Tuesday 30 September 2014

'Treat the Earth well it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children'

Yes its September in Ireland and I am going around in shorts and a t-shirt and have a sunburn. Yes its nice to be able to do this. Yes it beats freezing you toes off and permanently having a cold for the season.

No its not right.

Having four seasons in a year is a natural beauty of this world. When things start changing there's no undoing it. Imagine thirty years from now our children will grow up without snow at Christmas without being able to cozy up beside the fire with family, without the magic colors of Autumn leaves all around them without the chill in the air as Winter comes around, With immense heat of Summer without having rainy days were you get creative and go camping inside, without the quiet chilly mornings of Spring and counting the daffodils as you make Daisy chains.
These are things we have taking for granted for years and now as global warming is clearly taking place all around us , now is the time we miss them. People go about their days thinking its 'just the weather' but this is the Earth fighting against air pollution, water pollution, gas emissions, deforestation and anything else we throw at the beautiful place that we call home. It's so easy to give only one ear to people talking about global warming and the effects its having, but now as I sit here on the last day of September when normally I would be leaving the house when its a beautiful quiet dark morning and coming home when its a chilly dark evening but instead having bright mornings and evenings with not a single chill in the air, its now  I notice the changes. The fact that I have to leave my window open at night because it's too warm, the fact I had an ice lolly yesterday, the fact that this year when I go trick or treating I won't secretly be wearing two jumpers and three pairs of trousers under my Halloween costume and the fact that normally the most exciting thing about Christmas is getting the call each morning saying school is cancelled for a snow day but now we haven't had snow in two years.

There shouldn't be people 'fighting' for the environment it should be a natural way of life amongest every human on the planet. The environment is not nothing without us, we are nothing without it. It's so simple to talk about making a change or doing something different but to act is a whole different word.
I believe the world can be a much more beautiful place if only people didn't think of wealth, power, jobs, status, time and business, but instead thought of.... others.

It is 2014 their should not be be people living on the streets
                their should not be animals being treated cruelly
                their should not be people fighting to save the Earth
All of these things have simple answers ... Act now.

There are fully built houses falling apart around the world you see them on every side road, and yet there is still homeless people laying on the streets every night facing unimaginable things and there is people fighting to help these people. I think the answer is simple. Give these houses to the homeless people and make their lives better because everybody deserves to live a happy life. Forget the money involved think about human beings and what a change it will make to their lives. As they have a safe place to live they will become happy and following a circle of giving they would give back to help others.

There is no excuse for animal cruelty. I don't know who humans think they are to harm another living being but it has to stop now. Look at the animal charities around the world and the difficulties they have to face because someone has thrown a bag of puppies into a river, left a trap out for a hedgehog to be caught in or thrown rubbish into the sea for sea lions to get trapped in. The Earth is a home to animals just as much as it is to us and now is the time to start treating animals the way they deserve which is to live in their natural environments and live long peaceful lives.

I know as an eighteen year old I'm not going to change the ways of thousands of people but I'm going to dam well try and make a difference to the way I live. Maybe those of you reading this will think what can you do to not help, but to give back to the Earth and allow it to stay a beautiful place for future generations.

Sunday 28 September 2014

Essence Get on My Face... Please

If you have lived under a rock since women threw down their tea-towels, left the kitchen and went out and owned the world looking fiiiine whist doing it orrrr like me you would rather lie in till the last minute then get up early to beautify yourself because your more of a Tomboy than Beauty Queen then you might not have heard of Essence Cosmetics. That's why I'm here to tell you all about the fabulous, stylish,splendid quality and Affordable with a capital A, world of Essence. Essence is a brand that thinks about it's consumers by making the products of the highest standard and quality, insanely budget friendly and releasing a new 'trend Edition' every new season or special time of the year. Okay enough bibble-babble about how amazing this brand is its time to get onto the good stuff.. showing you just some of my favorite Essence products. (I would like to point out I can not remember prices so my guestament is hopefully near enough)


First up is the INCREDIBLE soft touch moose which personal I feel isn't a good enough name. I reckon it should be called and wait for this, this is good... 'marshmallow-cloud-like-jar- of-dreams-as-good-as-a-onesie-for-your-face'
There is perfect coverage in this little jar of wonder and so light on your skin you wouldn't know it's there.
€5.99 (about)





Obv's there is like a gazillion choices of colors to choose from so these are just some of my fave's. The Essence colour&go range is just perfect. The quality is amazing as the colours and deep, rich, bright and also last aggggges. €1.90 each











Again with the much love for Essence foundations next comes the stay all day 16 hour make up which does exactly what it says on the tin..Mmm jar??. With this a little bit goes along way with great coverage and non greasy.Also it's telling the truth about lasting all day. Tried&Tested.
€7.99 (about)







Essence eyeliner is the only eyeliner for me. Weather it's the Kajal pencil or eyeliner pen I will always trust this little beaut. The colour pigment is so intense for that perfect smoky eye or simple lined eye.
€1.30 (about)



Essence Stay all day concealer is another
named-like- it-does product. I can not put into words the extreme coverage this concealer gives but just go me with me on this. Dark under eyes?? BAM solved. Blemishes?? BAM solved.
Spots??.....BAM solved.




Lastly one of my favorite little finds. Essence Volumizing Lash Powder. This is pure genius. Simple apply mascara then put the wand that comes with this gem into the pot of magic or (powder if you want to say it the boring way) and apply to you lashes and WOWZER long lashes KimK could dream of.
€3.50 (about)











Thank you Essence for your brilliant products, high quality and being the dream of girls everywhere to own one of everything






Go now and may the Essence be.... forever on your face?

Saturday 6 September 2014

Leaves are falling Autumn is calling



Autumn has got to be one of my favorite seasons (except for Spring and Winter and obvs Summer). The time for the first fire of the cold seasons, hot chocolates in the evening and wrapping up in woolly scarfs. I don't know what it is, the colorful crunchy leaves covering the ground, the brisk chill in the air or the feeling of wearing so many layers you've put on two stone but from the moment September begins there's a feeling of being peaceful as mother nature shows her natural beauty and being outdoors is a magical experience that changes everyday from the birds migrating to the blazing sunset every evening. Well that was all very descriptive B+ for me. 
I think what I really love about Autumn is the color themes associated with it. Weather it be your style or even your nails its always warm deep colors that give a homely feel. Being a person who likes to cozy up in a blanket with a good book or movie I think Autumn was made for me. Its almost like a detox after the madness of  Summer where you cramped as much as possible into one day. Autumn with its short evenings has you in tucked up cozy and whats not to love. With Autumn comes of course Halloween and that's just a whole another bonus. The feeling of dark evenings and well also dark mornings if your up early, adds to the warmth of Autumn. I guess seasons last just long enough for you to appreciate them then they pass on until next year and that makes you think to grab every opportunity to enjoy them whilst you can, And that's exactly what I'm going to do now as the kettles just boiled and The Railway Children is on.

Remember to enjoy every second of this magical season.
Just round the corner is Winter...
and with that comes Christmas.