Westport House fun!

During my last week of the summer, my family and I went to the west of Ireland on holidays. when I was younger my Aunt used to own a mobile home beside the beach so many of our holidays were spent in Westport. One of my favourite places in Westport was Westport house, an old estate which was renovated into a family friendly adventure park with the houses grounds around you. Due to the age that I am now I wouldn't be able to go to the adventure park however if you brought any little one with you it would be a great days fun as I remember it being. A few things had changed since the last time I was there but still it brought back all of the exciting childhood memories!

Throw Back to my sister Aoife (right) and I (left) on the duck boats that you pedal.

Flash forward roughly ten years time to my photos of the grounds and some of the rides.

Insert awkward selfies of my not so great face in front of the house.

Westport house website; Here

This is only a glimpse at what is to offer and I recommend it as a day out for young and old no matter what age!

A few Little Purchases...

Here is four items which I thought I should tell you about;

Tanya Burr Lip Gloss in Afternoon Tea;
Recently I have been loving wearing nude lips and when I came across the Tanya Burr Lips and Nails stand in my local Superdrug I automatically grabbed the nudest pinkest colour there was and without any deliberation it was purchased straight away. The lip gloss smells like sweets which I love and it has great pigmentation. it is not sticky so your hair doesn't get stuck in it on a windy day or you don't have it joining your lips together in a sticky mess. It is one of my new favourite lip glosses and hey it is by the wonderful Tanya Burr.

Seventeen Ultimate Guide to Beauty;
for the past two years I have loved reading the seventeen magazine as I can get it in my local Easons and when I found out that they had a book about beauty I wanted to own it. For a long time I have been loathing over this book thinking is it worth buying but with my new funds that I have I decided "fudge it I'll buy it". I love this book it has make-up, hair, nails and anything else you may need to know about beauty with handy tips and tricks. I have nearly read it front to back and I feel like it is possibly my beauty bible when I am in a sticky situation.

Soap & Glory, The Ultimelt and Face Soap and Clarity Face Wash;
At this moment in time my face has been going out of control with break outs and I am trying to reign it back in but it is a very hard job as new pesky little spots keep re-appearing. A few days back my sister let me use her face washes and I fell in love as there was a great difference in my skin. Unfortunately she is not going to let me use them every day, therefore I decided to buy them myself. The Ultimelt is a hot cloth cleanser which is great at taking off your make-up and taking any impurities out of your skin. The face soap is great at getting rid of spots and preventing them from coming back. I have not yet used my own as I am trying to use up some other of my products before I open new ones. However in the next week I should have used up my other face washes and then I can take a good go at these new washes and see how they effect my skin in a long term effect.

There was some of the new things I have bought, I hope you enjoyed this blog post!

Grainne

xoxo

New Job!

Its Summer, this means no school and excessive shopping. when you are a teenager and you love make-up and clothes money can be quite a problem. I will be 16 in August which means that right now I am able to work. So obviously I have decided to get a summer job (my mother wants me out of the house) for a few hours a week. Now that I know that I will have my own income without having to spread out any money that I may get at my Birthday and Christmas, I can splurge (reasonably) on some beauty and fashion items which I get very excited about.
"What is your actual job?" you may ask, basically I work in a local hairdressers where I wash hair, sweep the floor, take appointments and make a substantial amount of tea and coffee. It probably sounds quite boring to many people but the thing is when you are doing them few jobs you don't stop from 9 to 5 (cue Dolly Parton song) and there fore the time flies by. I am very appreciative of my job and I cant wait to go on some shopping sprees and share some reviews and hauls with you!

Grainne

xoxo