Hi All

Hi lovelies, just a quick update, Last week myself and hubby found out our rent is going up a massive amount so we are left in the horrible position of trying to find somewhere new to live. 

We are not sure where we are heading yet, the rent in Dublin is just insane. We have been in our current house for almost three years and had no need to look at rental prices. I was and still am shocked at what landlords are looking for.

We have seen a few houses,  none have screamed "Take me" I'm finding the whole process very stressful and am panicking that we wont find something.

I know we probably will but the fear we wont is very real. Hopefully something will turn up soon. I'm hoping to get a few posts up over the week but things may continue to be a bit quiet until we get sorted

xxx Anita xxx

See You Later 2013

2013 has been a year that has gone really fast. I could sit here and tell you it was a great year for me personally but I can't. Don't get me wrong it was great to get a holiday this year, spend time with friends and family and fellow blogger. I even launched my own nail polish line. All brilliant things.

2013 has been a tough year though, a few days into the year we got news that would change our lives forever. I never mentioned it on here but a few close people knew what happened. My husband lost a sister,I lost a friend and my beautiful baby boy lost his auntie and godmother. 

There have been times I have just wanted to hide in a corner and ball my eyes out but keeping focused on the little man and on the good times got me out of those tough times. If it wasn't for a few people I really don't think I would still be blogging and I definitely would have had a much harder time (if that is even possible) To those people I want to say a massive thank you, you don't know how much it meant to me.

I also want to thank all my readers for continuing the read the blog, I know things have been relatively quiet lately. This is thanks to technology for letting me down but also recently I have been finding it really tough. As the year is coming up, I find myself really sad.

Life has changed but I am looking at 2014 with a positive outlook and focusing on happy memories.

Men's Gift Guide

Anyone else struggle with what to get the men in their life? Each one in mine like different things and I find it tricky to decide  what to get them but this year I think I have it perfected. I have spent hours browsing the internet and ordering gifts for them. Here are just some gifts I came across 

 

• Novelty Mug €7 Dunnes Stores
• Jam Bluetooth Speaker €29.99 Tesco
• The Body Shop Maca Root Trio €30
• DOlce and Gabbana The One €83 Boots

* Apologies things have been a bit quiet on here, my laptop decided to break so I am back to blogging in my folks when I get a chance between work. I'll be taking a short break over Christmas and hope regular blogging will resume in the new year *

New Beauty App - ManhaTan

A little while ago, I was approached by four transition year students who were developing a beauty app for their mini business project. I was of course happy to help in anyway I could. 

I'm a girl who likes a beauty app and have several on my tablet and phone including What Salon so I was intrigued by the premise of this app. 

The app called ManhaTan has being created as a false tan guide. On it you will find information on leading false tan brands including Cocoa Brown, Sally Hansen and Wow Brown Tan. You will also find false tan tips for the perfect application. Both contributed by yours truly :) Finally, you can search selected beauty salons in Dublin where you can get a professional tan applied.

 

The app became available last week and is currently only available on the apple market for I Phone/ I Pad for free. This app is sure to be a success and grow to cover salons nationwide. While in the early stages, the potential is endless and I was delighted to take part in such a creative transition year project.I can't wait for it to be available on android so I can have it on my phone.

Do you like a beauty app? Will you be downlading ManhaTan?