Sunday, 18 March 2012

Mother's Day Gift Ideas

Well Mother's Day has arrived and I thought I would write about different gifts you could get your mum in a million!
My Favourite presents are the sentimental ones and they almost always don't cost a lot of money, but the time and effort that myself and my brothers put into them, mean the world to my Mum.

My Mum is the most amazing woman I know. 
The best way to describe her is a 'Burnt Toast' mother.
That doesn't mean what it says literally, but what it means in a broader sense is: she's the kinda Mum that if she made toast and one of the pieces was more burnt than the others she would be the mum that eats the burnt one and gives the better ones to her children. (That took quite a while for me to describe that as best I could!)
 We have such a close relationship probably because I'm her only girl, so we are like best friends which means that we have our ups and downs but very few downs : ) 
She is so inspirational to me and I look at her and I hope that when I have kids someday, please god, that I will be the mother that she was to us. Sometimes it scares me, because I don't know if I can be, but they say us girls, we grow into our mothers, so hopefully that's true!    

 I have included some pics of previous presents that myself and my two brothers have given to Mum for Mother's Day.

MEMORY BOOK

We bought this notebook in waterstones last year and then my brothers and I wrote in memories that we have of mum and the funny things she has done in the past. On some of the pages we found some little poems and stories and decorated the oages with them. It's still a working progress because we can always write in it and mum can write what she would like.

SONG LYRICS


These are the lyrics of 'Mama' From IL DIVO. You can take any lyrics that mean something to you and your Mum. The words of this song mean so much to me when I hear them, so we printed them out, painted the background page and stuck them together. We got the frame in a little pound shop. These frames are great for anything you have made yourself because it shows it off the best in my opinion. The important thing is the gift not an expensive frame taking away from the meaning. 

POEMS

 The above poem we found, and again it resonated with us so we printed the words and then stuck a little photo of us at the bottom.
Below is a poem that I made up, it took a while but eventually I was happy with it and I found that beautiful picture in a book of angels that I have. When it was done my brothers added their own messages to it and it became a collaboration of all our work.   
  
Above are most of the ideas that we have come up with and as you can see they dont cost alot of money but our Mum has loved each and everyone of them and they all have pride of place on her wall, well except for her book, she couldn't hang that up! 
It might be a little late for this Mother's Day but maybe next year you can give your Mum a gift that tells her just how much she is loved.
We can never Say 'I LOVE YOU' too much, especially to our MUM's


HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY 2012
TO OUR WONDERFUL MOTHER



Saturday, 17 March 2012

Argan Oil Review

My hair is naturally curly, well fuzzy most of the time if I dont style it! Don't get me wrong I love my curls but I just need something that will help moisturize my hair more so it doesn't look so dry when it's curly.
       I read an article about Argan Oil recently and have been looking forward to trying it out. So I went to my local BOOTS shop and purchased this bottle for around €18.
This is a bit on the expensive side but if it works then I will delighted.

You need about 2-3 pumps of product for medium length hair and run it throught the ends of towel dried hair. By towel dried I mean pat your hair with the towel to get excess water out but DO NOT rub your hair with a towel as the friction will damage your hair so much. (This is such a pet hate I have when people do my hair! ) Then style as usual and your hair should feel like silk when your finished.
    
   I have only used this product twice and both times I used it my hair feels so soft and there is very little knots to brush through too. I'm gonna continue with this treatment and will probably update my blog when the bottle is finished with my conclusive results. However at the moment its safe to say this product gets the thumbs up from me.

Friday, 9 March 2012

On The Edge- Ireland newest harmony vocal group

Last night on the 8th of march I went to see On The Edge- Ireland's newest vocal harmony group.
      They are Niall Quinn, Carl Mulvey, Pio Valentino Borza, Barry Bishop and Darren Caffrey.
 They are five hardworking and very talented guys. Their sound is inspired by The Overtones and The Script to name a few but they are so unique with their sound. You have to see these guys live, doing what they love to do.
       The gig was in The Academy on Abbey st. in Dublin. It was phenomenal! My little brother is in the band and he even surprised us last night with his vocals. He made us all very proud : ) I was grinning like a Cheshire cat every time he opened his mouth.
        


 Take a look at their Facebook profile and have a listen to their stuff. Click HERE

Wednesday, 7 March 2012

MY introduction to blogging.

It's been a while since I've wanted to start blogging but I never really knew how. My cousin told me to give a go, and gave me some tips on how to start up so why not?!?

Why I wanted to start a blog:
        I'm quite an opinionated person, but not in a bad way, I hope! I have strong feelings on some topics that are close to my heart and with the help of this blog hopefully I will be able to get them up on my page when the time is right.
        I love beauty and any tips on make-up and hair styling. I'm forever looking up techniques for various hair styles and make-up so I hope to pass on any info I have come up with.
        I have spent far too long sitting at home thinking about something to do and this just seems like a good way to pass the time.