Showing posts with label Makeup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Makeup. Show all posts

Monday, June 2, 2014

Kerries Lets Talk Blog Challenge - Recommend to a Friend

So it's week 6 and the last week of the #LetsTalkBlogChallenge and if you don't know what that is here's a quick explanation in the words of creator  Sarah's Blog. 
So this is going to be a 6 week challenge, with a different topic each week that we'll write and tweet about. The plan is to write and schedule our posts for Monday at 8pm and then tweet our posts on twitter at that time, using the hashtag #LetsTalkBlogChallenge . That way every Monday at 8pm all our posts are live and we're all online to interact and share our posts with each other. I'll be online from 8-9pm every Monday, reading and commenting on all the posts and chatting to you all, just so there is a sense of community and interaction. 
This week's topic is - Recommend To A Friend
I'll start off with my favourite post from the challenge and it's from week 3 - Polished & Primed's Birthday Box Post I loved this in particular for Steph's decision to include a trip.  It's full of photos, location details, recommendation on places to stay, eat, drink, visit and shop - everything you would want to read and now I need to go to Brussles!!
Go to http://polishedandprimed.com for more!

Next up I have some beauty Recommendations,  I would have no hesitation in suggesting a friend try all of these products, my current favourites - Blistex forever! The real techniques sponge I have been using all of the time to apply my healthy mix foundation and the HD brow pallette is awesome, stellar berry by Maybelline somehow manages to leave my lips stained a lovely pink when the gloss wears off so loving that one. :)


Recommended Beauty



Books!  I enjoy recommending books and these are my picks for you my friends.

That They May Face The Rising Sun by John McGahern

This is the book I read most recently and I loved it.  It's possible my favourite book of all time.  I have seen a lot of reviews from people who really don't like it, complaining that nothing happens.  You need to look a little deeper, everything happens, it is life simply encapusulted in a year.  How he is able to convey the fields, the language, the people... I do not know but he does it and I feel I know those people. I DO know them! And if you have lived in rural Ireland, particually the midlands, you will know them too.

Things The Grandchildren Should Know by Mark Oliver Everett

I'm not going to spoil this book by tell you what happens and even if I did you wouldn't believe me.  You need to read it for yourself.  It is an autobiography/memoir, you might know Mark better as E from The Eels.  Even if you have no clue who he is I would recommend you read this book it is both harrowing and inspiring without being preachy. I love his wry humor it is sad, funny and unbelievable.

Tearing Down The Wall of Sound The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector by Mick Brown

If you love music you will enjoy this biography of Phil Spector a controversial figure in later years but there is no denying his ability to product fabulous sound.  This book takes you through from his early years to the late 2000's.  Be warned it is a long read but that is required the man and a lot of shiz going on!  I really enjoyed it and learned a lot more about the era, the music and the key people involved in the dirty world of the music biz.

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Another simple, direct story I think that is something important in my liking a book.  I want to read it again but it is tragic and hard hitting.  Beautifully written it reminds me of how life can unravel for some people.  I find it very hard to describe this book but I would just say read it.


So those are my recommendations, tell me what you think and let me know what would you recommend to a friend.
Until next time,







Monday, May 5, 2014

Let's Talk Blog Challenge - Aishling's Summer Essentials

So it's week 2 of the #LetsTalkBlogChallenge and if you don't know what that is here's a quick explanation in the words of creator  Sarah's Blog.



So this is going to be a 6 week challenge, with a different topic each week that we'll write and tweet about. The plan is to write and schedule our posts for Monday at 8pm and then tweet our posts on twitter at that time, using the hashtag #LetsTalkBlogChallenge. That way every Monday at 8pm all our posts are live and we're all online to interact and share our posts with each other. I'll be online from 8-9pm every Monday, reading and commenting on all the posts and chatting to you all, just so there is a sense of community and interaction.

The topic for this week is; Summer Essentials! Kerrie and I are both going to share are summer essentials with you. I'm up first and be sure to check out Kerrie's post here :) I hope you enjoy!


First up is some music! I created a playlist on Youtube which I thought was handier than adding individual YouTubes. The playlist includes Joan Jett, Smashing Pumpkins, Eels, Jefferson Airplane, Queens of the Stone Age, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dinosaur Jr, The Who, The Clash and lots and lots of others! So hit play, enjoy the tunes, scroll down and read the rest of the post!



I only just figured out how to use Polyvore and now I love it! It's such a great way to put outfits together. Expect more Polyvore outfit sets from me in future. I will always try and keep everything in Polyvore sets available to buy around here and not too expensive. Some Polyvore sets I see are ridiculous and you can't even get any of the stuff.

In this first set most of the stuff is from New Look and Etsy. I went for a nice summery mint look and added my own style.

Summer Mint



Next up I went for a more laid back grunge style.


Whatever Smashing Pumpkins



I need to buy all of those things! I do actually have that Models Own nail polish and its so neon green! I will be sure to have a review up after I use it! I hope you like my picks and get an idea of my style :)


I love colourful eyeshadows and lipsticks for around spring and summer. I've recently been dying to try some of Limecrimes amazing lipsticks and glitter eyeshadows. Just look at those colours! I need!


Summery Limecrime Wants



Glitter makeup, €9,38 / Glitter eyeshadow, €9,38 / Glitter eyeshadow, €9,38 / Lips makeup, €13 / Lips makeup, €13 / Lips makeup, €13 / Smudge proof eyeliner, €10


I love the new eyeshadow palettes that have come out by Essence which are available for about €4 in Penneys/Primark. They're in lovely colours and the colour pay off is great! I already have All About Sunrise which is full of neutral colours and a lovely yellow. Keep in mind though that they're all glittery and shimmery, not matte. There's 3 other palettes available but the main ones I want are below along with some Mac lipsticks I really want!


Cheap and Expensive


                                       MAC Cosmetics lipstick, €12 / MAC Cosmetics lips makeup, €12

I'm not a lover of pink but pink lipsticks actually suit me well, if I do say so myself :P, and Candy Yum Yum is one of my favourites. It looks amazing on nearly everyone and I would love to try it myself! Lady Danger is another one everyone is raving about this spring/summer and who can say no to a coral red?!


I thought I would include some summer movies or movies that give me a summery vibe. Whether its set around summer time or you can just feel that sticky heat and summer air or it simply reminds me of summer.

Dazed and Confused in my opinion has to be the best summer movie of all. Set in the 70s in follows different groups of teenagers on the last day of school. It feels summery and hot, it's set in an amazing time, the clothes, the music! UGH. If I could go back to then, I would in a heartbeat.



I love everything about it, I love all the people in it, there are so many familiar faces. We're the Aliens, man.


Adventureland stars Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart and Martin Starr. It's set in the summer of 1987, James (Jesse Eisenberg) has to find a job to pay for a trip he wants to take before going to College. He ends up getting a job at a local amusement park called Adventureland. Stuff and tangs happen :P





Jesse Eisenberg, I feel, is a toned down version of himself in this. I find he can be a bit too much with his quirky ways but he fits well into this excellent summertime indie movie. Kristen Stewart is particularly good. I find she is tainted because of the awful Twilight films but actually she is a good actress (especially in The Runways which I mention below) but there is just not much than can be done for terribly written characters like Belle Swan. If you're a Freaks & Geeks fan, which you fecking should be, this film also stars Martin Starr who is amazing and so nerdy and impossible not to love.


Almost Famous is about a boy named William who gets to write about, and go on tour with Stillwater for Rolling Stone magazine. I didn't know whether to include this or not because although it feels like summer film he actually goes and tours with the band while school is still going on. But to me it feels very much like a summer movie.






Everyone is brilliant in this film so there is no point going through every one of them. Even the people who aren't in it much are excellent. And one of Philip Seymour Hoffman best performances. Excuse me while I have a little cry. RIP :(
The music is especially amazing, even from the made up band Stillwater. Again, like Dazed and Confused, the clothes, the feels, the people. So so good.


The Runawayskeeping with the music theme, a film about the girl band The Runaways. It stars Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie, Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett and Michael Shannon as a creepy music producer. I feel like they did tone this movie down a bit for the teens but overall it is very good. Kristen Stewart is especially good in this. She is actually perfect as Joan Jett.



Like the movies I mentioned before it, it's the time it's set in, the clothes and music that makes it feel summery to me.


Whip It is currently my favourite movie. I can't watch it enough and it is to me a perfect summer movie. It's hard to tell when it's set because they have mobile phones yet it feels very like a 90s movie. Directed by Drew Barrymore, it's about Bliss (played by Ellen Page), a girl living in a small town being entered into pageants by her mother. She finds a Roller Derby league near her and joins up.




I love this movie so much. Who doesn't have her feels of being trapped in a small town? Every woman needs to watch this cos it shows women and how badass they are. Now I need to go find me some skates.



And there you have it! My list of Summer Essential things! I do hope you enjoyed and can't wait to read what everyone else's summer essentials are! Let me know if you liked the music and the outfits and have watched or will watch any of the movies! Thanks for reading :)






Saturday, March 1, 2014

Aishling's FOTD #1

As I'm sure you all know by now Wet N' Wild is finally in Ireland! Dunne Stores have them in stock. At first in the bigger stores but now both Longford and Mullingar have them. I purchased the Comfort Zone palette that everyone raves about! It's only about €6 and it's amazing. The colours are wonderful, pigmented, glide on and are perfect for blending.


Eyes: Wet N' Wild's Comfort Zone Palette (Right side mostly with the amazing green)
Mascara: Eyeko
Face: Revlon Colourstay Foundation in Ivory
Lips: Rimmel Lipstick in Mayfair Red Lady





Thursday, October 10, 2013

Shop My Stash!

Hi hope you're having a good day.  If you are anything like me you probably have a ton of beauty products purchased because you 'needed' them at the time, only to find them idling at the back of the drawer after their 15 minute of fame aka "ugh not sure I like that to the back of draw with you!".  

So with the aim of using all this 'crap' I have accumulated and try to make it work.  I decided to 'Shop my Stash',  if you're not familiar with this concept basically it means you 'shop' through your own stash of products and choose those that you don't often use or haven't seen light of day since you took them home! You never know you might save some money and find some new favourites you never knew you had, or a new way of using a product you though you didn't like. 

My finished face!

I selected a concealer I've never tried since purchasing! That's the Rimmel Clear complexion pictured below, along with a Chit Chat Highlighting Concealer, I bought that in Dealz but totally forgot I had it!.  On my faces I used - Avon MagiX cashmere finish foundation in Ivory.  I had stopped using the Avon foundation as I found it clung to the dry patches.  I mixed it with Estee Lauder Double Wear, this is a sample size I've only tried once or twice, it has great coverage but is a little too dark for me, it mixed well with the pinkish tone of the avon fondation.  I used 2 essence products that were rolling around, one is the shimmer and shade highlighter and the other is vintage district blush.


Next I picked through the multitude of eye liners, shadows, pigments, dusts, mascaras etc.  I chose my usual HD Brows palette as I have nothing to replace that!  My elf eyelid primer that I always forget to use.  An Essence eyeshadow trio.  A rimmel kohl liner.  Essence liquid liner.  Urban Decay 24/7 liner.  Two Frontcover purple/blue shimmer and glitter pigments. A primark eye dust in Pink.  And Rimmel Volume Accelerator mascara.


For the lips I picked a Pink lippie I got in a Glossybox some time ago and an essence XXXL lipgloss in a purple shade. 


Overall I was quite happy with how the foundation turned out, the Avon mixed will and applied a lot better for me, lasting all day and not turning patchy.  The Rimmel concealer I don't like, it's too thick and doesn't blend at all well, it's looks dry and needed a lot of work to make it look just ok.  The chit chat/dealz concealer works great as a highlight under the eye/browbone I do like that one.  The shimmer and shade is workable but not my favourite, I have trouble making it look good on the skin.  I quite like the vintage district blush but I find it lacks pigmentation.  

The eyes were the real 'discovery' products here!  I am really getting to like the elf lid primer, it does make the colours cling and 'pop' that bit more.  The middle shade in the trio, was a revelation, it looks silver but actually is a fab silver/blue colour and looked stunning as a base for the front cover shades which are hightly pigmented. You will get fall out from these but they are shimmery and glittery so I expected as much.  I used my mac 217 to blend a little of the pink into the crease and man it is a bright colour - a little goes a long way! 

I need to remember to use my urban decay pencils much more - they are soooooooooo long lasting and the colour is awesome.  The rimmel kohl pencil I don't love, though it is creamy and glides on easily, it tended to clump and gather at the corners of my eyes after a couple of hours, not a good look!  

The essence liner is good, it has a lovely small brush.  However as I haven't used liquid liner in ages I did have trouble with application and I'm not happy with that but that's down to me rather that the product.  It is very long lasting.  However it dries kinda tight feeling and I don't like that on my eyes.  Finally the mascara is good but a little too clumpy for my small lashes and the brush is not my favourite kind.

Here's another pic of the final face - I was going for 'Purple Galaxy Eyes'

I must say that Glossybox lippie was really nice and creamy!  a light pink shade with a small amount of the puple gloss over top, the gloss looks glittery in the tube but I didn't find it was gritty or uncomfortable on the lips. 


I am going to do this again as I have lots of stuff to rediscover in my collection.  Thanks for reading and bye for now!


Sunday, October 6, 2013

Aishling's September Favourites

Hey guys! Finally got around to doing not only a video but a blog post about my September favourites! I wasn't actually going to do this but then I found a few things to grab that I've been using a lot lately. I will be better prepared for October though I think! It's strange doing a video on my own so please forgive my awkwardness and stumbling over my words :P Also I think the focus is on the background and not me! Oh well! Enjoy and don't forget to comment and let me know what you think and if you've tried or will be trying any of the products mentioned! :)

PS. I shaved my hair off! I will try and get a blog post up about it soon! :P





No7 Essential Moisture Day Cream
Rimmel Soft Kohl Eyeliner
Revlon Photoready Eye Primer and Brightener
Eyeko Lengthening Skinny Brush Mascara
Unknown MaxFactor Lipstick
Rimmel London Eye Shadow Quad 002 Smokey Brun
Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder 




Hanging Skeleton Earrings: Gift from my boyfriend, you can get them on eBay!
Star Ear Cuff: RegalRose (Can't find them on their site anymore but try eBay for something similar!)


In the video and these photos I'm wearing the Rimmel eyeshadows that I mentioned along with the Rimmel eyeliner and the Max Factor lipstick as a tint.


Something I forgot to do was mention some favourite Movies, TV Shows and Music in the video! In my October favourites I will be sure to remember to include them! For now I will just leave a playlist here that I've been listening to a lot.



Enjoy! :)