

When is the last time you ran? ummmm like a few mouths ago when I did jogging/running.

What's the last sporting event you watched? football probably (world cup and all that).

What is your favorite animal? Red Pandas =^.^= (best drawing of a red panda ever!).

Your dream vacation? Ireland Or road trip around America.

Last person's house you were in? My family :P

Worst injury you've ever had? face planted the floor outside a club and hurt my nose..... a lot.....

Have you been in love? Yes

Do you miss anyone right now? yeah I miss a few people

Last play you saw? Oh god :S I think it was Othello.

What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex? gamer skills and my shortness :D

What are your plans for tonight? Early night which probably wont happen but a girl can try :)

Who is the last person you sent a MySpace message or comment? i don't remember I think it was from a old friend who I don't talk to anymore.

Next trip you are going to take? Either Brighton or Ireland.

Ever go to camp? no i'm not really a camping type of a girl.

Were you an honor roll student in school? I would say so yeah but early school life nope as had a few problems going on at the time.

What do you want to know about the future? Lottery numbers ;P nah I would want to know about if I would be happy or not.

Are you wearing any perfume or cologne? Yeah sometimes :)

Are you due sometime this year for a doctor's visit? nope.

Where is your best friend? Izzy is at work and Chris is at home probably.

How is your best friend? Both are good.

Do you have a tan? nope i'm pale.

What are you listening to right now? Killswitch Engage.

Do you collect anything? make up now but use to collect dolls and spoons.

Who is the biggest gossiper you know? I would say me but I don't know :P

Last time you got stopped by a cop or pulled over? Never have done.

Have you ever drank your soda from a straw?- Yeah I always so it.

What does your last text message say?- hmmm i don't think so lol i always win! x

Do you like hot sauce?- sometimes

Last time you took a shower?- this morning

Do you need to do laundry?- Yeah will do it after this :)

What is your heritage?- British and Irish and Scotish.

Are you someone's best friend?- Yeah.

Are you rich?- I would say yeah compared to some but to others I'm not.

What were you doing at 12AM last night?- On facebook then fell asleep.

Hope you all enjoyed this tag blog. Please share this and if you would like to follow me on instagram: fran_helsing and twitter @fran_helsing.

Enjoy your weekend.

Love,

Fran Helsing! x

Meghanrosette 50 random questions tag: http://www.meghanrosette.com/2011/02/50-random-questions-tag.html

Friday, 4 July 2014

Haul (June/July)

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to my Fashion Friday. This is a Haul for June/ Early July. Little disclaimer, this is stuff I got over the month and not in one go :) Lets have a look.

What I got from Superdrug:

Products down in links below:

- Barry M- Rose Hip 418 (£3.99)

- Superdrug De-stressing Mud Mask (£0.99)

- Garnier Skin Naturals Pure Self-Heating Sauna Mask 2x6ml
(£0.97 normally £1.29)

- Superdrug Strawberry Exfoliating Mask (£.0.99)

- Superdrug Purifying Cucumber Peel-Off Mask (£0.99)

- Superdrug Cucumber Peel Off mask. (£2.59)

- Radox Relax Bath Soak with Lavender & Waterlily 500ml (£1.99)
- Simple Cleansing Wipes x 25 (£2.99)

- Rimmel Scandaleyes Waterproof Gel Liner by Kate Emerald (£6.99)

- Rimmel Kate Scandaleyes Rockin' Curves Jet Black (£7.49)

Stuff I got from Boots:

- Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Reconstructor 250ml
(£4.99)

- Aussie Miracle Moist Conditioner 250ml
(£4.69)

- Aussie Take the Heat Conditioner 250ml
(£4.69)

Soap & Glory Sugar Crush Body Wash 500ml
(£6.50)

- Maybelline The Rocket Volum' Express Waterproof Mascara (£7.99)

Stuff I got from Topshop and H&M:

- (Topshop) High Waisted Denim Look Skater Skirt (was £20 now £12)
- (Topshop) Aztec Scrunchie (£4.00)
- (Topshop) PU Bow Headband (£6.00)
- (H&M) Short Jersey Top (£6.99)

Stuff from the Body Shop:

- All-In-One BB Cream (£12.00)

- Strawberry Lip Gloss (£7.00)

- Organic Cotton Square Pads x 50 (£2.50)

Amazon Books:

The Kind Diet (10.49)

Eat Pretty (£10.28)

Thanks for reading this blog. Please share this blog and check back on here for Healthy Sunday. Hope you all have a lovely weekend :)

Love,

Fran Helsing! x

Thursday, 3 July 2014

Favourites: June 2014.

Hi guys,

Welcome to the first of many favourite blog. Sorry for the late blog post been looking after my brother. This is for the month of June. Can't believe this month has gone super quickly :) Hope you enjoy it :)

Make up:

Face:
My favourite foundation is a mixture of two different foundations, which are the Estee Lauder Double wear foundation in the shade: 2C3 Fresco and Revlon Nearly Naked foundation in shade Ivory.

Eyes:
For eyes I would say I'm in love with the Soup and Glory Eye Primer. As is acts as a highlight as well. Sometimes I've just wore this on it's on with some eyeliner.

My favourite eyeliner at the moment is the Rimmel Scandal eyes Waterproof Gel Liner by Kate Moss in Emerald. It has good staying power which is good for me as I have oily eyelids. I think I might get this same eyeliner by in black as so in love with it :)

Lips:
For lips I have been loving the Revlon Colour Burst Lip Butter - Sugar Frosting with the ELF Lip Balm SPF 15 in the shade Pink. Love this lip combo so much as it gives me a little bit SPF on my lips which is good for lip care :)

Fashion:

- dresses from H&M

(from left to right): Grey skull dress, fake leather leggings, dark blue top, grey and blue stripy jumper top and a blue dress with black skirt.

I really love the blue and black dress as it has some slits to the side of the dress with you can wear on its own or cover them up which is what I do.

Favourite Moments:

I have so many favourite moments this moment. One of which getting my new smart phone which is a Sony Xperia SP. If you guys would love me to do a review of this phone then let me know would be happy to do one :)

As you might not know I am off for summer break and wont be back at university till September/October time. So having all this time off I've been working and seeing my friends. As we don't see a lot of each other due to some of them working full time or at university and having part time jobs like myself. So when we do see each other we enjoy spending time with each other.

In terms of places to eat. I have been loving this juice/smoothie place in Southampton called Fuel. The one I had was called waterfall which had strawberries, oranges and pineapples. It is really good and is super refreshing considering the weather has been getting super hot over here in the UK.

Another thing I have been loving doing the blog again. I have really been missing doing the blog and want to keep on doing the blogs for as long as possible. Upcoming months I will be moving in to a shared house for university. Which is super exciting, so if you would like to see more photos of my room and what i'm going to be doing with it. Please follow my instagram: fran_helsing.

That's it for now. Don't forget to reblog this blog post, follow me on instagram fran_helsing and twitter @fran_helsing. Haul blog up tomorrow. Hope you enjoy the rest of your day guys.

Love,

Fran Helsing! x

LINKS:

- Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation in the shade: 2C3 Fresco (£29.50)
http://www.boots.com/en/Estee-Lauder-Double-Wear-Stay-in-Place-Makeup-SPF-10-30ml_4409/

- Revlon Nearly Naked foundation in shade Ivory (£8.99)
http://www.boots.com/en/Revlon-Nearly-Naked-8482-Make-Up-Foundation_1298536/

- Soup and Glory eye primer (not on boots website anymore) (£8.00)
http://www.soapandglory.com/makeup/eyes/it-s-about-prime

- Rimmel Scandaleyes Waterproof Gel Liner by Kate Emerald. http://www.superdrug.com/rimmel-scandaleyes-waterproof-gel-liner-by-kate-emerald/invt/936057&bklist= (£6.99)

- Revlon Colour Burst Lip Butter - Sugar Frosting http://www.boots.com/en/Revlon-ColorBurst™-Lip-Butter_1252852/ (£7.99)

- ELF Lip Balm Spf 15 http://eyeslipsface.co.uk/en/restofworld/lip-treatments/lip-balm-spf-15/invt/82600 (£3.95)

Sunday, 29 June 2014

Healthy Sunday: Roast Dinner with Roasted Butternut Squash (Issue 2)

Hi everyone,

Hope you had a great weekend. Mine has been full of working and spending time with family so have been pretty good. Anyway down to business, this recipe is simple and easy to do in like an hour or so. If your trying to lose weight like myself it is quite easy to wanna eat lots of potatoes and Carbohydrate rich food. I'm not cutting them out completely I'm just simple having less than what I would normally have or replacing it with something else. So this recipe uses butternut squash instead of roast potatoes.

Before we get started, I'm not a health expert I'm just made sure I did a bit of research before I did this healthy eating plan. So I'm still learning I guess and this is only one meal idea if you don't like some of the food I have used then replace it with something you like :)

Lets get started.......

Recipe:

50g of Butternut Squash.

1/4 cup of Peas.

1/4 or 2-3 large cubes of frozen Spinach.

4 Turkey rashers (optional).

2 quorn chicken fillets.

4-6 spears of asparagus.

1. Frist pre-heat oven to 180 degrees or gas mark 4. Put some sunflower oil in a baking tray for the butternut squash to go on.

2. Next peel and cut one butternut squash (make sure pieces are smallish size so like the same as roast potatoes I guess), wash under water and let them drain so no water is on them. Then add to baking tray in oven to cook till soft (30-40 minutes). Don't worry about using all the butternut squash you don't have to, you can keep it for doing mash butternut squash or put into a smoothie :)

3. Fill one sauce pan up half way with water and let it boil. This will be for the peas and spinach. Once boiled add peas and spinach to pan. I use frozen spinach which I know isn't good but it is as it stays fresh longer, it still the same as fresh spinach and it's quite cheap :)

4. Next in a frying pan add a bit of sunflower oil, put it on a medium heat, this will be for the Quorn chicken fillets which you add to the pan and let it cook till slightly brown on one side then flip over to other side till brown. Then take them out of the pan and on plate off heat.

5. Check on peas and spinach. once looks cooked drain it. make sure all the water is out of the spinach but pressing on it with a spoon till most of it is out. Then add to plate.

6. This is optional as I'm not vegetarian. If you are ignore this stage and just go to stage 7 or replace turkey rashers with quorn bacon. Then to the add your turkey rashers to the same pan of the quorn till brown on one side and flip over and repeat. Then take out of the pan and add to plate.

7. Put asparagus into pan for a few minutes. Then take off and put on plate.

8. Check on butternut squash. If done add to plate if not then leave for a few more minutes till fork goes through it easy and doesn't stick to it or doesn't need to be forced down to.

9. Make gravy if you want to but it is up to you.

Image from fran_helsing (my instagram account)

Thank you so much for reading my healthy Sunday blog post. Don't forget to share this blog post :)

Enjoy the rest of the day :)

Love

Fran Helsing! x

Where to find me:

Twitter: @fran_helsing

instagram: fran_helsing

Friday, 27 June 2014

Bath Routine! (June 2014) x

Hi guys,

Welcome to my bath routine blog, this is what I do every Thursday night or one night in the week to chill out. I've only started doing this and has been really helpful. Again I have not been paid by the companies to do reviews of the products used they have either been bought with my own money or been given as freebies. Lets get started.

I Start my bath with running it (as you do), I put in a Lush bath bomb, I have made a pack with my self to try different ones every time I go to the Lush store. I tried Sakura from Lush. As I wanted to try this one for a while now. I am so in love with this product. The smell of it is just amazing. It smells like everything relaxing and calming, it kinds of reminds me of a blossom on a tree or something. Am going to make this one of my favourites of all time and the price of this giant of a bath bomb.

(video is on my instagram: fran_helsing)

I Let the bath run a bit of just hot water and once the bath bomb has completely gone, I then add the Radox Relax bubble bath. This is good for the sense for helping you to relax but at the same time it isn't good for if you want lots of bubbles in the bath. So was a bit disappointed in that one.

I then add some Harmonising bath oil from G Baldwin & Co. This was given by a company who sell bath oils. This was given to me from the place I work as a freebie. Just added this to my bath yesterday and OH MY GOD! I was the most amazing bath ever :). It has lavender marjoram and geranium oils. This has not been tested on animals which makes this super amazing.

That's it I normally lie there for a while and relax.

Thanks for reading my blog, really means the world to me. Again don't forget to follow me twitter @fran_helsing, instagram fran_helsing and sharing this blog.

Seeya on Sunday for another blog post for Healthy Sunday :)

Love

Fran Helsing!

- Sakura, £3.25. https://www.lush.co.uk/products/sakura

Wednesday, 25 June 2014

25 Random Questions

Hi Everyone,

Hope your having a good week so far. Just a random 25 questions blog I thought I would do. Hope you enjoy it.

Question 1: Do you have any pets?
I have 7 tropical fish.

Question 2: Name three things that are physically close to you:
My phone (Sony Xperia SP), ipad mini and my cuddly toys both red pandas. A bit of an obsession.

Question 3: What's the weather like right now?
It's night time at the moment when i'm doing this but it was sunny all day today.

Questions 4: Do you drive ? If so, have you crashed?
Yes I drive been driving for over a year now and no I haven't crashed yet *touch wood* but I have gotten punched tyre twice and had to drive back to my house quickly so it didn't go complexly flat. it was like mission impossible.

Question 5: What time did you wake up this morning?
8am (GMT).

Question 6: When was the last time you showered?
This Morning before going out.

Question 7: What was the last movie that you saw?
X-men days of future past. (really good film).

Question 8: What does you last text message say?
It said "okay coolies :) i'm watching the cartoon movie brave :) lol xxxxxxxx" - from my boyfriend

Question 9: What is your ringtone?
Just a normal one on my phone called tigerstyle.

Question 10: Have you ever been to a different country?
Yeah I have been to Spain when I was 8 and been to America (Washington DC and New York) at age 15.

Question 11: Do you like sushi?
Yeah I do like it but only some like the vegetable one and salmon. So good :)

Question 12: Where do you buy your groceries?
All over really but mainly Asda or Sainsbury's.

13: Have you ever taken any medication to help you fall asleep faster?
Nope.

Question 14: How many siblings do you have?
I have an younger brother Josh who is 20.

Question 15: Do you have a desktop computer or a laptop?
I have a laptop.

Question 16: How old will you be turning on your next birthday?
22.

Question 17: Do you wear contacts or glasses?
I wear glasses only when I have a headache.

Question 18: Do you colour your hair?
Yes.

Question 19: Tell me something you are planing to do today:
Just Writing a few blog posts and taking photos for them.

Question 20: When was the last time you cried?
Like over 2 weeks ago, maybe a bit longer than that.

Question 21: What is your perfect pizza topping?
Sausages, bacon, green peppers, onions and meatballs.

Question 22: Which do you prefer, hamburger or cheeseburger?
Hmmm I don't really like either I normally go for chicken burgers but out of the two will have to say cheeseburgers.

Question 23: Have you ever had an all-nighter?
Yep! it was fine I had a lot of caffeine drinks and films to watch to keep me busy.

Question 24: What is your eye colour?
They are a blue/grey colour but one is greener than the other :S.

Question 25: Can you taste the difference between Pepsi and Coke?

I think coke cola tastes better out of the two but like them both.

That's it till Friday where I'm going to be doing a beauty blog about relaxing bath times. Don't forget to check out my instagram and twitter which are both fran_helsing :) and to share this blog to friends and loved ones.

Have a good week :)

Love

Fran Helsing! x

Monday, 23 June 2014

Healthy Sunday: 4 health foods juice (Issue 3)

Hi everyone,

Hope you all had a lovely weekend :)

Here is a quick and healthy smoothie idea which is good for protecting the body against any viruses and protecting DNA. Lets get started.

Recipe:

- 25g strawberries (chopped up) strawberries are good for vitamin c and boosts collagen production.

- 25g seedless grapes (green or red) these are good for resveratrol, protects DNA and slows aging.

- 1 whole Apple (chopping up and remove the core) apples are good for Quercetin which is a flavonoid. They are also good for defending against free-radical damage.

- One small banana (peeled). good for vitamin b6 and pyridoxine. They also have Potassium which maintains electrolyte balances.

- 250ml coconut milk or any non dairy milk. Coconut has got potassium in it which helps supports healthy electrolyte balance. It is also important for metabolism, energy, and brain and nervous function. :)

- A blender :)

Steps:

1. Chop up fruit and add to blender.

2. Put lid on and start blending away. For about 2 minutes.

3. Add milk. Then blend till smooth and has no bits in it.

Ready to serve :)

Thanks so much guys for reading my blog. All the facts about the victims and stuff are from eat pretty book, really good if you wanna it more fruit and not sure what beauty and body benefits it has, link is down below. Don't forget to share it and follow me on Twitter or instagram :) if you guys want show me pictures of your smoothies to my Twitter or instagram with hashtag #healthysunday :)

Hope you guys have an amazing week :)

Love,

Fran Helsing! x

- Eat Pretty [Paperback] (£10.28)

Http://Www.amazon.co.uk/Eat-Pretty-Jolene-Hart/Dp/1452123667/Ref=Sr_1_sc_1?Ie=UTF8&Qid=1404484289&Sr=8-1-Spell&Keywords=Eat+Prett