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What I Eat In A Day (Healthy) #2

22nd August 2017 Shamsa Comments 0 Comment

In this post, I share another day of meals when I am eating healthy. Breakfast As I have mentioned previously, my go-to breakfast when eating healthy is a green smoothie, and my green smoothie addiction started after I read The Green Smoothie Bible. For today’s green smoothie, I used: 2 Bananas (sliced) ½ Avocado (chopped) 1 Apple (sliced) 200ml Coconut Water 70g Cabbage (British Sweetheart) Add ingredients to a blender, and blend until it’s a smooth green liquid. Note: Do not…

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Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

22nd August 2017 Shamsa Comments 0 Comment

Over the weekend, I intended to make Strawberry Jam Delights from the Cookies Galore recipe book, only to discover I was all out of jam. I had no choice but to improvise. I had a packet of chocolate drops, and ended up modifying the recipe to make chocolate chip cookies. They were really yummy mashaAllah 🙂 Makes ~16 | Preparation Time: 10 minutes | Baking Time: 15 minutes Ingredients Required: 125g Unsalted Butter (softened) 100g Caster Sugar 1 Medium Egg…

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Cleaning Oven With Baking Soda and Lemon | Does It Work?

22nd August 2017 Shamsa Comments 0 Comment

In this post, I share how I cleaned my oven using baking soda and lemon juice. Stock up on Baking Soda A quick, cheap and effective method for cleaning the inside of a dirty oven is to use a homemade baking soda (or bicarbonate of soda) solution. Adding lemon juice or vinegar to the baking soda solution helps to clean the oven even further. To clean the inside of the oven, I prepared a thick paste consisting of baking soda…

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C. L. Taylor Is One Of My New Favourite Authors

20th August 2017 Shamsa Comments 0 Comment

Within the space of a month, I have managed to read all four of C. L. Taylor’s gripping psychological thrillers. I loved every single one of them. I first came across C. L. Taylor’s books in Asda. The cover of ‘The Escape’ caught my eye and having read the synopsis, I couldn’t wait to read it. I love how each one of her thrillers is so different to each other. Some authors’ books become predictable when the plot is pretty…

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How Much Money I Make On YouTube and Tips For New YouTubers

20th August 2017 Shamsa Comments 0 Comment

In this post, I share how much money I make on YouTube, and offer some useful tips for new YouTubers In my post 7 Ways To Make Money Online, I mention YouTube as a way of making money online. I have been posting videos on YouTube consistently for over 2 years. As well as my main channel where I share shopping hauls, meal ideas, lifestyle and advice videos, I have a vlog channel where I am currently uploading weekly vlogs…

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Our Trip to North Wales

18th August 2017 Shamsa Comments 0 Comment

Last Friday we went to North Wales for a much needed weekend break. It was just what the doctor ordered, since the summer holidays have been pretty uneventful. I expected to go on numerous picnics in the park but it has rained almost daily since the kids broke up for the holidays. We were worried that the rain would ruin our North Wales break, but alhamdulillah (all praise to God) we found some sunshine! So we left Manchester on Friday…

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Our Little Secret by Claudia Carroll | Book Review

18th August 2017 Shamsa Comments 0 Comment

“What If The Perfect Life Wasn’t Yours Anymore?” I have read almost all of Claudia Carroll’s books and I think she is a great author. I saw ‘Our Little Secret’ on the library shelves during my latest trip to the library, and was pleasantly surprised that this book was a suspense rather than her usual romance novels. So what is ‘Our Little Secret’ about? “Sarah Dee has the perfect life. A high-flying job in a law firm, a beautiful daughter…

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Poundworld Haul August 2017

16th August 2017 Shamsa Comments 0 Comment

In this post, I share a lovely lil Poundworld haul for August 2017. Yes the items are not the most exciting I have ever picked up from Poundworld, but they are certainly useful 🙂 1)Popcorn Individual Tubs (Pack of two for £1) I have previously purchased huge popcorn tubs from Poundworld, but sometimes it’s nice to have individual tubs. I saw these and thought they were perfect. I picked up 3 lots, so that’s 6 popcorn tubs altogether. 2) Pack…

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What I Eat In A Day (Healthy) #1

14th August 2017 Shamsa Comments 0 Comment

In this post, I share what I eat in a day when I am attempting to be healthy, or when I am “dieting”. Admittedly, it has been a while since I have eaten healthily, but it is the summer holidays, which in my world means enjoying lots of yummy food 😉 Breakfast So, let’s begin with breakfast. What could be healthier than a green smoothie? A few months ago I was having green smoothies daily for breakfast, and although I…

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Activated Charcoal To Whiten Teeth – Does It Work?

10th August 2017 Shamsa Comments 0 Comment

I purchased some Activated Charcoal Capsules a few months ago to try out the latest trend of activated charcoal face masks, and I shared my experience here. To say it was painful was an understatement! Needless to say, I only ever tried the activated charcoal and PVA glue face mask once. That left me with a bottle of activated charcoal capsules, which I could have used for digestion purposes but forget that they exist whenever I have digestion/bloating. Another popular…

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