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Chocolate banana bread
Freshly baked banana bread is delicious on its own, but add chocolate and we’re sold!
What you’ll need:
- 250g plain flour
- 25g cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- Pinch salt
- 200g golden caster sugar
- 2 very ripe bananas, peeled, mashed
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 125g butter, melted
What you’ll need to do:
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease and line a loaf tin.
- Sift the plain flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt and sugar into a large bowl and mix well.
- Mash the bananas in a separate bowl, stir in the eggs and melted butter.
- Fold the banana mixture into the flour mixture until just combined. Fold in the chocolate and spoon the mixture into the loaf tin.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until the cake is risen and a knife stuck into the centre comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes and serve.
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Made in Chelsea star shows off the effects of recent exercise regime
Former Made in Chelsea star, Caggie Dunlop, is very pleased with the results of her recent intensive exercise regime.
Caggie must be taking some exercise tips from her best friend, Millie Mackintosh, who is an advocate of a healthy lifestyle.
Caggie took part in an intensive bootcamp and was delighted that she lost seven pounds: “I’m not exactly big so can’t believe I’ve lost seven pounds.”
After some fairly intense, muddy and sweaty workouts during the bootcamp, Caggie says that her bum is “the tightest it’s ever been.”
The former reality TV star surely didn’t have much, if anything, to lose but it’s always nice to workout and get toned up!
Hmm, we need to get ourselves into some of these workouts that all the celebs are into!
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The buzzwords to use and avoid to find love online
There is nothing worse than writer’s block when filling out your online dating profile! While you could natter away about yourself for hours on a night out, you find yourself lost for words when sweating over that ‘write here’ white box.
According to a study carried out by a leading online dating site, which analysed the word trends among those who had found love, these are the words you should use:
1. Love
2. Time
3. Life
4. Friend
5. Music
Also, among women, those who found relationships online also used the word ‘relationship’ 16% percent more often than those who were still single.
According to the survey, those who are still looking for love are more likely to use words that describe shorter-term activities. For women in particularly, those words are ‘travel’, ‘dinner’, and ‘shop’.
Other words and phrases to avoid are ‘soul mate’ ‘connection’ and ‘financially secure’.
It seems guys scare pretty easily!
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S! TV BREAKING: From actor to drug addict
Zac Efron has opened up about his alcohol and drug addiction.
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5 actors who dramatically changed their appearance for a role
These actors showed true dedication to their art when they dramatically altered their appearance for movie roles.
1. Christian Bale
Christian is a repeat offender of altering his body shape for movie roles. In 2004 Christian lost 62 pounds to play the lead role in The Machinist and just last year he put on a significant amount of weight to play Irving Rosenfeld in American Hustle.
2. Mila Kunis
Mila lost 20 pounds for her acclaimed role in the haunting Black Swan where she played a professional ballerina.
3. Jared Leto
Similarly to Christian Bale, Jared Leto has dramatically transformed himself more than once. He piled on 67 pounds to play Mark David Chapman in Chapter 27. More recently, he went down to a shocking 114 pounds for his Oscar winning role as Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club.
4. Charlize Theron
Charlize was almost completely unrecognisable as Aileen Wuornos in Monster. She wore prosthetic teeth and gained 30 pounds for the role.
5. Renée Zellweger
Renée is best known as the beloved Bridget Jones. At the time of casting, Renée was a controversial choice as she was skinnier that Bridget is described in the original books and she is American. However, she quickly proved the critics wrong as she gained 20 pounds and developed an impressive accent.
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What do your doodles tell people about you?
Many a budding talent was first discovered in the cluttered margins of notebook pages, dating all the way back to Da Vinci. While absent-minded scribbling may not be a fine art in itself, it’s a habit common to most people – even those without artistic leanings. But what are your doodles saying about you?
Geometric Cubes
Patterns of bars, squares, cubes and other geometric shapes are the sign of “an organized brain” according to Anna Koren, a professional handwriting expert. They also show clear thought processes, good planning skills and efficiency.
Dark Doodles
If the shape is drawn dark and with a firm hand, Koren says these kinds of weird abstract shapes can indicate tension, difficulty concentrating or an inconsistent, sentimental personality.
People
Draw people? You’re probably a people person. If they look nice, Koren says that you’re someone who sees the positive in people and situations, is optimistic, friendly and enjoys being around others. Sad faces indicate… well, you get the picture.
Funny Faces
These types of faces indicate a lack of trust, rebelliousness or defensive feelings. It’s possible they see everybody as a potential threat to them and have a hard time letting their walls down.
Arrows
This person is moving on up! Arrows show ambition, drive and movement towards a goal. This person can only see ahead, makes plans and is confident of their imminent success.
Hearts
A hopeless romantic at heart, often this person thinks about love and finding it or about their significant other. Even when they’re not conscience of what their hand is doing, a heart is the first thing they naturally draw. This person is kind and giving, making space for people in their life even when they don’t necessarily have it to give.
Repeated Shapes
Just like the Energizer Bunny, these people keep going and going and going. Drawing the same shape over and over indicates patience, persistence and the ability to concentrate.
Name Drawing
Drawing someone else’s name is an indication of attachment to that person (hence the primary school crushes). Drawing your own name suggests that you are confident, sure of yourself and also put a very high value on your individuality. If your name is always written the same, you are a person who’s not comfortable with change and can be fearless as well as dauntless. If the way you write your name is constantly changing then you are open to reinventing yourself and socially can be very easy to be around. Others feel comfortable including you to any situation.
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S! TV SHOWBIZ: X-Factor bosses want Louis out
SHEmazing! TV offers you your daily 90 Second Update rounding up the showbiz news!
Today’s highlights include what X-Factor bosses really think of Louis, more on the upcoming Simpson’s death & find out which iconic singer might be hitting the big screen.
Watch the video for the full report.
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This actress says she’s ‘not some rail-thin runway model’
Sophia Bush is perfectly happy with her “curvy” figure – and she wants us to know!
The actress appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show when she spoke about her curves: “I’m a woman and it’s a struggle for all of us … And I’m curvy. I’m not some rail-thin, 6 foot-tall runway model who was just born that way. I was born like this. And that’s A-OK.”
Sophia continued to say that it took her some time to reach a point where she was happy with her body: “It took me until this point in my life at 31 to say, ‘Hey, yeah, I’m going to embrace my body and own it for me, not anyone else.”
What an empowering message to give women who struggle with self-esteem and body issues – we like your style Sophia!
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Be a follower of Ireland’s hottest fashion talent
Are you a fashion fan who’s dying to be clued up on the latest trends and news?
Here’s a list of some of the hottest Irish bloggers, celebrities, designers, models and all-round super cool people to follow on Twitter right now.
Danielle Romeril
Last February, this super talented Dublin-based fashion designer showcased her fabulous collection at London Fashion Week. She’s funny, talented and oh so worth following!
Angela Scanlon
This stylist and broadcaster oozes styles and Vogue even named her ‘one to watch’ last year. Her tweets are funny, upbeat and pretty addictive.
Conor Clinch
This teen fashion photographer has already worked with the likes of high street fashion giant Topman and has even featured on the pages of Vogue.com! He’s been dubbed ‘the one to watch in fashion documentation’. So young, so talented!
Peter O’Brien
Peter O’Brien is a gifted Irish designer with a whole lot of priceless advice on collectable items and investment pieces.
Laura Whitmore
The TV presenter rarely puts a fashion foot wrong! The Wicklow native is fast becoming a young fashion icon, endlessly snapped on the red carpet wearing outfits we want to rush out and buy.
Leanne Woodfull
This fashion designer and beauty blogger is full of hilarious and super helpful style tweets. She also runs the blog Thunder and Threads which gives lots of amazing tips on fashion and beauty.
Emma Manley
Designer Manley interned with Alexander McQueen before she launched her own line in 2010. She now features in Brown Thomas and her tweets are full of exclusive snaps of her collections as well as fabulous fashion updates, advice and news.
Lorna Weightman
This fashion expert blogs from Style Isle and is a fountain of insider Irish fashion news! She’s collected countless fashion blog awards and her Twitter fan base continues to grow!
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This star has just unveiled her dramatic new hairstyle
Kelly Osbourne has been sporting her signatory violet locks for quite a while now and that doesn’t look set to change anytime soon.
Last week, Kelly showed off her shaved sides but today, she unveiled that she had taken it a step further.
Kelly uploaded a photo of her new shaved sides to her Instagram account, writing: “I thought why not take it a little further, you only love once!”
Hmm, is that a mohawk we see, Kelly?
We’re not so sure what we think – do you like it?
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The 9 worst things that can go wrong on social media
These days trolling through social media sites has become a high risk and dangerous activity. One wrong move and you’re left feeling embarrassed, awkward or downright uncomfortable.
1. The Accidental ‘Like’
Perhaps the most common of all social media slips, making this error is not usually disastrous but can lead to some awkward moments. Little compares to the horror of liking a profile picture from 2010 of the sexy guy who smiled at you in the library that one time.
2. The Accidental Friend Request
Again, not the worst that can happen but a slip that is preferable to avoid. It is always followed by the do or die decision to cancel the request or not. Just own it; you know they’re going to get the notification anyway. Then you wait and hope they don’t play the Bebo card and post the shameful, “Hey, do I know you?”.
3. Posting Your Search Term As A status On Facebook
Perhaps the most feared of all social media errors- the object of your creeping is named and shamed for all your friends to see. The best you can wish for is that you hopefully know the person so it doesn’t have that air of stalking about it or that you have noticed in time before any attention can be drawn to it.
4. The ‘Frape’
An oldie but a goodie. The frape appears in a number of forms, ranging from a harmless unflattering picture to an explicit or offensive personal mail or even a complete hijack.
5. Drunk Messaging
The dread of looking through your WhatsApp and Facebook messages when you wake up after a night out. In some cases it might be best to delete ‘high risk’ contacts before you hit the sauce. No one wants you waking them up at 4am just because you’re looking for someone to join you for a kebab.
6. Snapchat Fear
A newcomer to the world of social media slips, the safehouse for outrageously unflattering selfies when sent to the right person. But then there’s that question we’ve all asked: what on earth was I sending to people last night?
7. Accidentally Tagging The Wrong Person
This one may not be the end of the world, but really you’d rather not have tagged that random girl you met in Irish college in a group photo of you and your mates.
8. Autocorrect
Damn you, Autocorrect. In fairness, it can give way to some pretty funny slips but more often than not, the message becomes either incomprehensible or completely inappropriate. Even the most careful typer cannot avoid this pesky trap. However it’s a handy go-to excuse for retracting a risky comment you made or covering up your drunk typo.
9. The Agony Aunt
There’s always that one eager relative floating around your news feed, liking everything you post and leaving flattering comments on all of your pictures. “Yes, I need my mam to tell me I’m pretty because no one else will…”
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