ABC of Me!

Hey guys!

I wanted you to be able to know me better and so thought this would be fun!

Acne (mostly cleared now but the struggles)

Books (books>>>>films)

Chocolate (mmmmmmmmmm)

Dogs (they’re just so cute c’mon)

Eating (favourite hobby?)

Friends (what would I do without them (haha cringey))

Gossip girl (still a fave)

Hard working (NERD)

Irish (Éire mo ghrá)

JK Rowling (all the goals, also see what I did there ;))

Laughing (especially prone to cry laughing)

Makeup (it’s a skill and a hobby)

Netflix (all Netflix, no chill)

Online (always)

Piano (passion)

Quiet eating (cannot stand the sound of chewing)

Red (forever my fave colour)

Swimming (exercise I actually always enjoy?)

Tiny (about 5 foot 2, which is tiny apparently)

Unfair (my catch phrase, what a cruel world)

Very fabulous (modest too)

World travel (let me be freee)

XO (signing off)

Years&Years (is there any better group (actually they’re equal with 21 pilots but))

Zzz (so tired, always)

So that's the alphabet of me, some golden uggets of information in their!

Signing off,

Catrionaar xo

OOTD 6 May

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I go to a uniform wearing school so my usual daily attire is shirt and tie however every now and again we have 'casual days'. These are days when you can wear your own clothes and pay 2 euro in aid of some charity. Yesterday was one of these casual days and this is what I wore. Of course I went with my classic high waisted black jeans and superstars. I actually wore the shirt but I thought a denim jacket would also go well with this outfit!

Tips for Practical Exams

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Apologies for the 2 weeks abscence since my last post! I recently had my Irish oral (counts for 40% of overall exam), French oral (25% of overall) and music practical (50% of overall!) for my Leaving Cert. It’s fair to say they were a pretty stressful 2 weeks. But luckily I made it through and I thought today I could give a few tips based on my experience. I’m not even sure if other countries have practical and oral exams but hopefully this might be helpful in some way anyway!

1.    Start prepping early

I think it’s especially tempting for practical exams to leave everything until the last minute. You don’t necessarily need to spend hours studying but if you’re not prepared you will regret it! Try and do a bit every night leading up to the exams rather than leaving it all until the last week, you’ll save yourself a lot of stress.

March Favourites

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I haven’t done a favourites post in aaages because to be honest I use the same things all the time! The only things that really change regularly are the songs I listen to and shows I watch. But anyway I thought I would do one this month because I love hearing about other people’s favourites.

BEAUTY

Revlon Colorstay Foundation&Revlon Photoready primer REVIEW

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So I mentioned in my Winter Haul post a while back that I bought the Revlon Colourstay foundation and the Revlon Photoready primer. Today, as you probably have already guessed from the title, I’m going to review both these products.

Now I had been eyeing up this foundation for a while. I had heard good things, but for a drugstore foundation I thought it was a bit on the pricey side (it retails for about 18euro in Ireland). However I received some Boots vouchers for Christmas and I thought might as well give it a go.

I think you can imagine how annoyed I was when I went back a week later to the very same Boots and saw that they were having a 2 for €20 offer on Revlon face products! So to suppress my anger I decided that I was still going to benefit from this offer and bought another Colourstay foundation and the Photoready primer.

Trying Coconut Oil!

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I’ve seen a couple of blog posts and YouTube videos with people using coconut oil. There’s so many uses for coconut oil, not only is it a healthy alternative to other oils used for cooking but can also be used to keep you hair, body and face radiant! So I decided to purchase a jar and see what the fuss is all about.

First of all, I knew that coconut oil wasn’t a liquid but I wasn’t expecting it to be quite as solid as it is! To use it you really need to rub it in your hands for a minute or two. I’ve been using coconut oil as a cleanser for the last week and I’m really enjoying it. It’s good for getting makeup off, especially for eye makeup it’s amazing . Also because it is an oil it leaves your skin feeling soft and moisturised (though I do still go in with my normal moisturiser after!)

I’m definitely going to keep using coconut oil anyway. I think I’ll try it as a deep conditioner for a hair treat! Also I might try ‘oil pulling’ which is a technique people use for healthier teeth and gums when you swish coconut oil in your mouth for 20 minutes or so.

Do you guys use coconut oil for anything?

Catriona xo

Hair Dye FAIL

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So it’s been 3 weeks since my last post and I’m sorry about that, just had a lot going on with school and stuff! But today I thought I would tell you about a recent home dying experience that I had. You might be expecting bright orange hair or something but actually it’s the opposite. Literally nothing happened. It might seem a bit irrelevant to put up a post about something that didn’t work but if any of you guys are thinking about dying you hair at home I just wanted to say that I don’t recommend this product!

Simple Make-up, Hair and Outfit for a Casual Day

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Originally I was going to title this as ‘lazy day hair, make-up and outfit’ but realistically if I know that I’m going to be at home all day I’ll be wearing no makeup and trackies! But this is something you could do if you know you’re not going to be doing much but still want to look like you made an effort.