New Video

Well this was not meant to take as long to edit/upload as it did so let's pretend it didn't....

If you watch please don't judge too harshly, I'm still learning! This is a great way for me to learn editing (with Donnacha's patience and help) and talking in front of a camera is something I want to do in order to challenge myself, because it may not seem like it but it is a huge challenge and as you may have noticed does not come naturally to me!

How are you all? I was diagnosed with having several small heel spurs on my foot which is basically overgrowths of bone and my understanding is that these cause an irritation and inflammation of the tendon in my foot and that's why it's sore. I had to get insoles for my shoes and the sad thing is I think I just have to be careful about my footwear, so no more cute shoes for Emma  :( I think it's got to do with a)- working on my feet and b)- my arches falling. This is my first ever diagnosis of anything so I consider myself very lucky considering the health issues I've seen loved ones go through for years. If that's the only thing that's been wrong with me in 25 years it's be pretty selfish of me to complain. 

In other news my work situation is stressful as we had a meeting this evening to discuss restructuring and cutbacks in the staff in our branch. Two people will be "leaving" and as of the end of this month my contract doesn't exist  within the new template so everyone has to sort of re-apply for a contract. We've all gone through this before but it seems worse this time. I don't know if I'll even have a job this time next month and the timing is crap too because our friends are visiting the week all the deliberations are going on so it'll be at the back of my mind the whole time. Having said all that I know I am not the only one going through this, not only are my colleagues going to be very worried but so are so many people today. I'm a fortunate person to have as much as I do and have a family and friends who care about me and I just have to be positive and say "Que sera, sera" as my mother used to sing to me when I was little. Whatever will be, will be. I have to trust that things happen for a reason and that everything that happens to me makes me the person that I am. 

I hope you are all doing better than I am, feeling sorry for myself, do you ever wish sometimes we could all just sit down and talk in person?

Emma x

60s Inspired Make up and a New Video

I am currently in my final 24 hours of being 24 years young. It's my birthday tomorrow and I plan on having a nice relaxing day starting with brunch with the ones I love. I am having a last night of being 24 celebration in my friends house tonight which will involve some very embarrassing Karaoke. 

I will take plenty of photos of my birthday celebrations but until then I will leave you with some photos of a make up look I did this week and my July Favourites video. Let me know what you think and please bear in mind I'm still learning so if anything is rough around the edges (including me) know that I'm learning to make everything more polished in my videos!

I tried the 60s middle part in my hair but got weirded out and changed it back to a side part.

I explained my make up look in the video below but I forgot to say that the eyelashes are the ends of some really big full strip ones. I used only the ends to get a more cat-eye look. That is all!

Emma x

Product Review Video- Part 2

As promised, the second part of my product review video. I can't believe how lovely you've all been about the first part. I was so nervous to put myself out there in video form. I hope you enjoy the second part and let me know what you think!

Emma xx

Product Review Video- Part 1

Hey everyone!

I'm feeling much better about everything. Donnacha is having his last treatment tomorrow and will be discharged on Monday. He has to go back in 6-8 weeks for another MRI to make sure everything is okay, but if the steroids work he should be okay. He got to leave the hospital for the day today and we went to Whelans to the Popical Island All Day Pop Extravaganza. We took some photos which I'll show you during the week.

So last Friday (the day Donnacha went into hospital but before he was admitted) I recorded my first video in the form of a product review. It was over the 15 minutes for youtube uploads even after heavy editing so I decided to just split it in two. You'll get the second part tomorrow because I don't have time to upload it now, but take a look at this one if you get a chance and let me know what you think and if you'd be interested in seeing more of these or other kinds of videos.

I hope you're having as great weekend!

Love, Emma xx