Life of Jana

  I love having a quick and easy smoothie for breakfast , lunch or whenever I feel like snacking . Most of the time I use frozen berries but for somet hing di ff erent every now and then I 'll use spinach - I like the mild flavour it gives. I use one or two bananas to sweeten it up a bit and sometimes some fresh raspberries, too. I will usually use coconut water and a little bit of tap water to make it less thick .  My blender is about 500ml so I get two small bottles from it.  Ingredients I use for a spinach smoothie: T wo handfuls of s pinach 1 large banana A h andful of raspberries 200ml coconut water 200ml tap water

I ' ve always enjoyed wearing very bright colours but have discovered that they are no longer my style , so I've recently had a big clear out . Most of what I have planned to donate ar e colourful tops, skirts and dresses. I did keep one of my flowery dresses though as it has a very sentimental value for me and I just couldn't give it away. Even though we're halfway through June, I like wearing subtle , monochrome tones. Black and white are just such a perfect match and are easily worn when it's sunny outside.  I am wear ing an H &M crop top, a maxi skirt I bought in Italy, Primark black pum ps and a leather satchel.  

I spotted a post on an Estonian blog group I follow where bloggers came up with the idea of exchanging packages with each other . I love making presents, so I posted my messa ge and got a reply from Häly at Smaylest . We agreed on 5 different categories: food, beauty, accessories, homeware and book/movi e /music. When I opened the box, I was really happy to see this white wire fruit bowl - my previous bowl was looking very worn out and I was alread y thinking of replac ing it . I always have some fruit in the kitchen, so this is super useful! I am a big fan of JOIK as well as coconut, so this body lotion is exactly my kind of thing. I ' ve used JOIK body lotions in the past and found they are all very light which is perfect for the season. L uckily, I haven't had the chance to read this one yet . I haven't seen the movie either!    I don't wear much silver and sadly I am allergic to nickel, so the se ea rrings will need to be test...

I am finally back a fter being away from blogging for 5 months! I have not been writing for several reasons. Last year in November, I was made redundant from my administrative job in a textile company. The news that I ha d to start looking for a new job crushed me totally. I had no time and was not in the mood to take pictures or write about anything other than how miserable I felt. Tristan was so supportive and so were my parents too of course , they all did everything to cheer me up and kept me positive while I was job hunting . After 3 months of countless interviews, I was offered an administrative position at a finance company. Over the first few days, I felt like I could handle it but I realised shortly that it just wasn't really for me. I stayed there for three weeks and those were the longest three weeks of my life. I didn't hate going to work but at the same time I wasn't happy either. I have no idea how my luck suddenly turned around - I got a ca...

I've been given an amazing opportunity to work with Sarah at Joe Delucci's Gelato to review a few samples of the new flavours they are selling in selected Tesco stores throughout the UK.  I have spotted Joe Delucci's ice cream in shops before but had never tried any. Joe Delucci's is sold at Tesco for £3.99 for the 500ml tub, which I think is an amazing price for such a big container. I have been given two of their newbies to try - Coconut Gelato and Creme Caramel. Coconut Gelato Firstly I have to say that I love coconut, so my expectations were particularly high for this one. Luckily I wasn 't disappointed - it tastes like white heaven! It's light, smooth, creamy and as weird as it sounds for an ice cream - super soft. It also contains shredded coconut, which adds extra flavour. This is what snow should taste like! Creme Caramel  The texture of this ice cream was almost the same as the coconut one - very creamy and silky. The f...