MeMeMe cosmetics - Brand Introduction | Beauty

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Hey everyone!

My first experience with MeMeMe cosmetics came about when I used to get the Glossybox subscriptions back in 2013. I love their eye shadows, highly pigmented and long lasting!

MeMeMe are starting to become more and more popular these days and are stocked all over Ireland so today I wanted to keep it simple and give you all the stockist information so if your on the look out for some new affordable make up you know where to go! 


ABOUT MEMEME AND WHERE TO FIND US: * List taken from PR email

MeMeMe Cosmetics introduces cosmetics with a soul. Standing for free spirits everywhere, MeMeMe Cosmetics brings premium formulations to the high street – offering luxury boutique cosmetics & gifting collections at affordable price points.

A brand developed from inspiration of art, love and unique style, MeMeMe ensures every product has the needs of woman at the heart of its development with every part of the range focused on speaking to you as an individual and bringing a smile to everyone it touches. Mixing the old, the new, the on trend, and the classics.  MeMeMe insist there are no rules and are a celebration of individualism.

Free your mind, free your spirit, beauty has no rules...  MeMeMe... Free Spirits Only!

CARLOW:  HEALY'S PHARMACY, Bagenalstown

CLARE:  ENNISTYMON PHARMACY LTD, Ennistymon, LLOYDS PHARMACY, Shannon

CORK:  BUTTEVANT PHARMACY LTD, Buttevant, WALSH'S PHARMACY  Youghal,
DOUGLAS LATE NIGHT PHARMACY, Douglas Road Cork, HAMILTON'S PHARMACY, Skibbereen,  BROOKS PHARMACY, Bandon, JOYCES PHARMACY LTD Mallow, KERR PHARMACY Dunmanway, MAGNER'S PHARMACY            Fermoy, SCANNELLS PHARMACY Ballineen, MULLIN'S PHARMACY Charleville, MATT MURPHY PHARMACY, Macroom, MURPHY'S PHARMACY, Boherbue, NEWTOWN PHARMACY Bantry, KELLIHER PHARMACY LTD Ballincollig, O'SULLIVAN'S PHARMACY Grange Douglas, REENS
PHARMACY Millstreet

CAVAN: BROWNE'S PHARMACY Cootehill

DONEGAL: RUTH'S PHARMACY  Letterkenny 

DUBLIN:  CHAPELIZOD PHARMACY Chapelizod, D20, CLEARY'S PHARMACY, Talbot St, D1, COLLIS PHARMACIES LTD, Phibsboro, D7,  FITZMAURICE PHARMACY, East Wall, D3, FREYNES PHARMACY, Clondalkin, D22, HANOVER QUAY PHARMACY, Forbes Street, D2, NEIGHBOURHOOD PHARMACY, Santry, D9, O.D.C CHEMISTS, Tallaght,  Co. Dublin, LLOYDS PHARMACY, Kilnmore Road, D5, PHARMACY O'REGAN, Clontarf, D3, PELLYS PHARMACY, Cabra, D7, SHANNON'S PHARMACY, Rathfarnham, D14, DALKEY PHARMACY LTD., Dalkey, Co. Dublin, SKERRIES PHARMACY, Skerries, Co. Dublin, ST JAMES' LATE NIGHT PHARMACY, St James Hospital, D8, ROCHES PHARMACY, Rathmines, D6, TEMPLE BAR PHARMACY LTD, Temple Bar, D2, LLOYDS PHARMACY, Leopardstown, D18

GALWAY: GO WEST PHARMACY Westside, Galway City, KAREN MULROONEY, Mountbellew, O'FLAHERTY'S PHARMACY, Athenry

KERRY:  DAN SEANS PHARMACY LTD, Cahersiveen, BALLYDUFF PHARMACY  Tralee
REEN'S PHARMACY LTD, Killarney, TRANTS PHARMACY, Listowel

KILDARE: CALLAGY PHARMACY Kilcock, CHEMCO LTD Celbridge, CONNOLLY'S PHARMACY, COSGRAVE'S PHARMACY, Newbridge, MARRON'S PHARMACY, Clane, Mc CORMACK'S PHARMACY, Maynooth, MOOREFIELD PHARMACY Newbridge, THE RYE PHARMACY, Leixlip, VISTA PHARMACY, Naas, WALSH'S PHARMACY       Celbridge    

KILKENNY: MULLIGANS CHEMIST , Thomastown, O'CONNELL CHEMIST, Kilkenny      

LEITRIM:     KIERAN'S PHARMACY, Carrick-on-Shannon

LIMERICK: LLOYDS PHARMACY Thomondgate, Limerick City, CAPPAMORE PHARMACY, Cappamore,

LOUTH: CONLON PHARMACY LTD Dundalk, COTTAGE PHARMACY, Drogheda, KIERAN'S PHARMACY, Dundalk, DONAL MCGOEY PHARMACY, Ardee

MAYO:  FLYNN'S PHARMACY, Claremorris     

MEATH: CONWAY'S PHARMACY, Ashbourne, MC GRANE'S PHARMACY, Trim, RATHOATH PHARMACY LTD., Ratoath, JOSEPH STAUNTON PHARMACY, Navan

OFFALY: KINSELL'S MEDICAL HALL, Edenderry, PETER FOX PHARMACY Birr      

ROSCOMMON: RYAN'S PHARMACY, Boyle   

SLIGO:   BALLISODARE PHARMACY, Ballisodare, THE MILL PHARMACY, Coolaney NICHOLSON PHARMACY, TOHER'S THE CHEMIST,

TIPPERARY: MULLIGAN'S PHARMACY, O'Connell St, Clonmel, MULLIGAN'S PHARMACY            Market Place,  Clonmel, MC MAHON'S PHARMACY, Tipperary, MULCAIR PHARMACY, Newport , RYAN'S PHARMACY, Nenagh, FRIARY PHARMACY, Thurles.

WATERFORD: LISDUGGGAN PHARMACY, Lisduggan, MULLIGAN'S PHARMACY, City Sq, Waterford, MULLIGAN'S PHARMACY, Tramore Rd., MULLIGANS CHEMIST, Summerhill, MULLIGANS CHEMIST, Ardkeen, MURRAY'S PHARMACY, Dungarvan   
LLOYDS PHARMACY, Dungarvan,

WESTMEATH:  MARY STREET PHARMACY, Mullingar, MC GORISKS PHARMACY, Athlone.

WICKLOW: MACSHERRY'S PHARMACY, Kilcoole, ROCHES PHARMACY            Greystones,
MC GREALS PHARMACY LIMITED, Blessington,  Co Wicklow

WEXFORD: ROCHES PHARMACY, Gorey, CHEMCO PHARMACY, Bunclody,
TOWN & COUNTRY, New Ross   

The Great Wood - JD Wetherspoons Review | Life

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Hey everyone!

To celebrate the launch of The Great Wood Bar and Restaurant, Blanchardstown I was invited to a training day over the weekend to check out the place before it opened and have something to eat on Wetherspoons! This was to aid staff training but worked out also as an introduction to local businesses and to the local community!
Surprisingly JD Wetherspoons is not well known to a lot of people in Ireland so I will give some background information about the company before I jump in to the review! The Great Wood opens Tuesday 30th June, 2015.

A short history

JD Wetherspoons was founded in 1979 by owner Tim Martin. His first pub was opened in London and it has grown to over 900 pubs since then. The first Wetherspoons hotel opened in 1998. They also run Loyd's No 1 Bars in UK.
JD Wetherspoons offers a restaurant / Pub experience at cheaper prices. Pints start at £2 in UK. They are famous for having no music in any of their venues bar the Loyd's No 1 Bars. Also, the pub names hold significance to the area in which they are located.

JD Wetherspoons announced that they would open 30 pubs over 5 years in Ireland with their first pub 'The Three Tunne Tavern' opening in Blackrock, Co Dublin in July 2014. 'The Forty Foot' in Dun Laoighre, Co Dublin opened in December 2014. 'The Old Borough' in Swords, Co Dublin will open in July 2015 and 'The Linen Weaver' in Cork City has been confirmed to open this September 2015. The old Camden Hall Hostel was acquired by JD Wetherspoons late 2014 but no confirmed opening date has been announced.


The Great Wood

The Great Wood name was chosen by local people in Blanchardstown as the site of the pub was once known as The Great Scald wood in the 1600's and was home to Wolves and Wild Boars!
JD Wetherspoon spent over €4M to purchase the building that was previously Light Nightclub. They have completely refurbished the site and have created a beautiful and relaxing experience for all tastes. (I lived in the nightclub since it first opened under the name West so it was slightly nostalgic walking around the renovated building!)

The idea is that you order your food and drink at the bar, quote your table number and then relax at your table with your drink until your food is brought out to you. Condiments are kept out on the floor for ease of access.
The Blanchardstown site is laid out over two floors with over 200 tables. A varied menu for all palette tastes is offered with 'meal of the day' clubs on every weekday that offers a specific meal and drink included. See here for the menu.


My Experience

First Impressions

We were met at the front entrance by a staff member who was on hand to meet and greet. She gave us a quick tour of the downstairs area and explained how to order. The main bar has about 10 tills that serves beer, ales, wine on tap, cocktails, soft drinks.
The floor is seperated with various styles so you can sit in an area that has traditional lounge seats, or you can sit at tables with basic leather chairs and a sixties feel or you can sit at high tables.
Upstairs there is a second smaller bar with less till points. This floor has more of a restaurant feel and is decorated like a library in one area. I love it! Even the smoking area is beautifully decorated!
By the way girls - the main bathroom downstairs has a long line of mirrors with a table and stool in front so you can do your make up! Well that's how I plan to make use!

On the walls you will find the history behind the name 'The Great Wood' framed, pictures of old Blanchardstown and a great big fireplace on the ground floor.
There are real trees planted around the building which to me is a great ornamental piece. Along with the mix of trad pub is a more modern warehouse feel as they have left ceilings and main walls exposed to show air conditioning units. It kind of makes the place look incomplete but I can see what they are trying to achieve with the look.

Ordering, Eating, Drinking

So, unlike other restaurants you have to know your table number before you order. We chose a table and walked to the bar to order, turned around and another couple had taken our table. It wasn't a hassle as we watched out for the food to arrive and called out but we learned our lesson early! If you are going to have food make sure to leave a jacket down or nominate someone to mind the table!!

The food came out within minutes of ordering! I ordered a Chicken Jalfrezzi and Gemma ordered Tennessee Burger and Fries. The portion sizes are decent so if I was paying I wouldn't be disappointed. My meal in particular tasted really nice. The rice was well done and the Jalfrezzi was the nicest I have tasted in a long time. You also get Poppadoms and Naan bread with order. The naan was a little doughy. They use only the best ingredients and even the likes of condiments are of high quality. I like that when a restaurant doesn't skimp on the ketchup brands! 
I have noticed the prices in Blanchardstown are slightly higher than Dun Laoighre but only by a Euro. 

We also got some cocktails with the meal. They have a basic selection of cocktails that are right up my street like Woo Woo's and Daiquiris. They will be selling at like €7 which is more expensive than TGI Friday's so I will be sticking to Vodka (Absolute is the brand they use) or beers. You will get a pint for €3.50.

Service

As I was invited to be served by training staff I was not expecting anything spectacular but I was happy with the service I received. From the greeter to the bar staff, everyone looked happy to be working and were bending over backwards to make the stay a pleasant one. The bar man who took our order was clearly struggling to manage till and he had support from one of his colleagues who was also training.  I love seeing people helping each other out!I heard a number of other people pass remarks about some of the staff being weak behind the bar. I feel like a lot of the staff are inexperienced but this training weekend has helped them ten fold.

Conclusion

I had a great time during my visit to The Great Wood. The service was better than I expected, these people will improve quickly so please be kind if you are dropping by! The food was absolutely gorgeous and the place looked great. I actually felt at home in the place which to me says a lot about an establishment. I would definitely go again. In fact I am going to drop by for dinner tonight!

Let me know what you think if you are dropping by over the next few weeks!
Check The Great Wood out on Facebook here!

Love Louise xx



Fuschia Dramatise Palette review | Beauty

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Hey everyone!




Before I start I am not the biggest fan of Fuschia. I like to give the benefit of the doubt with every brand so I did go into this as if I had never used any of their products before.
I was gifted the Fuschia Dramatise eye shadow palette at a recent event and as an eye shadow lover I was curious to see if it would work out.

I was surprised at how disappointed I was in the quality. Maybe it's because I have been using high end brands for the last few years. Surely that can't be an excuse though?. I want to explain my reasons as I feel bad giving negative feedback but I have to be honest so here it goes!




No identity

The palette came no information other than the company name and palette name. 
There is nothing available on line to indicate if the shadows have a name or number to identify the colour. There is nothing to tell you the weight of each pan so you can't even see if you really are getting value for money.
Single pans are €5.50 each and this palette is €25 for 7 shades VS other brands.



Chalk away!

The shadows are highly pigmented but they are like chalk. When you sweep the brush across the pan a lot of product transfers onto the brush. (Check out the picture below). That normally wouldn't upset me but even after tapping the excess off the brush you are still left with fall out on the face after applying the shadow!
Every crumble means waste for me and for €25 a palette you wouldn't last long before hitting the bottom of the pan!


Smoky eyes are a no no for this palette!

Even though I like the colours there isn't a huge amount you can do with the shades that are there. Ideally in a palette I would like to have the choice of at least two mattes so I can create a decent smoky eye. None of that going on here, you wouldn't even get a transition colour.
For non make up people, the transition shade goes into crease and helps when blending the darkest colour in a smoky eye look. It is not recommended to have anything other than matte with maybe a tiny amount of sparkle in the crease.
Look at the pictures below. It should help you see why shimmer isn't the best option in the crease. The blending is shocking. I know I know, that's my own fault but you try blend a shimmer into the crease!





In conclusion, if they added some matte shades and did something with the formula to make the shadows less cakey then I would happily repurchase. Until then, this one is going into storage.

What do you think? Do you like Fuschia products? Or do you have any tips to help me get the most out of the palette?

Louise xxxx