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Usually myself and my better half go back to our wedding venue to celebrate our anniversary each year but this year was a little different. Unfortunately he was finishing off  a project at work which meant he needed to be in Dublin all weekend. So this year we changed things up and stayed in Dublin. 

Coat Misspap | Trousers Freddy | Boots River Island | Bag Rebecca Minkoff

We went back to the venue of Marc's companies Christmas party the Castleknock hotel. I absolutely loved it at Christmas and couldn't wait to go back.  The rooms are amazing and the food is something else. (Vegetarian options are gorgeous I've yet to be able to finish my dish there) We started off our weekend with some shopping, of course. I picked up the new NARS cream concealer and the light reflecting powder. And I picked up this top and jacket from Zara.

We headed out to our hotel to relax for a while before dinner and had this lovely surprise waiting on us from Marc's work followed by another one at dinner.  After dinner we had a few drinks and listened to the music in the lobby which was an acoustic solo set. It was so chilled out and relaxed.

Top Berska | Skirt Zara | Bag Mulberry | Shoes Penneys

Sunday himself had to check in on work which happens to be beside my favorite treat The Rolling Dounut,(try the vegan raspberry its heaven!!) so after far too many dounuts and a walk around the Green we were off to finish our weekend with a visit to The Guinness Storehouse. We completely lucked out with the weather by the time we made it to the top the sun had come out and the view was amazing!!

Top Le Butons | Trousers Freddy @ Le Butons | Shoes Penneys | Bag Rebecca Minkoff

Thanks for reading 

Claire xo

The Trouser

Unless you were somehow without internet/tv/radio etc for the last few days you will know that the Golden Globes took place this week. Now I'm not really one for watching the show but I stalk the life of the red carpet to see the style and beauty and of course this year didn't dissapoint.

My favourites included Emma Stone in Valentino, Kristen Cavallari in Idan Cohen and Lily collins in Zuhair Murad.

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Budget Highlighters

Highlight is without a doubt  my favourite part of makeup. I love a soft dewy glow, makes your skin look so much healthier and younger. I'm always on the hunt for new ones but keep coming back to these same two.
And while I love my Mary Lou from the balm for my kit on clients, the two that are my favorites  to use on myself are actually budgets buys. Both picked up from local pharmacies for around €5. The first is this one by Catrice called High glow mineral highlighting powder in the shade 010 light infusion. This one has a pinky hue to it, which is lovely when using cool colours.

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Pinafore Revived

My eldest daughter has started school (sob!) and wears the same pinafore that I wore when I was there 25 years ago. Seeing her in it gave me all kinds of nostalgia which I'm guessing is the reason I couldn't pass this little number recently.

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Transition Shoes

Autumn/Winter has always been my favourite time of year for style. I'm all for layers upon layers, chunky knits huge scarfs, boots etc. But as much as I love it I don't think we're quite there yet, in ther morning I'm dressing of the middle of Winter and by lunch I'm sweating all my layers off. I'm not quite ready to commit to boots just yet so I'm finding Penneys Brogues and Loafers the perfect transition shoes this year.

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Portugal

I travelled to Portugal for the first time with my family at the end of September to celebrate my mothers big 50th birthday. We stayed in Portimao near the the small town of Alvor. It was such an amazing trip!

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Nails

After months without my much loved gel nails I've started going to a new nail tech who I love!! These are my new ones at the minute, I'm obsessed with this mermaid dust. If your not following her already on Instagram or Facebook, check her page out.