Would You Be Brave Enough to Try Higher Living's Sweet Chilli Tea?

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You'll know by now I'm the sort of person who loves trying weird & wonderful new food and drink products. If I'm doing the weekly shop and I see my usual cheddar cheese, and beside it a newly launched apple-infused, zingy, mature block, it'll be fruity cheese for all that week. New tastes and gorgeous packaging just sucker me in every time. This week I received some of the most unusual tea flavours I've ever seen, thanks to www.HigherLivingHerbs.co.uk

The Sweet Chilli Tea was certainly a shock. None of the other high quality tea brands I've worked with before had this variety, and I'm pleased to say its a treat. Incidentally, do you recall in the nineties and before sweet chilli sauce just DIDN'T EXIST? Same with pizzas and paninis. In Northern Ireland, anyway.

I know once you get it home it goes in the cupboard, but check out the sexy, swish packaging. No Tetley men in flat caps here. Higher Living Teas are easy to spot, and you can find them in your local Holland & Barratt store. If you prefer you can order from the sofa via Higher Life's online store at www.teafactory.org.uk

Here's the best bit, boxes of Higher Life are priced under £2. If you buy in Holland & Barratt at the moment you buy one product and get any other half price- so you could try two different flavours for under £3. That's loads of tea.

I'd tried Suki's Liquorice blend before and this was also delicious. I personally dislike the taste of liquorice, but in tea form the flavour changes and takes a sweeter form.

Talk to me on Twitter @rudedoodle and tell me what's the most crazy tea flavour you've ever tried?
You can find Higher Life here @HLHerbs What crazy flavour would you like them to make next?

Belfast's First Man vs Food - Bubbacue's Hot Wings Challenge

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Belfast's best BBQ joint, Bubbacue, launched its first chicken wing challenge last week.  



Bubba’s chefs served up wings laced with habanero powder, homemade naga chilli sauce plus a few other surprise chillies for good measure.  Forty brave souls stepped up to show what they were made of, with five making it all the way through the five excruciating rounds to be crowned the winners. 

Contestants were given five of the burning wings at a time, to be completed in five minutes, with a three minute break between each of the five rounds.  Chefs prepared the wings wearing gas masks, as naga chillies have been used in biological warfare, before serving the wings, which got hotter and hotter as the rounds went on.



Head Chef, Colin McSherry, said: “The skin on my face was burning as we were making the sauce, so I can’t even imagine what the guy’s mouths felt like.  A lot of people dropped out after round 3, partly because the wings were getting hotter but also because the heat of the naga chilli intensifies as time goes on.  This is why we had a 3 minute break in between rounds as well, it was pretty evil but that was the plan!”

The next Bubbacue wing challenge is due to take place in April.  For more information on how to enter email info@bubbacue.com or for updates please visitwww.facebook.com/bubbacuebelfast or follow @bubbacuebelfast on Twitter. 

Rockabilly Bargain- Green Leopard Print Cardigan from Heaton's

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I think this is what they call in the beauty world, a 'dupe' lookalike. I found this leopard print cardigan in Heaton's Stores for £12. I've wanted the Collectif version for years, but never fancied paying £30+ for a cardie. It's deceptive in my photo but the Heaton's version is exactly the colour of the Collectif one shown below. The Collectif cardigan sells second-hand, used, worn, on eBay for more than £12.

Heaton's version close up for colour.

Being £12 instead of over twice that, I ended up buying two! They also have it in a biscuit colour, a fawn brown, or cream base with pink leopard spots. I'm currently a size 12-14 and the small fitted me. Heaton's fashion would be mostly tailored for age 25 and up, so sizes are realistic to average women's shapes. Not like Urban Outfitters, where I can't even fit into a large, much to my embarrassment.

If you haven't heard of Heaton's it's probably because you are one of my readers from outside the island of Ireland, but fear not, there is www.HeatonsStores.com for you to visit online.

I checked this afternoon & this particular cardigan isn't listed just yet, but it was only being unboxed when I bought the two instore, so it is definitely new season.

I also spotted this swan print cardigan in the shop, which is online already.

In the meantime you can see me 'swanning' around in one of my bright green cardigans looking pleased with myself. Great bargain.

Benefit Fake Up- Make Up For Dummies (Like Me!)

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We all know I'm no beauty blogger. Whilst the immaculate Hayley at London Beauty Queen indulges me with the the odd guest post on her expert beauty site, it's still a fact I struggle with the mascara wand every morning.

One of my long term favourite beauty brands is Benefit, and the team invited me along to The Ivory in Belfast to their new product launch.

Their latest product, Fake Up, is a hydrating concealer to banish dark circles without caking your existing makeup.

This is a product for people like me. What I mean by that is the make-up-skill challenged, or just plain cack handed, even we can apply Fake Up without getting it wrong.

It's like a concealer in a lipstick tube, which you paint on like a crayon stick and simply blend with your fingers to brighten your complexion.

If you fancy trying Fake Up, I have the medium shade stick to give away to a World of Kitsch reader.
Email me at kitschandink@me.com and I will pick a winner using random.org Email addresses will only be used to contact you should you win, and competition closes at 9pm on Sunday 31st March.

Hauntingly Odd Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Merchandise

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Awwwh look, a Stay Puft Pillow Pet.

Cute, right?
Well this isn't- the Stay Puft Balaclava. Why???

Appleheads, here's your Giant Sailor Marshmallow iPhone cover.

Or maybe you just want to chow down on some authentic, angry looking Stay Puft mallows?

Finally, how about ruining Ghostbusters for you children by dressing up with your other half and terrifying them in these fancy dress costumes?
Everything in this post was found on eBay currently for sale.