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Last week I shared with you my<a href="http://www.alittlebitofmakeupandbeauty.com/2015/10/homemade-spice-bag-syn-free.html" target="_blank"> Spice Bag recipe</a>, nothing accompanies a Spice Bag better then a tub of curry sauce!</div>
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Here are some easy and mostly syn free curry sauce recipes.</div>
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<b><u>Method 1</u></b></div>
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<u><i>Mushy Pea Curry Sauce</i></u></div>
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This can be a bit like marmite some people love it and some people will not even dare to make it.</div>
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If you are brave enough to give it a go you will be pleasantly surprised that it taste nothing like mushy peas and is a very mild tasting curry.</div>
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1 tin of mushy peas</div>
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1 tin of baked beans</div>
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1 tin of chopped tomatos</div>
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1-2 spoonfuls of syn free medium curry powder ( check sw app)</div>
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<li>Empty all tins into a saucepan and heat through</li>
<li>Add in curry powder and mix</li>
<li>Curry can be served as is or blended until smooth</li>
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<a href="http://www.lovelygirliebits.com/2014/02/slimming-world-7-slimming-world-mushy.html" target="_blank">LovelyGirlyBits has a recipe that includes more speed food and spices to give it more flavor. Check it out!</a></div>
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<i><u>Simple Tomato Based Curry</u></i></div>
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If I decide to add curry to my dishes last minute then I always use this recipe. It is like a quick version of my <a href="http://www.alittlebitofmakeupandbeauty.com/2015/08/slimming-world-syn-free-chicken-madras.html" target="_blank">Madras Recipe</a>.</div>
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1 small onion, peeled and diced finely</div>
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1 garlic clove, crushed with garlic crusher</div>
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450g of passata</div>
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1tsp of turmeric</div>
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1tsp of coriander</div>
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1tsp of chilli powder</div>
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1tsp of cumin seeds/powder</div>
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1tsp of garam masala</div>
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4-6 tsp of water </div>
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<li>Saute the onion and garlic in frylight on low heat.</li>
<li>Add in spices and saute for another 2 minutes</li>
<li>Add in passata and water and bring to a boil</li>
<li>Once boiled, turn down to a simmer for 15 minutes or until the sauce has reduced by half (if you do not want to reduce it that's fine, I just like my curry to be a little thicker.)</li>
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<i><u>Chip shop curry</u></i></div>
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This recipe looks exactly like curry you get with a chipper dinner and is not too far off in taste either. This recipe is not syn free but with only 3.5 syns of flour and this can serve up to 4 people you can basically count just 1 syn.*</div>
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500ml of chicken stock</div>
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2-3 tbsp of syn free curry powder*</div>
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Frylight</div>
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1 small onion, diced finely</div>
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1 garlic clove, crushed</div>
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1 carrot, diced finely</div>
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1 bay leaf </div>
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1 tbsp of flour </div>
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<li>In a saucepan, saute the onions and carrots and garlic in frylight.</li>
<li>After 5 minutes add in curry powder and bay leaf.</li>
<li>Add a few more sprays of frylight, remove pan from heat, add in flour and mix.</li>
<li>Return to heat and slowly add in stock, constantly stirring.</li>
<li>Stir until all flour has dissolved and bring to boil.</li>
<li>Once boiled return to simmer and reduce until desired consistency.</li>
<li>Curry can be served as is(bay leaf removed), sieved to removed veg, or blended(blending will change colour slightly). </li>
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So here are my curry sauce recipes, of coarse there are many other recipes out there, even on the Slimming World website. As always I tailor my recipes to my Lactose Free diet.</div>
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*Always Double Check Syn Values in the Slimming World Book/Website. </div>
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If you are Irish then you know what a Spice Bag is and how obsessed the entire country is with them. What started off in very few Chineses around Dublin has now taken over and Chineses in each county coming up with their own variation. Unfortunately their not very good while you are following a healthy lifestyle or a plan such as Slimming World.</div>
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So how to make a delicious spice bag that will not leave you craving the real thing.</div>
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(serves 2)<br />
2 Chicken Breasts<br />
1 slice of Brennans B Good Wholemeal Bread(or any other HEXB Bread)<br />
1 egg, beaten <br />
2 Carrots, peeled and diced<br />
1 Onion, peeled and diced<br />
1 Pepper, any colour, deseeded and diced<br />
4 Large Potatos, peeled and wedged<br />
4 tsps of chilli flakes- divide between chips, chicken and veg<br />
2 tsps of chilli powder- divide between chips, chicken and veg<br />
Good sprinkle of salt <br />
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<li>Drain and dry the chips, spray evenly with Frylight and sprinkle on chilli flakes and powder and mix.</li>
<li>Blend B Good bread into breadcrumbs with chilli flakes and chilli powder. I use a food processor or a blender </li>
<li>Dice up Chicken Breasts into strips</li>
<li>Dip strips into the beaten egg and then dip the strips covered in beaten egg into bread crumbs.</li>
<li>Once covered in breadcrumbs pop strips into a tin foiled (sprayed with frylight) oven dish.</li>
<li>Place chicken strips and chips into preheated oven for 30 minutes, shake chips halfway but do not touch chicken.</li>
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<li>In a wok on low heat add in onions, peppers and carrots and spray with frylight. Sweat the veg for a good 15 minutes i.e do not colour the veg but soften them.</li>
<li>Add in the rest of the chilli flakes and powder.</li>
<li>Once chicken and chips are done, mix together with the veg and sprinkle on on salt.</li>
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(Come back next week for some curry sauce recipes)</div>
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Makeup can be pretty daunting when you are just starting out. I remember been 13 and my mam finally allowed me to purchase foundation and mascara and eyeliner. I knew nothing about how to apply, blend or the correct tools I needed. It has taken many years of studying, practising and finding what suits me to be at the point where I am content in my makeup application. </div>
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Here are some tips all about makeup and application;</div>
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I constantly see younger girls on social media asking what is a good foundation with full coverage, I then see girls suggesting €40 foundations and then a couple of weeks later they are asking same question again because the expensive foundation suggested did not work. Some foundations are better suited to certain skin types but alot of the time foundations can really work better when the skin is been looked after properly. Finding out what type of skin type you have is key to what products you should use. Cleansing the face morning and night is mandatory, I personally favour a double cleanse, to make sure makeup is completely removed and I am getting the benefits from cleanser. I use Garnier Micellar Water for my first cleanse (currently on offer at <a href="http://www.hickeyspharmacies.ie/special-offers.9.html" target="_blank">Hickeys Pharmacy</a>) and then a cleanser suited to my skin type as my second cleanse. I follow by toning, eye cream and moisturiser, again suited to my skin. I also use exfoliator, masque and serum once or twice a week depending on what my skin needs.</div>
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2. <u><i><b>Using the correct tools</b></i></u></div>
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This can be the correct brushes, cotton buds, spoolies etc. I wrote about makeup brushes that are needed for makeup application back in 2011, you can <a href="http://www.alittlebitofmakeupandbeauty.com/2011/11/brushes-must-have-or-complete-waste-of.html" target="_blank">read here</a>. I still stand by this that you need few but good brushes to achieve good application and over the last few years even more high quality but low price tag brushes can be bought such as Real Techniques (also available at <a href="http://www.hickeyspharmacies.ie/" target="_blank">Hickeys Pharmacy</a>). Having cotton buds at your makeup desk/makeup bag can really help with cleaning up little mistakes i.e smudged mascara/ drawing outside the lip line.</div>
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Other tools I suggest keeping about are spoolies, eyelash curler, tweezers and sharpener.</div>
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3. <u><i><b>Fill in them brows!</b></i></u></div>
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This may sound hilarious and pretty basic knowledge, but I wish somebody had told me to fill in my brows when I first started. Honest truth I was 21 when I started to fill in my brows, my face would be covered in all other makeup and my brows would be non-existent. By filling in them brows you are not only giving them color and shape but you are framing the face. Giving it a defined shape and it can accentuate all of your features.</div>
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Attending a good brow artist can really help define the shape your brow and show you what suits your facial features. For when you are doing your makeup then I highly recommend NYX Tame & Frame, this brow pomade has been reviewed highly all over the blogasphere and has been linked to the famous Anastasia brow pomade. At a fraction of the price at €7.75 and available on Irish Shores I know what one I choose.</div>
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4. <u><i><b>Blend and Blend and Blend some more!</b></i></u></div>
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Going back to tools invest in some good blending brushes and have spares. Blending can make or break an eye look, yes it can be tedious but the finished look can be amazing with good blending. The trick to blending, blend with a clean brush and keep practising. In blending using a clean brush will guarantee a perfect blend and that you are not putting extra work on yourself by adding more product with a dirty brush, by adding more product you are creating more time on yourself blending. Also especially on a smokey eye always use a transition color for blending, this will help the stronger colors blend more easily. I really like NYX 05 Brown Single Eyeshadow as a transition color in blending.</div>
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5. <u><i><b>Have Fun!</b></i></u></div>
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I think some times we forget that makeup is an art, it is there to be played with, to think outside the box with and most of all have fun with. We get caught up sometimes on the "rules" we lose sight of the excitement in makeup. Playing with colors, trying new eye looks, lip shapes, different ways to contour is all part of the fun in makeup.</div>
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So next time you sit down to apply makeup choose different colors, colors you necessarily you would not apply, you never know you may surprise yourself and find a makeup look you really love!</div>
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<b><u>Eyes:</u></b> NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Strawberry Milk</div>
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NYX Single Eyeshadow in 05 Brown</div>
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<u><b>Eyebrows:</b></u>NYX Tame & Frame in 04 Espresso</div>
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All Products are available at NYX stands across Ireland. I purchased mine at <a href="http://www.hickeyspharmacies.ie/" target="_blank">Hickey's Pharmacy</a> on Henry Street.</div>
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Hickeys are currently celebrating their 20th birthday and have some amazing offers in store at the moment . #Hickeys20</div>
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Find your nearest store <a href="http://www.hickeyspharmacies.ie/store-locator.142.html" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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So I am back with another <a href="http://www.alittlebitofmakeupandbeauty.com/2015/08/penneys-new-arrivals-autumnwinter-2015.html" target="_blank">Penneys Picks</a>, this time is all about accessories! Fur(synthetic fur) is going to be huge this winter its on everything from coats to bags.</div>
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The rose gold back pack has to be my favourite it also comes in a selection of other colours, but if you want the rose gold I would head in quick as I can see them flying off the shelves.</div>
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Up style what you already have is something I love to do. The fur collar is perfect for up styling last years leather jacket or winter coat, no need to fork out €60 for a new coat when you can pay €9 and a bit of needle and thread. BOOM NEW COAT!</div>
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Bowler hats and Trilby hats are still in season so dust them off from last year and of course beanies will never go out of fashion.</div>
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All items are currently available in Penneys nationwide.</div>
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If you follow me on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ALittleBitOfMakeupAndBeauty" target="_blank">Facebook</a> you might have seen on Friday that I graduated. This was my graduation for Beauty Therapy Year 1 as I am currently studying Year 2. I had a great day and night with family and friends.</div>
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Hat: <a href="http://eu.riverisland.com/" target="_blank">River Island</a></div>
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Socks: <a href="http://www.primark.com/en-ie/homepage" target="_blank">Penneys/Primark</a></div>
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Shoes: <a href="http://www.boohoo.com/" target="_blank">Boohoo</a></div>
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We all get them times when life can get super busy, 10 million things to do and not enough time to do it in. That was August for me! I had to prioritise and choose things that needed my time and things that at this moment I could not afford to give my time to. </div>
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That is why at this moment I am not attending weekly weigh ins. After a crazy busy August of a horrendous flu that had me a week in bed, my Mams 50th and multiple of friends birthdays and preparing for college I could not make my weekly Monday meetings. </div>
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I may not be at group but I am still following the plan. Slimming world is great in that sense it provides you with the tools to carry on in your everyday life.</div>
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So here are some tips to stay on track when you can not make group.</div>
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So cliché I know but it really does help. We all started on this journey for a reason weather it was to lose weight, get healthy, feel better about ourselves or all of the above . If you keep this in mind then you are sure to stay on track.</div>
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Weather it's the ladies from group, slimming world family on <a href="https://instagram.com/meganrosemua/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> or one of the many groups on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ALittleBitOfMakeupAndBeauty" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. All these men and women are on the same journey as you and can relate to every craving, every bad day, every milestone. A little word of encouragement can really set your mind back on track.</div>
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<b><u><i>Do not deprive yourself!</i></u></b><br />
It's the same as been in group, if you really want something have it by not having that naughty treat/ that extra tipple/cheeky takeaway you can drive yourself demented. Slimming world set you up with the tools to control your attitude towards food. So if you went way over syns or had a big binge get up the next morning and start all over again back on track. </div>
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If you are used to the scales at group do not start weighing yourself at home if you miss a meeting or two. Scales at home can be totally different from scales at group. They are not calibrated the same. You could be losing weight or maintaining but the scales you have at home could have you at a three pound gain. This can really change you attitude towards the plan, you could end throwing all the hard work you have been putting in because of scales that weigh you different.</div>
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My mam used to make Shepard's Pie nearly every week when I was younger. It was always a really filling meal and would warm you right up over winter months. Over the years I have been trying to make my version healthier every time I made it by omitting processed packets, gravy granules, extra salt and now by omitting dairy yet still having creamy mash on top.</div>
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<li>Drain potatoes, using a potato masher mash potatoes, add in almond milk a little at a time, too little and they will be dry, too much and the mash is ruined. Constantly taste test. I also add in pepper and parsley to add flavour.</li>
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<li>In a oven dish add in your mince mixture, once evenly spread out start to add mash on top.</li>
<li>Evenly smooth out mash, using a knife/fork along the top and create a design, I went with criss-cross design. By adding a design to the mash you are giving more of a surface area to get crispy. Pierce the mash all the way through in some areas to allow steam release. ( I forgot hence my hole)</li>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16147352682987350123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6746930989088405484.post-55907573474720745882015-09-07T09:00:00.000+01:002015-09-07T09:00:06.426+01:00Penneys Beauty Haul- P.S Love Collection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ah Penneys, could you make us love you even more! I remember when Penneys makeup smelt like playdoh and was good as the stuff you would buy in the pound shop as a child. In the last year that has all changed, they have upped their game completely and are now producing makeup that competes with other budget brands on the market.</div>
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After reading lots of posts on P.S.Love and seeing it all over <a href="https://instagram.com/meganrosemua/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> I knew I had to pick some bits up for myself to see what all the hype was.</div>
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I picked up one of the new P.S Matt Long Last Lipstick in Ladies Day.</div>
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I was expecting more a deeper shade by the packaging, so I was quiet surprised when the lipstick was more pink then plum. I was hoping to pair it with the number 04 lip pencil I picked up also but alas the pencil is much darker. I might try an ombre lip with the two colors in the near future. As it is a matte shade, good lip care is essential or you will find it will not sit well on the lips and highlight any dryness or cracks. The lipstick lasted well I got a few hours wear with no top ups and it was pretty smudge proof. I am pretty impressed and for €2 it is a total bargain.<br />
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These two P.S Love.. Lip Liner Pencils are only €1.50 each.</div>
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If you have not heard about the 06 Penneys lip liner then you have been living under a rock. <a href="http://www.vivaadonis.com/2015/08/that-penneys-lipliner.html" target="_blank">Viva Adonis</a> raves about it and Lisa over on <a href="http://cuddlesandcontouring.blogspot.ie/2015/09/the-best-150-you-will-ever-spend.html?m=1" target="_blank">Contour and Cuddles</a> wears it every day. Influenced completely by other bloggers I knew I had to have it. It did not disappoint, it is a beautiful deep nude without been too brown (we are not going for 90s look here), it has amazing staying power and compliments most makeup looks. I either wear it all over the lip either on its own or with a slick of gloss, or pair it with many of the nude lipsticks in my collection.</div>
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The other liner I picked up is 04 plum, perfect for autumn months I can see myself get alot of wear out of it. I had originally picked it up to go with the lipstick but as previously mentioned it is more deeper in shade not to worry as the 06 before it this can be worn on its own or with some other plum lipsticks in my collection.</div>
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More makeup shopping will have to be done in the near future in Penneys, as I can not fault the quality or the price of these few pieces. I hope to see Penneys actually get a stand for their makeup, as at the moment some stores have the pieces all together and other stores have the collection scattered all over the place.</div>
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Have you picked up any of the P.S collection? If so what did you think of it?</div>
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400g of stewing steak fat removed</div>
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200g green beans</div>
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200g of passata</div>
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Next week it is back to college for my second year of Beauty Therapy. Unfortunately that means goodbye to my nails that I have been growing since May. As part of the course our nails need to be short neat and filed. No long nails allowed, no nail polish, no gels or acrylics.</div>
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So for my last manicure I went with Peaches and Cream from Tanya Burr collection and Ciate Glitterball (Christmas Edition)</div>
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Recently Tanya Burr has relaunched her collection with new packaging and added products.</div>
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The new gold detailing brings the products all together as before her lashes packaging never really went with the packaging on lip gloss and nail polish.<br />
I am really interested in try out her new palettes to see what the pigmentation is like, especially interested in the Eyebrow kit that comes with a mini brush and tweezers.<br />
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The new collection is available over on <a href="http://www.feelunique.com/" target="_blank">FeelUnique.com</a> and <a href="http://www.superdrug.com/" target="_blank">SuperDrug.com</a> which recently just launched delivery to Ireland.<br />
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Also <a href="http://www.feelunique.com/" target="_blank">Feel Unique</a> have the old collection on sale and you can pick up the lip glosses for less then €2 euro in the sale using the code ADD20 for an extra 20% off.<br />
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Look I know its August and these picks are aimed at autumn but come on Ireland it is time to face facts summer is not coming and autumn is here.</div>
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Every Irish girl loves Penneys and over the last few years Penneys has risen to it's A game when it comes to affordable high street fashion.</div>
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These are just a few picks from their new arrivals, burgundy will be like last year a go to colour for autumn/winter 2015, as well as khaki greens, greys and blacks.</div>
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All items are available now in Penneys and available in different colour's, the burgundy crop also comes in a black and white stripe which will go perfectly with the high waisted jeans.</div>
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Stepping on the scales last night I had no idea what to expect, when a -3 popped up on the screen to say I was delighted is an understatement. After my ups and downs over the past few weeks, getting my first half stone award is an amazing feeling. I am now down eight pounds and well on my way to my stone award. This week I changed up what I was eating, I listened to my body and ate what I wanted. This week my body wanted carbs and I ate carbs by the bucket load!</div>
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The great thing about the Slimming World plan is that there is little or no restrictions. You can eat as much carbs as you want following the Extra Easy plan. There is also no time restricts e.g no eating past 7pm or any weighing involved so you can eat as much or as little carbs as you feel you need. In last week <a href="http://www.alittlebitofmakeupandbeauty.com/2015/07/my-slimming-world-journey.html" target="_blank">Slimming World Post</a> I mentioned how with my insulin resistance Doctor had told me to avoid carbs where possible, so when I started Slimming World I was a little frightened of carbs, from week 2 I started including Sp days into my week. I feared that eating carbs throughout the week would have a negative effect on the scales come Monday, by Fridays I would switch from Extra Easy to Sp. Some weeks I lost one or two pounds with a few maintains thrown in. I was chipping away and content with it as I stated last week my journey will be a slow one.</div>
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The original recipe was featured in Slimming World's Magazine in May, it had a syn value of 1 for the whole dish. I tweaked mine to omit syns to make mine completely syn free. This dish is extremely easy to make, as well as been perfect for sharing. so grab a few mates around and dish this up they will have no idea its a Slimming World recipe.</div>
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250g of lean mince(5% or under)</div>
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<li>Par boil the potato's for 3 minutes in boiling water, drain and place on a chip tray and evenly spray with Fry light one cal spray. Pop in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 30 minutes. Shake at 15 minutes.</li>
<li>In a non stick frying pan brown off the mince, when it is evenly brown add in onions and garlic and saute on a medium heat for 5 minutes.</li>
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<li>When the chips are finished remove from the oven and arrange them around the outside of the oven dish( like the picture above).</li>
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I was fortunate enough to be invited along to the preview of Naked Smoky yesterday, where the lovely Roisin gave us all the details on the launch and how well it is doing worldwide. We also got to feel, swatch, play to our hearts content with the new palette. </div>
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<li>You get a good selection of mattes, shimmers and satins, out of the 12 shades 9 are brand new and 3 are exclusive to the palette.</li>
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So my weight loss is slow, and I knew from the start it always would be. Due to health issues I suffer from Insulin Resistance. Slightly similar to Diabetes but no where near as bad. What it means in weight wise is that I find it very difficult to loss weight due to my metabolism been greatly decreased. So this also means weight can easily piled on. Before diagnosis my diet was pretty clean I always bought meat from the butchers and fresh fruit and veg, I never bought processed food barely ate takeaways. My weight though did not reflect my diet at all. Doctors suggested I try low gi diet which I did I cut out so much, bought special foods said goodbye to all grains, ate lentils by the bucket load, broke countless nails grating up cauliflower rice. So six months on feeling deprived and craving everything I could not have, been moody and irritable I had only lost 5 pounds. 5 bloody pounds!!!</div>
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It just was not working and I felt worse then ever before. So family had suggested Slimming World to be countless times, but I was convinced it would not work due to my food limitations. When a close friend of mine admitted she had been going for some time and was loving it and promised me I would really enjoy it and if it did not work they would give me my money back. </div>
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So start of June I bit the bullet and joined. Sitting in my first group meeting I could understand why everyone lately has been raving about Slimming World, the confidence you leave group with is amazing because everyone is so encouraging and supportive. My Consultant Lorraine is one in a million also and is there throughout the week not only at group.</div>
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So the plan, you have speed foods, protein foods, free foods and syns. You can eat as much protein, speed and free foods as you want and you get 5-15 syns a day. Once you understand the plan it is very easy to comprehend. So this meant for me I would have to introduce food I had been avoiding for so long, I convinced myself the whole first week it was not going to work, this plan was going to make me gain weight and I would be back to square one. </div>
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First week I lost a pound. At group I said I was disappointed, but the reason I was disappointed was because I expected to be like other people. The big loss getting their first award in one week, two weeks etc. Then I sat myself down and gave myself a kick up the arse and a tap on the back. I had to remember that everyone is different, our journeys are different, we progress at different rates and we meet bumps in the road at different times. So 7 weeks on I have had 4 losses 2 maintains and a gain. I have lost more weight in 7 weeks then I did following the diet the hospital gave me for 6 months. I have never once let the word disappointed cross my lips again at group and remained positive at everything the scales throws at me each week. I am in a new stone bracket. My moods are better and I no longer feel deprived. I may be still waiting on my first award but I have already received one Slimmer of the Week Award , my Bronze Body Magic Award. To my total shock last night I have also been Nominated for Women of the Year 2015.</div>
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In October of last year I was offered the chance to take an over night trip to Lusty Beg Retreat in Co.Fermanagh. Myself and my other half travelled by bus to from Dublin to Lusty Beg with fellow bloggers and press . At the retreat we were joined by more bloggers and wedding planners from all over the Ireland.</div>
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We had a choice of what we wanted to do on the island as there was a host of activities to choose from. The island has, clay pigeon shooting, archery, off road driving,kayaking, rib boating around the Lough Erne, as well as lighter activities such as walking, cycling and swimming in the in door swimming pool.</div>
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The weather was not fantastic on the day but Lusty Beg have it set up that all the activities can go ahead in most of the weather conditions. They cater for everyone with the activities from small groups to large corporate events. It would also be a great escape for hen or stags weekends. </div>
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Lusty Beg also have an on site Spa which provide amazing treatments exclusively using <a href="http://www.voya.ie/default.aspx" target="_blank">Voya</a> which is an Irish skincare brand. I was treated to a very relaxing mini facial on the second morning and got to relax at the spa before my journey home the next day.</div>
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Lusty Beg Island is a very picturesque and private with the only access to the island by their own ferry. Looking for something different in a wedding venue then Lusty Beg ticks all the boxes, outdoor and indoor weddings can be performed on the island, with a host of locations to get them amazing wedding photos done. Themed weddings can be catered for also, in the past they have hosted barn dance themed with BBQ for over 100 people and Hollywood theme weddings to name but a few. </div>
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This is the second year that the wonderful <a href="http://totalmakeupaddict.blogspot.ie/" target="_blank">Aisling from Total Makeup Addict</a> has hosted the Irish Beauty Blogger Secret Santa and I have been very lucky to be part of both. <a href="http://www.alittlebitofmakeupandbeauty.com/2013/12/irish-blogger-secret-santa-2013.html" target="_blank">Check out last years post here!</a> </div>
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This year my Secret Santa turned out to be the beautiful <a href="http://theparmaviolet.blogspot.ie/" target="_blank">Nadine from The Parma Violet</a> who I have had the pleasure of meeting this past year and has now become a great friend. She sent me a very cheery and Christmasy note with a little drawing of Christmas tree included. Here are the beautiful gifts she got me.</div>
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MUA makeup which I love, she got me the Hall of Fame eyeshadow palette which include the top 12 eyeshadows from the MUA range. It includes some beautiful nudes as well as a few dark shadows to bring you easily in to a night time look. She also got me MUA LUXE Velvet Lip Lacquer in the shade Reckless, it reminds me of my Lime Crime Red Velveteen I will be wearing this all over the festive period.</div>
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I recently won a facebook competition over on Redhead Hair Design's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/redheadhd?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>. I first became aware of the page after my friend Amy posted a glowing review up on facebook about the hairdresser Laura who is the face behind Redhead Hair Design. I checked out all her before and after pictures of various clients I was in awe of her work and talent. Her style of hairdressing was totally up my street </div>
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She posted up a facebook competition and I jumped at the chance as I knew in the run up to Christmas with presents Christmas parties and travelling getting my hair done would be last on the list. I was delighted to be announced the winner and was eager to get in her chair. I booked in for Sunday 14th of December (yes a Sunday!). </div>
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I can get a bit nervous about going hairdressers, not about getting my hair done but actually been there. As I moved around alot I have never had a regular hairdresser and I find they can be a bit overpowering lots of women chatting laughing at top their voice. But when I ventured into Redhead Hair Design I was made feel very relaxed all the girls were very welcoming and put me straight at ease. Laura herself is very friendly and chatty and really listens to what you want as well as been able to tell you what would suit you.</div>
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My hair turned out even better then I ever expected, and I could not be happier with it. Not only did I come out with a gorgeous cut and color but an amazing curly blowdry that lasted me three days, which is amazing as past curly blowdrys have just fallen out of my hair in 6 hours.</div>
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A few weeks ago I was invited along to a Bloggers Brunch, BEAUTiFi.com teamed up with Wet N Wild to showcase the new website. Demonstrations on the day included always fabulous <a href="http://www.pinksugarsparkles.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Molloy</a> who showed us some quick and easy hairstyles, even teaching us a thick on how to get curly blowdry in less then 5 minutes. Life Changed Forever!</div>
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So back to <a href="http://beutifi.com/" target="_blank">BEUTiFi.com</a>, the website offer everything from makeup to hair and nails to waxing, all at a click of a button. The website offers both salon and call out therapists/ hairstylists and nail technicians. </div>
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Each professional service on the website includes a biog on their services including a price list and any awards they may have obtained. There is also a gallery to view their previous work before you book.</div>
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This heavenly moisturising melt is every girls sparkly dream. With its heavenly Christmas scent and great moisturising qualities and not forgetting the gold shimmer I am saving this for my next date night.</div>
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At the till the lovely Lush assistant asked if I would like to buy the trial size tin of New Charity Pot, at only €1 and everything minus vat going towards Grassroots Charity's (environmental conservation, animal welfare and human rights) . New charity pot is sold in a variety of sizes and has rave reviews online. In 2013 in U.K and Irealnd nearly €600,000 for charity in the sale of New Charity Pot. I have yet to use mine but I am going to pop this in the handbag and carry it around as my handcream. I also will be picking up more when I head back to stock up on more Lush products. </div>
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Well you will be surprised as I was to find out that Hello was only created by known other then Mr. Craig Dubitsky, the creator of the infamous EOS lip balms. I probably should have known from quirky packaging. Confused by the "mumbo jumbo" that the Oral Hygiene industry goes on about, Craig wanted to introduce some friendliness to the industry.</div>
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Myself and himself honestly have been really enjoying using the products. I take the spray everywhere in my handbag and to college so I can have an instant burst of freshness after lunch. The girls in college have even commented on how cute it is. The mouthwash now lives on our new bathroom shelf and used morning and night. I can honestly vouch for the no Ouch aspect, as I was a bit eager last week ate some food before it was cooled and scorched my palette ending up with a pretty sore mouth. Even using the mouthwash I have no pain nor Ouch as Hello would put it.</div>
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Since I started blogging 3 years ago, the whole blogging world has changed completely, and you know what it was changing before I even joined. From a small corner of the Internet where mostly anonymous writers would talk about their life in detail to now what is an industry, where people consider it their job and make money from under their duvets typing on a laptop about everything and anything. </div>
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It was my place to relish in all things beauty, share my thoughts, justify my spending and just to get away from everyday life. I kept it quiet for a good while, sharing it only on twitter and Instagram where people I did not know followed me. As my blog grew, so did my confidence and I finally shared it on my other social media platforms where I had not only blogger friends but people I knew for years. To my suprise it was perceived well and I wondered why I ever worried about it.</div>
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Before I started my blog, I only ever read one blog, I never knew about the international or even the ever growing Irish community. When I became involved in it my blog reading list grew and I tried to read as many blogs as possible especially all the Irish ones I knew of, always trying to keep up with the flood of bloggers starting up. </div>
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Blogs all of a sudden had become the in thing and blogs that were constantly growing seemed to lack in content yet all I could see everyday was their Instagram/twitter been flooded with pr samples. These blogs gave glowing reviews of literally everything received yet lacked in necessary components that I looked for in blog posts. It was if everything that they received was a holy grail item. I struggled some days to find posts that actually didn't set to please and actually gave in depth and honest reviews. Something that I always try to provide on my blog. From this I actually doubted my own blog, did the readers want me to up my content but lack honesty, because by what the statistics show of readers following blogs this was it.</div>
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I was shunned by a few pr companies and brands, some because I am not known enough by them, one or two brands because I have worked for their companies and they know that from my experience I do not have the highest opinion of them and their practices. There are also a few including an Irish brand because I did not write about as soon as everyone else did.(No one told me there was a time limit). This whole thing of sending in your page views and bounce rate and returning visits really got to me, I really am a firm believer in quality rather then quantity.</div>
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So I gave up I stopped writing all together, I put my camera and tripod away in a box and stopped with something that made me happy for a few years. I let companies down with reviews and refused event invitations and I let my readers down and I stepped back from my social media and my amazing blogger community of friends . I stopped involving myself in #bblogger and #irishbblogger conversations. I most of all let myself down because I let things that are so trivial get to me and my passion. I let the fear of not been good enough and not looking perfect get in the way of something I enjoyed so much. I let words and actions hurt me.</div>
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These lovely females who have come into my life and have been so supportive of everyone, no matter where you come from, how you look or how many views you have. Your accepted no matter what. I might not see them that often but I know their only a tweet away. When I went to Anita's blogger meet up the other week, I finally realised that I still wanted to be apart of it and I thank her for still including me in the invite as I had been so quiet for so long.</div>
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As I stated in <a href="http://alittlebitofmakeupandbeauty.blogspot.ie/2014/04/my-cork-trip-at-montenotte-hotel.html" target="_blank">yesterday's post</a> thank you to everyone on <a href="https://twitter.com/MeganRoseMUA" target="_blank">twitter</a> for their recommendations on where to eat while in Cork. </div>
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Early evening we went on a little stroll around Cork checking out a few of the places suggested as well as looking for a place to eat. Me being me half way through the stroll I ended up needing the little ladies room. My eye caught sober lane across the bridge and I made a dash for it. We decided to stay for a drink, the place was pretty full so we took the only table available at the side of the bar. Needless to say it was the nearest table beside the kitchen and the beautiful smell hit my senses and we decided to stay for dinner.</div>
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I decided on the baby back ribs in the spicy sticky sauce and himself went for the meat burger which is two 4oz beef patties with Irish Cheddar. We bought choose two sides also as they were only €3, I choose the parsnip chips and himself choose the onion rings.</div>
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This was one of the main reasons I wanted to visit Cork. I love everything to do with food and this place is a foodie paradise. Even if you do not even buy anything having a look around is just fascinating with lots to ogle at. </div>
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This was our second visit to Soho that day we had planned on heading to another place but after heading to three different restaurants to be told at half eight in the evening the kitchen was closed. We headed back to Soho in hope of a table.</div>
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We had been there that afternoon for lunch, I had completely forgot to take pictures in defence we were starving especially himself after carrying all my shopping bags. We got a portion of the chicken wings in their suicidal sauce and also went for the daily special of beef enchiladas with chips. Both were delicious and could not fault them at all.</div>
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For starters we both wanted to try something a little different, himself went for the Monk fish on lemongrass skewer on a bed of shredded courgette and sesame. I myself went for the vegetarian sushi, I have never had sushi as I only like certain fish. Both were very tasty and we both got to try some Wasabi which we have decided never to try again.</div>
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For mains, he went for the 10oz rib eye steak in medium which was served with pan fried mushrooms and onions,peppercorn sauce and french fries. He devoured the plate and said it was a very enjoyable meal. </div>
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I myself went for the Madras Curry, served with chicken( you could have had beef), wild rice and a poppadom. Unfortunately mine was not as enjoyable, as an avid spicy food lover, Indian been one of the main things I would cook and eat on a weekly basis, I was highly disappointed in this curry. Madras is supposed to be the second hottest curry, this one was far from spicy. It was very bland and mild and would be stretching to even call this a curry. It was edible and cooked well but for something that is nearly €20 I expected a bit more. I will state their plates were presented very well. </div>
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I will like to add in that the service we got in SOHO was excellent we were waited on by one of their head male staff who I never caught his name. We were there on the 26th of March.</div>
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As I said I was going to revisit this little stall I fell in love with. On our last day before we headed back on the bus I headed back here purely because I wanted to try their delicious looking food. I walked around the market three times just so I could sit at their benches. </div>
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They do everything from salads to noodles, from rolls to sandwiches they even had a special that day of Channa Masala which was a chickpea and vegetable curry served with a mango chutney and fresh coriander and basmati rice which smelled absolutely delicious.</div>
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We both went for the same roll which I can not remember exactly what was on it had salami, spinach sun dried tomato amongst other things. They even heat them up for you on their sandwich grill which they then served neatly in this paper wrapping. We both have since agreed these were the best sandwiches we have ever tasted!</div>
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The stall behind The Sandwich Stall, and original stall of The Real Olive Co which own The Sandwich Stall and provide ingredients for the amazing sandwiches. This was our first purchase at the market which was devoured in a few days. A beautiful sun dried tomato pesto. For €3 this portion did about 5 portions and was super tasty. I have since learned this company have 7 stalls and 1 shop in Dublin City which you can check out locations here <a href="http://www.therealoliveco.com/markets/county/co.-dublin" target="_blank">http://www.therealoliveco.com/markets/county/co.-dublin</a></div>
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As well as some spices for my cupboards I also picked up this Tomato Focaccia bread from the bakery stall in the Market. For €2 it was a bargain and delicious and would loved to have picked up some more of their loafs. (In the picture half of the loaf had already been eaten so imagine the size of it) </div>
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I hope you enjoyed reading about all things food wise I had in Cork. Let me know if you have had anything really tasty lately.</div>
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Recently me and the other half went on a midweek trip away to Cork. I had been working alot over the month of March including the whole week of my Birthday that a few days away was needed. </div>
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So we bought a voucher from <a href="http://pigsback.com/" target="_blank">Pigsback</a> for 2 nights away in <a href="http://www.themontenottehotel.com/" target="_blank">The Montenotte Hotel</a>. As neither of us drive we took the <a href="http://www.aircoach.ie/" target="_blank">Aircoach</a> which turned out to be the fast and budget friendly with it only 20 euro return each for non stop express bus to Cork.</div>
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The journey was very pleasant, the bus was not overcrowded and each chair reclined and had two plug sockets per 2 seats.</div>
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The hotel itself is located on top of a hill which was a trek with the suitcases but not too bad without, the hotel does boast a five minute walk to centre which unfortunately is untrue, even walking downhill to the centre its more like 15 and 25 minutes back up the hill. I was grateful for the views the hotel did have and that it was situated away from the bustling busy streets of Cork.</div>
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The room itself unfortunately did not live up to expectations, <a href="http://www.themontenottehotel.com/index.php/accommodation/hotel-guestrooms" target="_blank">The Montenotte Hotel</a> boasts a four star rating, and its website does showcase some beautiful rooms but I have stayed in nicer rooms in a three stars. Our room was a very decent size but they gave us two double beds when we only needed one. I would have greatly had a smaller room as the extra bed made it sightly difficult to move around. There was only one plug socket visible, on the second day, the other half had to move out the beds to try and find a second socket so we could both charge our phones at the same time. The bathroom was less to be desired the shower head was pretty old and so was the bath. while sitting in the bath you could see all the pipes under the sink which looked a bit grubby. The wardrobe in the room also had a good few chips taken off it and needed a new coat of varnish. The room also had 3 huge windows but only one of them opened.</div>
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Staff wise they were very friendly from the beginning and were there to help in anyway from bringing up an iron or calling us a taxi. We had a bottle of wine included in our voucher which we decided to have brought to our room. We had a choice of any wine which was great so I choose the Pinot Grigio my favourite and to my surprise my other half liked it as well. ( He never drinks wine.) It was presented beautifully to the room.</div>
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The breakfast staff were pleasant, but both days we did have to ask for tea/coffee though while any other couple were asked straight away when they sat down, which I found strange. One member of breakfast staff was very lovely though indeed, she was chatty and very helpful with anything we needed at breakfast. their breakfast selection was great from fruit to cereal, yoghurt's to fry and a great selection of bread. The view from breakfast was also great you could choose to sit on the left hand side which was over looking all of Cork. We were blessed with sunshine while we were there so the views were very clear.</div>
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The hotel does have a leisure centre but neither of us swim and we spent alot of time down in the city that we had no use for it but I heard from other people it was lovely and hosts a gym, steam room, Shauna and Jacuzzi and a 20 metre pool.</div>
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The Bar was a decent size and very well laid out and decorated. It had televisions to broadcast games and sport fixtures. Drink prices were reasonable for a hotel with a pint costing around €5.20~5.40. </div>
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Cork itself is a beautiful city with many shops, restaurant and pubs. On the way down I tweeted asking for recommendations of places to go and was inundated with replies. I would have loved to venture out to Douglas as I was suggested a few places out there for food and such but we decided to stay in the city and not venture too far away from comfort. I mostly went for shopping and not sight seeing but if your a foodie like me I would highly suggest visiting The English Food Market while there.</div>
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As tomorrow is #FOODAY I will be covering more on the The English Food Market and also our meals in Cork. So keep an eye out tomorrow.</div>
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