Blogger recommendations

Jbossie

I know we can't name bloggers on these threads who we don't trust or who are dishonest are we allowed to mention who we like to follow I would love to find some new honest bloggers on the likes of Twitter and snapchat thanks

dudara

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Terri26

I strongly recommend Sinead from the Beautiful Truth.

aine92

My favourites are Sinead from The Beautiful Truth, Pippa
and Marissa Carter even though she isn't technically a blogger. Always the first snaps I open!

I also really enjoy Terrie Mc Evoy's because she is travelling and I am living vicariously through her!!!

dudara

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Jbossie

I love some of these girls I will look up the other girls I haven't heard of I love a breath of fresh air with bloggers ect thanks so much

PinkLemonade

I don't use snapchat / instagram / Twitter, it would be good to know which bloggers actually blog!

Gunslinger92

Sinead from the beautiful truth and sinead cady from the make up chair.

Make up monster and the rebel lipstick have actual blogs as well as the usual social media presence too.

These are the four I follow and I really like them all. Was watching sinead cady's snaps the other day and my OH was like "woah who's she she's gorgeous" :P

doireannod

Best, most honest people on Snap Chat are:

1. Chiara Ferragni - amazing insight in to her life between Milan and LA
2. Vogue Williams - stunning, stylish, honest and funny
3. Lisa DiCicco Cahue - New York City fit model and blogger. Beautiful girl.
4. Retro Flame (username: retroflame1) - New York City fashionista from Kerry
5. Garypeppergirl - stunning Australian blogger

None of the above women do annoying hauls of rubbish they've been sent. And none of these women would dream of having their lips injected with filler while on snap chat and send out a promo code for same.

on_my_oe

I prefer people who blog too... Too many perfect photos in my Instagram feed depresses me. I do follow too many IGs - need to knock that on the head as well

Currently I'm following the Sunday Girl. I'm following some Asian beauty bloggers too, but that's curiosity as I think I need more from my skincare and I'm not laying €300 on a jar of Creme.

I'm trying to find more bloggers who write well and put thought into their reviews e.g. Explain what they do and don't like about the product, not an automatic 10*s

retro:electro

I prefer blogs because I love to read and you can often tell the writer has a passion for the product through the way they write about it. It takes more effort to write about a product and include nice pictures and updates then a ten second snap of a product that you never hear about again.

rougegal

Here are some of my favourite blogs:
The Beautiful Truth
John It's Only Makeup
Beauty Nook
Makeup Monster
Lovely Girlie Bits
Total Makeup Addict

Jbossie

on_my_oe wrote: »

I prefer people who blog too... Too many perfect photos in my Instagram feed depresses me. I do follow too many IGs - need to knock that on the head as well

Currently I'm following the Sunday Girl. I'm following some Asian beauty bloggers too, but that's curiosity as I think I need more from my skincare and I'm not laying €300 on a jar of Creme.

I'm trying to find more bloggers who write well and put thought into their reviews e.g. Explain what they do and don't like about the product, not an automatic 10*s

That's what I'm looking for bloggers with blogs that have a lot of content I'm getting bored of snap chat oh I'll add then now thanks

Jbossie

Gunslinger92 wrote: »

Sinead from the beautiful truth and sinead cady from the make up chair.

Make up monster and the rebel lipstick have actual blogs as well as the usual social media presence too.

These are the four I follow and I really like them all. Was watching sinead cady's snaps the other day and my OH was like "woah who's she she's gorgeous" :P

I love sinead her honest is so refreshing I'll be adding the other girls I'm getting more into blogs now than social media

Jbossie

doireannod wrote: »

Best, most honest people on Snap Chat are:

1. Chiara Ferragni - amazing insight in to her life between Milan and LA
2. Vogue Williams - stunning, stylish, honest and funny
3. Lisa DiCicco Cahue - New York City fit model and blogger. Beautiful girl.
4. Retro Flame (username: retroflame1) - New York City fashionista from Kerry
5. Garypeppergirl - stunning Australian blogger

None of the above women do annoying hauls of rubbish they've been sent. And none of these women would dream of having their lips injected with filler while on snap chat and send out a promo code for same.

Brilliant I don't follow any of them girls definitely will now don't want to follow all them that do
Hauls ect anymore

Jbossie

anna080 wrote: »

I prefer blogs because I love to read and you can often tell the writer has a passion for the product through the way they write about it. It takes more effort to write about a product and include nice pictures and updates then a ten second snap of a product that you never hear about again.

That's exactly what I'm looking for people that you can see have a passion for the products I love a good honest write up some great recommendations on this thanks a million

Jbossie

rougegal wrote: »

Here are some of my favourite blogs:
The Beautiful Truth
John It's Only Makeup
Beauty Nook
Makeup Monster
Lovely Girlie Bits
Total Makeup Addict

Thanks a million I'll be adding some of these

Jbossie

Terri26 wrote: »

I strongly recommend Sinead from the Beautiful Truth.

Love sinead she's a great blogger so honest

Jbossie

aine92 wrote: »

My favourites are Sinead from The Beautiful Truth, Pippa
and Marissa Carter even though she isn't technically a blogger. Always the first snaps I open!

I also really enjoy Terrie Mc Evoy's because she is travelling and I am living vicariously through her!!!

Ah I will look up terrie love to see a bit of the world through someone else lol thanks a million

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onthemitch

A few whose blogs I read and really enjoy – good writing, transparency, good photographs...

Anouska Proetta Brandon (Irish): anouska.net
A Model Recommends (UK): amodelrecommends.com
Fluff & Fripperies (Ireland-based, Scottish/Irish author): fluffandfripperies.com (full disclosure: we're friends, but her blog is really good)
Cinnamon Soul (Irish, living in NYC): cinnamon-soul.com

In terms of Snapchat, I don't think it's particularly good for product recommendations etc – I just like getting this voyeuristic little window into people's lives. So, I enjoy following:

Chiara Ferragni / The Blonde Salad @chiaraferragni – mostly to get a glimpse into her life, but I find her Snapchat massively self-involved. I guess, what else could it be? But still, it's not hugely endearing IMO.
Tara O'Farrell @tara_makeup – love when she does GRWM-style posts, and her dogs! So cute.
Louise O'Neill (author of Asking For It / Only Ever Yours) @oneilllouise – new to Snapchat, really funny and smart.
Molly McKeever @mollypocket89 – another Irish blogger, her Snapchat is a lot of workout stuff (she's a runner and yoga teacher), clean food ideas etc.

Second the above recommendation for Retro Flame, her Snapchat is fun because she's based in NYC, seems to have such a busy life! Great little window into her day.

XxMCRxBabyxX

Does anyone find Snapchat really annoying when trying to follow bloggers? I'm getting sick of trying to follow 10 second snippets of conversation at a time. I like seeing pictures of make up looks or clothes but listening to them is getting quite annoying. Surely it's annoying for them trying to film them too?

onthemitch

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

Does anyone find Snapchat really annoying when trying to follow bloggers? I'm getting sick of trying to follow 10 second snippets of conversation at a time. I like seeing pictures of make up looks or clothes but listening to them is getting quite annoying. Surely it's annoying for them trying to film them too?

This is just such a mad observation to me. It's like tapping someone's phone, then giving out about having to listen to their conversations. If you just want product recommendations, follow their blogs; if you like listening in and getting snippets of their daily lives, follow them on Snapchat. It feels like essentially complaining about the fact that Snapchat isn't Instagram – or am I picking this up wrong?!

XxMCRxBabyxX

onthemitch wrote: »

This is just such a mad observation to me. It's like tapping someone's phone, then giving out about having to listen to their conversations. If you just want product recommendations, follow their blogs; if you like listening in and getting snippets of their daily lives, follow them on Snapchat. It feels like essentially complaining about the fact that Snapchat isn't Instagram – or am I picking this up wrong?!

Most of these "bloggers" don't actually blog much anymore though so the best way to follow them is by snapchat. That's the problem. It's also quite annoying to have to listen to them talk in six 10 second snippets as opposed to 1 minute long video.

Edit: To clarify, I don't mind listening to their conversations. Some can be quite interesting. It's just the trying to follow them that's the problem. Snapchat would be easier if they just posted their pictures and directed to their blogs and/or videos.

Jbossie

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

Does anyone find Snapchat really annoying when trying to follow bloggers? I'm getting sick of trying to follow 10 second snippets of conversation at a time. I like seeing pictures of make up looks or clothes but listening to them is getting quite annoying. Surely it's annoying for them trying to film them too?[/quote
I would have thought snapchat would introduce a new update that allows more than a 10 second snap it is irritating when trying to film something and it keeps cutting out

Stheno

Does the woman who does writeups in the Irish Times have a blog does anyone know?

Jbossie

Stheno wrote: »

Does the woman who does writeups in the Irish Times have a blog does anyone know?

What is her name My sister in law writes articles for the Irish times I will ask her

dudara

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traineeacc

Stheno wrote: »

Does the woman who does writeups in the Irish Times have a blog does anyone know?

She is a parenting blogger too at The Two Darlings, she is lovely,. Only know her through re blogging world, I don't do beauty blogging!

Stheno

traineeacc wrote: »

She is a parenting blogger too at The Two Darlings, she is lovely,. Only know her through re blogging world, I don't do beauty blogging!

I've remembered her name, it's aisling really like her articles in the times, will Google for a blog

StripedBoxers

Stheno wrote: »

Does the woman who does writeups in the Irish Times have a blog does anyone know?

Do you mean Rosemary MacCabe?

If so, then yes she has a blog, this is it http://rosemarymaccabe.com/

Stheno

StripedBoxers wrote: »

Do you mean Rosemary MacCabe?

If so, then yes she has a blog, this is it http://rosemarymaccabe.com/

No fairly certain it's a lady called aisling, she often has articles in the times on applying different looks and stuff

Sittingpretty

Stheno wrote: »

I've remembered her name, it's aisling really like her articles in the times, will Google for a blog

Her blog is beaut.ie She's Aisling McDermott.

PinkLemonade

Sittingpretty wrote: »

Her blog is beaut.ie She's Aisling McDermott.

Does she still work with that website? I thought they all left and that's why it's mainly entertainment content now

StripedBoxers

Stheno wrote: »

No fairly certain it's a lady called aisling, she often has articles in the times on applying different looks and stuff

Ah sorry I didn't realise, apologies.

Must check her out, never really read beaut.ie so no idea what she is like as a blogger (beauty or otherwise!).

Sharon Farrell is another good one. I love her videos. http://sharonthemakeupartist.com/

Another one here for Sinead from The Beautiful Truth. Absolutely adore her, she is so honest in her videos/reviews/snaps etc. I'd trust anything she says as she's proven herself to be honest more than once http://thebeautifultruth.ie/

doireannod

Rosie Huntington Whiteley's snapchat is good. She'll often show which products she uses. She doesn't blog or review them but if they're good enough for her....

Stheno

StripedBoxers wrote: »

Ah sorry I didn't realise, apologies.

Must check her out, never really read beaut.ie so no idea what she is like as a blogger (beauty or otherwise!).

Sharon Farrell is another good one. I love her videos. http://sharonthemakeupartist.com/

Another one here for Sinead from The Beautiful Truth. Absolutely adore her, she is so honest in her videos/reviews/snaps etc. I'd trust anything she says as she's proven herself to be honest more than once http://thebeautifultruth.ie/

I'm a bit older than most posters and aisling often writes stuff for my age range so that could be it

StripedBoxers

Stheno wrote: »

I'm a bit older than most posters and aisling often writes stuff for my age range so that could be it

Is this her?

http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/aisling-mcdermott-7.3075512

Looks like a few interesting articles. That's my Sunday night blog reading sorted.

lazygal

Another vote for Beaut truth. I've only ever done a tutorial from her YouTube channel but I got loads of compliments on it. She also seems to take on board constructive criticism which is rare.

traineeacc

Stheno wrote: »

I've remembered her name, it's aisling really like her articles in the times, will Google for a blog

Sorry don't know who that is

Stheno

StripedBoxers wrote: »

Is this her?

http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/aisling-mcdermott-7.3075512

Looks like a few interesting articles. That's my Sunday night blog reading sorted.

It is indeed, just from reading her stuff in the times I've learned a bit. She seems very down to earth

Jbossie

Sittingpretty wrote: »

Her blog is beaut.ie She's Aisling McDermott.

Aisling is great she's in the industry years she was one of the first I love her even have the books she wrote

Jbossie

doireannod wrote: »

Rosie Huntington Whiteley's snapchat is good. She'll often show which products she uses. She doesn't blog or review them but if they're good enough for her....

Her new make up in marks and spencer is gorgeous

Wexy86

I'm a massive fan of Laura from http://www.buynowbloglater.com/

She's a uk blogger based in Dubai, I follow her on most social media.
She has no hesitation carrying out honest reviews. sometimes she shows her hauls and blatantly states her dislike there and then. I appreciate honesty, no one can like every product!! so if a blogger states a dislike I usually am a fan. she also holds her hands up when she has given a bad review and a few months down the line she doesn't hate the item, like all of us skincare needs/requirements can change along with choice of product.

Jbossie

Wexy86 wrote: »

I'm a massive fan of Laura from http://www.buynowbloglater.com/

She's a uk blogger based in Dubai, I follow her on most social media.
She has no hesitation carrying out honest reviews. sometimes she shows her hauls and blatantly states her dislike there and then. I appreciate honesty, no one can like every product!! so if a blogger states a dislike I usually am a fan. she also holds her hands up when she has given a bad review and a few months down the line she doesn't hate the item, like all of us skincare needs/requirements can change along with choice of product.

Oh I'll have to follow her I love an honest blogger very refreshing thank you

The Young Wan

I'm a blogger myself, and to be honest I would like to be able to discuss blogging on this site without being attacked. Can someone tell me why this isn't possible? I don't mind criticism and I am more than happy to discuss my blog with anyone who had questions for me. So why, mods, am I not allowed to use my freedom of expression?

The Young Wan

dudara wrote: »

In the meantime, please use this thread for recommendations only. No discussion please.

Why? What's wrong with discussing my blog? If there was something someone had a query with, or I wasn't writing entirely legally, I would really appreciate someone pointing it out to me.

Sally2016

<Re-reg account banned>

PinkLemonade

Can we not keep this thread to blog recommendations?

I mostly use youtube for my beauty recommendations, I like vivianna does makeup (english) and Letz Makeup/ Siobham McDonnell (Galway), I follow a few more but they're starting to annoy me so ill refrain for recommending them!

dudara

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The Young Wan

PinkLemonade wrote: »

Can we not keep this thread to blog recommendations?

Well then the title is misleading. Because it's a recommendation thread, and not somewhere to discuss bloggers and why we like/don't like them.

<EDIT> You have a valid point and I have changed the thread title to reflect the discussion within. Please stay on topic from now on.

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