Rise and shine, morning glory! Happy Caturday, and happy first day of spring! I hope you have something warm and delicious in your mug and a cat purring in your lap.
So…I went to Cost Plus World Market last weekend on a mission to find a British version of a Cadbury Fruit & Nut Bar (long story , but I prefer the taste of the ones made across the pond to the ones made here in the U.S.), and while I was there I spotted this tin of butter cookies…
We had one in our house growing up, but it never actually had any cookies in it (weird, I know). Instead it was filled with sewing supplies, and now whenever I see one at a store, I crack up because memories.
By the way, I didn’t find my Cadbury Bar, boo! Cost Plus didn’t have ’em. If you happen to know someplace that sells the British version, holla at your girl.
Onto this week’s reading…
- The Ordinary will be launching a makeup line exclusively at Ulta.
- Makeup artist Katie Jane Hughes shares her drugstore makeup faves.
- Fall 2021 makeup trends to look forward to, according to makeup seen lately on the runways…
- And here are some makeup trends to look forward to this summer!
- Jackie Aina’s (love her) beauty MVPs…
- 6 essential eye makeup tips for ladies over 40, according to a celebrity makeup artist.
- Makeup after lockdown — will you go bold or go natural?
I cannot wait to watch this.
Hooray for embracing the gray.
Feeling this makeup vibe, for sure
I may have spent the entire video watching her bangs, LOL.
I love that Drew sees not using injectables as being rebellious.
The music in this is good!
I will take all the tips, thanks.
Dupes!
Kinda catchy
This looks fun.
Let’s do this.
Connor wanted to watch this because HORSES.
Aww!
The little girl in the pink velvet is too cute.
An interesting point of view in this age of oversharing.
I would love to read more books. Drop that knowledge on me, man!
It’s been drizzling all week so I bet today will be a good day to visit the Fairway Waterfall. What are you up to?
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Happy Caterday, Karen! We have a shop in Norcross, Georgia, called Taste of Britain. They import a ton of food products and other things from England. I saw that they have your Cadbury Fruit & Nut bar on their website, so I called and confirmed that it is the one made in England, and they do ship to California. I realized this is probably more expensive and inconvenient then you had in mind, but I thought I would mention it as a possibility. Their phone number is 770-242-8585, and their website is tasteofbritain.com. Check out their website, it is full of interesting stuff.
Happy Saturday! If you have a grocery store with an international section, they may have it. I remember that some Ralphs had British imports. In Socal, there is a store called Nina’s British. I think it is a chain. Oh, and other types of grocers may have it (such as a German or Italian deli).
Good luck!
Danish cookie tins for storing sewing supplies is a staple of many European households.
Hmm, no offence to any of my US friends, but Cadburys chocolate hasn’t been the same since Kraft took them over. Ever since then it’s been too sweet, they say they haven’t changed the recipes but I’m absolutely sure they have – it’s not the lovely chocolate I grew up with. I see Terry’s Chocolate Orange available at tasteofbritain.com, now that is delicious!! If you want to try some truly decadent English-made chocolate then try and get your hands on some by Hotel Chocolat (sounds French but is English through and through – utterly, utterly divine).
This made me laugh a bit. My grandmother had a red tin from butter cookies that she kept her sewing supplies in. I don’t remember ever eating a commercial butter cookie though, because my grandmother made orange butter cookies from scratch and she never used measuring cups either.
My local grocery store used to have an end cap dedicated to imported British foods, including imported Cadbury stuff. Don’t know if the pandemic impacted their ability to import stuff. The next time I go I’ll see if they have the Cadbury Fruit & Nut bars. If they do, I’ll pick some up for you. I try not to look too closely at that section as I’m always tempted by the puddings (which are completely different from what we in the U.S. call pudding).
Ooh, a meal is not a meal without pudding!! And by pudding I mean sticky toffee pudding, spotted dick, trifle, apple crumble, Bakewell tart … the list is endless. I live for pudding! Oh, and a roast is not a roast without Yorkshire pudding. ???
Oh my yes! The first time I had sticky toffee pudding I thought I had died and gone to heaven!
My father-in-law was the one who requested I learn to make Yorkshire pudding.
Happy spring! My grandma had that tin around, and sometimes there were cookies, sometimes it was sewing stuff.
Hettie and I took a really nice long walk at the park – it’s absolutely beautiful this weekend. We’re going to go to the further away park tomorrow. I also read in bed and ran a few errands.
I agree, Karen, the British version of Cadbury anything is superior to what we get here in the states! I’ve ordered Fruit & Nut bars from the U.K. on Amazon before:
https://www.amazon.com/Cadbury-Fruit-Chocolate-England-Pack/dp/B000JZDXV4/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3TV5BXH1XBH4M&dchild=1&keywords=cadbury+fruit+and+nut+chocolate+bars&qid=1616297662&sprefix=cadbury%2Caps%2C186&sr=8-2
My grandma had an old butter cookie tin (Royal Dansk brand, I think) and she kept neither cookies nor sewing supplies in it-it held crayons for whenever the grandkids had coloring books.
Connor picked a great tree! Sorry about your fruit and nut bars; that’s totally crummy. Those Danish butter cookie tins were definitely the rage when I was a kid. I think people actually bought them more for the storage than anything else. But I do always remember my Grandmother having them for holidays and we used to scarf them down. So, win-win. 🙂