What's your Guilty Pleasure ???

Now we ALL have one ... You know that one song that we will belt out hard (behind closed doors obviously, cause we wouldn't want anyone to know we actually like the song).  Kind of ashamed to admit it out loud that this song is a tuuuuuuuunnnnnneee!

I listen to mainly RnB, Ragga and Soca so I rarely listen to anything outside of those genres (unless I'm having a throwback moment and want to relive my youth so the Garage and Funky House comes out)

But there is this really cheesy pop track that I do kinda love!!  (can't believe I'm admitting to this).. But it's this song called 'Call Me Maybe' by Carly Rae Jepsen ...............(don't laugh.........lol)

When I randomly hear it (no I don't have it downloaded on my iPhone) on the TV that's me.... I'm off!!! I know most of the words as well .... Sadly....

So there you have it. That's my guilty pleasure song.... I do also love Cheryl Cole's or Cheryl Fernandez Versini... Or no sorry she's just known as Cheryl now as of last week... But yeah her, that  'Say My Name' song gets turned up to about 18 on the volume when I hear it......

Right....now my boyfriends turn......ha!

He's big in to his Rap/Hip Hop and Grime... But he's got a guilty pleasure song too..... Yep even guys have them.

He loves 'Rockstar' by Nickelback which is one hard ass rock and roll type song, a million miles away from the likes of Lil-Wayne and Skepta...... And yep he loves it too.....

Let me leave you now to mull over your guilty pleasure song..... I know you have one!
Don't lie!!!!

Also if you are unfamiliar with mine and my hubby's guilty pleasure songs, I have added them below so you can love them just as much as we do! Enjoy!








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Turkish Hammmaaammm!!

Now where shall I start....

I have to compose myself before I write this because as I'm typing I'm remembering how amazing having a Turkish Hammam (aka a Turkish bath) feels... Ooooohh..... Oh my days...

Ok cool right..... Let me explain.

So a good few years now I've been having these. My friend (who happens to be Turkish) introduced this to me and ever since then I've been hooked.

When she first took me I didn't really know what to expect... Like having someone wash you... I was like oh ok cool...
But oh no! It's so much more then that......

Now there are a quite a few around London but the one we always go to is in Marylebone and its called Crystal Palace Spa.

We always go together so if you do go with someone make sure it's someone your comfortable being naked with as you will be exposing practically everythaaaang....My friends seen it all so no problems on that front lol!!!
You can go alone though, you don't have to go with someone..
Anyway back to it....

So it starts off with you getting in to your bikini and sitting in the steam room for about 15/20 mins.  I'm guessing this helps to soften the skin and open your pores up in preparation for the scrub.

Then off to the marble wet room.

So you take your Bikini top off and lie on this heated marble table.  They play soft Turkish music throughout  which is very relaxing.

Then the ladies begin....

They start off giving you an all over body exfoliation. Now they ain't using those  exfoliating gloves you get in Superdrug, I mean they use these rough mitten type things that are much rougher then what you'd use at home. That's because they need to scrub that skin smooth to the point you do see clumps swishing by on the table.
Don't worry  though it's not painful or anything, it's just a more intense clean.  But if you do have sensitive skin then I probably wouldnt recommend it just in case.

Ok so once they've scrubbed you all over front and back... They move on to the soapy massage (this is my favourite bit).

Once your rinsed off from the scrub they massage your body all over (even over them titties) with this amazing soap.  Your skin feels sooo frickin smooth!!!

Once that's done and they've rinsed that off... You then choose whether you'd like a rose, chocolate or honey mask, which they let sink in your skin for 15 mins while they leave the room.
I usually opt for rose one...

So your just there laid out... Practically naked covered in this mask letting all the goodness seep in to your skin.
Relaxed....refreshed... And the cleanest you've ever felt in your life.  Having a normal bath after this experience just isn't the same.... Trust me!

The ladies come back in and then your off to the showers to rinse the mask off.....
Then once your dressed it's all topped off with a peppermint tea..... Aaaaaaaaaarrr

Now I try go for one of these at least once every 3 months.  I would love to go more then that but the weekends tend to fill quite quickly and that's the only time I can really go.

It's not too expensive either.  I only really go via a Wowcher or Living Social voucher deal as booking direct through the site can be more expensive.  Offers are  forever on those sites so it's not like your waiting forever for a deal to come round.  Usually it's 2 people for £80 or 1 person for £45... The whole experience is around 90 mins or so....

So, that's it.... 
Since I've been going and gassing it up to my mum, she's hooked! She goes more times then I do!

Right... I need to book my next one....

www.crystalpalacespa.com

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How to love Squats

So...yes the dreaded Squat!



So fortunately for me I am blessed with the right amount of junk in the trunk (Thank You God!!!).....but theres no harm in keeping it tight!!! LOL

So one of the squat routines I do at Zumba class kinda makes the dreaded squats a little bit more fun to do, purely because of the song we're doing it to.

Don't get it twisted it hurts like hell and no amount of music can take that away from you, but when the songs over you can give yourself a pat on the back purely because of the amount squats you have done in 3 minutes and 59 seconds (Jheeze!!)

So the song is called Squat (dont lie???) by Mr Vegas, and basically what you do is squat every time he says "squat" during the track.....LOL....
Don't worry though you do get a bit of a break when he's singing the verse...(Phew!!)

I haven't counted how many times he says it throughout the song, but its aloooottttttt!!!

Apologies in advance when you wake up sore tomorrow.......

Go on make yourself proud!!!

#GetSquatting!!!!

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Mr Levi Roots...

So after making a huge success within the sauce industry (the reggae reggae sauce obviously)
Levi Roots or his birth name of Keith Valentine Graham, opened a Caribbean restaurant back in November 2015 at the Westfields Stratford (East.....whoop whoop!) in London.

Not sure why it took me a while to reach there considering its only down the road from me, but me and my brother from another mother went one night after work for a bite eat.

Firstly, you cannot book a table of less then 6 I think.  So when me and Zac got there it was rammed (we went on a Friday)  so what they did is told us to go off and they will text me when our tables available.  That wasnt too bad for us cause we wasnt in a rush or anything so we went off and had cocktails at Las Iguanas which were lush...

So for starters I had the bajan fish cakes which were....OMG.....loved em!
Zac had the Jerk Wings....which I can also say were great as we nicked one off each others plate.

Now on to Mains....

Now I always say to myself when I got to Caribbean restaurants that I should try something different. As being half Jamaican I've had enough Jerk Chicken to last me a lifetime.
So what did I order??? The bloody Jerk Chicken!!!LOL...It was good though....so I cant complain

Zac had Jerk ribs which he said were good to...

Heres us with Mr Levi himself...along with our dishes......yum....

Looking forward to going back especially for those Bajan Fish cakes!!

CARIBBEAN SMOKEHOUSE

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