WATCH: How to NAIL your make-up one-handed while holding a baby

Carefully applying a face full of make-up is all well and good when you've got two free hands. Add a hefty infant into the mix however and getting that mascara onto your eyelashes is no easy feat.  That's why we salute this mom, whose clever how-to (assisted by her adorable side-kick) is racking up the hits on Youtube. Her top tips:

1. Have a basket at hand with the essentials for your look. This saves wasting time and prevents baby getting impatient.
2. Have a toy to distract the baby.
3. Buy the correct brush to save time in application and blending.
4. Sing a Disney song... for the entertainment value.
5. Forget about a fully contoured facade - blush is the priority and peach is a good all-rounder.
6. Talk all the way through the application so the child grows accustomed to the daily task.
7. Set everything potentially messy out of reach of the baby!

Her kit: Foundation: Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation stick €40 Concealer: Rimmel Hide the Blemish €6 Pressed Powder: Maybelline Matte Pressed powder €10 Foundation Brush: A similar one is Crown Buffer brush €16 Blending brush: Elf Studio Concealing brush €11 Powder brush: A similar one is Urban Decay Blending brush - it can also double-up as a blush brush € 32 Brow product: NYX Brow Mascara or Benefit Gimme Brow €26 Mascara: A similar one is Dior Show €28 Lip: A similar one is the Chubby stick by Clinique €20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPg8pdefSRc If you'd like to see more make-up-related content let us know. Hit up: karen.forde@herfamily.ie