Dia daoibh!

Here we go everyone!! It's Christmas Eve!!! Well at least it is here in Ireland! I wanted to make sure to do a quick post today to wish all my readers a very Happy and Safe Christmas and also for New Years! I want to thank anyone who has ever read or commented on one of my blog-posts  I have seen and replied to almost every single one as I love interacting with you all.

To those of you who are also subbed to me on You Tube, thank you for that also as I am currently on an incredible number of over 550!! Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thanks everyone :)

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I was in the Crescent Shopping Centre in Limerick recently and came across the brand new ESSIE stand in Shaws! Yes, you heard correct!! I was mega excited as I am a huge fan of their nail varnishes. I picked up a few and just wanted to show you a limited edition one for the Christmas season - Leading Lady.

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I say the above in all my posts. I'm Irish and I like being so. I also love to try and support Irish brands which is why today I am excited to be reviewing an Irish scent. The product in question is from Inis. Now I have heard of Inis before. My mother has had a few of their products and if I'm being completely honest I thought it was more of a mature lady scent and not something I would necessarily go for. I was wrong.

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This morning I received a package. I love receiving a package before I head to work. It get's my day off to a good start!
 

This mornings package was quite interesting. From the dead giveaway cheesy photo above, you might have worked out that I received a Joliebox. Now hold on Irish ladies, don't get too excited yet. Here's the lowdown of what's going on if you haven't already heard.

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For the past while I have been trying out a new lip product. When it comes to the Autumn Winter months Lip care is very near the the top of my beauty regime! My lips become very dry and crack quite easily so I constantly have various products on the go. 

Recently I have been trying out a lip balm from You Organic, an Irish organic cosmetic and skincare company. The Natural Cosmetic range was founded by Ursula Elmes - a Dublin based practicing Acupuncturist and Holistic Skin Therapist after she suffered a severe dermatological reaction to a well known brand. All of her products are gentle on skin, sourced from fair trade suppliers, contains no nasty chemicals and against animal testing plus she uses her own blend of essential oils and herbs. For sale on her website and selected stockists are body lotions, face cream, candles and of course the following lipbalm.

Morning All.

This morning I was greeted by my November 2012 Glossybox. The theme for this months box is "Stocking Fillers". This seems appropriate because believe it or not, Christmas Morning is only 35 days away!!  For anyone considering signing up, this might be of help to you to decide whether or not you think it's worth it. Here's a quick look over what I received. 

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When it comes to body washes I usually use two when I shower! As odd as that sounds, I have a reason for it! The skin on my arms is sensitive. If I use a very chemically or perfumed product I'm left with red patches all over my arms, and they tend to dry out too. Therefore I use sensitive, non scented products on my arms. But I like smelling nice after a shower, what's the point in a shower otherwise; hence the second product which I use on the rest of my body so I leave the shower smelling luuuvlay!!

I was recently sent the brand new Dove Crème Mousse Deeply Nourishing Body Wash to try out and here are my thoughts.

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Last night I attended the >INGLOT< Blogger event in Limerick that was taking place to give us a sneak peek  into some of the new products coming out. I was delighted to receive a complementary goodie bag and of course being the INGLOT fangirl that I am, I also purchased some products on the night!

I took some snaps to share with you all so here we go!

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I have new hair!!! Well; not new hair, but a new colour!! Have a read of >THIS POST< to see lots of before and after pics! I visited Peter Mark Salon in the Crescent Shopping Centre where Marcella revamped my hair. She was wonderfully helpful and thorough whilst doing my hair so I highly recommend her to anyone. Here's how I went from A to D!

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As some of you may know if you follow me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, yesterday, I went to get my hair done. I had an idea in my head that I wanted to go lighter to a light copper auburn shade. Have a read of >THIS POST< to get a step by step journey! I visited Peter Mark Salon in the Crescent Shopping Centre after being lucky enough to capture a "bubble" from the new INOA App that L'Oreal released to promote their new hair colouring system. My colourist and stylist on the day was Marcella who really done a wonderful job. To be honest I have heard both positive and negative reviews about Peter Mark Salons, but my experience was a great one. I was welcomed and Marcella went through what I wanted, she gave me her opinions and bit by bit my new hair came together. Here are some (lots of pics).

I started off with dark brown which had a reddish plum tint to it and it gradually fell down to an ombre'd copper kind of colour. Here is the before and after!!

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Below is a video show you how I got on with the Myleene Klass Nails. I have one pack to giveaway here on my blog and another from >My You Tube Channel< You can enter both, just leave a comment below this blog post or in the comments under >my video on You Tube<.

Please be a follower of my blog/subscribed to my YouTube to be entered :) Open internationally. If you are under 18 please seek parental permission. Giveaway closed Sunday 28th October 2012 12pm GMT.

Slán!

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A while back, INGLOT released their Candy Collection. Here are some up close pics of two of the lipglosses from the collection.

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Last week Lisa Eldridge uploaded >THIS< video to her YouTube Channel about something very excited indeed. She is the Creative Director of Boots Brand No7 and she shared with her viewers that for the past few years they have been working on something very special. The whole brand has had a huge re-vamp with new products, new packaging, new stands and lots more. 

One of THEE most exciting things about this relaunch is the introduction of the No 7 Foundation Match Made Service. This is free service which is available in UK & Irish stores, which will match you to your exact No7 foundation shade. Here's how it works. 

*** Spoilers alert!!! ***

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This morning I received my very first She Said Beauty box in the post. I was subscribed to Glossybox previously and quite liked it, but wanted to see what another company in the same field had to offer. Below is Septembers She Said Beauty Box

Packaging....fab! Same size as the Glossybox but it has a magnetic hinged lid instead. As you can see it's a beautiful turquoise colour.

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Apologies for the lack of regular updates. You would seriously not believe the amount of technology failure I have been experiencing!! So far in the past month I have had to purchase a new Laptop, camera and today.... phone! I will seriously be having a September Saving Session! I may be lacking in funds but ironically I have a little giveaway for my readers today.

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So recently I've been getting more and more into skin care. I love a scrub with microbeads in it. I love to feel a scrub getting right into my pores and cleaning and refreshing my skin. I tend to overlook clear gel facial washes as I don't feel they fully cleanse my skin, but by doing this am I missing out on a whole range of products!!? Enter The Body Shop's Facial Buffer.

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Super quick post today with a handy little tip for Irish ladies shopping on ASOS. As many of you are aware the exchange rate of the £ and € leaves us Irish ladies more out of pocket. I'm sure we've all been in the situation, be it shopping online or in store, where you see the £ sign first and the product seems like a bargain..... until you realise it's the wrong currency :( "I want the £ price!!!!" I heard myself think when I saw the below set for what I thought was €19. Turn's out it's £19 or €27.01. But when converting £ to € it's directly should be about €24.30

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Hope you're all well. Just wanted to write a quick update post (Fitz Bitz). As you may have noticed, as of late my post have been..... irregular (to say the least!) Apologies for this. My laptop is dying a slow death (you can see a pic below!) and unfortunately for my pocket I will have  to purchase a new one. Fingers crossed this will be happening soon! When I do get sorted with my new equipment I'm hoping to get into a scheduled/regualar blogging routine. Perhaps a new post every 2-3 days. Once I get doing it it will be great, it's just getting started that's the hard part. Same goes for other things in my life such as saving, dieting etc. I'm sure most of you know what I mean.

I also aim to be quite regular with my You Tube Channel, hoping to upload every Thursday. Fingers crossed this all goes to plan!!

Other than that I'm going to show you some snaps of my life over the past while. Here we go!

I was very happy to be asked to write for RSVP Magazine Online. Here is a pic of my piece. HERE it is live  on their website.

 And finally here are some randomers!


Hope everyone is doing well. Fingers crossed I get blogging and vlogging more regularly!

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I'm very happy to announce that the below post that I wrote was featured in RSVP Magazine Website HERE :)

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So, recently BeautyEmporium.ie teamed up with BoardsDeals.ie to off their customers a fantastic offer - €10 for a €20 voucher to use on the website to buy what every you want!!? Hallo!!? I was straight on this and bought one for myself. I also bought one for one of my readers, so hence this post!

GIVEAWAY!!!

It will be a FLASH Giveaway meaning it will only be open for a few days - until Friday 29th, as there is currently free shipping on the website and I want my winner to avail of that also!!

Go forth and enter

Slán

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So I was recently invited to the INGLOT Mid-Summer Madness Event in the Crescent Shopping Centre in Limerick. INGLOT is a brand I have raved about in the past and they continue to impress me. One thing that was happening at the event was the launch of the Colour Play Mascaras. Colour.... mascaras!!? Yep, breath, don't panic, it's not as scary as it sounds!

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So today's post will be part two of my "Share the love" series. Part one including Irish Beauty Bloggers is HERE if you would like to take a peek. 

This time I have compiled a list of  (51)Irish ladies who make beauty and fashion videos on You Tube. You Tube videos and blogging seems to go hand in hand a lot of the time so I thought this might be of interest to a lot of people. You can click on each person's purple name in the video to be brought straight to their channel. Alternatively the list of everyone is below. Here we go:)

http://www.youtube.com/XxxLoveIsBeautyxxX

Hope you enjoyed and thanks for reading/watching :)

EDIT: Just noticed that the thumbnail for the video is...... me!! Sooo strange that out of 51 of us that it turned out to be me!!

Slán!

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Today I want to "share the love". Over the past 6 months to a year, the online Irish beauty community has grown and become more popular than ever before. Social media these days is a huge part to aid blogging and I wanted to take it one step further. Below you will find a video including 48 Irish Bloggers. Some you may know of, some you may not. I love discovering fellow Irish bloggers and wanted to take this opportunity to share with everyone else.
Thank you to everyone who sent in their pictures and link and for being a part of this. If you weren't included in this particular video, please leave a comment below so that everyone else can check you out. Please feel free to share this post so that everyone can discover someone new :)

Enjoy

Slán

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Some people have their "Holy Grail" products. This meaning a product that you can count on and come back to again and again. I don't have many of them, as I like change. I love to try out different products and don't always stick to the same colours, brands etc. When it comes to skincare this changes slightly, as too much change can be overwhelming on skin.

One product however, I would class as one of my few "Holy Grails" and would like to review is St. Ives Apricot Facial Scrub. Now this baby is not for the faint hearted.

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I recently had the chance to try out something I probably would have overlooked if I saw it in the shop. VOYA (an Irish, Sligo based company) strive to bring the full power of nature in its purest forms throughout their range of seaweed-based organic skincare products and treatments. They pride themselves as being the first genuinely organic seaweed-based cosmetic products in the world.

Renowned for its detoxing and skin moisturising effects, hand-harvested seaweed is used in their bath products. Rejuvenating and repairing effects come from