Mad Hatters Afternoon Tea at The Sanderson

A few Sundays ago I went to The Sanderson for their Mad Hatters Afternoon. First things first no you don't have to dress!

For those of you that have never heard of the Afternoon tea at The Sanderson. It is amazing!

You just have to let the food, atmosphere and location do the talking....

The Sanderson is a five star hotel located behind Oxford Street with a killer interior! The designs are amazing with sofas in the shape of lips and all things sophisticated everywhere.

When you enter the Tea Party it is almost like your walking into a 5 star Alice in Wonderland.

Your first greeted with a cocktail or glass or champers (non alcoholic or alcoholic)! They then bring out your cake stand and everything has a link to Alice in Wonderland and makes you feel like you have just stumbled across a Mad Hatters Tea Party! 

The menu includes: 

• Traditionally pots of tea
• Ice cream lollipops
• Lollies that make your mouth go from hot to cold
• Scones, clotted cream and jam. Literally the best scones I've ever had still dreaming about them 2 weeks later.
• A Drink me potion - It doesn't make you a giant or shrink but it does taste like passion fruit, coconut and froth.  
• A coffee cake in the shape of a clock
• Eat me strawberry mousse
• Last but not least rainbow coloured sandwiches!!

We all left feeling stuffed to the hilters and it is most definitely something I would love to treat myself to again!If you ever consider going to an afternoon tea I strongly suggest you checkout The Sanderson! 

Has anyone else ever been to The Sandersons Mad Hatters Afternoon Tea?

Guess who's back!

Hello!! I have been pretty absent on here over the last week and before jumping straight in with one of the posts I have planned I thought I would update you all on what I've been doing!!

• I have celebrated THREE birthdays
• That means I have eaten three lots of cake (Plus one cake for graduating)
• Been to three birthday celebrations

• I graduated! Hooray and congratulations to everyone else who was the Class of 2011.

Graduation Cake

• I've started a new internship which means getting back in to the swing of early morning commutes, fighting for a tiny space on the tube and taking home a free evening standard because you feel sorry for the guys giving them out. 
• However, I'm not complaining because I get to walk past this everyday.....

Vogue House - Hanover Square

I'm hoping from tomorrow Story of Simderella will be back in full swing, so see you then!!


What have you all been up to recently?

10 Simderella Commandments

Thou shall eat cake every Friday. It's important to ensure that at least one day of the week is filled with sprinkles and sugar.  


Thou shall watch Gossip Girl - even if it's just to ponder in to the world of Blair Wardorf her problems are much more interesting than ours.


Thou shall remove all make-up every night before bed. Don't worry when you're dreaming about Chace Crawford, he won't mind.


Thou shall be grateful for what we have - Shelter, food & love.


Thou shan't give up and will go on to conquer dreams and aspirations. The world is what we make of it and we SHOULD make it good.


Thou shall not be fake. Barbie dolls are not 'real' for a reason.


Thou shall keep up with all the latest beauty industry gossip. M.A.C and many other exciting brands ahem*Elemis, Clinique, Sanctuary, Clinique, Bobbi Brown, Aveda and NARS* will not admire themselves.


Thou shall read horoscopes when the world is looking grim - They have been written for a reason you know.


Thou shan't make others feel bad about themselves. This is a sin and forbidden. 


Thou shall always give 100% in everything, the world is what we put in it after all.


Happy Wednesday everyone!

Angel Eyes

This weekend was a showcase of my creativity! I baked a cake, did someone's make-up, and watched some fireworks. Nope, I didn't brave it and stand around in the cold. I sat warm and snugly in a car which had the perfect view of three different firework displays going on! 

I've never really done anyone's makeup before - only a few times at uni. I've always been interested in doing make-up and especially how make-up artists can make such a big difference to the way we feel (let's not lie it feels great when someone else is doing your face). 


So when I had a model it was a great opportunity to experiment (After I cleaned up all the fallen eye shadow from around her face that is).


 So here are her angel eyes! I've realised the trick to getting eyes looking perfect is mixing and blending as many different colours you can! I did gold's and a pink smoky eye

I used a variety of different makeup brands ranging from Clarins, MAC Cosmetics, Estee Lauder & Bare Minerals. 

What I'm mega impressed about is that I did her top eye-liner and got it quite even to!

So what do you think? Would you ever let me loose to create eyes of an angel on you?