Irish Blogger Meetup and an Au Natural FOTD

Hello lovelies!!
Back with a bit of a natter :)

If you follow the ladies I mention below then there is no doubt you will already be aware of our little rendezvous two weeks ago. For those of you who don't know, a few of us girlies met up in Dublin for some shopping, and a spot of lunch. :) It was really quite amazing to finally meet some of the girls I regularly chat to online, whose videos I watch, and whose blogs I read all the time! It was quite surreal actually. Needless to say we all got along like a house on fire, and it really was a great day!! :)

When the country girlies finally arrived (:P) we mused through Forever 21 and New Look before grabbing some lunch in the Calzone Café, (thanks Julie!) and then spending most of the afternoon in Brown Thomas, where we got lost among the the Nars, MAC and Chanel counters. We were like a bunch of schoolgirls the eight of us, all nattering about our favourite shades and the new Wonder Woman MAC collection, before stopping to purchase some products. :)
We then wandered into Zara and H&M, before taking a breather in Starbucks to have a natter about our favourite YouTubers and when our next meetup would be.

It was such a great day, im actually so excited to meet up with the girlies again, they are all such fantastic people, and so fun :)


Here is a token photo of my makeup for the day, (obv!) :P

Please don't mind my roots, Im quite aware a hair appointment is well overdue!!

Face:
Tan: St. Moriz
MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NW15
MAC Select Cover Up Concealer
Benefit Boing Concealer
MAC Mocha Blush
Rimmel Silky Loose Powder
Natural Collection Sun Shimmer Bronzer

Eyes:
I can't remember! It may possibly have been Urban Decay's Darkhorse, Creep and Gunmetal
MaxFactor Million Volume Lashes Mascara
Lord and Berry Liquid Liner in Brown/Black
Urban Decay Zero Kohl Pencil

Lips:
Lord and Berry Soft Shine Lip Liner in Nouveau Rose
MAC Patisserie Lipstick
Barry M Lip Wand in Bubblegum

And some pics from the day!

Kate, Me and Julie



Katie and Laura



Louise and Sarah

The girls have some more pics so definitely check them out! And for some reason I haven't got a picture of the gorgeous Sandra, so go check her out too! :)

And here is my au natural face of the day! Needless to say it was not infact, au natural, as I was indeed wearing makeup. :)

Face:
Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation in 51
mixed with a splodge of
Chanel Pro Lumiere Foundation in no. 10 Limpide
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light Medium
Benefit Coralista Blush
Sephora Sculpting disk Bronzer

Eyes:
Urban Decay's Virgin, (highlight) Sin, (lid) Buck (crease) and Darkhorse (tiny dust on outer corner) from the Naked Palette
Maybelline Colossal Volume Express Mascara
Barry M Liquid Liner

Lips:
No. 7 Lipliner in Nude
Revlon Nude Attitude Matte Lipstick
Barry M Lipwand in Toffee

Et voila! C'est fini :)

Thank you for reading! Hope you are all having a nice weekend! Better than
mine anyway! College work beckons!
Aoif :) x

Girl Crush: Natalie Portman

This woman is possibly one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. Ever.
Hands up, I can honestly admit I never took much of a shining to her in Star Wars, but since seeing Black Swan, my god,the woman is amazing! (If you haven't seen it, go see it!)
It could have been the makeup dramatics I fell for, but she is actually such a classic beauty. She comes across as so quirky and raw, but she is infact very intelligent.
Simplicity is something I never quite understood or in particular liked when it comes to fashion, although in recent months I have been coveting many a simple piece, and wearing many a simple ensemble.
Here, Natalie sports some trés chic but trés simple pieces, which let her natural beauty take centre stage.



Clockwise from Top Left: Givenchy, Rodarte, Lanvin, Lanvin again, Azzaro, Viktor & Rolf, Rodarte and Jason Wu.

I am in loooove with the white Givenchy dress and the blue Jason Wu. She is stunning!

Just wanted to give all my new followers a high diddly ho and thank you for following :)

Hope youre all having a nice week :) x

New Love: Zara

I have always zoomed right past Zara in my quest for purchasing new season garments as I had always assumed it was a bit too 'grown up' for me. COULD I BE MORE WRONG?!

I had a gander last week as it was pay day and whenever pay day comes around I go on a mad one. What can I say. I had a bit of time to spare and saw a gorgeous blazer in the display window. I went in and although the blazer in question was delicious, I was more drawn to some of their other pieces. The hues and colours were all perfect for spring; soft shades of pinks, rose, nude, and camel graced the shelves and rails.

I had a totally embarrassing moment where I was trying on a pair of trousers, and low and behold.. I found the zip to be faulty. In the end I had to be cut out, yes cut out of the trousers by three sales assistants. I felt too ashamed to continue shopping so I left hurriedly, only to feel sad that I hadn't purchased the gorgeous pieces I had coveted.

I did in the end return to purchase some bits and bobs, but I just thought I'd show you my current Zara picks. :)

I am meeting up with some of the blogging girlies tomorrow so I will be posting pics of that soon :)

Hope youre all having a lovely weekend :)
Aoif xx

Products I've Been Loving/Newish Purchases

Hi hi! I know I have seriously been neglecting my bloggy, it's my own fault, and its due to a number of reasons. Well, 2. No, 3.

First of all, some of you may know that I recently started a new job (yay!) working in a gorgeous chocolate concession in House of Fraser. Their website is still under construction but I have been dying to show you all how adorable and delightful it is. Anyways, I am supposed to be working part time but have seemed to be bombarded with full time hours, (which doesn't reeeeally bother me, hello monaaaay!), but it kind of interferes with college work.

Which leads me onto the second reason this poor bloggy has not been given so much attention as of late. I am in my final year of a BA degree and recently submitted my 20,000 word dissertation (YAY!), but, now its back to the grind, and when I thought everything was going to be plain sailing from here, it's like I have been bombarded with yet another dissertation. I have a loooot of work to do until I finish up in May. This, along with work, hasn't really given me much time to do anything else, let alone blogging or YouTubing.

Third reason. I have been so tired due to constantly working and colleging, that I have been quite unmotivated to blog. This annoys me, because I keep telling myself I NEED to blog. BAH.

Enough moaning!

This post is about a few products I have recently been loving. :)

FACE

From Top Left: Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation, Rimmel Silky Loose Powder, Natural Collection Suntint Bronzing Powder, Sigma 168 Brush, MAC Select Cover Up Concealer in NW15

EYES

From Top Left: No. 7 Exceptional Definition Mascara in Brown/Black, Maybelline Colossal Volume Mascara, Lord & Berry Inkwell Liquid Liner in Brown, MAC Thunder Eyes Quad

LIPS

Vaseline Cocoa Butter Lip Therapy, MAC Lipstick in Patisserie

OTHER!

From Top Left: Aussie Dual Personality Coloured Hair Protection and Shine Serum, Soap and Glory Fab Pore Hot Cloth Cleanser, Boots Reviving Overnight Foot Rescue, L'Occitane En Provence Riz Ultra Matte Face Fluid, Trilogy Everything Balm.

What products have you been loving?!

New Purchases

All from Topshop/Miss Selfridge in the Sale! :)

Thanks for reading dolls, and I will chat to you al soon :)

Aoif x

Bingo Bango.

Every once in a while I get a sense of nostalgia or awe when I look at a photo. Its amazing how one photo can capture one moment, and these memoirs can be kept forever. Some pictures are just so beautiful, some really inspire me, and some just make me smile.

I just want to say thank you to all my followers who have clicked that little follow button. It amazes me that there are people out there that are actually interested in what I have to say. Thank you all so so much. I wish I could hug you all in person! Hopefully someday i'll get to.

Love

Aoif xx

Very Berry.

I think one of the best things about going out for a girlie night is getting ready. Sad but true. Us girls relish in the thought of getting dressed up for a night out on the tooown. Well I do anyway. I actually love it. :)

I went to Copan last night, which is a new bar located in South Dublin. Needless to say, it was absolutely jammers and quite reminiscent of a sardine tin. Eugh. I lost all my friends almost immediately, and I could barely breathe, so myself and my lovely boyfriend, who had popped along, decided to make our getaway. We ended up going to a smaller quieter bar called Toast, where we had a chat and a few drinkies :)
We headed home at about 2am, as he had to be up earlies to collect his gorgeous daughter Ella. The one thing I was not looking forward to was removing the amount of makeup on my face, but my skin thanked me for it this morning :)

Although I missed out on €5 cocktails and a good natter with the girls, I am hangover free, and still have money in my bank account! At least some good came out of it!

Haha I don't actually pose like this, my sister was taking the pic and told me to :P


The Alligator Ring makes its debut! :)

Top - Topshop
Hareems - Topshop
Shoes - Kurt Geiger (:P)
Necklace - Topshop
Ring - Asos

Face
MAC Creme Matifiant
MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NW15
MAC Select Cover Up Concealer in NW15
Rimmel Silky Loose Powder
Sephora Sculpting Disk
MAC Mocha Blush


Eyes
Estee Lauder Stay in Place Eyeshadow Base
Revlon Matte Shadow in Rich Sable for Brows
MAC Thunder eyeshadow (inner corner)
MAC Sketch eyeshadow (Lid)
Urban Decay Zero eyeshadow (outer corner)
Barry M Liquid Liner
Clinique Eye Kohl in Noir
Maybelline Colossal Mascara
ELF Falsies

Lips
No. 7 Lipliner in Nude
MAC Patisserie Lipstick
Barry M Lipwand in Baby Pink

Hair
Aussie Dual Personality Volume Mousse to roots
Tresémme Heat Defence Protectant Spray
Umberto Gianinni Backcomb in a Bottle
Aussie Dual Personality Coloured Hair Protection Shine Serum on ends
Aussie Dual Personality Hi-Hold Hairspray

Thank you for reading and I hope youre all having a lovely weekend!!

:)

Aoif x

New Purchases + What I Wore Today.

I literally cannot stop spending. I think I have a problem. Its ok though, because admitting it is the first step! Ah no, I received a nice sum of money in my bank account from last years Erasmus grant, in which I thought I had already fully received, but it seems that I hadn't! I thought I was seeing things when the bank statement came through the door!

Anyways, obviously with my newfound richness I purchased some new things in Topshop, Primark and MAC. I have decided that I am going to just buy 'grown up' makeup from now on and stop buying drugstore makeup unless it is something amazing. This sounds mad, but it always takes me ages to gather up a certain amount of money for something from MAC, Bobbi Brown or Make Up For Ever, because I always buy mass amounts of products from Boots instead, like foundations, powders and shadows. I have said for soooo long that I was on the lookout for a new, lovely, perfect, high-end foundation, but I went and bought Revlon PhotoReady and Bourjois Healthy Mix quite recently just for the craic. With that said, I am loving the Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation, which was quite surprising, but Im sure you've all heard about it by this stage, so I won't bore you with the details :) (But if you haven't heard about it, it really is lovely!)

Anyways! I finally bought MAC Studio Fix Fluid, after a lengthy chat with one of the girls in MAC, as there was a bit of a dispute over the Pro Longwear. She recommended the Studio Fix Fluid as she said it gave a heavier coverage, which I like :)
I also bought the Select Cover Up Concealer from MAC, which Im still undecided about at the moment, as its great for under eye circles but not so great for blemishes. But here are a few other things I bought.

I bought these shoes from Primark. I was a bit skeptical about them at first, as Im not really a fan of a wooden wedge, but when I saw they had been reduced from €21 to €5, I couldn't resist!




I bought Patisserie Lipstick and Mocha Blush from MAC. One of the girls in MAC applied these onto my face and I was quite happy with the result so I purchased :)


I bought these tops in Topshop, I love the berry coloured one :)
I plan to wear it out tomorrow night with my new Topshop Hareems and Kurt Geigers. :)




I got these items in the sale in Topshop. The earrings were €1.50 each and the mirror necklace was €3.50. Cute! :)
I actually purchased these yesterday and when I got home realised they weren't in the bag! Gutted. Had to go back this morning and luckily the same sales assistant was working and remembered me! So all was resolved! :)



Face
MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NW15
MAC Select Cover Up Concealer in NW15
Rimmel Silky Loose Powder
Sephora Sculpting Disk
Benefit Coralista Blush
MAC Mocha Blush


Eyes
Estee Lauder Stay in Place Eyeshadow Base
Barry M Dazzledusts in Tan, Copper and Chocolate (Love this combo!)
Barry M Liquid Liner
Clinique Eye Kohl in Noir
Maybelline Colossal Mascara

Lips
MAC Patisserie Lipstick
MAC Underage Lipglass







Top - H&M
Cardi - Primark
Trousers - Asos
Necklace - Asos

Going out for cocktails tomorrow with my girlies so will post an outfit update then! Thank you for reading! Lovage :)
Aoif x