The Instagram Diaries

- pink champagne -

- Sara's amazing hat from Edinburgh - 

- package -

- best name for shampoo ever -

- chinchillas are my current obsession -

- nom nom nom french toast-

So it has been an absolute age since I made an Instagram Diaries post so I decided to quickly put one together while watching last night's episode of How I Met Your Mother. 

Cheers for reading,

Jane

21

Haven't been paying any attention to the old blog in ages but I have been understandably busy. College work has been crazy and on top of that I have just recently (Paddy's Day) turned 21!! Finally -as my best friend was telling everyone on Saturday night - the baby of the group has turned 21 (!) and what an eventful weekend was had. Thursday was spent in Galway and Saturday night in Sligo. Some gorgeous gifts were received included two flights for this coming Autumn/Winter - one from Dublin to Mumbai in October and another from Hanoi to LA two weeks later. Super excited about that!!
So here are just a few quick snaps from the long weekend!

When you give a 21 year old girl stickers... This happens!

Plus, as if the birthday weekend wasn't enough, by Diet Coke box of Benefit goodies arrived early this morning. Cannot wait to use all of these little beauties!

Aw so lovely! As if all this stuff isn't great enough already, Game of Thrones season 2 and Made In Chelsea season 3 are coming soon, and their impending presence in my life is something that I am super excited about. 

One thing I am not super excited about however is my impending doom exams!

Cheers for reading,

Jane

make up and diet coke

So this past Saturday, I popped into the Get Glam event in Debenhams hosted by Benefit and Diet Coke. I recently won some Benefit make up through the Diet Coke promotion that they are running at the moment so I was only too happy to see some of these products in action because I am still waiting for mine to arrive. While there I had a lovely chat with Ciara from WildChildStories who was presenting the event for DietCokeTV. 

Once I was finished having a gawk at every single Benefit product available, and as you can see from the pictures above there are quite a number a number of them, I ventured over the MAC counter in Brown Thomas to see some lipsticks because none of the Benefit ones took my fancy. While there I picked up this lovely one (that I so "expertly" photographed below) in Hot Gossip. 

Cheers for reading,

Jane

the devil's in the detail

Cheers for reading looking,

Jane

Movie of the Week: Project X

So after last week's debut Movie of the Week post, I decided to follow it up with my most recent cinema outing to see Project X.

image via google.images.com

Project X is basically every mad night you've ever had, ever heard about and ever watched all in one. 

This high school meets major debauchery meets disaster movie is from the producers of The Hangover movies, Old School and Due Date and stars a bunch of relatively unknown young actors. There was only guy in the whole thing that I actually recognised and I am too ashamed to admit from where. Okay it was Footloose the abominable remake. 

So Project X is nothing less of amazing. Of course it will get mixed reviews because it's about a bunch of teenagers throwing a party but I think that if you even look past the storyline of the whole thing, it is actually a exceptionally well produced movie. The soundtrack is so good, downloaded already! The editing and actual filming of the movie is fantastic. I think that the idea to film it all on a hand-held camera and camera phones was such an inspired idea because it really reflects the whole kind of zeitgeist of people posting videos on Youtube and FB. It also brings you right into the movie Blair Witch style. Now this may be because my friends and I were sitting right into the front row. While the front row has glamorous connotations for anything fashion related, for the cinema it doesn't. If you do decide to go and see this movie I really recommend sitting in the front row because well, you'll just have to see for yourself! 

This movie is apparently based on the phenomenon that was Corey's Party which took place a couple of yeas ago in Melbourne Australia. If you haven't heard about this before then click HERE. I saw a video on Youtube the other day that showed Corey's "apology" and to be honest he was a total asshole! The main character in Project X is a bit of a nerd and he's quite sweet so you are definitely rooting for him the whole movie which I think is important for the whole storyline of the movie. 

I would most definitely watch this movie again. I would literally watch it tomorrow! Have way through the movie you'll be like "all I want to do is throw a party and listen to party rap music and drink shots and form dance circles and stuff!" and then towards the end of the movie you'll be like "I am never throwing a party. Ever". It has a happy ending though! I promise!

Also if you're in the Galway area then you will have undoubtedly heard about the RAG week antics last month. The lads at FlipSave made this incredible video which pretty much sums up the madness of it all!

Cheers for reading,

Jane

Ten Things That Are So Hot Right Now

1. Wordfeud

It's official. I am addicted. My parents play scrabble a lot but I never play with them because I always end up putting words like "dog" or "cat" down after they've put down words like "magnanimous" or "idiosyncrasy". With the Wordfued iPhone app though, I actually have a chance of winning. Particularly because I am only playing against my best friend and her boyfriend so victories come on a semi-regular basis. And the best part? It's free! Which, if you're anything like me, is the dealbreaker when it comes to the purchase of apps.

2. Innocent Orange Juice

Taken with instagram

I hate pulp or bits in any kind of drink. Absolutely hate it. I do however love a good glass of orange juice, as long as it is pulp-free. My particular favourite at the moment is Innocent smooth orange juice. It comes it a great handbag friendly bottle and it has become quite the faithful study buddy too.

3. Body Shop Honey Bronze Gel

I posted about this stuff before HERE shortly after I first bought it, and it is proving to be a great addition to my makeup bag.

4. Ryan Gosling
It is getting ridiculous at this stage and frankly I think it has just gone too far. Ryan Gosling, you are simply too fantastic and it is unfair that you should just be allowed to parade your fantastic self about with no regard for the feelings of us poor girls around the world. It's even too much for Bradley Cooper to bear!! So stop being so goddamn sexy already. Either that, or come to Galway.

image via google.images.com

5.  Emoji for iPhone
If you like using smilies, then you will love Emoji. Every emotion emojized!

6. NUIG Memes FB page
If you are not familiar with memes, then you should not be here, you should be on 9gag. Go have a browse and then come back here.

So now that you're familiar with the memes and all that, go have a look at the NUI Galway Meme page. If you go to NUIG then you will undoubtedly recognize, and have a chuckle at, some of the fantastic wee jokes they have going on.

image via fb.me/NUIGMemesbyConorStitt

7. Original Source Vanilla milk and Raspberry shower cream
As I mentioned before in a Studenty.me article that you can read HERE, this stuff smells like you're showering under a rainbow with a unicorn made of marshmallows.

8. Studded slippers
I have been madly in love with studded slippers since first seeing Christian Louboutin's pair (check out these ones too. And yes I'm aware that they are for men). Now Topshop are offering some looovely studded slippers too. Asos also have some studded loafers and slippers. Click HERE for a somewhat cheaper version of the Louboutins link above.

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9. Lindsay Lohan on SNL
Now I am a massive fan of Saturday Night Live and I was intrigued to see how Lindsay Lohan would fare on last night's episode. This was Lohan's fourth time on SNL and so at this stage, she is well versed in the ways of the show: if you have something you're ashamed off, they will make fun of it. And for Lindsay, it was a night of jail related gags and delinquent girl gangs. Even her opening monologue wasn't free from Kirsten Wiig and Kenan Thompson patting her down and examining her pupils. For the skits however, her lines were few and far between and when she was speaking, it was more like reading because she was very clearly reading from a teleprompter or cue cards. She wasn't so much hosting but more like a guest star or something just there for a sketch or two. Jon Hamm, who was jokingly introduced as the back-up host in case something went wrong, was on screen almost as much as her (okay that may be a slight exaggeration but only slight). To be honest it wasn't really that good an episode of SNL and it was kind of disappointing. Then again though she was following Maya Rudolph and Sleigh Bells which was probably my favourite episode ever!

10. Shazam
As I began this post with an iPhone App, I figured I might as well close it with one too. Shazam is simply fantastic. Hear a song playing in a shop, a bar or pretty much anywhere at all? Desperately want to know what it is? Shazam it! (This app is also free. Whippee for cheapos like me!)

Cheers for reading,

Jane

Backcombing Brush

So the other day I was casually walking around Penneys (Primark), minding my own business, when this little brush caught my eye. I am not really that bothered about styling my hair - I dye it a lot and occasionally curl but most of the time my hair is either just tied up or left straight down, I also wear an unhealthy amount of hairbands - but I am not immune to the odd bit of backcombing. At €1.50, I wasn't going to leave this little gem behind.

So there it is (above) still in its packaging. As you can see my hair is a little flat so this is an ideal product for me. Y'know the way you can have combination skin? Well I have combination hair. Because of the blonde dye, the ends are quite dry and a little frizzy (I know this probably isn't a good thing but I actually rub moisturizer into my hands and then pat it through the ends of my hair which helps an awful lot), yet my roots get greasy quite quickly. This isn't helped by the fact that I have quite fine hair, it's healthy hair despite all the dye - no snappy ends or anything - but fine all the same. 

So here is the wee brush in all its glory. The end of it looks vaguely like something you'd polish your shoes with but as a backcombing brush it's quite fantastic. At the opposite end of the brush there is a little pointy thing for lifting hair up which will also I'm sure prove quite handy for parting (not that I experiment much with my parting).

I wasn't going for an all out backcombed look but as you can see from the picture below and the picture  at the top, it does create quite a bit of extra volume particularly in the little quiff thing that I have going on. Finish it off with a bit of hairspray and you're ready to go. I use Toni and Guy's stuff because it holds really well as you can see in my Halloween costume post.

So there you go. Pop into Penneys for your very own backcombing brush because it really is very good. I did not go all out for a mad backcombing look but if I do attempt a bouffant in the coming weeks then I may post a quick picture of it so you'll be able to see how well this wee brush works. 

Also, dear reader, if you do happen to be a follower/regular reader of my blog, you'll probably have noticed that I'm not really a posed picture kind of gal. I don't take pictures of myself for the purpose of this blog - I once did a makeup post but I took it down because I couldn't bear the Photobooth-style pictures of myself but I'm quite happy with how there photos turned out so I'll leave them up, and maybe I'll even do a few more.

Plus, for anyone who is interested I'm wearing MAC's Vintage Vamp on my nails. I just bought it last week and I so love the colour!

On an unrelated topic, Diet Coke and Benefit have recently joined forces with their Get Glam makeup kit competition and guess who just won a set!?! Just got the email this evening and I am so thrilled! It is the perfect start to my 21st birthday month! Cannot wait for it to arrive. Hopefully it will be here in time for my birthday. I kind of doubt it though because it said in the email that it would arrive within six weeks. Still super excited for it though. Yay!! 

Cheers for reading,

Jane