Pizza cookie with chocolate frosting and sprinkles.

Yes, you read that right. A cookie pizza. The recipe which I adapted from all recipes.com (you can change measurements to metric by clicking 'change servings'!) But I find using cups easier. This recipe was for one giant 14 inch pizza cookie. Sadly I didn't have a baking tray or dish big enough, so I used two 9 inch baking dishes instead which made two pretty big cookies! I always found cookies hit and miss when I made them, too dry, too crunchy but this is so gooey and thick! I will be making this again for sure. So here's how I made it..

What you will need for the cookie:

2 cups plain flour

2 1/2 cups of brown sugar

2 1/2 cups of white sugar

2 medium sized eggs

1teaspoon of baking soda

1 cup of softened butter

Preheat the oven to 180. Add brown sugar, white sugar and butter to a large bowl. Whisk until nice and fluffy. Add in the two eggs and continue to mix. Sift in the flour and baking soda and mix until well blended. Throw in a generous helping of chocolate chips. I lined the two 9 inch baking dishes with parchment paper, then used the left over butter to lightly grease the sides of the dish. Spread the mix evenly into each dish, make sure you leave around 2 inches around the edges because this stuff will spread! Pop in the oven for 18-20 minutes. Pierce each cookie with a toothpick in the centre and if it comes out clean, you're done! If not pop it back in for an extra minute or two.

After leaving it to cool for twenty minutes or so, you should have something that looks like this! This cookie is so gooey with a slight crunch to the edges. How a cookie should be, well that's how I like them anyways! Now time for the chocolate butter cream frosting. Add the 1 cup of softened butter to a bowl, beat until soft. Sift in the 3-4 cups of icing sugar and add two tablespoons of milk. Whisk until combined. Add 2-3 (depending on how chocolate-y you want the icing to be) tablespoons of cocoa powder and whisk until the icing is nice, light, and smooth. 

Spread the chocolate butter cream frosting generously over the giant cookie. You can add whatever toppings you want, either smarties, Reese's pieces, jelly beans etc! This pizza can be as sweet or as simple as you want. I didn't want to go too overboard with the sweet toppings.. so I left it at the chocolate butter cream frosting and sprinkles.

I think these are best served still warm, when the chocolate chips are all melted and gooey! I've been picking at this all morning! My mum emailed to say that the one I gave her to take into work disappeared within 15 minutes! What do you think of this cookie pizza, pie creation?! Daniel called it a 'pizookie' I'm not sure there will be any 'pizookie' left by time time he gets home..

What I've been buying recently..

Bath & Body works anti bacterial hand gels - eBay
I spotted these sweet scented anti bacterial hand gels on eBay. They're from bath and body works in America! This UK seller has tons of different choices of scents to choose from (from cookie dough to cocktails). I always like to carry anti bacterial hand gel in my bag with me anyways and these are cute, pocket-sized and smell absolutely delicious! 

Vitamin E moisture serum - The Body Shop

I'd been wanting to try this for a while now. Ever since I ran out of my caudalie vinosource thirst quenching serum which is pretty pricey at £26 whereas this serum is quite a lot cheaper at £11. I really like it! It's lightweight and sinks into my skin straight away and leaves my skin feeling like velvet no oil or greasiness here. It has a pump too (always a bonus) and it doesn't have a strong scent so no break outs or reactions here! I'll definitely be repurchasing this in the future. Today is also the last day for the 40% off everything offer at The Body shop online! 

Mango body whip - The Body Shop

Now that the warmer weather is here, I don't like using thick 'body butters' they take a lifetime to sink in and I can't stand feeling sticky when getting dressed. So I thought I'd try this Mango body whip lotion, it's light on my skin and smells lovely. But that's about it really! I don't feel like it hydrates my skin that well at all and I feel it leaves a sticky residue on my skin after a while. A shame really as the scent is lovely.. so fruity! 

Seaweed purifying facial cleanser - The Body Shop

Changing facial cleansers always makes me nervous. I think due to having severe acne as a teenager, I worry that it will come back with a vengeance if I swap and change my routine too much. This cleanser leaves my skin feeling really, really soft. I use this as a second cleanser and first thing on a morning. This will not remove make up whatsoever at least not mine anyways! It does leave my skin looking matte, yet soft i'm impressed it manages to keep my oily t-zone at bay and my skin does feel really smooth after applying! So I will be buying this again!

Origins drink up 10 minute mask - Boots

This mask never lets me down.. I'm onto my second tube of this stuff and it really does what it says on the tin for me. I tend to use it once a week, maybe 2 in the winter and my skin always feels really soft and hydrated after using this mask. It clears up any dry or flakey patches. It does have a strong scent but I quite like it so that's not a problem for me! 

Ferrero Rocher brownies

Remember when I made ferrero rocher cupcakes. Well, I thought they'd be taste even better encased in a thick slab of gooey, chocolate brownie. They did. My mum took them into her work, it was a tough decision but I'd have sat and devoured the entire dish of them otherwise. So it's probably for the best. I used a similar brownie mix recipe as the oreo brownies from sweet eats but I left a few things out. They're always so thick and gooey, just how brownies are supposed to be (I don't trust people who like little thin brownies, the bigger the better if you ask me!)

What you will need:

1 and 1/2 cups of sugar

1 and 1/2 cups of softened butter

2 medium sized eggs

3 heaped table spoons of cocoa powder

1 and 1/2 cups of plain flour
as many ferrero rochers as your heart desires.

Pre-heat the oven to 180. Add the sugar and softened butter into a bowl, whisk until it's nice and fluffy. Pop in the 2 eggs, continue whisking.. add 3 generously heaped table spoons of cocoa powder, go wild. Stir in the plain flour. Whisk until everything is combined and the mixture is smooth yet gloopy, yep that's a technical term right there. Grease a pyrex baking dish with leftover butter and flour, or line the dish with greaseproof paper. Pour the mixture into the dish and pop in as many forrero rochers in as you wish! Use the back of a spoon to cover the top of the forrero rochers ever so slightly with the brownie mixture.. and you're done!

Place them in the oven to bake for around 25-30 minutes. I like the edges of my brownies slightly crisp with a gooey moist centre, so I tend to leave them in for the 30 minute mark. Leave them to cool for around 20 minutes. Cut them into sections, if you can spot the ferrero rochers, cut them in half and you will be greeted with this..

I prefer to serve these warm fresh out of the oven. So when you take that first bite and you break the hazelnut wafer shell the chocolate centre is ever so slightly melted. These are so thick and gooey you will definitely need a drink after them! I prefer to wash them down with a glass of ice cold milk.  I sneaked upstairs with one for Daniel along with a cup of tea before work, it was gone in one big bite and he isn't even a choc-a-holic. (unlike me.)

These certainly look a lot harder to make than they are. They're actually really, really easy but I think they look quite impressive. When you see a whole ferrero rocher inside a slice of brownie. 'How did you get that in there? Didn't they burn? but why didn't it melt?' ....magic. (not really just follow this simple recipe) and instantly dish them out to your family and friends, anyone willing.. so you don't eat the entire thing! What do you think?

Diorskin Forever Flawless Perfection Fusion Wear Foundation (an honest review)

Price £35.00 for 30ml

Shade: 010 Ivory

What it claims:

'A flawless perfect velvet soft complexion, ultra smooth even day after day'

 I wanted to try something new.. I wanted to try out a high end foundation I searched for reviews high and low for a few days and settled on this foundation after reading raving reviews on make up alley (it has a score of 4.2) and other websites. It took me 10 minutes to click 'purchase' on the feel unique website as it's £35.00 which is very unusual for me to spend on just one make up product. But i figured it would be worth it if my skin looked great and with it being a base product I'd get my money's worth out of it.

I'm always honest with my reviews wether it's a PR sample or if I bought it myself but I still don't like it when I have to be this negative about a product.. I guess I just feel really disappointed I expected more when paying this much for a high end product.. I know I'm not a 'beauty blogger' but I still thought I'd tell you my thoughts.. I'm not blaming Dior, or anyone! It just doesn't work for me and my skin type.

When I first apply this foundation it looks really nice, the foundation isn't heavy and feels light it looks like a perfect shade match.  10 mins later...I couldn't believe it when I looked in the mirror. It had oxidised terribly and was 2 shades darker my face now looked orange. For someone who has oily skin this managed to hunt out any slight dry patches and clung to them like crazy. It also separated into big patches all over my face EVEN my boyfriend managed to this notice and asked me why my face looked 'all bitty'

 I wasn't ready to give up just yet not after spending so much money..  I figured I must be doing something wrong.. So the next morning I exfoliated my face, used a different moisturiser and a different primer underneath. Again initially it looked okay. But after five minutes it had already darkened and looked orange on my face considering I bought the shade ivory.. which in other brands I would be the second or third lightest shade I don't consider this to be a true ivory shade at all. It looked so bad I just washed it off.  I have now tried applying it with my hands, my real techniques expert face brush and even a damp beauty sponge but sadly nothing seems to work. It still highlights my pores terribly despite using different primers it still separates like something awful on my skin.

 IF you think it's anything I'm doing and you can give me any tips on how to get on with this foundation or if there's something I'm doing wrong please let me know in the comments. I guess I'm just a bit gutted that I spent so much on a product and I was expecting to love it but I don't even like it. I could deal with a little bit of oxidisation but it's just the fact that it separates and goes patchy on my skin not exactly the 'flawless' finish i was promised and hoping for.

Some plus points about this foundation is the packaging is luxurious, it contains SPF 25, it doesn't have a strong scent and is easy to apply I needed two pumps to cover my face, it didn't cause any breakouts..just a shame I can't get on with it.

I know a few people will say I should have got a sample first but there isn't a Dior counter for a good 2 hours from where I live otherwise I certainly would have before spending that much money..I guess I've learnt the hard way and I'll have to sell it or give it to my mum! Have you tried this foundation? What did you think? Or have you ever been really disappointed about a high end product? This foundation is just not for me.