What I wore: Easter

It was Easter yesterday and I hope you had a lovely day, if you don't I hope you had a nice Sunday!!

I decided to braid my hair into halo/milkmaid/heidi braids (easiest way to do your hair somewhat fancy)

The dress is from River Island and the shoes are New Look

Base: Catrice Photo Finish 18hr Liquid Foundation (020 Rosy Beige), Boiing Concealer (01)

Cheeks: Bourjois Blush (03)

Eyes: Naked Palette (Naked, Sidecar, Buck), Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on eye Pencil (Perversion, Mushroom)

Brows:Soap and Glory Lid stuff (Mudhoney).

Lips: Essence Lipliner (10 Femme Fatale)

Haul fired up!

Opps, I headed off to Cork last week accidentally wandered into Boots and New Look........I blame my cousin for enabling me to buy  the make up !!

I chose the Colour Fair

The reason I went into Boots in the first place was to but the Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer...but they were all out. Instead after reading and seeing Kate AKA Ghostparties raving about the seventeen phwoarr paint. I have it in fair and I was interested to see how it compared to the Collection lasting perfection and Benefits Boing concealer, both of which I use religiously.










While I was at the seventeen counter the Flawless Poreless Primer also caught my eye. The only primer I have ever had was a sample size of Benefits Porefessional (which is amazing) but I wanted an affordable primer I could wear going to work or go out. Unlike Porefessional it comes in pressed powder typecontainer. I'm looking forward to trying it out before work.








The highstreet/drugstore make up I love the most has to be Bourjois. The majority of my foundations have been Bourjois and I love their eye shadows. On this particular trip there was a Buy One get one half price, so they twisted my arm and I purchased theBourjois Colour Edition 24H in Or Desir and the 1 Seconde Gel Texture Nail Polish in Beige Distiction. The Cream to powder eyeshadow looks like a rose-gold/brown but comes up much more sheer on the skin. I plan on using this as an eyelid primer for my Naked Palette as well as wearing it on its own.The Nail Polish is a nude with an salmon undertone. Instead of nude nails, it almost Looks like the colour of Barbies' nails in my opinion, I like it, a change from the nudes with a more of a brown/grey undertone.






The final thing I bought in Boots was the ecotools Fresh and Flawless Five Piece complexion set. This set has a flat concealer brush, a buffing concealer brush, a precision foundation brush, a complexion blending brush and a full powder brush. I don't know if I'll use all the brushes for their intended purposes but they are super soft and cruelty free so I shall give em a whirl and get back to ye.



I ran out of my foundation recently and I went to my local pharmacy to try out the new bourjois Healthy Mix foundation...........but they were out of my shade, and I needed a foundation for work so I ended up picking up the Catrice Photo Finish 18 hour liquid foundation and I picked up the colour rosy beige. This has a higher coverage than I'm used to, so I am only really wearing it at night, but it is long lasting and matches me well and the price is reasonable for the amount of product you get.

Glamazona

Don't Think just Pink

L-Don't Think just Pink
R-Glamazona

I also picked up two of the Catrice Pure Shine colour lip balms  in the Colours 'Don't think just pink' and 'Glamazona'. 'Glamazona' was limited edition but it a gorgeous hot pink and Don't Think Just Pink is a very cute nude-pink. I love these because I can just pop them into my bag and apply them on the go. They're not too sticky and they are lovely and moisturising. I highly recommend them.

And Finally the last thing I bought recently were these black lace up ankle boots. I had been on the lookout for some black boots and thought I actually wanted some Chelsea boots, but I saw these and they just called out to me. when I wear them I kinda feel like I should be off trekking somewhere I've never been before and they're cute and didn't cost too much either.



OK deep breath, that was quite a lot of stuff. If you'd like to know about any of the things I got in more detail comment or tweet me @niamhmlny.

Closet Confidential TAG

I saw Fleurdeforces' new tag come out about a month ago and
I thought I'd give the TAG a whirl. I had to think for a while about some of em to be honest.





1.Oldest Item: I've had these skinny jeans since the beginning of TY I believe. That's about seven years! I think they are just as cool as I did when I was 16! Since they are a low cut jeans I wear them with a longer t-shirt, I don't wear them quite as often as I did before, and I don't know why, the colour is lovely and they are very comfy jeans. Taking them out and trying them on has reignited a love for them again.











2.Newest Item/Biggest Bargain. I don't know if this is allowed but I did buy it very recently and it was a great bargain. I bought this in New Look with my Christmas Voucher. It was down from 60 Euro to 18 Euro, a massive bargain! I call this my Sherlock Jacket because it reminds of the one Benedict Cumberbatch wore, the colour and the collar and i dont care if you disagree in my head I am a consulting detective!!

3. Most Expensive Item: I bought this Guess bag the day of The World Cup while I was on my J1. I actually paid for this just with my tips from that day (it was a busy one). I think it was around $100 and I have used it to absolute death, I even used it today!

4.Cheapest/Most worn item: I LIVE in leggings! I do normally wear them with a shirt or long top, but they are just so comfy and easy to wear, particularly if I'm just doing a few things around the house!








5. Biggest Bargain: See 2!!


6. Biggest waste of money:  I'm going to be honest I don't think I have something to put here. When I moved down from college I had a huge clearout of clothes so I really only have things that I like and wear so I going to have to leave this blank.....

*BONUS QUESTION*
3 favourite items:






The first item that springs to mind are my high waisted jeans from River Island. I loved them so much I accidentally faded them quite a bit in a short time, but they have been revived with the help of Dylons Washing Machine Dye and I wore them for the time since the redye and I think they look all better again.










The second item is this grey pullover from The Gap. My aunt gave me this after she visited NYC on Black Friday a few  years ago. Holy God it is so so warm. It does shed a small but the fact it's such a nice shade of grey and again it is so so warm I don't mind.

Just call me Mrs. Holmes...

I got this scarf from my best friend Niamh K (when she saw it she just knew how much I'd like it) and its just lovely. It goes lovely with the "Sherlock Jacket" which is a great coincidence and I wear it so much. It is also from New Look and it such a lovely colour and design. Can you guess I like to wear blue :)













That was a lovely Tag. If you've done it send me on the links, I'm quite nosey and I'd like to have a peek inside your wardrobes :)

Christmas Time

Belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The last week has really flown and tomorrow is the last day of the year, I'm ready to leave this year and the things that went wrong behind and I am looking forward to 2014 and the adventures it will be.This year def had it good bits, visiting Paris and my Nursing Ball spring to mind.

To help me get into the Christmas Spirit I gallivanted up to Dublin and Dundalk to see some people and hear the music students of my old college sing a few lovely Christmas carols.

My first stop was Dublin and after a quick Burger and catch up with my friend I headed for Grafton street to see the windows in Brown Thomas (best way to describe it is to say it's the Irish Harrods) and I was not dissapointed. 

They had dressed the windows with Costumes from the nearby Gaiety Theatre and it was very Gatsby-esque). 

Bewleys Cafe had set up a Christmas party with puppets and there was even crowd sounds which all added to the party atmosphere.

Grafton Street definitely helped get me into the holiday mood. Christmas songs played by a saxophone and only the slightest bit of rain, there was a bit of swaying by myself.

 Next I headed up to Dundalk. I hadn't told mu friends I was arriving that day so hopefully it was a nice surprise for them. They have to wear ballgowns for their concert hence I had to dress up aswell, not ball gown attire but still, an attempt just the same. The carols were lovely, one of my housemates actually arranged one of the songs so the day was a lovely time indeed. There was also a drink or two involved in celebration of the success and the college librarian said she liked my hair!!

Myself and the Dolls

The normal christmas traditions occured in my house which involves new pajamas (and a christmas jumper for myself) reading the night before Christmas, waiting on the stairs until the door to the sitting room was unlocked (incase the 23, 21 and 14 year old decided to wake up even earlier than normal). We had 10 people for breakfast and bucks fizz before heading to the Christmas swim (I watched and applauded and that was as close to swimming as I got). We had a quiet lunch with just the five of us and then a nap may have been involved.......showing my age I guess...... and then all the family headed for Our grandmothers for sandwiches and lots of tea. It was the first time in about 6 years all 17 grandchildren were together so after a lot of coercing we all fitted into a photo.

A few Lovely presents included Season two of Game of Thrones, a mouse onesie, a scarf, an urban dictionary calender a  a thirty euro voucher for New Look which went on a lovely navy mac (down from sixty euro to eighteen) and a pair of jeggings, and a voucher for a local pharmacy which went towards a La Roche Posay Cleanser which I am excited to get using. My big present is Car Insurance and Lessons.  I had a provisional license when I was 18  but then I had exams and college so I never got round to putting the head down and learned to drive. That should be changing soon.

That was my Christmas! A bit more quiet now I'm working and dancing away behind a bar instead of infront of it, but a lovely time was had all the same. I hope you had a Lovely Christmas and I'll see ye all in 2014