Monday's Chattery - What Are You Grateful For?

Guess who's back, back again...

It would seem that, although not bursting at the seams with comments, that people are missing The Chattery! Apologies for the temporary suspension but I genuinely felt it wasn't to peoples' taste - I guess I was wrong. 

For the Monday that's in it, I'll start the chat off with a simple question - 

what's one thing you're grateful for today? 

You'll see five things I'm grateful for in just a little while as Monday's Moments go live but honestly, I can't tell you what just taking note of the little things each week has done for my equilibrium. 

It's easy to get caught up in the bigger picture, to always imagine your eyes on the prize and it's pretty hard just to take a moment and breathe. 

So tell us, what's making you happy today? 

Let's Chat!

Things That Rustle My Jimmies

My Jimmies? Rustled. 

Here's why:

1. Dragging Yourself to Bed & Remembering 

ON THE TOP STAIR

 That You Stripped the Beds That Morning...

Source

2. 'Oh You're a SINGLE Mother?'

Source

3. The Speed At Which Aldi Groceries Are 

FLUNG AT YOU

Source

4. That One Blue Bottle Bating Against 

the Wide Open Window

Source

5. The Choir of Childerbeasts Scream/Singing 

'Let It Go' on Repeat Outside My Window

Source

Jimmies: Unrustled. 

Tell me, what's been making you stabby this week? 

Things to Make you Go LOL, Literally

Have you literally LOL'd this week yet? Here's 5 things that aim to remedy that this very minute: 

1. This list of hilarious Dad Jokes - Cheesy Genius! 
- LINK-

2. Harrison Ford REFUSING to take 

Star Wars Questions

3. This silent gif that YOU WILL SING ALONG TO

4. These Redditors adding one letter to a film title

and creating a LOLocaust - LINK-

5. These texts from Dog that resurfaced this week

-LINK-

Well? Any joy? 

Thigns to Make You Go LOL, Literally

Now that we've released the Thursday Kraken with Things that Rustle My Jimmies this morning, it's time for a little light entertainment. This here is five things to make you go LOL, literally: 

1. This Baby's First Experience with Ice

2. Ireland this Week in One Picture

3. This Helpful Dog (from 1.59)

4. The Perils of Movember

5. This Happy Shelfie

Tell us, what made you literally LOL this week?

Things to Make you Go LOL, Literally

It's that time of the week again, having gotten the gripes ogg my chest through the medium of Gif this morning, I'm following it up with a LOL chaser - something to make you audibly guffaw. Here's just 5 of 'em: 

1. This Cyanide & Happiness Cartoon

2. This Junior Masterchef Contender - 

(It's the hair wobble that gets me)

3. True Facts About the CuttleFish

(The Most Subtley Hysterical Video I've Ever Seen)

4. This Hide & Seek CHAMP

5. This Spot On Depiction of Getting a Kitten

(Clickable Link)

Well? Anything? 

Let me know what's making you LOL this week - you know I love to hear 'em!

Things to Make you Go LOL, Literally - Halloween Edition!

We're back again in an effort to make you audibly laugh, LOL, if you will and this time we're doing a Halloween special, cos, ya'know. 

Let me know if these have the desired effect and as ever - do share your LOL links in the comments - if they've made you LITERALLY LOL that is. Here's what's doing it for me this week:

Things to Make you go LOL, Literally

In a much lighter mood since this morning's Rantorama, it's about time we had some LOLs all up in here. As ever, let me know if these have had the desired effect (literally Lolling that is) and feel free to leave links to what's making you guffaw this week:  

1. This Lip Sync Battle with Jimmy Fallon, Joseph Gordon Levitt & Stephen Merchant

2. This Pish Taking Instagram Account:

Satiregram

3. Passive Aggressive Bear

4. THIS Hilarious Twitter Account: 

Cluedont

5. This Sign I want in my kitchen. STAT. 

Any of those have the desired effect, huh? 

Happy almost Friday, everyone!

Things to Make you go LOL, Literally

It's been a little while since we've done a Things to Make you go LOL, Literally but there's been a bajillion things that have made me chuckle long after I've seen them and instead of use each individually for click bait, I thought we'd ressurect this series. 

Lemme know what you think about the resurrection, to whet your whistle, here's 5 Things to Make you go LOL, Literally:

1. This Murderous Feline

2. This Bad Lip Reading of Game of Thrones

3. These Very High Doggies

The Rest are Here

4. The Amputee Eagle Soaring Again (Comments)

Please, Please LOOK at the comments

5. This Poor Red Panda (link)

OK, admit it - did you literally LOL? 

What's been making you lose your shizz this week - LOL wise? 

Take 3: A/W Foundations ft Clarins Extra-Comfort, Shiseido Sheer and Perfect & Smashbox Liquid Halo

I mentioned last week the introduction of this new series, called Take 3. The idea is simple, I'll choose a beauty category and take 3 products that have been especially impressing me of late. As always, I'm a firm believer in sharing is caring and trying to support a friendly community within the beauty blogging world so your links in the comments are actively encouraged. 

First up... Autumn/Winter foundations:

Smashbox Liquid Halo
Clarins Extra Comfort
Shiseido Sheer & Perfect foundation

Smashbox Liquid Halo HD Foundation: €35.50: 10 shades available

True to their LA Studio roots, Smashbox's Liquid halo HD Foundation uses liquid light technology and has been developed specifically to look great on HD cameras. To give flattering, light responsive coverage without feeling heavy on the skin or be detectable on film. 

My first impressions of this oil free beauty were just how silky soft the microscopic gel covered pigments feel on your skin, second impressions were 'Oh Holy, I look FABULOUS'. I've been dusting Liquid Halo lightly with my Smashbox Halo powder but I'm talking luminous skin ALL DAY, I'm talking weightless wearibilty, I'm talking get your tuckus to a Smashbox stand and try this out for yourself come September 18th. Feeling really is believing. 

Clarins Extra Comfort Anti -Aging Foundation: €43: 9 shades available

The powerhouse of Clarin's A/W13 Graphic Expression collection, Extra-Comfort Foundation is not only comfortable to wear but its full coverage, organic Argan oil infused unctuous formulation is a manna for dry skinned beauties that have previously shied away from full coverage for fear of filling in lines and wrinkles.  

My only hesitation with Extra-Comfort is the initial scent, which I can't quite place but it's not unpleasant and dissipates once the foundation blends easily into my skin. I've had several compliments wearing this bright, hydrating foundation and despite feeling like I'm not wearing anything on my skin - my flannel tells a different story at night. We're talking serious staying power with zero touch ups. Who doesn't love that? 

Shiseido Sheer and Perfect Foundation: €35: 18 Shads Available

 On our shelves since September 2nd, Shiseido Sheer and Perfect Foundation was my first foray into the brand and I couldn't be more impressed. The first thing to strike me was the lightweight plastic, small but perfectly formed, travel friendly, handbag hero 30ml bottle. Genuinely, other beauty brands, you need to take note. 

And then I tried it... Sheer and Perfect is extremely fluid and surprisingly highly pigmented, given its formulation. Coloured powders are used to counterbalance and correct colour issues in skin tone and problem areas. Green powder to combat redness, blue powder to disguise purple tinged under eye circles and white powder to smooth over visible pores. 

Shiseido feels more like a moisturiser on the skin than any foundation I've tried. the luminous finish means that I don't need highlighter but still catch sight of my cheekbones in the mirror at the end of the day - UNHEARD OF. The colour correcting technology means I'm not covering myself in concealer or powder either, so my skin feels soft, supple and free to breathe all day long. It may be sheer but it is my perfect foundation. 


And now comes the community bit: Let me know in the comments which foundation you're loving of late and why. Absolutely feel free to include a link to your blog should you have a post to better show us why you're loving it so much. Here's hoping we'll all find something a little bit special foundation wise for Autumn/Winter. 

Things That Rustle My Jimmies

I'm gonna go ahead and say that the fact it's taken an entire 24 hours to publish my Jimmies this week should take precedence over all else (BLAHHHDY DESKTOP) but then I'm going to reacquaint myself with the rustling feeling from these five and share 'em anyway. 

If you're lucky enough to live in Ireland or the UK, you'll relate to the sunshine ones - there's a few: 

1. Sweltering on public transport when someone that hasn't washed for 45 years sits beside you

2. The shower curtain sticking to you in the heat!

3. The iron staining your last fresh blouse!

4. Your all time dream brand having 

an absolute nightmare PR 

5. People complaining about the sunshine!!

Et voila, my instant pick me up has worked once more!

Do please share what's been rustling your jimmies in the comments, even if it's just that you had to wait a day for this week's Jimmies - I'll be sure to puck the PC from you too. 

Happy Weekend, everyone!