I don't know about you, but pizza gives me life. The minute the email pinged in my inbox from Bournemouth Bloggers with the opportunity to go to Pizza School at The Stable, I COULD NOT WAIT! Of course, I emailed straight back and bam, Pizza School was on! I'd actually never been to The Stable previously, so I was excited to find out more...

One Tuesday night, myself and a group of other bloggers from the Bournemouth Blogger community headed over to The Stable to learn all about how they make their pizzas!

We were greeted by the executive chef of The Stable, Patrick, and the southern region head chef, Charlie. FYI, he had a lush Irish accent which made listening even better!

We ran through a general itinerary of how the evening would go, and cracked on! We started learning about how The Stable create their infamous tomato sauce. A lot of love and care went into this process, and although I was shocked at the amount of salt and sugar which went in, we were quickly told it made in excess of 300 pizzas which made the proportions seem a lot better. I picked up a lot of tips and tricks which I can also apply to my own cooking. Next time I cook a spaghetti bolognese, my friends and family aren't going to know what's hit them!



After the tomato sauce run through, we enjoyed some drinks (a nice cool pinot grigio for me!) and some snacks. They had a selection of their sharers out, the Capreolus Charcuterie and Cheese Board and also their Vegan Sharing Board.

Some quick networking, munching and wine drinking later, we were back down to business and Charlie showed us how they create their bases for pizzas daily. It was interesting to see again, the love and care which goes into creating these bases. The yeast process which the bases require was also shown to us, and we got a chance to experience raw 'Jerry' (which is what the Stable have called their yeast as they have to keep it alive!) which was errr, an experience in itself.
Another little break later, and a quick excuse for a top up, we began making our own pizzas! There is definitely an art to topping the pizza nicely. An art, which I did not have down to a tee. Nonetheless, my pizza tasted INSANE and I'd definitely go back for a Stable produced pizza. I had cheese, onion and basil. Bit of a weird combo, but I enjoyed it!

They took a few minutes to cook, and with that, we were tucking in! I loved the evening, and it was great to see that the people who work for The Stable were so passionate about what they do. It was super interesting to find out more about how the pizzas were made, and I feel like there aren't any hidden nasties in The Stable pizzas which is amazing! I'll definitely be going again.

My LA weave to be precise. Recently, I took the plunge, went for a consultation to get hair extensions and then had them put in. I've dabbled in the past with clip ins- but I've always longed (pardon the pun!) for longer, fuller and thicker hair.

I did my research and off I went to see Molly at The Hair Extension Cave in Salisbury. She had a look at my hair and explained due to my hair type, I'm pretty much able to have any kind of hair extensions. She recommended the LA weave which essentially is nano-rings which crossover, and then the weave is sewn to these nano-rings (I'm fairly sure that's a terrible explanation so please comment if you want further clarification!). Molly matched me up with a colour and we decided on a length of  22"-24". Hair to the max.

I'm going to share my experience and thoughts, both pre-weave installation and post-weave installation. I've now had my weave in for just shy of a month so I'll also comment on my maintenance thoughts.

Before (also pre-dye)


Thoughts: Major roots, rat tail consistency and really thin at the ends. However, I did like the length colour so I kept that. As mentioned before, I wanted longer and thicker hair.

After (post dye and LA weave)


Thoughts: Objectives achieved. Paige at Legally Blonde did wonders with my roots. She blended the colour fabulously (like she always does!) (left picture) and the extensions matched beautifully and I have longer and thicker hair (right picture). IN LOVE. It took 2 hours to colour my hair, and 2 hours to pop the extensions in.

For the first few days, I experienced some slight discomfort as I got used to the tightness of the bonds and the weight of the extra hair. Now though, I would feel naked without the extra hair! I can do a proper hair flick *insert hair flick emoji here*.

Maintenance Thoughts: In terms of day to day maintenance, no one can prepare you for the weight of your hair with extensions when wet. I washed my hair in the shower and was like WOW. It also is no longer possible for me to wash and go either, it takes me a good hour to dry my hair which works out well as I can only wash my hair twice a week. I also have to sleep with my hair in a plait- which means I wake up very Elsa-esque and have cute curls through the day if I don't bother to straighten. However, it is worth it because I finally have the hair I want.

In terms of maintenance for the bonds, every 3ish months I need to go in and get the bonds moved up and the weave re-sewn in. Which actually isn't too much effort!

Overall, I'm so so so pleased with the results and it's definitely given me more confidence in myself (which is stupid to say as it's just some hair sewn to my head) but the lack of volume always knocked my self-confidence previously.