Today is my daughter’s 7th Birthday. She was born and died at 4.45am on the 19th March 2014. Today is Grace’s Birthday. Grief is weird….and I mean that in the most basic terminology. Nobody will truly understand it or when to expect it. There is no rhyme nor reason with grieve – the only time […] The post A Mother’s Grief – 7 years On. appeared first on Mum's Makeup Bag ..read more

So two months has passed since Ireland made history. The post appeared first on Mum's Makeup Bag ..read more

May 27th 2018 I woke up in a hotel in Dublin puffy eyed and exhilarated. The day before was spent looking at a huge  screen in the Intercontinental Hotel function room watching results from all 26 counties pouring in. At approx. 3.30pm the final tally from my own County Mayo came through, 57.7% in favour […] The post An Open Letter of Thanks to 1,429,981 of you. appeared first on Mum's Makeup Bag ..read more

Its beginning to Look a Lot Like…Halloween! We are two weeks into September and we have entered Halloween Season already! Colours are changing from bright yellows and blues to blacks and oranges. It’s around this time of year my twin’s minds turn to what they are going to wear for the big night! Gone are […] The post Halloween with PropShopper appeared first on Mum's Makeup Bag ..read more

For our Family Holiday this year we decided to head to the seaside in Ireland. I wanted somewhere like Enniscrone but further away than 8 miles!! So we narrowed it down to Kilkee in Co. Clare. The post Our trip to Kilkee appeared first on Mum's Makeup Bag ..read more

The Field & the Boys So I am a townie through and through and proud of it. Kieran the long suffering hubbie as some of you might be aware is from the country, Cavan to be precise. The country was an eye opener for me and at the start I did not take to it…looking […] The post The Field Farm and 1/2 Acre Review appeared first on Mum's Makeup Bag ..read more

This is my first book review since Alan Greenspan’s Age of Turbulance. That review was part of my business degree module back in 2009 so I knew whatever my thoughts about this novel is was going to be a damn sight more enjoyable than the rise and fall of the former head of the FED! I […] The post December Girl by Nicola Cassidy appeared first on Mum's Makeup Bag ..read more

When Callum turned one, he got a few dots on his cheek, I put it down to those little spots babies get. After a week, it had spread into a small but perfectly formed circle and each week it got bigger and bigger until his whole cheek was a painful looking, itchy scab. He diagnosed […] The post Childs Farm and Ezcema appeared first on Mum's Makeup Bag ..read more

Plastic soothers and Heather Shimmer, the 90's were 10 years of unique trends and dark moods. The post Being a 90’s Girl appeared first on Mum's Makeup Bag ..read more

The Makeup Essentials to take you from day to night. The post Makeup Bag 101 appeared first on Mum's Makeup Bag ..read more