Halloween started early in my house this year, so here’s what I got up to.
At the weekend I had a rare night in with my family. We bought some decorations for the house.
Made pumpkin face masks.
Me and my brother carved a pumpkin and displayed it in the window.
My mum did a table full of Halloween food, including a tray of cupcakes and jumbo marshmallows.
We watched Halloween themed shows on TV and I had a bath using my Sparkly Pumpkin Bubble Bar from Lush.
And it all got me into the Halloween spirit, ready for the actual day.
On Monday, me and my partner was off, so we had the day to explore and walk around London.
We initially thought about doing the London Dungeons or a Halloween themed activity, but as we’ve done a lot of these before, we decided to just have a nice day wandering about.
We started at one of the newest and hottest places in town, the Dominique Ansel Bakery. Famous in New York and now London for cronuts and other creations, it was on our to visit list.
As expected the cronuts had sold out, but we got to try out three other marvellous sweet treats, starting with a Halloween special.
A choux pastry creation, where the bat was filled with blueberry ganache and the pumpkin with orange ganache, that tasted just like Terry’s Chocolate Orange.
Next to try was the Banoffee Paella, where the Banoffee is made upside down to caramelise the bananas.
And finally the Chocolate Chip Cookie Shot. As the Cookie Shots are only sold from 3pm onwards, we thought we’d have eaten and gone before then. But as we was relaxed and enjoying sitting in the bakery, we got to try them out.
A shot glass made out of cookie and filled with Tahitian vanilla milk.
Everything we tried was delicious, filling and well presented. I’ll definitely be going back when I can.
We walked back to the train station and headed to Oxford Street and Carnaby Street to browse the shops.
We started at the beautiful department store Liberty. Picturesque inside and out.
We swung by Ben’s Cookies. Sadly we was too full up to buy anything, but this place is one of my favourites. The Triple Chocolate Chunk Cookie is amazing.
We walked through quirky Carnaby Street.
And saw a few full sized shops I’d never seen before! Urban Decay, Benefit and Illamasqua have counters in stores such as Debenhams, but this was the first time I’d seen stores just for their products.
We admired the Halloween cupcakes in Crumbs & Doilies.
Before heading to Tibits for dinner.
Tibits is a vegetarian and vegan buffet, where there’s a good variety of foods that are fresh and tasty.
What makes Tibits unique, is that you can put as much food on your plate as you like and your plate is weighed. The heavier the weight, the more it costs.
Me and my partner piled up our plates and went back up to get dessert, which we shared.
There was a good variety of dishes and the food itself was great, so Tibits is another place I’ll be returning to.
After a day of walking and eating, we got the train and headed home to relax.
Let me know what you did for Halloween.
Looks like you had such a fun, festive day!
Last time we visited New York was right before the cronut craze…so sad we missed out on experiencing one. Maybe next time you visit again, make sure to go early to get your hands on one! The other pastries look so delicious, though. I have a huge sweet tooth and will consume any dessert!
Wow, I’ve never seen full-sized shops of those brands, either. Especially Illamasqua!! Would love to visit that store one day.
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Aaw thank you. I had a fun few days☺ Oh no. I kind of expected I’d not get to try a cronut, they sell out fast. I think in the past few days they’ve started online ordering, where you can order and pick the cronuts up in store. I’ll have to try that☺ I have a sweet tooth. The other cakes were all delicious. It’s the first time I’ve seen full sized shops too. Illamasqua was closed as it was late, but I’ll definitely go there one day😊 x
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That bath bomb looks amazing!
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It smelt so nice and it was super pretty too☺ x
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Wow, it looks like you had a perfect Halloween weekend! Loved the pics 🙂
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I had a great time. Aaw thank you😊 xx
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Those treats looks so delightful! I’ll take one of everything 🙂
How cute is that street full of shops, just the buildings in general are beautiful- such a great little adventure!
xo, JJ
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I wanted to try everything in the bakery, it all looked so good☺ I love round the back streets of Oxford Street. There’s so many cute little roads☺ x
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Lovely pics.. wow how cute does Carnaby street look! 😱
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Aaw thank you. I love the shops around there. They just look pretty☺ x
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Gosh absolutely, I do miss London! 😦 xx
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There is always new places to go and explore in London. Where do you live now?☺ x
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Oh I’m living in Spain with hubby which is also very nice.. But at times do feel home sick.. Thank you, I will have to check them out when I’m there’re next! 😃🙌 xx
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Aaw it’s exciting to live somewhere new. I bet it is hard at times though. Yes definitely. When you’re next in London explore the quirky shops☺ x
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Aww thank you, well I’m glad I get to experience it through posts from my fellow brit bloggers such as yourself 💕thanks again lovely! P.s I will def be exploring like crazy when I’m next in London! Xxx
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Aaw thanks. It gives you some more ideas for when you’re over here☺ xx
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For sure! ☺️🙌 xx
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*there – darn these typo’s 😬
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What is a cronut? None of the pics are loading on my phone! 😫 The cookie chocolate shot sounds delicious, never had one but I’m craving one right now. 🤔 It sounds like you had a great Halloween! Christmas now 😝
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It’s a cross between a croissant and a doughnut☺ It was so nice! Oh gosh it is. Better get saving to buy all the presents x
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Oh my gosh that actually sounds so yummy!! I’m going to have to try one one day! Yes tell me about it!! Have you started Christmas shopping yet? X
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Definitely something to try☺ I have started as I have a lot of birthdays around Christmas time. Still got a lot to get though. Have you? X
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Oh gosh you have to be organised then lol! Yes I have, so much more to get though! X
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Yeah there’s so much to buy and it’s so expensive. Haha well done. At least you’ve made a start☺ x
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Aw that sounds like the loveliest weekend- so jealous!! Loved reading this xoxo
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Aaw thanks hun. Glad you enjoyed it☺ x
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oh wow! sounds like a fun day! also would love to try the cookie shots 😀
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It was a lot of fun😊 The cookie shots are really cool and taste good too x
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Thanks for the virtual tour…enjoyed
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I love marshmallows! Looks like a lovely time!
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Aaw thank you. It was a fun weekend☺ x
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Love your blog post
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Aaw thank you☺ x
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It seems you are a master of finding cute cupcakes and other sweets. The pumpkin cupcake is the most adorable thing I’ve seen a whole week 😍🎃
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I love finding cute cakes☺ The pumpkin one was adorable. Tasty too☺ x
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Wow, you’re really into Halloween, aren’t you? Do kids dress up and go door to door demanding candy (erm “sweets”) over there?
That Dominique Ansel Bakery looks incredible. I wouldn’t even know what to order! I had a cronut once… it was ok. Nothing to lose your mind over. 😛
I’m so SO jealous of your Illamasqua store!!!
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Haha well normally I just carve a pumpkin, this is the first year we’ve had decorations. Yes my brother dressed up and went trick or treating☺ I wanted to eat everything. It was tough to just choose a few things😊 Do you not have full sized Illamasqua’s either? I think another trip is needed to do the full sized beauty stores☺ x
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Illamasqua decided to pull out of the North American market altogether in 2015! They used to have a counter inside our dept store and at Sephora. Sad!
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Oh no. How come? Too pricey to have stalls? X
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I think they just weren’t getting the sales volume they need to justify being here. I think they were viewed as too “out there”. Even though I think their products are really wearable, it’s just their marketing that made them seem really weird.
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Yeah it’s not a brand you see loads here either. It’s cool they have a whole store. I need to go back☺ x
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So envious of this! London is on my list! I was serious drooling over all of your pictures! ❤
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Aaw thank you. You should definitely visit if you can. There’s always loads to do and great food places in London😊 x
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I definitely plan on it!I will have to pick your brain when I do! ❤
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Haha of course😊 xx
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