How to Make a Summer Mojito

Now that it's June and the weather in UK is finally starting to lighten up (stop with the mood swings UK!) it's time to bring out the summer antics - BBQs, house parties and picnics at the park! Recently, I've been really craving a nice minty Mojito to keep me chilled out in this heat, and so my boyfriend and I have come up with this simple recipe on how to make your own Mojito this summer! It only takes about 2 mins - Read on to find out more:

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Ingredients:

Mint leaves

Limes

Lime/lemon juice

Sugar/syrup

Lemonade/Sprite

Vodka/white rum(if you want to add alcohol)

Equipment:

glasses/mugs

spoon

chopping board

knife

Method:

1. put a small bunch of mint leaves into a glass and crush it with a spoon

2. add a teaspoon of sugar/syrup (you can add more later on if it's not sweet enough)

3. cut 2 or 3 slices of lime and add this into the glass and squeeze out the juice with a spoon

4. add a tablespoon of lime/lemon juice

5. Fill the glass up with Lemonade/Sprite and mix well

6. (You can add alcohol to the drink if you wish)

You can change the amount of sugar or slices of lime in this drink depending on your own taste. I find that adding more mint leaves helps to bring out the flavour better!

Here's how ours turned out:

Pretty cute right? We decided to use our couple mason jars haha!

And that's how you make a Mojito! Hope you all enjoyed this post, please subscribe to my blog, Facebook or Instagram to see more food and lifestyle posts like this :)

Carissa xxx

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How I Edit My Instagram Pictures

There are many good apps out there that allow you to edit your pictures to make them look Instagram-worthy, but for me, I try to make my pictures look more clean and natural without looking over-edited, but still be able to stand out. If you're curious to know how I edit my Instagram pictures, read on to find out:

The app I primarily use (and can't live without) is Vsco.

I use this editing app for every picture of mine - the filters make it look so much more clean and professional, and the editing tools, like adjusting the brightness and contrast, are very easy to use, even for beginners.

Filters are at the bottom - you can download a range of filters from their library. My favourite filter has to be HB1. Using the same filter consistently in all your photos will make your Instagram page look much neater and more pleasing to the eye, so I try to use the same filter all the time, but it depends on the photo and colours present; some filters are better suited for other types of photos, so just play around with the filters and experiment!

I always have to adjust the brightness/exposure, as a lot of the time the picture is darker than I'd like it to be. Other tools I fiddle with are sharpness, temperature, shadow and tint - these are really useful tools that can make a huge difference to your picture.

The crop tool always comes in handy, as I prefer my pictures to be in the square form (1:1) to fit the Instagram page, but sometimes I use 4:5. I also use the grid to align my photo in the way that looks most aesthetically pleasing - in this photo, I have aligned it in the middle, but for some photos such as selfies, I try to align the eyes somewhere along the second line of the grid on the points where the two lines intersect, as this is where most people will be drawn to, so it makes sense to put the eyes/face there, and not right in the middle of the grid.

So that's how I edit my Instagram pictures in a nutshell! Sometimes I use the Instagram editing tools on top of using Vsco if the picture needs some last minute tweaks :) I hope you found this useful, please leave a comment below if you liked this post or feel free to ask me any questions to do with editing!

You can also find me here on Instagram.

Thanks for reading my blog!

Carissa xxx

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Santorini Summer OOTD

Hope everyone is having a great summer so far! If you've been keeping up with my blog, Facebook or Instagram, then you'll know I recently went on holiday to Santorini - that place is like a dream! (heart eyes). You can find out how my holiday went here. I haven't done many fashion posts on my blog, but I've been asked many times about this outfit, so here goes:

The pink and blue floral pattern on this dress goes really well with the scenery in Santorini with its blue and white buildings, and it can be worn for any summery occasion! If I were to describe my style, I would say I tend to lean towards more simple and clean looking dresses, and this dress caught my eye straight away as it is not over-patterned, it's WHITE (I love white), has a touch of femininity to it, and I love the short-front-long-back kinda dresses these days!

DRESS: Quiz

HAT: Primark

SUNGLASSES: River Island

SANDALS: New Look

BAG: A shop in HK

Hope you enjoyed my OOTD post, if you liked this post feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think! I may even do more posts like this in the future :)

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