Friday, June 28, 2013

Sudocrem Sunscreen Mousse ♥

When it comes to my little one protecting his skin from harm is high on my list of priorities, the sun's harmful rays most probably being the most harmful thing I need to protect his skin from right now. We don't get much sun in Ireland but when we do it's safe to say that our skin isn't used to it, people get burnt, badly. Being just four months old Tyler's skin is super delicate and very sensitive to a lot of things. I have to be careful about what I put on his skin otherwise he can break out in a rash, get very dry skin, etc. I had been looking for a sunscreen for Tyler for the summer months, I was unsure at which one to buy as I felt some were very greasy and oily, not right for such sensitive skin. I was sent this Sudocrem Sunscreen Mousse to try and I can safely say, up until now, that it has been the best form of sunscreen I have ever come across. It is a mousse, something I had never seen in sunscreen form before and it so easy to apply to Tyler's skin, I just put it on my hand, rub it onto his skin and it absorbs straight away into his skin leaving no residue at all so he's not oily and I can pick him up straight away. 

The mousse has no smell so there is nothing irritating his little nose either. The mousse comes in factor fifty, an essential number for babies and children's skin. The mousse comes from Sudocrem, a brand who have been making baby nappy cream for years now so before using this I knew it would be safe for Tyler as Sudocrem are aware of what a baby's skin needs to be protected. This mousse is now a staple in my changing bag so that it is always there if we are going out for the day and the sun is shining. I've seen this mousse retail in different outlets ranging from €16.95 to €19.95 but it is one-hundred per cent worth the money. Protecting your baby or child's skin is a big must and I highly recommend Sudocrem Sunscreen Mousse to any parent out there. This for sure will be my sunscreen of choice for Tyler in the years to come. This sunscreen is so protective that I actually want to take it on holiday with me next week to put on my very sensitive shoulders, they always seem to get burnt no matter what sunscreen I use so hopefully Sudocrem Sunscreen Mousse might be the answer! Update to come when I return from holiday.


Stay pretty people and protect yours and your little ones skin this summer!


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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Competition Prizes From America ♥

I enter blog competitions on a regular basis and sometimes I'm even lucky enough to win! Must be the luck of the Irish! Today I received the competition prizes from a lovely blogger named Robin who blogs at Beauty and Babbling. These prizes were shipped to me from America, it's always great to receive items from the States as they have brands and products which aren't available here in Ireland and it's always great to be able to try out these new things. It's always a treat to receive products from different countries! Here's some close ups of what I received...

1. The prizes before I opened them. Robin wrapped them up so pretty! 

2. Real Techniques Duo-Fiber Collection (Limited Edition). These are my first Real Techniques brushes so I'm excited to try them out!

3. Philosophy The Supernatural Colouring Book. I love little palettes like this as they're handy for popping into your handbag instead of packing all different products. A great product for me to bring on holiday next week.

4. Philosophy Angel Kiss Lip Gloss in Pretty Please. I don't really wear lip gloss but I love the name of this one, my angel obsession coming into play again!

5. Ulta Eye Shadow. This is a lovely brown colour, perfect for creating neutral eye looks.

6. Nail Bling Nail Wraps. I'm loving nail wraps these days so this will be great for creating another NOTD look.

7. Philosophy Windows to the Soul Eye Shadow Palette in Plum Delicious. The purple tones of this palette are some of my favourite shades to wear on my eyes.

8. Meow Eye Shadow in 'Beach'. This is a lovely gold shimmery shadow which comes in powder form. Another great one for creating a beautiful neutral eye look.

9. Silk Naturals Eye Shadow in 'Flourish'. Another beautiful golden colour for an understated but pretty eye look.

10. Wet n Wild Separators. This will come in handy when I'm painting my toe nails for my holiday.

11.  Urban Decay Eye Shadow in 'X'. A peach coloured eye shadow. I love this colour.

12. Urban Decay Pocket Rocket Lip Gloss in David. This is a gorgeous raspberry pink lip gloss and it has a half naked man on the cap, presumably named David!

13. Urban Decay 24/7 Shadow Pencil in 'Clash'. This is such a gorgeous colour and a perfect shade of blue for framing my blue eyes.

14. False Eyelashes. I'm always a fan of falsies, especially for when I'm creating very daring eye looks so these are great!

Thanks so much to Robin for these amazing prizes! I am totally in awe and so delighted. She even through in some extras, what a sweetheart!

Stay pretty people!



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Sunday, June 23, 2013

Back To MAC Lipsticks ♥

Hello dollies! Just doing a quick post to show you the two lipsticks I got today as part of MAC's 'Back To MAC' scheme. I had twelve empties so was allowed choose two lipsticks from their collections including their new orange collection but I don't think orange is the shade for me! I eventually decided on 'Girl About Town' for myself a beautiful bright pink colour which is very girly, Barbie-like in my opinion. It's similar to a MAC lipstick I already have, 'Lickable' but this is an Amplified lipstick instead of a cremesheen. I also wanted to get a lipstick for my mother so I choose 'Twig', this looked like a more mauve tone in the shop but in natural light it turns out to be a reddish brown colour. My mother didn't think it suited her so now it's part of my lipstick collection and luckily it suits me so I've been told! I have three more empties just three more to go so I can get a new lipstick again, how I love this scheme! Reviews and swatches to come on these two shades soon. Any suggestions on what shade to get next?


Stay pretty people!


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EOTD - Stila 'Instinct', 'Impulse', 'Glance' & 'Improvise' Eye Shadows ♥

 
I felt like doing something different on the blog today so I decided on an 'Eye of the Day' post. I've never done one of these before but anyone who knows me knows that I love eye shadows, the brighter the better! I'm not generally a fan of nude shades but having said that I do love my MUA 'Undressed' palette. Today I used my favourite colours from an eye shadow palette I've been raving about on Twitter, Stila's 'In the Moment' palette. I love this palette as the colours are diverse ranging from light highlighting shades, purples, golds and charcoal colours. I also love the fact that these shadows are stay proof and don't seem to crease, amazing! You can read my first impressions of the palette and see my swatches here - Stila 'In the Moment' Palette.


I used my four favourite shades to create this look - 'Instinct' a very pale champagne coloured shadow which I used to cover my whole eyelid, bringing the shadow all the way up to the brow bone to highlight the eye area. 'Impulse', probably my favourite shade from the whole palette, a beautiful lilac colour which I used on the inner and middle lid area. 'Glance' a vibrant purple colour which I used on the crease fold of my lid and blended it into the 'Instinct' shade. Finally I used 'Improvise' a very dark purple shade which I used on the upper lash and lower lash line to frame the eye. I prefer to use shadow instead of eyeliner, I think it's better to incorporate the shadow you use into the whole eye area rather than just the lid, it creates for a more dramatic look. I then finished the eye with Maxfactor 'Lash Silks' mascara which really elongates my lashes as you can see.

I must say the colours of this eye look are far more noticeably in person. When trying to photograph these shades the camera wasn't too good in picking up the different shades. I think this may be because the shadows have a shimmer effect which is hard to show up in light, it's easier to photograph matte shadows. Nevertheless I love the look and am loving this Stila palette! More EOTD posts to come in the future for sure!

Stay pretty people!


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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Snail Mail ♥

Hello dollies! So every week I do my Pretty Post feature and it's fast becoming the most popular feature on my blog. I'm so glad people are liking it because I love showing off all the beautiful post I get to the world. Every week though people ask where I get my pen pals from and how we got in contact so I wanted to write this post to explain. There are two main places I source my pen pals from. I joined a website Interpals way back in May 2009 and found my first pen pals through this site. It's a great place for contacting people from all over the world and making new friendships. I still write with my first ever pen pal from the site who is from California and our friendship is now going strong for four years so to me that is amazing and I will always be thankful to Interpals for that. There are still some normal people on the site interested in true, genuine friendships, in fact my newest Dutch pen pal and I just met on the site a couple of months ago but for me Interpals has lost it's spark and is now full of sleazy men who see it more as a dating site rather than a place to form snail mail relationships.

I now make my friendships through Facebook pen pal groups, most notably International Penpals. This however is a secret group so you need to be added to the group by someone who is already a member. This is to keep the group spam free and full of people who write back and are actually interested in forming snail mail friendships. If you wish to be added to this group then feel free to add me on Facebook. This group holds events almost every weekend for forming new snail mail friendships and everyone is lovely and always up for a discussion.

Also I am always interested in meeting new pals and writing to new people. If anyone is ever interested in snail mailing with me you can always drop me an email to fionairish@eircom.net and I'll give you my address. Please though don't be one of those people who stops writing after one letter, that is one of the most annoying things about snail mail, all the people who are charmed by the idea of the hobby but not actually willing to make a commitment.

I now also have a Facebook page for my new craft and snail mail supply store Dolly Dowsie and I'd love your support so if you could give it a 'like' that'd be great. I currently am holding a giveaway for these stamp motif and butterfly outline stickers so get liking and sharing the picture to be entered into the giveaway!
Stay pretty people and pick up a pen!


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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Sleek - 'Amethyst' ♥

Another week another lipstick post, I'm slowly working my way through my collection and sharing with you all. Today I am writing about Sleek's 'Amethyst' a dazzling purple colour with a hint of pink which gives a nice, glossy tone to the lips. I picked up this lipstick for the bargain price of just €1.49 from my local Dealz store and I just couldn't leave it behind for that price! This isn't a shade I would wear for daytime, it's quite daring and really stands out but it's perfect for nights out and I love to team it with a bold purple eye shadow. The quality of the lipstick is good. It glides evenly onto the lips and gives a great pigmentation. I do find that if your lips are cracked or dry in anyway that the lipstick will gather in the lines of your lips, something which I hate, however for just €1.49 I can't complain much. This lipstick has good staying power and doesn't need to constantly be reapplied to maintain it's colour on the lips. What I love about this lipstick is that it's one of those shades which looks slightly different in different lighting, it has that changeability which I find very appealing. I recently showed this lipstick to a friend and she was also impressed with the colour. These purple hued lipsticks are gorgeous and fast becoming a favourite of mine.


Stay pretty people!



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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

NOTD - Sally Hansen 'Thinking Of Blue' ♥

Hello dollies! I'm back with another nail post. I'm really enjoying doing my nails these days and find myself picking colours I wouldn't have looked twice at before. One colour which surprisingly caught my eye was this deep navy blue colour by Sally Hansen named 'Thinking Of Blue'. This is a high gloss polish as you can see from the pictures. The white sheen on my nails aren't chips, which they look like but are the results of light reflecting of the polish. I must say I love the colour range of Sally Hansen nail polish, I think this may be why they are the #1 selling nail brand in the U.S. This colour is beautiful but for me this polish has a major downfall, that being that it takes an age to dry. This is no good to me as a busy mother and while writing this post I can see that one of my nails has smudged quite badly and one has chipped already, I've only been wearing the polish for two hours! This is very annoying and such a shame as I was so impressed with the colour. This has really put me off using this polish again, I don't see the point in spending time doing my nails for them to be wrecked just two hours later, I could spend my time doing other things. So all in all Sally Hansen provides a pretty colour with no staying power.

Stay pretty people!


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Monday, June 17, 2013

Pretty Post #11 ♥

Hello dollies! I'm here bringing you all another 'Pretty Post' segment, I'm so glad that people are enjoying looking at what I receive in the post from week to week and that these posts have inspired some of you to take up snail mailing, how amazing is that?! This week was a very slow post week. I received just two letters, both of which came on the same day, Wednesday. Why does this always happen? Nothing comes for awhile and then everything comes at once, I think it's a conspiracy within the sorting office! On Monday I also received my makeup swap from a fellow Irish blogger Makeup Monster so I guess I can include that in my 'Pretty Post' adventure this week. The lack of post this week was actually a good thing. I was able to catch up on a few letters which were sitting in my letter holder and I was able to post off four items of mail on Thursday, three of which have already reached their destinations, how exciting! I am now replying to the last letter in my pile and awaiting eighteen letters so hopefully they'll arrive soon. Here is was I received for the week June 10th to 15th...

1. A letter from one of my newest pals Nadia from America. This letter was sent during her time in England hence the English stamp. She designs her own paper, how cute is it?!
2. Nadia's envelope. I love this bird and cage detail, it has such a vintage vibe to it.
3. A letter from my pal Ragna from Germany. I was surprised that Jacek knew who Maya Die Biene was!

As this feature was quite short this week I wanted to show you some of my most recent letters being posted today.

1. My Australian pal Amy designs the most beautiful envelopes and I took inspiration for my envelope here from one of hers. The only difference is that I did a green postbox as ours are green here in Ireland. I'm really trying to be more creative with my envelopes so this is a start!
2. I used rubber stamps for the first time this week so here is my little cupcake along with my cupcake sticker from my Sweet Shop sticker collection.

I hope this week brings lots of pretty post!

Stay pretty people and pick up a pen!


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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Inside My Guess Handbag ♥

Hello dollies! I thought today I would share with you all what is inside my gorgeous hot pink and red Guess bag. My lovely fiance Jacek bout me this bag for my twenty-second birthday and he also bought me the clutch bag to match it. I fell in love with this bag straight away as it's design reminds me of an envelope! Yes of course I had to get the snail mail theme in there! This was my first ever Guess bag and that makes it all the more special to me. Lets take a look what's inside...

Inside my handbag I always carry with me:
  • My purse! It's Scassi and has a cute owl on the front. I need a new purse though as all my loose change keeps falling out of this one! 
 
  • My phone. It's a Samsung Galaxy Young and is perfect for the amount of phone usage I do, which is not a lot. I never text, make phone calls, etc. I usually just WhatsApp.

  • An umbrella, essential when you live in wet and rainy Ireland!

  • A reusable carrier bag. I bring this bag everywhere with me as you never know when you'll need a bag. A swift shopping spree may come upon me at any time and it's handy to have something to carry my purchases in. This bag is also waterproof, again essential for the Irish weather!

  • One of my makeup bags. I love this one with the letter theme, it's so adorable.

  • MAC lipstick in 'Snob'. This is my everyday lipstick and it's handy to keep it in my makeup bag for topping up during the day.

  • MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Powder in 'Medium'. I'm one of those girls who likes to powder her nose!

  • Tokyo Milk/Dark by Margot Elena roll on perfume. I LOVE the scent of this perfume and the roll on makes it so easy to apply during the day.

  • MAC Studio Fix Fluid Foundation in NW25. I like the keep my foundation on me to top it up if needed during the day.

  • Powder brush by Ruby for applying my Skinfinish powder.

  • Foundation brush by EcoTools.

  • Avon Hawaiian Shores Spray Mist, I love the smell of this and it's great for a freshen up during the day. As you can see I'm a bit of a scent fiend!
Stay pretty people!
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