Nail Polish Obsession Tag

I feel like it has been absolutely ages since I have done a tag post and this one seemed perfect. I haven't noticed it on any blogs yet but I have watched a number of people on YouTube do the tag. I don't know who the original creator of the tag was. 

Here we go!

1. What's your favorite nail polish company?


That's a tough one, I love so many but overall it has to be OPI. Honourable mentions include - Catrice, Barry M, China Glaze and Essie.

2. Glitter or no glitter?


Glitter all the way. I know it can be an absolute nightmare to remove but it can be so worth it as the effect it gives is blinging gorgeous.

3. OPI, China Glaze, or Essie?
 

I'll have to go with OPI for this one as well.

4. When do you change your nail polish?


I usually change it 2-4 times a week. I prefer painting them in the morning, just because I don't like the smell of varnish in my room before I'm about to go to sleep, but it really depends what shifts I'm working so I suppose the real answer is whenever I get the chance! But always at least twice a week.

5. What's your favorite color on your nails?


Greens. Absolutely adore wearing greens. And Peaches? No idea why but colours like Barry M's Peach Melba and OPI's Melon of Troy - drool.

6. Darks or Brights?


Mmmm I'm probably about 50:50 on this, I like to wear both with no real preference. It depends on my mood really and whatever I take a fancy for!

7. What are you wearing on your nails right this moment?


OPI's Senorita Rose-Alita

8. Matte Nails-In or Out?

I'm not a huge fan of matte nails but I will wear them from time to time. Neither adore or despise them. Although I do really like the ones where you do a glossy tip.


9. French Manicure?


I know a lot of people think this is  a really dated look but I think it's very classic - when it's done right. To me a good french manicure is a nice light pink or nude with small white tips. Claw like, long white-tipped acrylics? No thanks.

10. Favorite Winter Color

My favourite is probably a deep vampy red/purple like No7's Blackberry or OPI's Lincoln Park After Dark. 

It's just a short little tag that's fun to do:) 

I'm going to tag a few people to do it but obviously go ahead and do it even if I don't specifically tag you, I'd love to read more!

I tag:

Saloule

Lorraine

Viva Adonis

Adoreabubbles

Behind Green Eyes

I Haz A Beauty Blog

All Made Up 21

GirlWithTheSkewEarring

Lovely Girly Bits

Fluff and Fripperies

Tag - 15 Weird Facts!

I can't believe that today is the 1st September already! For the first time in my life I'm not heading back to school or college, which if I'm honest is a little bit weird! I feel like I have to be a proper grown-up now!




Anyway, on to today's post. I decided to do one of these question tag posts that has been floating around on youtube and blogs the past while. I think there is a couple of different versions though!

1. What's a nickname only your family calls you?  

I genuinely don't have any nicknames! Everybody just calls me by my full, proper name.:( I need a nickname:p




2. What's a weird habit of yours? 


Opening shower curtains. Whenever I stay in a hotel, the first thing I will do is open the shower curtains. I've always done this. I can't stand being in a bathroom if the shower curtains are closed! 

3. Do you have any weird phobias? 

 I don't really have any phobias....unless you want to count the shower curtain opening thing? 


4. What's a song you secretly love to blast and belt out when you're alone?


It's either Try A Little Tenderness by Otis Redding (Pretending to have a deep soulful voice) or American Music by the Violent Femmes (Rocking out like its the eighties, doncha know?:p)

5. What's one of your biggest pet peeves? 


People who park as close as they can to a shop even if it means parking illegally or badly. You know the type, the ones who insist on parking practically in the door of the bloody shop and refuse to walk a couple of yards anywhere. Young, healthy people who are perfectly capable of walking the distance! All that's wrong with them is a case of lazy arse syndrome.

6. What's one of your nervous habits? 

I chew on the inside of my cheek when I'm really nervous!


7. What side of the bed do you sleep on? 


Righthand side.

8. What was your first stuffed animal and it's name? 


Can't recall any stuffed animals, I always had blankies:)

9. What's the drink you always order at Starbucks?

There's no Starbucks near me now that I'm home in Ireland, but when I was in the states I always used to get the Mocha Light Frappuccino. Only 140 calories:)

10. What's a beauty rule you preach, but never actually practice? 
 

Eh I don't think there's any that I don't follow that I say I do?

11. Which way do you face in the shower? 

I face both ways? I like both sides to be clean :p


12. Do you have any 'weird' body 'skills'? 

I can click some bone in my foot out of place...and sometimes it doesn't go back and it hurts:(


13. What's your favorite comfort food thats 'bad' but you love to eat it anyways?

Chocolate!!!!

 


14. What's a phrase or exclamation you always say? 


Epic!

15. Time to sleep, what are you actually wearing? 


Summer-> String top/Huge t-shirt (We do live in Ireland!) and shorts, Winter-> Cosy long sleeved pajamas. I always stock up in Penny's:) 

So that's the tag, it's a fun one to do:) I'm not going to tag anybody specifically but let me know if you do it because I want to read it!

TAG: 10 Things I Love

Firstly, a big hello to all my new followers (and to my older ones!) I seem to have accumulated a good few of ye over the last few days, so thank you so much for following and welcome to my little blog:)

I was tagged to do this by the lovely Laura over at FitznBitz. (Check her blog out it's great!)

The purpose of this tag is to name 10 random things that you love. A way of getting to know each other better I suppose:) I'm not going to name obvious things such as my family and friends because I do of course love them! This is just more, perhaps material things. Also, I didn't include make-up because I felt that seeing as that's what my blog is based around, it is fairly obvious that I do in fact love make-up!

So lets get started!

1. Animals

                                                           

I absolutely adore animals, I have since I was a very young child. They're very special to me and I value them so much. Currently, I have 2 cats and 2 dogs but I have a list as long as my arm of creatures I want to add to the brood whenever I get my own house! If I was really pushed, I'd have to say that between cats and dogs, my favourite would be cats. I have a soft spot for pretty much every animal but some of them that I really love are greyhounds, german shepards, maine coon's, tigers and pigs.I also have a soft spot for giraffes and monkeys - gorillas in particular. (Obviously I don't plan on actually owning any of the wildlife animals!)

2. Reading

                                                          

One of my favourite pastimes. Unfortunately, I don't have time to read as much as I used to but I love nothing more than getting lost in a good book. And as well as bringing a pile of books with me no matter where I go on holidays, I always end up coming home with at least 5 or 6 more! And nearly break my shoulder as I have to put them in my hand luggage as I don't want to add any more kg to my main luggage (as it's generally stuffed!).

3. Raspberries

                                                           

I'm a a big fan of fruit and vegetables (I think I must have been the only child who willingly ate broccoli) but I really love raspberries. I love how they're sweet but tart at the same time. They are really expensive here out of season but Tesco have the nicest frozen ones ever. I always have a couple of packets in the freezer. In winter I like to add them to porridge and in summer they are good with yoghurt. Or by themselves of course!

4. 4od  

I love 4od for catching up on programmes I've missed. Especially the comedy shows - The I.T. Crowd, The Inbetweeners and Friday Night Dinner to name but a few. Instant comedy at your fingertips!

5. Baking 

Unfortunately I haven't been baking too much lately but I enjoy it so much. Decorating cakes, buns and biscuits. Creating themes at Christmas or personalising them for people's birthdays. I love everything about it - Finding new recipes, gathering ingredients, the smells and of course the taste! Can't wait until I have more time to start baking again.

6. The Sea 

Source: My Image

I can see the Atlantic Ocean from my bedroom window and I can't imagine not living near the sea. I feel secure beside it, like I can escape anytime I want to or something. I love the smell of the sea air and the rush of a gust of wind on a stormy day. The sound of waves crashing against the rocks at night is one of the most relaxing and peaceful sounds I know.

7. Earrings 

I have a huge collection of earrings. Huge. My love of them probably started when I was in about 2nd year of school and I got my ears pierced for the 2nd time (remember that trend...) And the collection just kept building. At my last count around 1.5 years ago, I had just over 100 pairs and thats not including studs! And it has definitely grown since then.

8. Stationary

It was always my favourite part of going back to school. Getting new notebooks, folders, pens and pencil cases.  I think I like it so much because it allows my organisational freak nature shine!:p It's something that I'm really going to miss now that I'm nearly finished college:( It's not going to stop me though, I'll always have room for stationary in my life!

9. My Phone

I don't mind spending a lot of money on something like a laptop but I drew the line at the ridiculous amount of money required to buy an iPhone. Since they first came out I always thought that they were really cool but never thought I'd get one. My parents knew that I liked them and treated me to the iPhone 4 for my 21st. <3 It is amazing, I never thought I could love a phone as much as I love my iPhone but sadly I do. It's great for multi-tasking. It has an iPod and a surprisingly good camera not to mention all the really useful apps. I would be lost without it at this stage. (That's actually scary:o)

10.  Airports

This is a bit of a strange one as everybody else I know hates airports. But I love them. Even if I'm waiting there for hours, I love just chilling out watching people bustling by. I think it's the atmosphere, it's so frenzied but it just gives me a burst of excitement. It doesn't matter if I'm going on holidays or coming home, I still love it. It helps that I enjoy flying I suppose! 

So that's my top 10 loves of my life. 

I tag:  

http://whatzoedid.blogspot.com/

http://irishwishesarespecial.blogspot.com/

http://ozstil.blogspot.com/

http://hannahsbeautyblog20.blogspot.com/

http://louboulush.blogspot.com/ 

http://kit-cat-kitty-cat.blogspot.com/

http://honestlybec.blogspot.com/

http://sunnysunnylipglossandcat.blogspot.com/ 

http://toptotoe28.blogspot.com/

http://fluffandfripperies.blogspot.com/

Rules of the tag

1) State who gave you this award in your post

2) State 10 things that you love 

3) Tag 10 other bloggers, listing them at the end of the post, and notify them 

If I haven't tagged you specifically, please feel free to do the tag anyway! 

IMAGES: All images are from google images apart from the image of the sea which is my own and the image of the iPhone which is from o2.ie

Tag: How Much Does Your Face Cost?

I've been wanting to do a tag for a while, and when I spied this one over at Lipgloss and Me I knew I had to try it! Today was a fairly basic day (and my first time using the Too Faced palette - review coming soon) so I didn't think it would amount to too much.

Here it goes!

New Cid i-prime primer: €28
Bobbi Brown Foundation: €33
Catrice Concealer: €3
Nars Bronzer: €27
MAC Creamblush: €19
Bobbi Brown Shimmerbrick: €35
MSF Natural: €24
Too Faced Natural Palette: €26
Maybelline Falsies Mascara: €14
Urban Decay Brow Kit: €18
N.B. Prices are approximate, bear in mind some are rounded off and allow for exchange rates as I changed some from GBP to EUR.

Total: €227!!

I really did not think it would come to that much, you never think of that when you're putting it on in the morning!

How much does your face cost? I tag everybody!:)