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Emmser

This seems to work well in other forums so I thought I'd chance it here.

MUF appears to be buying a new property if I'm correct on Snapchat? Then I go to insta and see Paul's recent update and everything gets a little hairy!

Pistachios & cream

Emmser wrote: »

This seems to work well in other forums so I thought I'd chance it here.

MUF appears to be buying a new property if I'm correct on Snapchat? Then I go to insta and see Paul's recent update and everything gets a little hairy!

I believe she’s renting. Went on a bit of a rant about people saying renting is dead money.

Personally I think paying €1500 on a ski suit never mind the amount spent on designer handbags is the real dead money!

Anyway seems Paul has decided to fight back and give his side of the story. To be fair she signed a lease agreement so she is on the hook for her half of the lease. It was her choice to move back to Ireland. It was a 2 bedroom apart so she could have stayed. There’s plenty of separated couples who have to houseshare out of economic necessity

Emmser

Yes I think she likes to give the 'impression' she has plenty of money. From my experience, people who have money tend not to rub designer handbags in your face.

I don't have money.

Pistachios & cream

I know and who cares if she rents. I rent because it suits my life circumstances. It’s the best decision for us at the moment. Why she can’t just own the decision is beyond me. She’s a woman in her 30s who earns a good living and wants to move out of her mothers house. There’s no shame in that. All the excuses are just annoying

Pistachios & cream

Emmser wrote: »

I don't have money.

Me either. I do like a nice handbag though😜 that’s why I save my birthday vouchers

Emmser

Just watched her snapchat, sorry, it's Instagram where I originally found out about the new property. Can't believe she said she pays Paul's rent. So cheeky considering his insta story!

Pistachios & cream

I’m increasingly coming to the opinion that she is delusional. Between the excessive photo shopping and saying she’s paying his rent when she is only paying her half of a legally binding agreement. It’s bizarre. And she calls herself the makeup fairy but I can’t remember the last time she did a tutorial or proper review

Emmser

ahayes84 wrote: »

I’m increasingly coming to the opinion that she is delusional. Between the excessive photo shopping and saying she’s paying his rent when she is only paying her half of a legally binding agreement. It’s bizarre. And she calls herself the makeup fairy but I can’t remember the last time she did a tutorial or proper review

100%. It's gone to a different level now.

Emmser

'Howling' at Just Jordan and Pearl being 'very advanced'! Here here lisa for making me lol! I know she was a little dodge deleting all the Instagram posts but I still like her.

California Dreamer

Just curious. While supporting healthy eating, lots of excercise, vegan diet and all that natural nonsense why is RD so afraid to have a picture of her with no make up on taken?

Emmser

California Dreamer wrote: »

Just curious. While supporting healthy eating, lots of excercise, vegan diet and all that natural nonsense why is RD so afraid to have a picture of her with no make up on taken?

I hear you but I imagine she's beautiful without makeup. Personally I find her makeup style is very naughties and could do with moving to the 'more natural' look. Less eye makeup and less polished look is needed.

blairbear

I think Rosanna just likes to wear a full on glam make up look. She has always worn make up like that. I wear a full face akin to hers everyday too, regardless of what I'm doing. I am very happy with myself without anything on my face at all, but it's just personal preference.

I personally love that she's always super glam. I prefer that to seeing them in their pjs non stop or hungover with their fanta and domino's snaps every Sunday afternoon.

meeeeh

blairbear wrote: »

I think Rosanna just likes to wear a full on glam make up look. She has always worn make up like that. I wear a full face akin to hers everyday too, regardless of what I'm doing. I am very happy with myself without anything on my face at all, but it's just personal preference.

I personally love that she's always super glam. I prefer that to seeing them in their pjs non stop or hungover with their fanta and domino's snaps every Sunday afternoon.

I don't think it it's either full glam or pjs. Her look is very old fashioned, too much make up, too tight dresses... In modeling terms is look for cheap underwear catalogue not something for high end fashion. I don't think anyone can deny red carpet looks from award ceremonies are glamorous (and very far from pjs) but their look is a lot more natural than that of Rosanna Davidson.

blairbear

Well I specifically object to people who want her to wear less make up. People never say "oh so and so is always wearing very natural make up; she should wear more".

I like the glam look anyway. I think Rosanna looks good.

Emmser

Maybe it's just, as people get 'older' and obviously Rosanna isn't 'old' by any means, they change their look. Take Pippa for example, long hair extensions gone, bright coloured glitter clothes and lots of fake tan have been replaced by a neutral palette and sun kissed skin.

Ten years ago if you asked me who I'd rather look like, I would have said Rosanna! She was miss world after all, she was and is gorgeous.
Now, I'd say Pippa.

GingerLily

I don't like Rosannas look at all, but I don't think she should change for me!

I do think her look is bad for her brand though, a natural look would help her with more in selling herself on the health /diet guru front (or whatever you call it).

Pageant girl and nutrition don't seem to gel well visually!

Amberjack

Emmser wrote: »

This seems to work well in other forums so I thought I'd chance it here.

MUF appears to be buying a new property if I'm correct on Snapchat? Then I go to insta and see Paul's recent update and everything gets a little hairy!

I would say she's renting for a few reasons, but as always letting us think she's buying. I doubt she's buying because:
A) I doubt as an influencer she'd get a mortgage as it's not a guaranteed income.
if she had the cash and paid for it in full, revenue would seriously be asking questions and that could open a whole can of worms
C) she's moving in after Austria which is next week? Generally it takes apx 6-8 weeks to buy a property with all the paperwork etc, so a week or two would be super fast

njs030

blairbear wrote: »

Well I specifically object to people who want her to wear less make up. People never say "oh so and so is always wearing very natural make up; she should wear more".

I like the glam look anyway. I think Rosanna looks good.

I agree! It's no one's business how much make up someone wears unless they are selling skin care and slathered in the stuff or a make up artist who doesn't know how to blend.
I think she looks great and I like that she hasnt changed who she is.

forumuser

Amberjack wrote: »

I would say she's renting for a few reasons, but as always letting us think she's buying. I doubt she's buying because:
A) I doubt as an influencer she'd get a mortgage as it's not a guaranteed income.
if she had the cash and paid for it in full, revenue would seriously be asking questions and that could open a whole can of worms
C) she's moving in after Austria which is next week? Generally it takes apx 6-8 weeks to buy a property with all the paperwork etc, so a week or two would be super fast

She's definitely renting because she talked a lot (a lot!) about it on snapchat over the weekend. How she's decided not to buy at the moment as she's going to save to build and she's going to rent like a 'girlboss' in the meantime. I didn't understand that comment at all.

njs030

forumuser wrote: »

She's definitely renting because she talked a lot (a lot!) about it on snapchat over the weekend. How she's decided not to buy at the moment as she's going to save to build and she's going to rent like a 'girlboss' in the meantime. I didn't understand that comment at all.

It means "I can't get a mortgage so I'll make out everyone who has one is an idiot and I'm better than them all"

Real independent women don't wait for a man to buy their own place.

meeeeh

notjustsweet wrote: »

Real independent women don't wait for a man to buy their own place.

Real independent women might be paying all disposable income on rent and might find it hard to buy their own place without the help of parents or another person to save for the deposit and share the mortgage. I have no interest what relationship bloggers are in or where they live but there are plenty independent women (or men) who can't buy on their own.

Emmser

The makeupmonster set up a go fund me page for her son oscar. It's heart breaking. The poor family.

California Dreamer

I am jaded with the amount of negative press given to the bloggers/vloggers/influencers etc over the last few weeks. I am by no means a lover of them all, I don't follow anybody. I am more intrigued to be honest. I think some of these people could do a really good job if they took on board proper advice from proven marketeers, sales people, management experts instead of block all.

But who is an example of someone doing it right?

njs030

meeeeh wrote: »

Real independent women might be paying all disposable income on rent and might find it hard to buy their own place without the help of parents or another person to save for the deposit and share the mortgage. I have no interest what relationship bloggers are in or where they live but there are plenty independent women (or men) who can't buy on their own.

She specifically said she could afford a mortgage alone but she was waiting for her soulmate before she got one, in the next breath she referred to herself as an "independent woman". That's what I was referring to.

GingerLily

notjustsweet wrote: »

She specifically said she could afford a mortgage alone but she was waiting for her soulmate before she got one, in the next breath she referred to herself as an "independent woman". That's what I was referring to.

There's a difference between affording a mortgage and being approved for one - Just Saying.......

blairbear

Emmser wrote: »

Maybe it's just, as people get 'older' and obviously Rosanna isn't 'old' by any means, they change their look. Take Pippa for example, long hair extensions gone, bright coloured glitter clothes and lots of fake tan have been replaced by a neutral palette and sun kissed skin.

Ten years ago if you asked me who I'd rather look like, I would have said Rosanna! She was miss world after all, she was and is gorgeous.
Now, I'd say Pippa.

I guess it's a matter of personal taste. I am the same age as those 2 women and Pippa's look does nothing for me. I think she is lovely looking but I would just never wear any of her clothes or make up whereas on at least ten occasions in the last year, I've gone on to Rosanna's Instagram and seen her in yet another dress I already own. A neutral palette etc doesn't appeal to everyone.

I'm glad Rosanna is challenging the notion of what an influencer who is big into health and nutrition should look like. More natural looking doesn't appeal to us all! It's just horses for courses.

Lindy17

Emmser wrote: »

The makeupmonster set up a go fund me page for her son oscar. It's heart breaking. The poor family.

I never have been to a blogger event but I just bought tickets to the fundraising event thebeautifultruth is organising for her family. It’s 50€ With the money being donated to charity. Pippa and Stephanie McMakeup are both going to be there, sinead herself from TBT and loads others but I don’t follow everyone she mentioned. (Moms fitness diary, I come undone, Louise O Connell)

I’d never pay the 100€ for the girls day out type days organised by SSM or Pippa. At least this 50€ going to a good cause and a chance to see what all the fuss is about!

Emmser

Lindy17 wrote: »

I never have been to a blogger event but I just bought tickets to the fundraising event thebeautifultruth is organising for her family. It’s 50€ With the money being donated to charity. Pippa and Stephanie McMakeup are both going to be there, sinead herself from TBT and loads others but I don’t follow everyone she mentioned. (Moms fitness diary, I come undone, Louise O Connell)

I’d never pay the 100€ for the girls day out type days organised by SSM or Pippa. At least this 50€ going to a good cause and a chance to see what all the fuss is about!

That's so kind of you. I'm so upset after reading the story, I'm just going to donate directly. I'd be a blubbering mess on the day of the workshop. It's still so nice of all those getting involved. Puts everything into perspective.

Sunny Dayz

Amberjack wrote: »

C) she's moving in after Austria which is next week? Generally it takes apx 6-8 weeks to buy a property with all the paperwork etc, so a week or two would be super fast

6-8 weeks?! Try 6-8 months to buy a house! Any of my friends and myself included, it has taken a good while to buy a house. There's a lot of work in getting a mortgage, then there might be to-ing and fro-ing with putting offers in and trying to get sale agreed, then all the legal paperwork, waiting for the other solicitor to do their side, you might be somewhere in a chain where another is dependent on a house sale going through. From my experience in house purchases in the last few years, none of them have been straight forward. Ours took 9 months from expression of interest to key in the front door.


Sorry for the OT.

Sunny Dayz

Lindy17 wrote: »

I never have been to a blogger event but I just bought tickets to the fundraising event thebeautifultruth is organising for her family. It’s 50€ With the money being donated to charity. Pippa and Stephanie McMakeup are both going to be there, sinead herself from TBT and loads others but I don’t follow everyone she mentioned. (Moms fitness diary, I come undone, Louise O Connell)

I’d never pay the 100€ for the girls day out type days organised by SSM or Pippa. At least this 50€ going to a good cause and a chance to see what all the fuss is about!

It's a pity I'm not about that day, I'd say it's going to be emotional but at the same time the ladies taking part in it are fab women. Fair play to TBT et al for organising it

blairbear

You know what? Every time I think "oh Joanne can't possibly be any more tone deaf or immature than she is right now", she whips one more dumb move out of her proverbial bag of misjudged tricks and surprises me.

On her insta story, she just posted a "jokey" private message from her male friend/flirtation/who cares. She had asked whether her make up tutorials should be on Instagram or youtube. He asked was there a "send nudes" option he could get instead.

Well done, Joanne! Great example to the young teenagers and prepubescent girls who follow you! You ask a professional question, some cute guy jokes about you sending nudes instead and you giggle along and validate him by reposting it. (And all in the name of showing her ex how desirable she is, I'm sure.)

Recently released statistics show that up to fifty percent of 6th year students have sexted, and they start as young as 11 years old.

If I was an influencer, it might cross my mind to warn young girls (and boys) of the risks involved in sending naked photos of themselves to others. But Joanne doesn't have a titter of wit, so she thinks any male attention is good enough.

Sorry for the rant!!

fineso.mom

Not an ounce of cop on. She shows that message so obviously she must have thought it was funny/acceptable and yet she blocks followers who ask reasonable questions.?? Always going on about girl boss crap and yet thinks an inappropriate message like that is something to show her followers. She's like a teenage girl with no experience of boys who gets all exited cos a boy looks her way. Give me strength.

forumuser

fineso.mom wrote: »

Not an ounce of cop on. She shows that message so obviously she must have thought it was funny/acceptable and yet she blocks followers who ask reasonable questions.?? Always going on about girl boss crap and yet thinks an inappropriate message like that is something to show her followers. She's like a teenage girl with no experience of boys who gets all exited cos a boy looks her way. Give me strength.

Seems to be gone now.

Lindy17

Sunny Dayz wrote: »

It's a pity I'm not about that day, I'd say it's going to be emotional but at the same time the ladies taking part in it are fab women. Fair play to TBT et al for organising it

I know, I feel so much more positive about going to this as it's 50 euro going to a great cause. I was getting so emotional when I was reading the Gofundme page. Saw on Sinead's snaps today lots more bloggers/MUAs have got involved and I think sold out/almost sold out. Nice to hear something positive about how much influence bloggers can have when they band together.

On the other hand, I think MUF has become even more unrelatable (which I didn't think was possible). Who goes skiing for a week and needs designer ski wear? For a week? Would she not head off to Aldi like the rest of us plebs There's plenty of money in blogging clearly!

Emmser

Strangest thing ever...went on to snapchat to catch up and noticed similar final snap on both Rosie's and Stephanie's story. I watched their snap stories and they both shared a pic from 'The Secret' app as their final snap tonight. Those two are so alike today; both having their sons on it tonight and then the secret thing. What a coincidence!

Emmser

Anyone any idea what Luna 3 is?

Wellyd

Emmser wrote: »

Anyone any idea what Luna 3 is?

I hope it’s as good as Luna 2. I really can notice the difference in my hair since I have started using it. At €16 it doesn’t break the bank either.

Emmser

Wellyd wrote: »

I hope it’s as good as Luna 2. I really can notice the difference in my hair since I have started using it. At €16 it doesn’t break the bank either.

That's good to know. I didn't find the lip glosses great. I was disappointed. They didn't apply evenly and didn't 'stick' to my lip if that makes sense. I have Kylie lipkits and they wouldn't budge but very drying.

Wellyd

Emmser wrote: »

That's good to know. I didn't find the lip glosses great. I was disappointed. They didn't apply evenly and didn't 'stick' to my lip if that makes sense. I have Kylie lipkits and they wouldn't budge but very drying.

I’m not a gloss person definitely a matte lover so I had no real desire to purchase them! I love the kylie lip kits. They are drying but I find that they last all day and night. My lips don’t suffer too much as long as I don’t wear them everyday and keep using the cicaplast lip balm before and after. But the hair conditioner spray is brilliant. It’s one of the first influencer designed products I’ve bought and I’ve been recommending it to others!

Lindy17

Emmser wrote: »

Anyone any idea what Luna 3 is?

Luna 3 revealed liquid eyeshadows! I’m guessing similar to the stila stay all day? Wasn’t expecting that so looking forward to seeing swatches etc

GingerLily

Has anyone been following the Tarte foundation scandal?

Basically they released 16 shades of their new shape tape foundation (2 formulas) but only two of them are for women of colour. Lots of people are not happy about this (and they're right).

But, some of the reactions are crazy, any YouTube video reviewing the foundation is getting tonnes of traffic and aggressive comments.

Fleur de Force has just had a baby and did a YouTube video of her monthly favourites, including this foundation and the comments are just insane - lots people saying they're unsubscribing because she positively reviewed it. It's pretty clear she hasn't been following social media - it's all gotten VERY dramatic! I feel very sorry for her.

ElaineMIRL

Just wanted to say hello to the thread members. I was hoping to chat with other bloggers about blogging. Still finding my feet so I'm sorry if I post anything wrong.

I'm not really into makeup so I can't comment on what has been discussed above (it seems to be a dead chat anyway) but what does everyone think of the future of Snapchat? After they changed the format of the app and the Rhianna advert things aren't going so well for them. I personally don't like using it anymore and since they separated personal accounts from bloggers etc. I never check the bloggers anymore. I forgot I even followed them!

MuffinTop86

What’s going on with RMC?
She posted on Insta a screenshot of a Reddit thread where someone alleges she was dumped by her bf and is now working for the Daily Mail.
Then yesterday I think, she says she has given up being a PT (which honestly isn’t surprising at all).

DaeryssaOne

I saw this too, while it's absolutely none of my business what she does with her career I find it quite sad that the PT thing didn't last longer for her. It seemed initially that she had found something that would actually make her happy but it appears to have been yet another fad that didn't last long.
Have no idea if she's writing for the DM but really hope that's not true as I'm sure she will only go down the route of trying to be even more controversial (hating men etc) to stir up readership and end up getting online abuse again which can't be good for anybody's mental health.

zapper55

I hope someone here can help.

I stumbled across a great post on instagram yesterday but I can't remember the name of the account. It was an Irish girl in her 30's maybe. She had lost loads of weight but she wasn't the usual annoying inspo fitness rubbish. She came across very normal.

She posted about the lightbulb moment that made her lose weight. She was going to see a scan of her sisters baby and the sister had 19 weeks to go. She thought about how overweight she felt, including having a dead leg, and thought it could be doable to lose a lb a week until her sisters baby arrived. She went on to lose a good bit more weight.

It was really inspirational and from the heart and I'm raging I can't find it now. Thanks.

TightyWhiteys

zapper55 wrote: »

I hope someone here can help.

I stumbled across a great post on instagram yesterday but I can't remember the name of the account. It was an Irish girl in her 30's maybe. She had lost loads of weight but she wasn't the usual annoying inspo fitness rubbish. She came across very normal.

She posted about the lightbulb moment that made her lose weight. She was going to see a scan of her sisters baby and the sister had 19 weeks to go. She thought about how overweight she felt, including having a dead leg, and thought it could be doable to lose a lb a week until her sisters baby arrived. She went on to lose a good bit more weight.

It was really inspirational and from the heart and I'm raging I can't find it now. Thanks.

Trishas.transformation?

zapper55

Yes!! Thanks a million.

TightyWhiteys

zapper55 wrote: »

Yes!! Thanks a million.

No problem!

Caranica

I came across Sinead Rice as part of the Inglot exposé and have a genuine question. Those lips? Wtf? I can cope with the contouring to extremes to the point she looks like she has vitiligo with the white patches but I can't get my head around those lips. How is a glossy rectangle where lips should be, considered sexy/attractive?

Caranica

Was anyone else at SCS Dublin Workshop yesterday? Bought tickets for my friend's birthday. Had a brilliant day, was surprised how much I enjoyed it. Went to the bar during Suzanne Jackson, the one time their slow service came in handy