Personal favourites :)

Hey everyone! Sorry for taking so long to write the next blog, I have been so busy working, preparing my projects for college and of course fitting in some socialising as well, has to be done! ;)
Soooo...for this blog I am going to tell you about 5 personal favourite makeup items that are in my makeup kit :)..all will be pictured below !
5. Essence gel liner, 01. Midnight in paris

I use this gel liner mostly for going out as it is cheap and cheerful, very easy to apply and lasts all night long. It is the perfect companion to a dramatic smokey eye. However, what I don't like about this product is that it is quite hard to take off! Easiest method? An oil based cleanser and a make up wipe, does the job :)
4. No.7 smoky rose quad eyeshadow set.

I love this product! It has 4 beautiful metallic based eyeshadows which can be used seperately or combined depending on which look you are going for :) the colours are a creamy ivory, an ashes of roses colour (dusky pink) a mauve colour and a dark purple, all with silver and gold flecks through them.
3. Catrice Intensif'eye wet and dry eyeshadow in 010 black or white swan?

Another product I adore, this eye shadow can be applied dry or wet, again depending on what you are going for. Personally I like to apply it on top of a gel eyeliner base, in the middle of the eye or the moving part of the eye, just where the eyeball is, to create a fantastic smokey eye. (fyi I will be doing a blog/tutorial based on this look! )
2. Matis avantage jeunesse moisturiser for normal and combination skin.

Finally! A moisturiser I can work with. My skin is unbelievably dry and sensetive especially around my cheeks and forehead, but this moisturiser is a skin saviour. My skin feels unbelievably soft afterwards and it calms my sensetive cheeks also. I also find that my skin has cleared up remarkably since using this brand. Defenitely worth buying.
1. Max factor miracle touch liquid illusion foundation in 40 creamy ivory.

This foundation is without doubt the best I have ever bought. Because it is a creamy liquid foundation it hydrates my skin, it is yellow toned and covers any redness I have on my face and it matches my skin perfectly, the only problem with it is that it's in a small container, therefore it doesn't last as long, however! I recently discovered that mixing the foundation with a primer makes it last longer as the primer mixed foundation spreads evenly and creates a matte look to the skin. A product defenitely worth saving the weekly grocery money for :p
Ok guys! Thats it until next time, I have some exams coming up soon so it might be a while before I'm back but I'll have some fun tutorials on the way!! :)
Thanks again, happy blog reading ;)
Sandy.s
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P.s I'm trying out a new blog app on my phone so apologies about the layout! :) thanks again!!x

Blog one :) me me me

blog, eh?

Hey people of the t'internet, this is my first blog ever, yay :) (bear with me) So, the reason I'm writing this blog is because it's part of my work experience and communications portfolio for college :) To start off, I'm just going to say a bit about myself, hopes and dreams, all the usual cheesy stuff and then I'll be giving some ideas for upcoming blogs :) Thanks for reading and hope you enjoy :) I'll even add some pictures to cheer it up a bit ;) x 

me, out on the town, St. Stephens night 2012 :)

Me, myself and I :)

First things first, my name is Sandra, as you may have guessed although most call me Sandy, or Sandralyne :) I am from the (sometimes) beautiful west coast of Ireland. I live on a small farm in a place called Gortaclare in County Clare. It has a population of about 20, which is decreasing constantly because of this recession. I have four sisters and no brothers, isn't my father blessed?I currently study makeup artistry in Galway Technical institute, which is an unreal course, it allows you to enhance your makeup application skills in theatrical, fashion and media makeup and you don't have to be a perfectionist to do the course, you just need to have a passion for makeup, like myself. :) I also have an amazing boyfriend who deserves a mention in this blog ;) and obviously cant forget my friends from primary and secondary school, who have stuck with me for better and for worse and of course my amazing new friends from college :)and huge huge family :D Love love love them all <3

The boyfriend and I :) night out <3

my little sister and I, bonding time :)

Hopes and dreams :)

Where to start?! I think our hopes and dreams really begin when we're younger, we see our parents, or adults in general, going off to work, making money, putting food on the table, earning enough to keep the family going and we think to ourselves 'I want to do that someday!' The innocence of youth! I remember wanting to be a teacher, then an architect, a nurse, and so on until It was nearly the end of my childhood education, the Leaving Certificate examination, apparently the biggest exam of my life, or so I was told. I had one discussion with my careers guidance teacher, and knew I wanted to work with kids. I had been to college open days all over the country and my mind was made up, however, all of the usual doubts plagued me, 'what if I don't get good grades?', 'what If I fail the exam?'...etc. With all of these questions plaguing my mind I foolishly decided to go for a course with lower points, I picked an Arts course in NUIG. However, if I had been motivated enough to pick the course I actually wanted, I would have gotten it because I actually did very well in my exam. Lesson learned. I went on to college to do a course I disliked from the start and managed to spend a year there. I then decided to do a completely different course, makeup artistry, one of the best decisions I've ever made without a doubt. Why? Because I can actually see a future in this profession, which is hard to do, in a country riddled by recession. I would love to work in every kind of makeup industry, from the science in skin and cosmetics to crazy, gory, zombie makeup. I want to travel to many countries with my qualification, especially France. Of course being in a huge family from the country I couldn't stay away from home too long, can't beat mam's mashed potatoes! Or a walk down a quiet road with my mp3 player blasting out the tunes with nobody to bother me, no cars to worry about. My biggest hope or dream is that by the time I'm an old hag, I can look back at life and be proud to say I got through it and be content with the life I lived. After all you only live once, but if you do it right once is enough :) 

old man make up :) 

zombie makeup :) 

daily wear makeup :) 

Coming soon...eeeeeek ! :)

Ok so to get down to business, my main ideas for blogs are, some makeup tutorials, any era looks anybody might want some help with if your going to a party, for Halloween or just for general day/night wear, some DIY tips for makeup, information about skin types, what foundation to wear to match your skin and what not to wear, for example, if you have dry dehydrated skin you should stay away from mousse foundations and powdered foundations as they tend to give that patchy flaky look. The best and cheapest brands for makeup, which will possibly be my easiest blog as I am a broke student, living on bread, pasta and noodles :D oh the student life! I will defenitely be doing some fashion blogs, penneys or primark hauls :) I live in there so that shouldn't be too hard! Some movie blogs, music blogs, food blogs, romance blogs, how to cope with a broken heart, etc ( I think we have all, or will have all been there at some stage!) I hope to do blogs for all ages, I have no target audience whatsoever, anybody can read these blogs :) Feel free to leave comments and suggestions anytime :) 

Thanks for reading :) 

Sandy.S

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