Monday's Moments ~ 17/11/14

Morning, All, that was probably the quickest weekend in the history of the year but I'm not complaining. Well I would have been had I not taken a few minutes to recognise how Kick Ass last week was and how this week will be even better again. 

Wanna know the Moments pooh-poohing my Monday Blues? Yeah you do:

1. Both Lads Getting Work In The New Skate Rink!

2. Sending A Hailo To Pick Up Aar From His Party - No More Nerve Wrecking Wait On The Nite Link!

3. A Work Pal Buying Me A Nice Bottle Of Red Wine For Helping Her Choose Her 

L'Oreal Perfect Red Lippie!

4. Spending The Weekend Catching Up On Freelance Work ~ i.e. In Mah PJs!

5. Being Asked To Speak At The First Irish Blogger Conference!! 

So c'mom, what's awesome in your life right now? Something make your weekend? 

Lemme know!

Cherry Pick Of The Week: Calvin Harris ft Ellie Goulding - Outside

It's been far too long since Mzzz Goulding was on our airwaves, digital or otherwise.

Loving this from both of 'em!

Doctor Who - Season Review

Welp, that's all folks. The flagship season of Peter Capaldi's 12th Doctor is over and all I can say is, it was brilliant in the writing of characters but lacklustre, to say the least, in the story telling.

One of the most important hopes I had this season was that Capaldi could improve as the man himself after the extremely shaky (to me) first few episodes. He really came into his own and seemed to settle down into his new skin around Robot of Sherwood with his interactions with Robin; as well as the way he started to insult Clara less for humour and just went with his morose take like I expected, he was great.

The introduction in Danny Pink was interesting at first; a soldier who could possibly join the Doctor in the TARDIS which would be breaking one of his biggest rules in no soldiers (except Martha Jones of course). I felt like all of the character development he had was to make him look like a good guy - a maths teacher who has a dark past but cares for kids and teaches a special ed. class, but in the end he just came off as a Rory copy; right down to his..."upgrade".

Missy/Mistress/Guess Who

One huge new character was the mysterious Missy, a lunatic woman with ties to the Doctor. Throughout the season she was there at the end of episodes with cryptic clues to who she is (or where she is). In the finale, when she's finally revealed it feels a little late, because if you can follow simple clues, you'll know EXACTLY who it is after the first time she speaks to the Doctor. 

All in all this season didn't feel like a full season but more of a build up, like at least half of every episode in the season itself. In this review I decided to focus on the introduced characters - the previous episode reviews contained exactly my impressions on the story writing of the season - exactly what I opened the review with. Now for the wait until Christmas to get my next (story-centric, get excited!!) fix, with the added bonus of NICK FROST AS SANTA!!

Things That Rustle My Jimmies

To be fair, it's been a pretty cracking week in all areas. If only that meant my jimmies remained unrustled - IF ONLY...

1. WhatsApp's Double Blue Tick Meaning 

Stealth Mode is No Longer

2. When People Try To Involve You In 

An Office Argument That's NOWT To Do With You

3. People You've Unfollowed Being 

RT'd Into Your Timeline

4. 'But I Thought Dapper Laughs Was Hilarious'

5. The Five Billion Press Releases About 

Kim K's Badonkadonk

And with that jimmie status is restored. 

Tell us, what's been rustling yours this week? 

Cracked Turquoise Nails - A Simple How To

I'm an admitted fiend when it comes to turquoise jewellery, I have several pieces that never fail to get compliments when worn so I thought it'd be the perfect look to replicate on nails.

I've put together a simple How To so that you can try the design with minimal effort should you be a turquoise fan too.

1. Gather your tools first. I used Bourjois 23 (Brown), Bourjois Bleu Model (Turquoise), Sally Hansen Gilty Pleasure, Hole Reinforcers & a fine tipped brush (I picked this one up in an Art store for €2.29/£2)

2. After one coat of Gilty Pleasure, place the hole reinforcers on the top of the nail bed.

3. Paint two coats of your turquoise colour onto the nail, be sure to start your strokes on the sticker to make the lines cleaner. 

4. While the polish is still tacky, carefully remove each sticker by gripping tightly, move your nail as you peel. 

5. & 6. Using your brown polish & a fine tipped brush draw the cracks onto your turquoise polish. This really doesn't have to be too precise as the cracks appear in turquoise so there really is no 'right' or 'wrong'. 

6.5 - Be sure to use a clear top coat to smooth out the half moon at the top of the nail and set the colours together.

The final result looks pretty close to the jewellery, don't you think? Judging by the compliments I had while rocking this manicure I'd have to say it was a winner. 

What do we think? Will it be a look you'll try?