Thursday 29 October 2015

Miss Milly x- Review




Hey everyone!! 
So I haven't done a blog post in over 2 weeks!!! I have been taking a little break from the blogging world just to unclog my mind and get in to a routine with work and stuff! I really missed blogging though so I'm happy to be back posting and I'm very excited about this post today :)

So I was very excited when I was contacted by Miss Milly to review some jewellery for them. I had looked on their website a few times and spotted some gorgeous pieces on it. Check out their website here. When it comes to me and jewellery I really like to keep it simple and funky as much as I possibly can. I can't get away with massive statement pieces, they just don't suit me !! So I was very happy that Miss Milly was right up my street :)

So if you have never heard of this company then you're probably asking yourself "who are they". So Miss Milly are an award winning young and growing brand that began trading in 2012 and have focused on selling to retailers. They are based in the UK, however they source their beautiful pieces from all over the world and spend a lot of quality time picking unique and variations of costume jewellery and accessories to suit everyone for every occasion. They do everything from bracelets to necklaces, rings, scarves, etc.

The pieces I was so kindly given to review were the purple metallic thread bracelet, stud butterfly earrings and stud flower earrings, these came as a pair pack. They also come with a lovely gift box too as seen in the picture below :) 



I fell in love with this bracelet, It is just so my style. I love the deep purple, the magnetic clasp, everything about it! I just love that it is a little bit different. Not the usual every day bracelet. The metallic thread really makes it in to something unique and the colour is just gorgeous! I just love it!! This bracelet costs only £7.50 and can be purchased here 




Next up are these 2 pair of earrings. A butterfly and flower shaped silver studs. I love the simplicity of these earrings. Again I can't wear things that are big and bold as they just don't tend to suit me! So I love these. They are just perfect to wear while working too as they're nice and neat. I haven't taken them out since I got them. I love the butterfly ones as butterflies are kind of my thing, so they have a somewhat personal touch to them too. These cost only £9 and can be bought here 





Here is a look at a few other pieces Miss Milly have to offer :) 



Postage to Ireland is a standard £16.50, however this is due to the website catering mainly for wholesale businesses so for retail orders do not fret, you will be refunded any excess amount paid :) So if you get to the checkout and see this amount for delivery do not panic!!! Also with every purchase you get FREE Gift packaging :) 

Discount?? Yes Please

So Miss Milly has so kindly offered my readers 10% off your order :) How generous is that!! So all you have to do is enter the code TEN in the discount code box of the shopping basket before they go through to checkout. So while Christmas is just around the corner this would be the perfect opportunity to get a special someone in your life a nice unique piece of jewellery for amazing prices :) 

Here are links to all of Miss Milly's social media sites so head on over and check them out :) 

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

Pinterest


I hope you enjoyed reading! If you are also a fan of Miss Milly and have purchased some of their fab pieces or maybe you have seen something you like since reading this post please do let me know in the comments below or on any of my social media sites linked below :) 

I just want to take this opportunity to thank Miss Milly for your generosity and for giving me the chance to review these beautiful pieces.

Thank you all for reading

Until next time
Lots of love 

Tuesday 13 October 2015

Vanish Gold Review






Hey everyone 
Welcome back to my blog :D Hope you all had a lovely weekend and are having a great week so far :) I had a great weekend as my little niece finally came in to world on Friday afternoon and oh my God girls she is amazing!!! She is unbelievably tiny and the most content baby I have ever come across!!! She is so chilled out!! She has my heart already!! 

The Little beauty herself xx 


So I was approached by Vanish to do a review on their products. At first I wasn't very sure how it might link in with the blog until it became very obvious to me that this product is actually something I/ might need in my life more than I realize. Having a make up mad 2 year old and being a make up lover myself  it became very obvious to me how this was going to fit in very well with the blog :) 

So just the other day as I was rushing out the door to see my new little niece Síofra, I had done my make up, lippie and all before I got dressed and of course I managed to smudge most of my lipstick on to my top, don't even ask how because I'm still baffled. I think I might have been calling Lucy while in the process of trying to get dressed. As you can probably tell multi tasking wouldn't be one of my high points, when getting ready to go anywhere anyway!! 


Lisptick on my top 
So I'm getting to the point, I seen a perfect opportunity to really put this product to the test!! Being completely honest I've always been quite skeptical of these kind of products and always have it in my head that they don't work!! Well how wrong was I!! The product I tried and tested was the Vanish Gold Oxi Action powder fabric stain remover.So I rubbed some of the vanish powder on to the stain and let it soak for a bout 20 minutes before putting it in the washing machine along with other bits too. I closed the door and poured some powder in to the drawer and let the machine do the rest of the work. 

So when I took the top out of the machine I was pleasantly surprised that the stain had actually vanished..... pardon the pun!! I was very impressed especially with this particular lipstick as it stays on your lips all day!!!  It was super easy to use and there is a list of directions for different ways of using the product depending o how bad the stain is! :)  Here are so tips on Stain Removal :) 




After :D 



So overall I was very happy with this product and will definitely continue to use it and save my clothes from being thrown out as I had done previous ones... sad times :( 

So the generous people over at Vanish have given me one of their Vanish Gold Oxi Action For Brilliant whites to give away to one lucky reader, this is a great opportunity for someone like me who was very skeptical to give it a go  So to enter this comp all you have to do is comment on my facebook page post (it will be pinned to the top of my page) and I will announce a winner next Wednesday the 21st October :) Good Luck to everyone ! 


Thank you again to the lovely people from Vanish for giving me the opportunity to give this a try! So happy I did now :) 

Hope you enjoyed reading :) 

Until next time
Lots of love


Friday 9 October 2015

September Favourites





Hello my loves :)

So here is a September favourites even though I think I blinked and missed the month!!! How fast did that month go by though!! October already! But so excited for Halloween and Christmas, especially with Lucy, she is super excited for snata this year :D And so am I :D 

So here are some products I have been loving this month!!! Hope you enjoy reading! :) 

L'Oreal Matte Infallible foundation  



So I had heard so many good things about this foundation so I just had to give it a go and see how amazing it was for myself !! It would have been rude not to especially since it was 33% off in Ryan's Pharmacy where I work! So I bought this in the shade Rose Beige along with the Infallible primer which I am already a huge fan of and you can read about it in my May Favourites :)
So when this foundation is applied it literally gives you a flawless complexion which all us girls LOVE!! It's obviously matte which means no shine which again I adore and need!! So this one I would highly recommend. I have combination skin adn I find this sits well on my skin all day and needs little or no top ups which is a major plus :)

The Vintage Cosmetic Company Powder Brush 



So I picked this little beauty up for €20 at the Launch of the Vintage Cosmetic Company, you can read my blog post on this event here :) I have fallen head over heels with this brush! It has saved me so much time in the morning as it is a multi use magic brush :P I use it to apply my liquid foundation, concealers as its very fine bristles can get right in at those corners and also blusher! So as you can tell it is an all rounder fab brush that I truely believe needs to be a part of every girls make up bag!!! :) 

Holos Skin Polish Exfoliator 



This product is part of my day and night skincare routine! You can read my daily skin care routine here. I was kindly sent this product to review by the wonderful Niamh who owns and hand makes Holos Skin Care and I have to say it is unbelievable!!! It feels amazing on your skin, it literally polishes it clean. The exfoliating beads are so fine and don't scrub your skin away which is always a plus :) It's acyually made froma  light volcanic lava pumice and essential oils :) So it smells gorgeous too! I like to use this one as a face mask, just leave it n for about 10 mins and then wash off with luke warm water and a clean face cloth. The thing I love most about this product in particular is because of its natural ingredients, all products made by Holos are all natural and holistic and even better that they are NOT tested on animals :) I recently done a review on this which you can read here .

Cocoa Brown Deluxe Double-Sided Tanning Mitt 



Finally it's been made and by no other than the best Tan company out there Cocoa Brown :D I whipped this up a couple of weeks ago for just €5.99! I dread when the tanning mitt falls off my hand while in the middle of applying tan and gets all over my hand and makes a mess, so this is a life saver!!! It has an amazing grip on it and if the tan gets on the other side that's ok because of the double sided mitt!! And its Pink!!!  YAY!!!! And we also got a mitt in our goodie bags at the Cocoa Brown #PassionPersistancePink event which you can also read here! :) 


So there you go they are some of the tings I was loving in September!! Have you spotted any of your faves??  if so let me know :D  you can leave comments below or comment/message me on any of the social media links below :D 

Thank you all so much for reading

Until next time
Lots of love 

Thursday 1 October 2015

#PassionPersistancePink Cocoa Brown Event



Hey guys!! Hope you're all good :)

So last Sunday I was lucky enough to be a VIP  guest at the Cocoa Brown event #PassionPersistancePink and it was AMAZING!!!! 


Google Image 

So the event took place in the 5 Star hotel The Shelbourne in Dublin. I went along with 2 fellow bloggers both whom I had the pleasure of meeting for the first time that day too, Katie from Blogging it beautiful and Cint from Make up and Messes, go check these girls out they are just fab!! So we registered at 11am and the beautiful Kate Kelly signed us in and off we went! Up ahead the paps were snap happy, taking lots of photos of the beautiful Marissa Carter and the fabulous X-Factor make up artist Julia Carta! I was so raging I never got a picture on my phone with the 2 beauties but the photographer did take one but I reckon that's well gone now lol! 

Rosie Connolly and Marissa Carter 
So after everyone was sat and settled Marissa then took to the stage with her contagious bubbly personality and gave us a low down of what was lined up for the events ahead! As the day unfolded each part of it just got better and better. There were lots of spot prizes to be won and lots of goodies to be given out through out the day. Marissa is probably one of the most genuine, hard working, sophisticated ladies I have ever come across. I could watch her all day!! She is an unbelievable inspiration to so many women including myself. Her work ethic is outstanding. When it comes to business this woman is flawless. She knows exactly what she wants and how to get it. She is very confident but not cocky and all the while she shared with us how she still doubts herself and has fears every morning she wakes up, however she gave amazing advice to us and one piece of advice that sticks out to me is to know that there is no glass ceiling and there is no limit to what you can achieve. As scary as something may seem if you don't take the chance you will never know what you could have achieved from it. 

Some Flormar goodies found under our chairs :) 


Make up demo 



So then Rosie Connolly, Tara O Farrell, Aj Fitzsimons and Marissa Carter got up to give a makeup demo of an Ombré lip using Flormar Lip liner and lipstick :) It was really interesting to watch and I learnt some good tips one being from Rosie Connoly is to use a lippie with a blue hue off it as it makes your teeth appear to be whiter :) Aj Fitzsimons also uses just lip liner to create a matte finish look lip which is amazing looking on her!!! Tara O' Farrell showed us how if you use the lip liner a little bit above your natural lip line you will create bigger fuller lips (Kylie Jenner style) :) 

Ton-Touring 


So Marissa had her sister come up on stage where she was a model for ton-touring!! It was so good to see ton-touring being demoed live lol!! I feel a little more confident trying it out now after seeing it been done in person opposed to over snap chat! And can I just say how stunning her sister is!! That family has some lucky genes!!! 

The Big Reveal



So then we were given out our goodie bags but we had to keep them shut until...... The Big Reveal was announced! This was very exciting!!! I was racking my brains  as to what it was going to be!! So She held them up for as all to see and it was indeed the Shimmer and Matte Instant Tan bronzing gel!! So these products can be washed off,  HOWEVER if you go out in the rain or wash your hands and the water splashes it will NOT leave speckled dots all over you like most typical instant tans!! Like all Cocoa Brown tanning products, the new Instant Tan Bronzing Gels are non­comodengenic meaning they are safe to be used on your face. As always, the Bronzing Gels are scented with the signature Cocoa Brown Tahitian Gardenia scent ­so you don't get that dreadful fake tan smell. So the  Instant Tan Bronzing Gels are €6.99 and are available to pre-order on www.cloud10beauty.com. They will also be available form Cocoa Brown Stockists from October 12th 2015 so be sure to get your hands on these girls because these are going to sell out so fast!! I will be doing a full blog post on these 2 products as soon as possible :) I am so excited to try them out!!! 

So when the Big Reveal was all done with we then had some gorgeous afternoon tea and got stuck in to our "swag bags" :) OMG those bags were unreal!!!! We were well and truely spoilt!! All the products are just unreal and I will use every single one of them!! :) 



Special Guest: Julia Carta 


So after the yummy food and playing with our new toys we then settled back in to the next guest speaker!! I was so excited for this lady to come on and I was not disappointed in the slightest!! So Julia Carta is the one and only MUA for the X-Factor!!!! And not only that but she was also BRITNEY SPEARS' MUA for her world tour!!! How amazing is that!!!! Imagine what her CV must look like!!! So anyway I was in awe of this woman! She was so chilled out, professional and confident. She has worked on some of the biggest celebs around !! Although her first ever  celeb was Jerry Springer, we all have to start somewhere right? :P So she done Marissa's make up and showed us each product she used and why she was using it etc! She was so informative and extremely professional and would not spill any goss on any of the celebs..... Boo!! haha!! 



So After months of blogging and connecting with other bloggers and also brands I finally got to meet some people in person :) So I met the 2 lovelies Grace from It's All G and Rachel from RachsBeautique, I feel like I know these girls years and that's how it felt when we finally met too! Go check out their blogs too they're just fantastic girls!! I also met the lovely Niamh from Holos skin care ! Niamh is another fantastic business woman with a beautiful natural and holistic skin care range! She's a gem!  




myself and Cint from makeup and messes

Cint, Katie and Moi :)

Hair done by Aisling Hannon loved it!!! 




So overall I had one of the best days!!! It was so nice seeing Marissa and seeing her so excited and so proud of her new products it was really quite a feeling to share those moments with her. I am so grateful to have been even considered for an invite to such an amazing event. They were so generous with their swag bags and all, I appreciate it all so so much. So massive thank you to Marissa and the Cocoa Brown team for all their hard work put in to the event and for making it a day I will never forget!! 


Thank you all for reading 

Until next time
Lots of love