Matti May Hardie



   Since I moved in with my boyfriend, I've been doing quite a lot less baking, given that we don't have an oven. It makes life very complicated but we've managed to adapt. Since lockdown I've seen absolutely everyone and their nan making banana bread, and yes I am basic as fuck so I followed the bandwagon.

    Also, I've been eating horribly since lockdown, ordering out more than we've been cooking, and it's starting to show on my skin, my health, and on myself generally. I've deleted UberEats and Deliveroo and all the different apps that we use with Tim to order out, and we've both decided to try and cook, healthy, wholesome meals and just try and take care of ourselves. Personally I've also been trying to control portions because I've been finding myself eating ridiculous amounts of food, and needing to eat more and more to be satisfied, so I'm trying to control my portions to try and calm this whole situation down because literally this is not something I want to get used to!

    Anyway, all that to say that this banana bread is healthy, gluten free, really quick and easy to make and it's super easily convertible. In the photos I've gone for the single-serve version, but originally I'd converted the recipe to be a bit bigger and I did prefer it being bigger because I could cut it into little squares and have little bites. I think what I'll do next time is I'll cut it up and put them into a Tupperware so I can keep them in the fridge, snacks forever!

    Now the recipe (by TheCuriousFrugal that you can find here) calls for almond or coconut flour, but I could only find rice flour so I made do as best as I could. Personally I don't feel like it made much different, if only it was a bit more gooey and a tad more dense. It didn't really personally bother me but I'm just putting that out there. I personally eat gluten, I'm trying to start avoiding gluten when I cook simply because my boyfriend is intolerant so if I can avoid him having any bad reactions it's all good for me, that being said, I think you can probably switch to normal flour if you don't want to use gluten free flour.

    Since I'm trying to eat healthier and less fat and sugar, but still indulge, I've been leaning towards dark chocolate because it's a lot better for you (also, experts claim that dark chocolate is one of your ten brain foods), so I've opted for dark chocolate chips. Now, you can use whatever you want in this thing, one thing I've been tempted to try mixing in peanut butter.

    Now I've talked at you forever, on to the recipe!

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Ingredients (single serve)

1/2 bananas
3 tbsp of gluten free flour
1 egg
Chocolate chips (optionnal)

(Extra serving)

4/5 bananas
4 tbsp of gluten free flour
2 eggs
Chocolate chips (optionnal)

Put the bananas in a mixing bowl and crush with a fork
Add the egg(s) and mix to make a batter
Add the flour and mix everything together
Add the chocolate chips liberally
Cook in the microwave for about 3 minutes, depending on how you like the texture.
Flip out onto a plate and leave to cool.

It's stupidly easy, but it tastes so good. I had been baking the day that I made it and I had made some liquified chocolate with melted marshmallows mixed in and I spread it on top very liberally and OKAY HELLO YES PLEASE AND THANK YOU. So I'm just going to do a public serve this and leave that here. I know it defeats the purpose of the "healthy" part of the banana bread but come on, marshmallows and dark chocolate and the gooey-ness is worth it.

I hope you enjoyed this, I'm really liking sharing my recipes here and you guys seem to enjoy it so I shan't be stopping!

Hope you're all doing well,
M x


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Hey!

So I'm finding myself just spending money to occupy myself during isolation, and yes that is probably the worst way to occupy myself but what can I say? Expect many many hauls and reviews coming because I'm literally so bored.


I've been seeing this hair mask all over Instagram and I must admit I've always wanted to try it, it's just a bit out of my price range, but I've wanted it for months and just bit the bullet and just went 'fuck it'.

So let's just get down to things, shall we?

Right, it costs a bit of money, I'm not going to lie to you, I don't know if it can be classed as an "investment" (first world problems, Jesus Christ), but it kind of is. I bought just the basic "Like A Virgin" hair mask that comes with a tangle teaser that's actually pretty cute, that apparently prevents breakage and hair damage more than usual hair brushes. They cost 39,90€ and I also used the promo code "BUNNY" and got a hair wrap and a travel sized hair mask, but I think that promo code has expired? But go check out the site because they're releasing promo codes left right and center at the moment. With shipping (that varies depending on the country you're shipping to), I spent 45,80€, just to give you an idea of prices. To be honest with the promo code, I'm inclined to say "fair enough". Still a bit expensive, I agree, but I've wanted this hair mask for ages so I figured it's fair enough.

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     PACKAGING
It arrived in this super cute packaging, I have to say, they have a really a knack for cute packaging. The pink and the green really work together, and it's so nice to look at? Everything was intact and traveled really well.

Staying on the packaging, I was happily surprised while touching it. It's way more robust and good quality than I thought it would be? I must admit I was really nervous about it arriving and actually just being some cheap-to-make product that's actually just a massive cop-out, so it was very much a nice surprise and maybe even a relief, seeing it was such good quality? 
The hair wrap is a little confusing when you first receive it but they explain it really easily. I also liked how it came with a little bag that you can keep the hair wrap in that makes it super transportable.





     HAIR MASK
Of course, I immediately opened the hair mask because to be honest, put anything coconut scented in front of me and I'm yours. It actually smells nicer than I thought it would. It's not overpowering or overly sweet, but a really subtle scent that is really enjoyable. 
I used it (because who wouldn't?) as soon as I bought it, and it was actually surprised. I expected it to supercharge my hair and make it really heavy, but it didn't! There's a little panflet that comes in the box and it suggests you use it either as a deep conditionner (10 minutes after both shampoos) or a full on hair mask (apply and leave overnight), but personally I left it for about an hour while I pottered around, and even before I rinsed it off you could tell it wasn't really heavily dosed in product, and even once it had been rinsed off it still seemed very light and not greasy or heavy which is a massive bonus for me because my hair has a tendency to get greasy super quick, especially because I touch it a lot, so if I use a conditioner or a mask that's too heavy and rich then I might as well wash my hair again.



     HAIR WRAP
I've never used a hair wrap before, so I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but I'm not obsessed and use it all the time, even when I'm not using the mask. It's made out of microfibre which makes it really absorbant and they claim that it reduces drying time of the hair, and I have to admit that my hair does seem to dry quicker.
It's really comfortable, and feels secure on my head, which is a bonus because I hate with a passion when you put something on your head and you spend the entire time convinced it's going to fall off.


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I've only used it once so I can't really give a full opinion, but as a first impression I'm actually happier   than I expected to be? I might report back, and I'm still waiting to see on more of a long term what it looks like and if it lives up to what they claim and also on longer hair as for the time being my hair is a little bit too short to really seen the difference like it would if it were long. That makes no sense but I'm okay with it.

I would definitely recommend to people who have damaged/dry hair. I don't actually know if you need this mask if you have "normal" hair, it's probably the kind of product you can use to treat yourself and your hair once a week, though I wouldn't say it' a "need"; However, all that being said, if you have oily hair, you do not need this kind of hair mask. It is going to weigh down hardcore your hair and not going to nourish it in the way you need.

I hope this gave you a bit of insight of the product if you're like me and you've been like me and have been hesitating for months.

Let me know your thoughts, hopefully I'm going to try and do a bit more of this, I'd really missed blogging actually?

Take care of yourselves and stay indoors,
M x


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