A/W '13 Fashion Wishlist

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Of course I had to include a heap of sweaters!

A/W is not the same without a onesie. Yes you look like a giant baby but who cares. They're fun. I really want this Stitch one! The eBay seller has tons of different animal type ones!

I am in love with these Nike runners! Of course I would pick the pink ones!

I've actually already bought the new look black wedges but decided to include them anyway because I love them so much!

I've always loved the look of these cuffs and only recently bought my first from eBay, now I'm lusting after this one!

And finally I had to include a scarf, A/W in Ireland is not complete without a scarf! I love the colour of this one from Boohoo.

I'm sure there are plenty more items I'd like for autumn/winter but these are the items I've saved to my WantWorthy account (seriously if you haven't tried this website its amazing).

Wantworthy is perfect for saving any items you spot on a website to go back and get later. Its really easy, you make an account, install the button on your toolbar (it tells you how to do this) then everytime you click on an item on a shopping site that you want, you simply press the WANT button on your toolbar and it saves the item to your wantworth account. When you log in the photos of all the items you want comes up and you can click on them to take you to the exact website page to buy them! Easy. 

So thats my A/W wishlist! If you have a post like this please share it in the comments because I'm sure I'll want half the stuff on yours too!

Emma xo

Betty Crocker Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix : The Easiest Cookies Ever

Hi everyone so todays post is going to be a little different than usual. I'd love to do more baking/cooking posts but lets be honest, even though I love the thought of baking, I can't be bothered with all the messiness of mixing flour and eggs and all that malarky. 

So, when my Mam brought home this Betty Crocker cookie kit (she knows I like baking but I'm basically too lazy to haha) I was excited to try it..well actually I was excited to eat them!

Yes thats right you only need 3 ingredients. Vegetable Oil, Waer and an Egg. All of these are things you would usually have at home so you really dont need to buy anything else other than this little kit.

It all comes in a bag. You pour the mix into a bowl and add the extra ingredients.

You can mix it with a spoon but it started to get annoying so I just used my hands. Its so much faster.

Once it formed a dough I just took a few small balls of it, placed it on the baking tray and flattened them out. Now I made the mistake of making these raw cookies normal cookie size and by the time they cooked they expanded. I'd recommend making them smaller than you want them to be.

Then you pop them in the oven and wait 10 minutes.

Seriously these are so freakin good. They didnt last very long on the kitchen counter.. mainly because I ate A LOT of them. I feel guilty (I don't really).

I think these are handy to keep in the cupboard for quick baking. Whip em up super fast before heading to a friends for tea, hey you could even be naughty and say they're homemade. Technically you did make them at home ;)

Emma xo

Life Update - M.I.A, New Puppy, Surgery Rant & More

I know, I know. I've been gone forever. Well 2 weeks to be exact.

I've been feeling very uninspired and unmotivated lately.

BUT I just decided to force myself back into posting and decided to start with an update post as I've a few things to share..

Whats In My Bag? TAG

A few weeks ago I showed in a post a new bag that I'd gotten and said I would show you all whats in it once enough time has passed to allow things to naturally accumulate.

So, here it is!

Now, granted its actually quite empty as I've only been using it for work the past few weeks and things haven't really built up but anyway!

So first the pink makeup bag holds..well my makeup, duuh. I don't bring this every day as I can't be bothered but if I can fit it, I throw it in there! Next I have a small canister of deodrant just for a quick spray all over during work as it can get hot running around in our uniforms. I have a small bottle of hand sanitiser because I'm quite paranoid about germs and stuff. I also have a few hair clips, because I have long hair its hard to put in a bun so I have to use quite a lot of clips but I like to carry extra just in case some hair escapes! Then I have a pack of chewing gums, the only ones I ever buy are the Extra ones in the turquiose/teal pack. I won't chew any other gum. I always have a bottle of water in my bag too and then of course I have my purse.

My purse is purple and has a snakeskin (I think its snakeskin, I dont know my skins tbh) effect. I've had it at least a year now and its still going strong!

So thats everything in my bag, obviously I also have some womens products in there too but I didn't think anyone wanted to look at tampons so yeah.

If you have a whats in my bag post link it below so I can be nosey!

Emma xo

My Favourite New Shows

While chatting on twitter with a friend about some new tv shows I got the idea to write a post, sharing my new favourite shows with you all! Hopefully some of you will end up loving these as much as I do!

I've also included some of my other not so new favourite shows at the end..

Would You Rather? Beauty Edition TAG

So I saw this post on Kayleighs blog Couture Girl and I thought it would be fun to do as I hadn't seen it around before!

Would you rather lose all of your mascaras, eyeliners, lipsticks, and lipglosses or lose all of your palettes and eyeshadows?

All my palettes and eyeshadows. I rarely actually wear eyeshadow which is ridiculous considering the amount I actually have.

 

Would you rather chop off all your hair or never be able to cut it again?

By chop it off do you mean shave it? If you mean chop it up to a bob, I'd rather do that than never cut it again! It will grow back but I can't cope with horrible straggly ends.

Would you rather have a coral cheek or a pink cheek?

Pink! My everyday blush is pink. 

If you had £1000 to spend, Would you rather buy clothes or makeup?

Clothes! I have enough makeup to be honest, I don't need any more. I do need more clothes though, I find putting outfits together with the ones I have difficult.

Would you rather apply lipstick as eyeliner, or eyeliner as lipstick?

Lipstick as eyeliner! You could use an angled brush. I aint having no black or brown lips!

Would you rather only shop at MAC or Sephora?

We don't have a sephora here anyway but I'd probably pick MAC, my favourite foundation is from there  and Sephora is no use to me without that!

Would you rather only use one eyeshadow color or one lip color for the rest of your life?

One eyeshadow colour! Can I cheat and say one eyeshadow group? Like all browns/all greys etc. I usually only use either of those anyway. I love lipstick though so I can't give up that!

Would you rather wear winter clothes in summer or summer clothes in winter?

Its like winter here in Ireland in summer anyway so I'd choose winter clothes in summer!

Would you rather dark nails or bright nails all year round?

Bright! I rarely wear dark nails!

 

Would you rather give up your favorite lip product or your favorite eye product?

My favourite lip product is my MAC lipsticks and my favourite eye product is mascara.. hmm this is a tough one. I don't think I could do my makeup without mascara anyway so I'd probably have to give up my lipstick :(

Would you rather only be able to wear your hair in a pony tail or a messy bun?

Messy bun! I only wear my hair in a pony tail at the gym or on lazy days anyway!

Would your rather never being able to paint your nails again or never use lipgloss?

I never use lipgloss anyway, I hate it.

Would you rather shave your eyebrows and have none at all? or sharpie them in everyday?

Sharpie them in! I can't lose my eyebrows!

Would you rather live without makeup or nail polish?

Easy. Nail polish. 

I tag everyone!

If you do this tag please do leave a link below as I'd love to see. 

Emma xo

Weekly Update

I almost forgot about the weekly update this week! So Im writing this from my bed, while I dance away by myself to Play Hard by David Guetta. I'm obsessed. Oh and also Demi Lovato Heart Attack. That girl can sing.

This week was pretttyyy boring. I was basically working all week. I started taking random photos throughout the day for either 'day in the life' or 'week in photos' posts though!

I had a day off on Thursday and literally spent it in my pjs on the sofa. I was supposed to drop something into the salon for the manager and ended up getting my Mam to do it so I didn't have to get dressed or do my makeup hahaha. 

I did go out last night though! I am paying for it today :( Usually I don't get hangovers but the last 2 weeks I have as I've changed what I drink on nights out now. I won't go into detail about the events of that night as they are pretty mortifying. I managed to walk around all night in over 6 inch heels perfectly fine and right as I was about to get into the car to go home I fell on my ass. Yep. Typical.

Thankfully I'm not working tomorrow as we're closed on Mondays so I have another day to recover!

I don't have any photos from last night to share as we didn't actually take any :(

God that was a boring post!? Oh well. Its better than nothing eh?!

I hope you all had a good week, a more eventful week than me hopefully??

Emma xo

Random Facts About Me i.e A Rant About Things I Hate #1

So a while back this Random Facts tag was floating around and to be honest, I thought it was the most boring thing ever. The facts some people gave made me want to rip my eyeballs out. I could never finish a whole post. So, I decided to do it but try to make it a bit more interesting. THERE'LL BE NO 'MY FAVOURITE COLOUR IS' FACTS HERE PEOPLE. Everyone loves a rant right?
Well here we go..

Weekly Update #4

So first of all, I want to apologise for my lack of posts. 

I started work last Tuesday and have been trying to figure out a blogging schedule around work. I'm usually too tired afterwards to blog at night so I'm trying to write a few on my days off to schedule!

So far its going great! I'm loving it. They're all so nice!

I definitely got lucky and got into a nice place to work.

I haven't really done anything exciting this week as I've been working. I was supposed to go shopping on my day off on Thursday with my friend Lisa but she ended up having to work that day! We're trying to reschedule for next week!

I may be going out tomorrow night (that would be tonight when this is posted!) but I don't plan on drinking much. Having a sober night is going to interesting haha.

I'll be testing out my new shoes. Omg seriously you should see these shoes. When I saw them online I didn't think they looked that high but when they came I was like holy crap. THEY'RE HUGE! The heel is 6.25 inches. The platform is 2 inches so the heel isnt THAT high but I'm still not used to being that high off the ground haha. Plus I'm so used to wearing wedges for the last year that heels feel weird!

I'll definitely do a post showing you them because they are gorgeous.

I hope you all had a lovely week (feel free to share below!) and please bear with me while I try to figure out my blogging schedule!

Emma xo

Weekly Update #3: Spend Spend Spend, Shots Shots Shots

So I think this is just going to be a weekend update as I don't want it to be too long and my week was quite boring!

I went for lunch on Saturday with my friend Caron that I hadn't seen in a while, we walked up all the hills in my town (please tell me thats 9326302957395 calories burned??) to get to the hairdressers as I WAS GETTING THE CHOP. Yep, I got quite a bit cut off my hair. To be honest, as much as I liked it long, it was really gettting on my nerves. It was fine when it was curled but when it was straight it just hung there flat and just got in the way. I also had quite a few splits ends and I just thought it was time for the snip. I really like it though, Its still long, the only way I can describe it is if you look at the photo above, I got it cut up to about the top of the D in Daniels but its not a hassle anymore, it also looks a lot healthier and sleeker! After I got home and Caron had left I ended up going BACK into town with my Mam and of course I ended up spending! I bought a gorgeouuusssss bag which I will show in a future post.

Last night I went out and lets just say I'm not feeling too great today! I'm not going to go into too much detail about THAT. I don't think doing 3 shots one after the other was a good idea. Although my friend Roisin and I managed to score 2 free drinks each ;) I ended up wearing my 12 year old sisters dress. Im surprised I fit my boobs into it as it was a 12-13 years old size. Not sure what 12 to 13 year olds they were thinking of when they made the dress! Only for it was a skater style dress I know for a fact a I would never have gotten my ass into it. I wish I'd taken a photo as its a really nice dress too!

I start work on Tuesday which I am very excited about and I'm looking forward to going shopping with one of my very good friends Lisa during the week.. I'm going to clear my whole wardrobe out tomorrow and get rid of anything I haven't worn in months (with the exception of Summer clothes of course, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for good weather this Summer) so if I do pick up anything nice I can have room for it!

I'm not sure how everyone feels about these personal posts, I personally love being nosey and reading all about what everyones up to, but I didn't want to go into too much detail in this as I thought you all might get bored.

Anyway I hope you all had a lovely week and weekend!

Emma xo

30 Ways to Save £1

Hello so I've got a different type of post for you all today. We all love to save a few pound so I've put together a list of 30 ways to save £1 (or more, or a little under). The lovely people are MoneySupermarket.com are giving all bloggers a chance to submit their 30 Ways to Save a £1. For every tip you share, you get £1! Nice one huh? You find out more info here.

1. If you're shopping online, check online to see if there are any discounts codes available. You'd be surprised at how much you could save!

2. Every week, have a clean out of your purse, put any coins into a jar, after a while your jar will start to fill up! 

3. If you have any old phones you dont need send them to envirophone!

4. If you have any old cds/dvds etc send them to Music Magpie. They're no use to you sitting around the house unused.

5. If you find yourself stopping off to grab a coffee on the way to school/work, try bringing your own from home in a reuseable travel mug. Those few pounds add up!

6. Always bring your own lunch from home to school or work. A lot of the time its healthier AND cheaper. Win win!

7. If you're a student, check out if you're eligible for a student discount. Many stores offer them. All you need is a student card.

8. Instead of buying a new wardrobe, root through your own and try DIYing and customising old clothes. There are a million helpful tutorials on youtube!

9. Have a root through your dads closet! Cut the sleeves off one of his old baggy t shirts and make it into a muscle vest top!

10. Make a list of everything you spend money on each week. Cut anything that you really can't live without. Be brutal.

11. Instead of always having nights out, have nights in with your friends. Each of you could bring a snack (microwave popcorn, chocolate, sweets!) and pop in a DVD. Way more fun than a night out and generally will cost less!

12. Make a list before going grocery shopping with the estimated cost of each item. ONLY bring enough cash to cover the cost of those items (maybe an extra fiver just in case you guessed wrong!). This will stop you throwing random items into your trolley!

13. Thrawl eBay and local charity shops. You never know what you'll find and it can't hurt to try!

14. Skip the hairdressers and dye your hair at home (unless you're going blonde.. do..not...do...that.)

15. Fill up water bottles with tap water and pop in the fridge to chill instead of buying bottled water. 

16. Make sure your TV isn't left on standby.

17. Plug out any electrical items from the socket. Especially phone chargers. Even if your phone is not attached to the end it still rises your electricity bill!

18. Don't be afraid to bargain at a car boot sale. Chances are, that seller wants the item gone that day so you might as well chance your arm! 

19. Don't be attracted to huge SALE signs on items in the supermarket. Just because its on sale doesn't mean you need it. If you weren't going to buy it in the first place, don't. You're just throwing away money because its on sale.

20. Be wary of 3 for 2 sales. If you were only going to pick up one item. Only get the one. Don't double the cost for yourself to get the extra free item. Its not worth the cost. 

21. eBay is a great place to pick up phone cases for a couple of pounds compared to the £15 in shops!

22. Try shopping in store rather than online if you can. You avoid shipping costs and also the costs of sending the item back if it didn't fit properly. In store, you can try it on.

23. Always ask for a sample if you're thinking of buying something. Don't be afraid of the sales assistants. Its their job to ASSIST you. Be brave and explain you wanted to try a particular product but weren't sure how your skin would react with it and ask if you could have a sample to try at home.

24. When shopping, watch your basket. Even though you might think 'oh everything is so cheap'. All those cheap items add up.  

25. Check reviews online from your favourite bloggers (hint hint ;)) before buying a product. 

26. If you have old gold jewellery at home that is useless to you, try places like cash for gold.

27. Have a wardrobe clear out and head to a car boot sale. If getting up early isn't your thing, hop onto eBay and sell sell sell!

28. If you smoke, STOP IT. The amount of money you could save on cigarettes is crazy. 

29. If an item of clothing has a small stain or something that you could easily fix at home, don't be afraid to ask the sales assistant if you could possibly get a discount. 

30. Use MoneySupermarket to compare prices!

Weekly Update #2 - New Job, Nail Polish & 8am Wake Up Calls From 4 Year Olds

I'm back with another weekly update! I'm not quite sure what to call these though!

So this has been quite an exciting week for me (you'll all probably find it extremely boring though!)

Last Monday I had a job interview in a local salon. I was a little nervous but very excited. 

Its been quite hard for me to find a job since finishing college last June. There are literally NO jobs in my county. Especially for a beauty therapist. So to say I wanted this was an understatement.

After I'd finished the interview, they told me that they were holding a second interview, which would be practical (doing treatments) and would let me know if they wanted me to come back in for that. 

Long story short, I got the second interview and then finally the job. So I am SOOOO HAPPY.

I literally screamed the house down after they rang to tell me.

I start at the end of April/start of May so I'm very excited about that. I honestly love what I do (beauty therapy) and wouldn't change it for the world. I think thats a good thing too. Enjoying your job. I can't imagine waking up in the morning dreading going to work..

Vodka Milkshake Recipe - GUEST POST ft LittleBlondeLife.com

Hey guys so I decided to start featuring some guest bloggers on here lately, lets be honest, you're probably all sick of seeing my face and reading my words so it will be nice to introduce some fresh content. Also, its a great way for you to discover new, amazing bloggers! 

Today, we have the gorgeous and very lovely Sammie from Little Blonde Life. 

Now I'm not going to lie I myself am absolutely shit (oops naughty) at any kind of recipes so I was majorly excited when I saw Sammie was posting a recipe, I was even more excited when I saw it included vodka. 

I'm going to shut up now and let Sammie get on with getting us all absolutely pissed! WOOOHOOO.

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Hello Emma's Lovely readers, Emma has kindly given me chance to do a guest post on her blog. Allow me to introduce myself I'm Sammie from Little Blonde Life. Normally I have no problem conjuring up blog posts but as this is my first guest  post I was a little unsure what I should blog about. As big bang theory was on the TV in the background I found my bloggers block unlocked by the one and only Sheldon Cooper and thought the best way I could introduce myself to you guys was to offer you a hot beverage. Well unfortunately I was all out of hot beverages so instead i have made you guys a vodka milkshake. (I suppose I could of just made a milkshake, but c'mon it is Friday)

To make:

IM BACK! Weekly Update #1

Hey guys, so most of you may know I've been taking a break due to blogger deciding to not publish my new posts to my followers reading list. I don't think its back working yet but I don't care, I couldn't stay away any longer :D

So I had literally the worst week and a half of my life. 

I have never been so ill in all my life. I started off with an eye infection. I got drops from the doctor and just went downhill from there. I ended up with a non stop headache for like 3 days, nausea, a fever/chills, weakness, a throat infection and pain in my limbs along with my persistant eye infection. I finally went to the doctor after a couple of days spent unable to get out of bed. He prescribed stronger eye drops for my eye but he had no idea what else was wrong with me. He seemed a little worried as I'm rarely sick and prescribed 2 different antibiotics and painkillers to try and get rid of my illness. He said if I did not see any improvement after taking all the pills for 24 hours then he was sending me to the hospital. 

I must have looked pretty horrendous as when I went into the pharmacy afterwards to pick up my prescription the chemist took one look at me and said 'Woman down!! You're not well at all are you?'. 

Thankfully after a couple of hours I felt an improvement. I actually managed to get out of bed and lay on the sofa with a big snuggly duvet. I still had a slight headache but eventually after another few days of it, it wore off!

Today is the first day since I've gotten the eye infection over a week and a half ago that I've worn my contacts and did my makeup fully. I finally feel like me again. Yaay. 

I think I'm going to do these weekly updates as I love just talking to you all, unfortuantely this week hasn't been eventful at all as I've been ill! I'll try to include some photos next time!

I hope you all had a good week regardless!