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So without further ado, here are my favourite artists at the moment, oh and yes they just happen to be female, let’s share the girl love!

BARBARELLA BUNNY

I am in love with this girl’s style, I really am, she uses puns, I bloody love puns, and she has a bold style like no-one else I’ve seen. You can literally look at her work and instantly know that it’s hers. Not only does her art dance majestically between literal and whimsy, she’s not afraid to use her art to send a message. She designed a selection of #Repealthe8th stickers, to raise awareness about the Repeal the 8th campaign that seeks to fix the 8th amendment of the Irish constitution. Basically women have less rights than corpses in Ireland, but more on that here. Anyway, I personally purchased the Space Hopper and it’s amazing, it’s a BUNNY IN SPACE!!! You can buy some of her amazing stuff here! So what are you waiting for? GO!

DORKFACE

Right, so I may have bought a print already from this lady too. Okay, I did, I picked up the might fine Shine Bright Like a Diamond print. Jemma has a cute, sweet style, there’s something really delicate about her work. She really is a breath of fresh air, practically every single piece is brimming with positivity. From positive affirmations to general encouragement, looking through her work makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. She is an ambassador for self care and self love, which you can check out on her blog. I will be purchasing more from her soon, I currently have my eyes on some adorkable, yes I said it, animal prints for the babies’ nursery. You too can order some of her amazing stuff here.

SWEET ALLURE

This gal tickles my geeky side, and also my unnatural obsession with flamingos. Every Summer I just can’t get enough of flamingos, melons, pineapple and cacti. I first found Tarnya’s stuff when I was looking for some Harry Potter watercolour art. There is something so very wistful about her aesthetic, it just catches me and draws me in. Now, I haven’t actually bought any of her work yet, due to the move, but you can bet your bottom dollar that I shall have that Harley Quinn silhouette if I have to give Chelsea grins to every schmuck from here to Timbuktu. I’m sorry, that escalated quickly, but you can find out more about this darling on her blog and you can buy some of her divine prints here!

  SHARE THE GIRL LOVE

If you get the chance, go check these girls out, they’re talented, so creative and downright bloody fantastic! I really enjoyed sharing these with you, do you know any artists that you think I should check out? 

What do you think about making it a monthly feature? Not just artists, but inspiring bloggers, vloggers, positive role models, etc, so that we can give each other a little boost, be proud of our community and what we bring to it. What do you think?

Straight Up For What?

I have been trying to keep the condition of my hair, well, not crappy, as I spent most of my youth destroying my hair with box dye, bleach and quite a bit of overzealous straightening. I have very fine hair, which also falls into the categories of frizzy, curly and OH MY GOD, IT’S THE HUMIDITY!!!

Which means that my hair has suffered greatly over the years, because who hasn’t burned off half their hair in an unfortunate candle accident? (Looooong story)

Adding to the scenario, I’m currently pregnant, and as a result, I haven’t dyed/trimmed/given menacing looks to my hair since I found out. However, I plan to bleach and dye my hair like pastel rainbow unicorn poop once I have the fresh human, and I need to make sure that my hair can handle this!

So, between leave-in conditioners, hot oils, hair masks and more coconut oil than you can shake a stick at, I have cut down my hair washes to once a week. In addition to this, if I style using heat, which is rare atm, I only allow myself to do this once a week also.  This is how I got on with one week, one wash, with straight hair.

Monday

I decided to live life on the edge this week by straightening my hair. Whoo, go me! I did have to spend most of Sunday combing my wet hair to cull the frizz a bit. (Oh and I rubbed a small bit of argan oil through my damp hair to tame the beast) Monday morning, when the tiny terror was at Nursery, I straightened my hair on a low heat, gave it a comb through, and that was that. I like to straighten my hair just enough, so that it’s a sleek, but not quite frazzled plastic wig hair.

Tuesday

Tuesday’s hair was still relatively smooth, but today was a full toddler day, which meant keeping it out of my face, AND the munchkin’s grasp. So I went for the ever popular 90’s low double ponytails/not quite buns look. That way I didn’t add to many kinks to it. By the end of the day though I had it up in a basic low pony, because my uber fine hair kept slipping through the hair ties.

Wednesday

Ah yes, the failed top knot attempt. For some reason, I struggle immensely with these “effortless” styles. Most girls try a messy top knot and look like Zoella, whereas I seem to resemble Miss Trunchbull from Matilda. On the plus side, it kept the hair out of my face, and away from the infant, who had made the grand decision that my body existed solely for him to wipe his snotty nose on.

Thursday

Hospital time! It was the check up with my consultant, so I needed fuss-free hair and there was the possibility that I might need to walk home, in windy/rainy Irish weather, so containment was the aim of the game. Enter, my favourite plaits ever, the fishtail braids! I love these, they’re so handy, I find them much easier than doing normal plaits, aaand the receptionist complimented them. She even asked me how to do them, to which my response is the same to any question, Youtube. Honestly if you don’t know how to do something, you will more than likely find a Youtube tutorial on it.

Friday

So I may have sort of, kind of, a little bit, slept in my braids (I did, I definitely did) which left some mini waves in my hair, and I decided to roll with it. I did my best attempt at a waterfall braid. I try and pin my hair away from my hair as much as possible, otherwise I grease it up by running my fingers through it 501 times. At this point, it was getting a little bit greasy around the nape of the neck, which was fun.

Saturday

Saturday was a busy day, a snuffly toddler, a tween stepdaughter, the in-laws were visiting, and I’m waddling around from room to room, like a constipated duck in need of a hip replacement. The hair was starting to feel a bit grimey now. So the best idea was to pin it, pin it up and back, and out of the way. The front of my hair has a waterfall braid, leading into another waterfall braid, leading to the back on one side. The other side has a simple French braid leading to the back. The back of the hair consists of three fishtail braids, fluffed up and folded over each other, with the ends pinned under. The pinned up braid is one of my go to no-nonsense styles, because it is just so handy.

Sunday

Today’s the day that I wash my hair. I have pinned my hair up, using two mini hair donuts to create teeny tiny double buns, because I’m just too adorable dammit! Later on I’ll be washing my hair with a shampoo bar from Lush, I can’t remember the name, and it’s just listed as “shampoo bar” on the site. But it has cinnamon and clove bud in it, so it’s very refreshing, and tingly. Still deciding on what conditioning option to go for, but I’m thinking that this week might be a basically braided week, as I am far to lazy to set my hair today. I guess we’ll find out.

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