Irish Bloggers Secret Santa reveal 2013

Hello Adoreabuddies,

This year I took part in the #IrishbbloggersSS which was organised by the wonderful Aisling from Total Make Up Addict. Aisling thought it would be a fun idea for any bloggers interested to get together to do a Secret Santa. And she was oh so right! My family have been doing Secret Santa for the last four years now and it's great fun and relives a lot of stress because you're only shopping for one person. Now the only problem I've had since we started is every year I've had my mam or my dad and I would love to have one of my brothers at some stage because there's only so many handbags and power tools you can buy a person!

When I found out who I had I was over the moon, I was excited to find out I had one of my favourite bloggers so it was going to be even more fun deciding what to get them compared to not knowing the person at all and being lost for idea. As part of the Secret Santa all who took part are to post a blog on this day (22/12/13) about who we had and what we got. I had Kat from Dollyrouge so you can check out their blog to see what I got her.

The person who had me was Alex from Pinkelephantbloggin.com. When the parcel came through the door I was so excited to rip it open to find out who had me! I took to twitter to make sure it was okay and also thought maybe I should wait until Christmas day to open it because my family do SS it might be nicer to wait and open it. Then I remembered about having to do this post so I opened it straight away! The lovely ribbon was tossed to the floor. The luxurious wrapping paper was sent flying into the air and I was left at my kitchen table making all sorts of oohing and aah sounds!

The lovely Alex sent me a candy cane, a pair of smartphone gloves from H&M, a gorgeous necklace from H&M, a lip cream from Sleek in Rioja Red and a delightful note book that I will save for the new year for to-do lists. Alex also wrote a lovely card saying how she looked up my blog to find out what I would like which is a nice touch because I really love everything she sent me. 

I must say a big thank you to Aisling for organising the Secret Santa, she put in a lot of time and effort and she has brought a smile to my face and a lot of other bloggers too. Thank you to Alex for sending me such lovely treats make sure you check out her blog.

I'm off to Dublin now to finish off the last of the Christmas shopping so enjoy the rest of your weekend everybody and if you took part in the Secret Santa be sure to leave a link to your post in the comments below.

Love,

Sarah

UPDATE - Christmas Blogger Meet-up

Roll up! Roll up! Read all about it.

News just in.... IT'S PARTY TIME!

Firstly thank you to everyone who has been in touch so far. I can't wait to see you all. I wanted to make sure this meet-up was extra special. It's Christmas time and all the bloggers in the land deserve a special day for all the hard work they have done during the year.

@ChannyWallace - @Andie74439 - @Robyntmorton - @MeganRoseMUA -

 @Totalmakeupadd - @SarahDora90 - @Lisa_san - @VonFluffy - 

@fluffyblog - @YellowSunFlower - @Skew.earring - @AliBowring - 

@ConfessionsOAMU - @ClaireCrilly - @Misseblog - @SusanEconley - 

@Makeupmonster_ - @Emilyxo - @Emma_Farrell - @nursefancypants - 

@PrincessLauraY - @TheMakeUpButt - @Sasdothat - @PrettyObsessed -

 @Avril_Murphy - @Fizzsedition - @AllMadeUp21 - @Audrey_Oreilly - 

@EimearByrneMUA - @tehkittehkat - @RoxyOBrien - @MakeUpFairyPro -

@Bow_Fabulous - @Lovelygirlybits - @MakeUpOverMind - @AnitaBeautyBlog -

@LeanneWoodfull - @OrlaBarrett - @llyhope - @adoreabubbles -

@KatieElisabeth - @ItsCherrySue - @Glittermamablog - @TheBeautyDial -

@HanaSaidWHAT - @AMGannonPR - @CarterMarissa - @nimabrush

Venue:  Russell Court Hotel (website), Harcourt Street, Dublin 2.

Click HERE for directions.

When: December 8th 

Time: 12 noon - 3pm

Shooting Shaun Photography will be there on the day to capture every moment, check out his blog HERE. Shaun is a very talented amateur photographer based in Dublin.

I have asked a few bloggers to speak on the day to share their experiences of blogging and answer any questions you may have.

You may already know the girls. Rachelle and Kat are responsible for one of my favourite blogs Dolly Rouge. From beauty reviews, amazing nail looks and an adorable cute animal corner they have it covered. Just be careful you could spend all day on their blog, it should really come with a warning!

Emma has been updating us with make-up news and product reviews on her blog fluff and fripperies since 2010. She recently won Best Beauty/Fashion blog in this years Blog awards Ireland. 

Elaine is a Creative media digital student which must be why her blog miss-eblog always looks so great. Elaine has written so many great helpful posts in the past that I had to get her to talk at the blogger event. I am hoping she can help give some of us much needed blogging 101 tips. 

Check out their blogs and if you have any questions on the day they will be more than happy to answer them for you. If you are feeling shy and don't think you will be able to ask them in person you can email your questions and I'll pass them on for them to talk about on the day. Just put their name and Q&A as the subject to adoreabubbles@hotmail.com.

I am pleased to announce that Marissa Carter, owner of Carter Beauty in Blackrock will be attending our Christmas celebrations to tell us all about the new exciting product hitting the Irish market very soon, Cocoa Brown.

We will also get to meet Niamh Martin the owner of Nima Brush. Nima brush is an Irish cosmetics company specialising in professional make-up tools. Niamh is going to do some demonstrations showing us how to use her new brush sets and if we are very good see might also introduce us to a  new product called the Magic Mitt.

Worried you won't remember any ones names? Don't fret I have you covered, everyone (who confirms attendance by the 25th) will have their own Christmas name badge. These are being made by the lovely Lizziesbadges on eBay.

As well as all that there will be many more surprises in store!! 

Lots of Love,

Sarah

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