Friday, September 21, 2012

25 Before 25: Take a Random Roadtrip

So ideally, this would have gone down something like this: boyfriend and I would decide to go somewhere to stay overnight without booking before hand, fill up on petrol and hit the road with no destination in sight. Though as I approach the deadline for this I realise it’s not going to happen (neither is visit a country I’ve never been to before unless I win the lotto or someone wants to pay for me to go abroad! *cough*).

So Saturday morning I had to drop my aunt off to the bus station early and I bought along my friend K who was staying with me for the weekend. We decided instead of heading straight back home we’d go on a drive, deciding where to stop along the way. Which lead to a mini tour of South and West Clare.

The first place we hit was Lissycasey, where we drove past this pub and then promptly turned around for some photo opportunities.

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Next main place we hit was Kilrush, where we decided to visit the Vandeleur Gardens. Unfortunately, seeing as we were up so early, we were 2 hours too early to enter. Instead we went for a quick stroll in the woods.

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And then off went again! Next we hit Kilkee so we decided to stop at the West Clare Railway at Moyasta. And would you believe it, it was also closed! (are you beginning to see a theme here?!). So I took this quick snapshot of the office and cafe.

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From there we decided to head onto Loop Head Lighthouse. We looked up on K’s iPhone that it was open until early September. We weren’t sure if they would be open or not seeing as it is now mid-September! But we decided to take the gamble. And luckily it was open!

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After we went for a quick walk around the cliff edges.

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After our lovely walk, we continued on, deciding on a whim to stop in Doolin in the Tea Rooms. Unfortunately it was closed! Moving onto Quily we stopped at Seafield beach to look at Mutton Island.

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We were then going to play some arcade games at Sugar Island Cafe but it wasn’t open yet! We figured that was the final sign to head on home and put our feet up!

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Nails of the Week!

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I was trying to use my striping tape to do some pink and mint green nails and it went a bit wrong. So I covered it up with black crackling polish. It reminds me of the 80s for some reason!

Rimmel Lycra Pro Professional Finish in Peppermint
Angelika Nail Polish in Sweetie Pie
W7 Crackle in Black

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Nails of the Week!

I was so excited when I received my Dollish Polish in the post! I got ‘Heart of Glass’, named after the Blondie song and it’s just beautiful, so sparkly. I decided to use it over a black nail polish for a dramatic effect.

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Black base- Catrice I Wear My Sunglasses At Night (with flash)

I couldn’t capture it properly but the black has very subtle pieces of dark glitter through it.

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Look at how pretty it is!

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No flash

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With flash

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Blurry picture but it shows the colours the sparkles give off

I love this polish, it has 3 elements to it. The big chunks of glitter, which to me remind me of broken CDs or something (also reminds me of the bits in the Essence The Huntsman polish), the sparkly strands and then the holographic pigment that coats all the nail, making the base colour holographic. It’s so beautiful, I got lots of compliments on my nails, even from my boyfriend!

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