As you know, we recently moved house (again) in Battersea and I'm absolutely loving it. We are right by the park, the river, the best
pub in the world and spend a huge amount of time either at
Doodle Bar with the cool art colleges kids or down the road at
Melanzana who make the best pizza I have ever, ever, ever tasted. We were due a housewarming so when Malibu got in touch to ask if I'd like a few bottles to try out making some cocktails I couldn't really say no! I'd recently been to their Malibutique event with
ASOS and tasted (all) the cocktails flying around and knew they were good.


Malibu is the spirit that I first drank, and I was initially hesitant about how much I'd like it again but when my cocktail making kit arrived I got very excited and picked out two cocktails for me to master (a sweet and fruity one for the girls, and a stronger one for the boys). Both went down an absolute treat and we are all Malibu fanatics again (once we'd nursed our heads the next day) which is a good job as I still have a few bottles left!
For anyone who wants some tips on how to make amazing cocktails, we found the best combination was: 2 shots of Malibu, 1 shot of blackberry vodka, lime juice and tonic. Amazing. Sweet enough, sour enough, strong enough, I could go on... Basically, buy some Malibu and try it!
I had planned to wear an outfit ASOS kindly gave me for the party, but it was so hot I changed at the last minute into this Zara floral dress a trusty staple I've had for a couple of year (found a similar one with cupped sleeves at Jaeger
here, and one with a similar shape
here). The ASOS outfit will have to wait for another post, I've been wearing the
dungarees to
death. My
heels are ASOS too, a little higher than I usually go for but super comfortable and perfect summer shoe for anyone (like me) who doesn't like fussy, strappy sandals.