Tattoo you do or don't ?

Hi Guys, hope mister Easter bunny was good to you all and you are  out of the chocolate coma's :)


    So getting straight into it another topic to creep up during the week which is always heated is the whole tattoo debate . I was watching Brendan O'Connor's cutting edge programme on RTE and was taken back by some of the comments made .  Regardless of being tattoo'ed myself I felt the comments made were disgusting and i do believe i being entitled to your opinion but Power needs to cop on !!!


On his panel he had Mail columnist Brenda Power , Writer Stefanie Preissner and RTE journalist Charlie Bird .

                                                 L-R Preissner , Power and Bird

Now we all accept tattoo's aren't everyone's cup of tea but some of the comments were absolutely ridiculous!!


Brenda bought up David Beckham and son's claiming he's destroyed himself and stating it is like self harm . SERIOUSLY  to bracket something like self harm with tattoo's i feel she had no right , people who suffer or who have gone through self harm i don't think would appreciate Power's comments to kindly, any person with a tattoo has made the conscious decision to permanently ink there body with a design of there choice so it's each to there own , but to lump it in a category like self harm is totally taken away from the severity of the situation . She added " It's like going to someone who self harms saying here kid here's a blade ill show you where to cut " clearly said by someone who has never been or known someone in a horrible situation i hope she is sorry for her words .


Prissener herself stated she has no tattoo's nor is she a fan but people should be free to do what they want with there own bodies and I agree. Bird chimed in stating tattoo's cant be held at the same regard as drug and alcohol addiction as its just crazy , although either have no tattoos they were speaking a lot of sense and gave Power a good run for her money .



Then back last year Katie Hopkins and Katie Weasel had a very heated debate on This morning about how tattoo's affect a career Hopkins stating the obvious like they can be offensive or ugly and the don't give of a professional vibe claiming how she wouldn't hire any one with a tattoo . Weasel arguing the opposite tattoo's are a form of creativity and self expression and often most tattoo's are symbolic in more ways than one .My response to Hopkins is not every tattoo is visible so what do you do if you hire someone and later find out they have a big dragon down there back , Is this a form of discrimination ??? as we make the choice to ink our bodies , what do you think ???


                                                            L-R Hopkins and Weasel

I myself have Six tattoo's Five of which you wouldn't notice if I'm fully dressed , I have never regretted any of mine as I have a lengthy process when going through getting a tattoo , but of course some people make mistakes and we are all aware of laser removal and we understand that if in ten years i don't like this anymore that is what I've to go through .
                                                       Below is just a few of my tattoo's

I got my first one at 16 , next two at 17 one at 18 , 21 and 24  have a whole sleeve planned and am due to get my seventh in the week's coming . People question and say what about when you get married etc, look any one I'm with has loved my ink and if I wanted them covered, make up is a wonderful invention so that doesn't worry me .


Everyone should be free to do what they want to their own bodies as long as they understand the procedures , consequences and risks involved and once they have weighed up that its the right decision for them then why stop them and anyone foolish enough to get a lad's holiday tattoo or a stupid saying then they have to deal with it no one else so why get involved !


And to those who say oh when your a granny and your covered you will regret it , who knows maybe I will but at that stage I hope I will have lived my life not to care and my generation will all the tatted grannies and grandad' hahaha .


Tattoo's are a personal choice some of the most generous, caring people i know are covered head to toe in tatt's it shouldn't make a difference anyways !But society will judge you in many ways so do what makes you happy and express yourself .


let me know what you all think , share your tattoo's with the world

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Friendly faces

Hi guys ,

How is everyone keeping ? do you ever find you have weeks were you just can't deal with life !!!

Does a situation happen where you just stand back and go could i have done more , could i have stopped that from happening ,did i ignore the warning signs.Sometimes life throws you awful curve balls and it can be hard to recover .


I find having a good support system can help and although we all love our parents and our siblings sometimes your friends are the people who truly know you inside and out .

I never believed my sister when she said " by  the time you leave school you will be able to count your friends on one hand" but when I sit down a think about friends who i really trust there's probably about five to six people who I'm 100% comfortable with .


I think in each group of friends there's always certain personalities E.G the funny one , flirty one , smart one , Stupid one , sporty one and the all rounder of course there is the exception to the rule ! Ever wonder which friend you are ?? I'd like to think I'm a good friend but of course only my friends can answer that :)


I have my friend Bridget who I've known literally my whole life we grew up together side by side we even had matching jackets the whole shabang .  Bridget is that mate who we could go a year without crossing paths but the minute the phone rings or she needs me you are there no questions asked and no judgement  made those friends are very rare now i find as friends have come recycle-able , I adore our friendship and hope were in each others life always.

                                                   She is the most beautiful person inside and out

                                                    Was so grateful to be part of her big day

Then there's the unexpected friend , my friend Lauren who i love so much she's so funny and she just gets me . Myself and Lauren went to school together but only really built our friendship after school but people always wonder how were friends as we seem like complete opposites but were so not she's just as made as i am hahaha , She is a great friend and a fantastic mother , again me and Lauren don't always see each other but when we do he gossip is good !

                                           Isabelle ( inside joke ) were always laughing

The oldie but goodie friend , my share a birthday pal Ciara we started working together over 6 years ago and from the minute we met a friendship formed especially when we found out we share the same date of birth but she's one year older of course ( had to throw that in there ) . Ciara is trustworthy and would give you  the clothes of her back if she thought that would help you , a loyal friend is hard to find specially  with all the snakes in the grass . Plus Ciara introduced me to Janice who is my wing woman on night's out is funny and out straight and a great dance partner hahah we love our shilling nights so sometimes friendships blossom in the most random ways so different friendships suit different requirements and that's okay too

                                                           love her so much

she has amazing legs !!! she never believes me 

All we do is dance dance dance hahaha 

The newbies , there's a few times in life were you come across people and click with them instantly and when i get this feeling i don't mind investing the time in building a friendship , like a woman i work with Orla we just got along instantly and we know how to have a good time , but i always say trust your gut feeling in any relationship , Orla is up front and out straight and i respect her for that .
                                                                she is nuts , got any ?

I could mention a lot of friends here some old , some new as each brings something unique to the table  but these are the ladies who stick by you through thick and thin , my mam sandy  my sister Carol and my sister in law Amy and my .soon to be sissy in law Clare of course are some of my best friends  in this entire world and these women have guided me though my life and help me out in ways the don't even know how . They have given me my nieces and a nephew which are the greatest loves of my life they make me so happy .
 
                                                       my mam is my rock

                                                 my family  i love unconditionally

my first sister in law , who i love my other doesn't do photos 

                                                       three people who always have my back

Just remember you are suppose to put work and effort into friendships like you would a relationship but a true friend will never give up on you , they might get fed up of hearing " i cant make it " or " not tonight " but they will always have your back ! The people who defend you even when your not there to defend yourself are the people you need in your corner


I would rather be able to count my friends on one hand than have hundreds who don't give a a dam about me , friendships are give and take don't be used for your kindness or taken for a fool , friends will differ in opinions and men always make sure hahaha .



this is a tribute to my great friends who i don't always tell them i appreciate them and thanks for putting up with  me :):)

Have you told your bestie you love them ?



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What's in your Foundation ?

Hi guys hope everyone is having a good week so far :):) it's getting closer to the weekend (do the lyrics I'm a mother f***king star boy pop in to anyone Else's head  hahahah)

 So i came across an image that got me wondering ??? so this was an oil test done on foundations ,is yours here ?

 

   Mine is the Rimmel second in on the second row it's not the worst amount of oil in it either , but i swear by this foundation it his my holy grail I'm always getting asked what foundation i use.

    Important things too look out for in a good foundation is coverage? , does is suit your skin type ?   do you want a liquid , a powder or a cream ?  . Foundations can take years to get right but once you find it its a good day .


A big factor in choosing the correct foundation is determining your skin type so there would be three different types . I'M OILY  but i have my good skin days the key is prep !!!


1.Dry skin , if you tend to have dry skin you need to look for a nice creamy , nourishing foundation with a smooth finish to help hydrate the skin . E.G La Roche - Posay Toleriane €11.95 , Rimmel match perfect (my one ) €10.95 and Mac prolong wear €33


2. Combination skin , probably the most common skin type if you have a mixture of oily  and dry areas    then you need a foundation that's going to reduce shine and balance your skin tone but not give you splotchy results. E.G Stila illuminating liquid €28 , Catrice HD €7.95 and Maybeline dream satin €10


3. Sensitive skin, unfortunately your a bit more narrowed but you just need to find the most organic foundation which has less irritants in it .  E.G Artdeco rich treatment €23 ,Vichy dermablend €15 and Clinique super balanced €29


there is the minute few who have "normal skin "  and you my friend can have the pick of the bunch when it comes to choosing a foundation so happy days .


A particular reason why i love my foundation is because it has SPF  in it and this protects our lovely faces from harmful UV rays and remember mister sun doesn't have to be shinning for there to be rays we should always protect our skin , anything with SPF 15 in it is good so the higher the better .



so when swatchng a foundation you should always do your sample on your neck because that's where you blend it too we have all seen orange neck lines sadly .    


but most importantly your foundation  is there to enhance your features and make you feel good !A smooth even skin tone is so achievable with so trial and error and some good make up brushes :)

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Do we love ourselves?

Well guys , how have we all been ? Hope you all enjoyed Saint Patrick's day ☘️☘️

 So I was totally blown out of the water by the views and messages I received about my last post , it was great to see all the positive vibes coming from all women of shapes and sizes and all from different backgrounds.
                 In saying that some of my younger followers came out of the word works about how they truely feel and needless to say I'm shocked 😳 by the awful language young teens are using to discribe  themselves. Some included " I'm a fat ugly pig " or " no one would ever love me cause I'm useless at everything " and " I don't eat to keep myself slim as my fave is rotten compared to my body".

                We live in a day in age now where everything is based on how we look or how others perceive us and the truth of it is guys it takes years to love yourself but it starts with YOU!!!
YOU commenting negatively about yourself  will let others think it's okay to comment on those aspects weather it be your nose or bum or skin .Believe me when I say the good days come with the bad and when your a teen growing up and your looking at your slim friend or your pretty friend and there's the friend with the great personality and the sporty one just bare in mind people are looking back at you wishing they had some of your great attributes 😀.
   
    I find a lot of young women feel there pretty-ness is judge by having a relationship or a boy fancying them but no matter what your age you can never expect someone to love you unless you at least try love yourself first . Living in the real world though and let's be honest we're women so there's that horrible visit we get once a month that makes you feel like the worst version of  oneself , I do look like I've been dragged down the M50 backwards 😂😂😂, but in all honesty we're human no one is on point 24/7 not even the Cheryl's , Katy perry's and the Robbie Margo's of this world feel glamorous all the time and it's OKAY .

I feel a lot of pressure is put on women (and the men) to look a certain way all the time and when you don't fit in that bracket you feel like you should automatically be banished to a black hole , just remember we are all unique in our own way and we're all made differently too keep the world fresh and fun loving .

Sometimes I adore the skin I'm in and I feel on top of the world but on those days where I don't feel as confident or as smart or even when I just don't feel myself , I have great people around me who pick me back up and tell me why they love me , so support your self with people who cherish you and love you for no matter how you nose looks or what size clothes you where , beauty can fade but personality pays off !

I would rather people remember me for being a good person with perhaps a pretty face haha than a pretty face that's not a kind warm hearted person , what would you rather ????

It's taking me years to love myself and it's a battle that you may never win but ya gotta keep fighting because your great , funny , charming and loved by many I'm sure !


I was a brace face and a four eyes back  in the days when it wasn't cool haha and I had a macdonalds brow so believe me there's light at the end of that tunnel ladies 🙌🏽


I always remember someone telling me with confidence, FAKE it till you MAKE it and yeno what those days where I feel shit and just want to sit in and eat , I get up get dressed do my make up and hair and yeno what it's the little pick me up I needed !!!



I say to you young ladies , it gets better in time , don't be so hard on yourself and if there is something with your body that your not happy with we all have hang ups but your imperfections are some one else's perfections .
                                 
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Catwalk a GO-GO or a NO-NO

Hey Guys , so I'm back this week to discuss a topic that has been getting a lot of media attention .
and one which bugs me !!!

Before I get into this I just want to state I ABSOLUTELY detest the word's fat and skinny I feel people are defined by labels such as these and its wrong !!! I've met plenty of gorgeous women over my life of various shapes and sizes some who love themselves and some who have there good days and there bad and some who have just hated themselves which deeply saddens me . The message I want to get across here is if you don't love yourself how do you expect others too ,If you call yourself ugly,fat,big nose,stretchmarks first it unwilling gives others the permission to do so , now I'm not saying it doesn't take time to love yourself but at the end of the day your all you have sometimes .
so your imperfections could be someones perfections so just remember that!!
                 
                   So a big issue with Fashion catwalks has always been to do with there use of models
any time a model of a more fuller figure is used there is thousands of arguments made of the positives and negatives affects of plus sized models . Ladies lets be honest we all cant look like Giselle Bunchen in the morning ahaha

       
                    Here I put the question to you , Do plus size models set a bad example ??
Both on the television and radio Professor Donal O'Shea has waned that plus size models normalise obesity . Do you agree ?

                   I feel we live in a very dangerous media driven society ,that has young teenagers of Men and Women questioning their body shapes and sizes, it scares me to think if we put a woman of "normal " measurements on the runway people go ballistic and start Fat shaming , but guys I would also like to point out the Skinny shaming can happen too ,I know plenty of girls throughout my life who have been able to eat like horses and not put on a single pound but yet I sniff a MacDonald's and I put on several ( CLEARLY AN OVER-EXAGGERATION) but you get what I mean hahahahah .

We are in 2017 surely we can be more acceptable of change ????



                 Model's like Ashley Graham who would probably be one of the more famous plus sized models we know and love , is an average size 14-16  and 5ft 8 inchs but because her BMI (BODY MASS INDEX) is close to 30 she is clinicly obese! although she has a nutricionist and exercises daily some say she has a balanced lifestyle so her body is the way it is ,SO is this woman a bad ro model because she is a little bit curvier than the Bella hadid's of the world . By no means am i slaging of Bella she is a beautiful and very talented model  as is Ashley .
                                                       

                No matter what the dress size of the model on a catwalk or a runway I think if there a healthy weight and personify a good character then let all women of size,shape,ethnicity on our catwalks including men .Professional model's put a lot of effort into looking a certain Way for different shows and that's perfectly fine as that's the profession .


                  I worry for my niece's growing up in a world of  being judged on what size you are or how you look even back in my day it was as bad as it is now , but the cruel reality is that is just how the world works people make perceptions before we even have a chance to greet them with a hello .

I myself have gone through the spectrum of clothes sizes after losing 7 and half stone currently  and being a 6 foot tall girl has never helped when you walk into any shop and try to get something to fit nice and sit wear it is suppose too but on the other hand I also know of 5 foot 1 girls who have struggles because everything is too long and baggy(I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT )   hahaha .



Ladies and Gent's I just feel its time we started to build each other up and stop tearing each other down. To the younger generation bare in mind your power is you are unique and we are all made to be different other wise the world be a very boring place :)

Thank you for taking the time to read this and any feedback is appreciated , what are your thoughts ?
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Tanning Do's and Don'ts

Hey guys , hope everyone had a lovely weekend , so I'm back with a post on TANNING its the little things that bring me joy !!!
                                                 
                                          This is my life , my spray tan gun and machine 

so i get a lot questions about the tan I wear. I give myself a spray tan almost on a weekly basis , I was not gifted with the natural ability to tan (which isn't fair because my brothers got that gene ) I will list some of my favourite spray tans at the end .

THE DO'S 

1.Always inform the person spraying you of any of the following : allergies/skin disorders E.G                                                                                                                      Vitiligo
                                                                                                         open cuts or a fresh tattoo
                                                                                                         bleached hair
                                                                                                        are you pregnant
                                                                                                        undergoing any laser hair removal

A big important one to note is if you Diabetic , as spray tan solutions can contain sugar canes if you happened to have an open cut and some solution entered it could upset your levels now bear in mind there's a rare chance of this happening but there's no harm in your tanner being aware of it .

 2. Have an idea of what kind of shade your thinking I.E light ,medium,dark and extra dark . Solutions have different levels of DHA (dilydroxiacetone )  don't worry that's just a fancy name for a 3 carbon sugar ha ha . DHA usually appears within one hour of application and maximum results are normally between 5 - 24 hours ,so a tanner can Gage what kind of tan to use from what colour your looking to develop I  always vote the darker the better !!!



3. Do shower and lightly exfoliate the day before and remove body hair and moisturise ll
4. Remove all jewellery before being sprayed
5. Bring dark loose clothing to wear afterwards and were best try avoid putting your bra back on :)

                                                              Three of my FAVES

                                                          DHA = 10% Dark

                                                       
                                                    DHA = 8.5%  Medium coverage

       
                                        DHA = 9 % Dark this i would say  is a great naturally dark tan                                                              comes in a DHA of 13% as well l will have to give it a bash !!!

So a light tan is DHA 5-7 %  which i need to get some of clearly hahahahah

THE DON'TS 

1. Do not spray tan after waxing , electrolysis or sauna or if you have been sun burnt. 

2 Avoid any activity ( yes you know it includes what you are thinking) which will cause excessive sweating .

3.Do not shower for at least 8 hours unless the tanner instructs you otherwise.

4.Do not rub hands dry after washing them always pat dry 

5.Avoid sleeping with your hands near your face as you could transfer the tan..

* An important reminder a tanning solution react to the pigment in your skin so the exact same tan used on me and YOU would turn out completely different 

90% of the time though guys there's never any issues with tan's and how they turn out so hope i didn't scare you !!!  

Also some good off the shelf  tanners are really good to use 

                                                     St.Moriz Penny's €5

                                               Cocoa Brown is an all time favourite always go back to it
                                             Available in Penny's and pharmacies €8.95

Another one i swear by is Bbold an is amazing €9,95 a bottle 

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Have a wonderful Valentines Day filled with hope and Romance MWAHHHHHH 

Regards Sarah xXx

A bit about me !!!

Hi Guys ,
 so I have been thinking about starting a blog for a while and here I am today giving my first a bash !!


My Name is Sarah A.K.A Glamandglitzybitz I'm a beautician and a duty manager in a retail store , I want to start a blog to speak about issues I feel strongly about I.E Love,Friendships,politics,LIFE and all its daily struggles and any other issues that may pop into my head hahaha .


I'm a young women who still gets surprised by the world and the people in it some good and some bad but mainly GOOD .



I'll have some beauty tricks for you , some life hacks and some general rants LOL.





I will need to find my feet with this whole blogging thing but only one way to find out and that's to get started . So I am of today to bring my dog to the groomers keep your fingers crossed the rain holds off (please stay away rain )

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