Foodie Find: Fruyo

It’s pretty clear from the amount of times I’ve featured Total Greek Yoghurt on the blog in the past that I’m a big fan,
so when I heard rumours of a new product launch I was pretty excited to see what they had come up with now. I didn’t have long to wait, a few days later I had an e-mail from the lovely folks at Total asking if I’d like to sample some myself…the answer was of course, yes.
A bit about the product:
FAGE has launched a new exceptionally thick, protein-packed, FAT-FREE Greek yoghurt with REAL fruit pieces!
It’s time to say goodbye to sloppy, gloopy, artificial yoghurts and say hello to FRUYO!
We have launched a new gourmet natural yoghurt brand which will hit supermarket shelves from mid-March. FRUYO yoghurt comprises exceptionally thick, creamy fat-free Greek yoghurt, combined with refreshing real-fruit pieces.
Perfect for breakfast, as a snack or dessert, this conveniently sized on-the-go authentic Greek yoghurt, is available in four mouth-watering flavours – peach, vanilla, pineapple and cherry, with additional flavours planned for later in the year. 
Like TOTAL, FRUYO boasts a high protein content, containing over 13g of protein per 170g yoghurt – certainly a benefit which will appeal to foodies, slimmers and fitness enthusiasts alike.
It’s now time to challenge what you already know about fruit yoghurts. With its thick, creamy texture, FRUYO is unlike any other fruit yoghurt.  It contains no preservatives, colourings or artificial sweeteners and is likely to be a substantial upgrade from your usual fruit yoghurt!
FRUYO will be available in Waitrose stores from Monday 11th March and via Ocado later in the month, with further supermarkets lined up for later in the year. A 25% reduced price will be offered in Waitrose for four weeks, until April 2nd 2013, when it will then be priced at £1.10 per 170g pot.
Forgive the lack of photos. It’s also pretty clear by now that I am no food (or indeed just general) photographer and I never manage to make things look pretty and appetising on screen. These yoghurts are pretty amazing though,
the smooth and creamy yoghurt we’re used to (which I could eat straight up plain without complaint) combined with some of my favourite fruit flavours- Cherry, Peach, Pineapple as well as a Vanilla flavour that I didn’t recieve but will be hunting down shortly.
Pineapple was my all round favourite. I loved the tartness of the fruit against the smoothness of the yoghurt. I mainly ate these as a post-dinner dessert but come summer I think I’ll be mixing them with granola to make a change from my usual porridge and toast breakfast.
Have you tried these yet? What’s your favourite fruit to eat with yoghurt?
xxx    

pin to win with Lovarni

Happy Saturday guys! Avoiding the miserable weather this weekend? How about entering this fabulous pinterest competition with fashion shop Lovarni?
(taken from their blog)
You could win a stylish item from the Lovarni collection if you enter our latest give-away. All you have to do is ‘Pin’ an image from our online store for one of our chosen celebs.

Just simply pick a celebrity from the above image and have a browse on the Lovarni store and choose an item that you feel they would look great in. Whether it’s a dress for the ever glamorous Kim Kardashian, a pair of jeans for the unique Fearne Cotton, or perhaps a sparkly number for Miss Amy Childs? We want to know what you would choose if you were to dress one of these famous faces.

To pin an image from our online store and enter our competition –
Then add the following description to your pin – ‘Celebs styled in Lovarni’ and the celebrity’s name who you have chosen the item for.
 
 
That’s all you need to do to be in with a chance of winning an item from the Lovarni online store. Make sure to get your entries in by 31st March and we will pick the one which we think is the best. Good Luck!

Good luck! I hope one of my readers wins (you know, unless I do!)

Which celebrity would you most like to style?

xxx
 

bright spark

Dress c/o Fashion Culprit
Tights: Matalan 
Neon Vans c/o Sarenza
These neon vans aren’t as orange as my poor photography makes them seem, you can see the colour more accurately here. I guess these shoes show how much my style has changed, a year or so ago I wouldn’t have opted for something so casual, or so bright, thinking that styling them would be limited to jeans and jeans only but actually they are really quite versatile (not to mention comfortable) and go with more of my wardrobe than I first thought. 
It’s quite clear now I’m well and truly loving the neon trend, I’m not brave enough to translate it to much of my clothing- I fear it’d wash me out even more, but shoes…well, bring it on. I’m game for all things bright and beautiful. This is my first ever pair of Vans and I’m a convert. Every bit as comfortable as my beloved yet scruffy Converse I wish I could wear them 24/7.
Time to embrace the Friday madness at work. I’m not sure where this week has gone, at all. I’m really looking forward to the end of the working day and the start of the weekend, I have some pretty awesome plans and a lot of sleep to catch up on!
What have you got planned?
xxx

back to school

Pinafore: ebay
Shirt c/o Glamour Magazine for Very
Boots: New Look
It can’t have failed to pass people by that pinafores are having a moment right now. I’ve been coveting once since they first started cropping up, well, everywhere but begrudged paying £20+ for something I’m probably not going to wear all that much. 
A bit of random ebay browsing one weekend led to finding this little number costing under £12 including postage. I wasn’t expecting anything great to be honest, you don’t when you pay that kind of price but to my amazement this is actually really rather good quality so I’ll probably wear it more than anticipated.
I paired it with this shirt, the only white shirt I own and a recent acquisition thanks to the Glamour Magazine and Very collaboration that I featured last week. I knew there was a reason I didn’t own a white shirt though, I had been wearing it all of five minutes when I noticed a splash of black coffee and a smudge of makeup on it. I need to be more careful, I need more classics like this in my wardrobe.
Final stretch to the weekend,
it’s been a funny week once again, when aren’t they these days? Life is madness,
beautiful madness.
Snapped up any trends on the cheap lately? Share some of your favourite ebay sellers below.
xxx
P.S. Fancy a free dress? Enter my giveaway with Chi Chi

treasure hunt

Auctions have always fascinated me, the closest I’ve got so far however is ebay which I don’t think really counts!
Enter brand new website and concept Barnebys.co.uk where users can search over 10,000 ongoing auctions from some of the best auction houses in the UK.
Looking for the perfect piece of vintage furniture or something quirky for a unique gift? Just type in what it is your looking for and Barnebys will do the hard work for you.
Barnebys was first launched in Sweden in 2011 and finding great success there went on to launch across all the Scandinavian countries before launching just now in the UK. 
Properly intrigued by this I had a browse for some vintage costume jewellery and the results were impressive! You can make your search more specific, narrowing it down to certain regions and auction houses and it’s good fun to look through what comes up. I’m yet to make a purchase but to me Barnebys.co.uk is a valuable addition to my online browsing repertoire and an excellent away to while away some hours. I’ll keep you updated if I do make any purchases…this really is the ultimate treasure hunt!
Have you bought from auctions before, be it real life or online ones? I want to hear stories and what you found.
xxx