Through The Shadow Of The Evening Sun

We were lucky enough to have glorious weather in Dublin last week. I broke out a pretty dress and sandals for what I can only assume will be the last time this year if the chill today is anything to go by! It was a nice treat to have such nice weather in September but I have to admit, I am quite looking forward to getting my scarves and woollies out again! 

Dress- Monsoon

Sandals- Marks and Spencers

Bag- Ms Tips Vintage via Etsy 

Sunglasses- Penneys/Primark

Bangles- mixture of Accessorize and Penneys/Primark

Ring- Zara Taylor 

Nails- No. 7 Devil's Delight (Fingers), Revlon One Perfect Coral (Toes)

Lips- Revlon Lip Butter Candy Apple, Clarins Colour Quench Lip Balm Blood Orange

I bought this binoculars bag with a gift voucher I won on Vixen Vintage last year and I've only gotten around to showing it to you now. I totally love it and it's surprisingly roomy. How cute is this umbrella print dress? It came into work back in February or March and I knew I wanted it straight away. It so easy to wear with the short sleeves and is the perfect length on me. 

I have some exciting news to tell you... we don't have to move! I told you yesterday about my living situation an was all set to continue the apartment search today but we got a phone call this morning that completely sorted it all out. I still can't believe it. I was beyond relieved and couldn't stop smiling all day! So thank you all for your kind words of encouragement, it really means so much to me (and Donnacha). I also received some treats in the mail today which made the day even better. I'll share some of the goodies later in the week! I feel so blessed today.

I hope you all are having a great start to your week.

Emma x

PS. A very Happy Birthday to my dad!

If You Go Down To The Woods Today

The weekend before last I went to Electric Picnic to film for Cock and Bull TV. The crew was a lot smaller than last year as Donnacha is currently doing almost everything himself. We filmed six sessions with some Irish bands in the woods outside the campsite. Here's what we got up to;

My sister Kate helped us out by recording sound

Luke, my fellow camera operator

Adventure Time T-Shirt!

There was a lot of waiting around (and even more insects!)

Spook of the Thirteenth Lock

Niall was on photographer/drinking duties

These lovely sisters are called Twin Headed Wolf

Eric McGrath (and company)

The Main Arena

Coffee Break

Candy Floss

Drinking Break

The Cure!!!

John Blek and the Rats

Doesn't this look like a mask from a Horror movie?

Not to sound ungrateful for getting to go to EP for free, but the line up this year was definitely not as good as last year. It was a completely different experience because there was lots of people on the crew last year and we had so much fun and I was probably over-excited because I'd never been before. This time it was much more laid back and we actually left early on Sunday because there were no bands we wanted to see that evening. We spent most of Friday and Saturday in the Media Area and the woods filming. We did get to relax and have a few drinks and watch some amazing performances. We saw Grizzly Bear, The Vaccines, Alabama Shakes, Patti Smith, The Cure (who played for 3 hours!) and Not Squares who were a bit of a highlight for me. 

After being fortunate enough to experience a festival this way and having access to nicer bathrooms, a private bar and seated area, having a lift to and from Donnacha's parents house nearby where we had nice warm beds and showers and proper food, I don't think I could ever camp at a festival. It's just not for me. I also think it's so hard to get into a performance because there are so many people in the audience just passing through or chatting to their friends or killing time or waiting for the next and on that stage. The atmosphere is never as good as when you're surrounded by true fans who have all paid to see the band play.  I don't know whether it's me getting older but I just found myself getting annoyed at people for having full blown conversations in front of me while I'm trying to enjoy someone play, or having smoke blown into my face on purpose because the person knew I was getting annoyed at him and his friends. Ok, I think I am getting old! 

Rude people aside, I had a great time and got to hang out with my sister and my friends and saw some bands I'd wanted to see for years and danced and ate gross food and wore wellies and laughed a lot. 

On a side note, we have to move out of our apartment due to circumstances we can't control. We are both really sad and wish we didn't have to move but we do and so the apartment hunt begins. There is very little available of good quality in our area for our slim budget so it's going to be stressful. I'm going to try and keep blogging as much as I can to distract from the stress and worry of it all but I'll be packing and going to viewings and all that so you might not hear from me much over the next few weeks. Please pray (if you're so inclined) that we find somewhere nice within our budget.

I'll leave you with two of the films we made at the Picnic in the woods. Remember to watch in HD!

Emma x

Fire Sign

I always take a look at the latest MAC collections with very little intent of actually buying anything. One of the more recent collections which is still available is Heavenly Creatures. I really liked several things from this collection but decided to go for the Fire Sign lipstick after seeing some swatches of it. One thing I find really annoying about the MAC site is that the colour swatches can look nothing like they do in reality so you really have to look at them at the counter or image search them to get a better idea of what they really look like.

Other Make Up I'm Wearing;

Foundation- YSL Le Teint Touche Éclat BR20
Eye Shadow- Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette, Bootycall and Tease. Revlon Vintage Lace
Eyebrows- Revlon Rich Sable
Concealer- Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer in Porcelain
Mascara- Boots 17 Wild Curls Waterproof in Black
Eye Liner- No. 7 Amazing Eyes Pencil in Brown
Blush- Estée Lauder Mad Men Collection Creme Rouge in Evening Rose 
Powder- No. 7 Perfect Light Loose Powder in Translucent

Fire Sign is a Lustre finish so it's very sheer in both it's colour and consistency. I haven't tried their Lustres before, just their Matte, Cremesheen and Amplified Creme finishes. To be honest I'm not that impressed with the formula of the Cremesheen and Amplified Creme lipsticks that I have. I don't really get what the big deal is about MAC lipsticks, I much prefer the consistency of my Revlon and Estée Lauder ones. 

Having said that, I really love Fire Sign, it's such a pretty, subtle colour and is the perfect "daytime" red. I use quotation marks because I wear Russian Red during the day as much as any other lipstick! Because of the lustre finish it doesn't last very long on the lips and needs reapplication every couple of hours, but it's such a joy to apply, you barely need a mirror and the texture is almost like a balm, it feels so light. 

I've really been converted to MAC lustres and I'm already eyeing up what ones to add to my list!

I'm just back from Electric Picnic so I'll have a post on that during the week.

Emma x