A whole host of beauty bloggers have united to organise a fundraiser in aid of a terminally ill three-year-old.
Irish blogger Yavanna Keogh, better known to most as MakeUp Monster, revealed earlier this week that her little boy Oscar has been diagnosed with a rare and incurable brain tumour.
Yavanna will be taking a break from her blog for the duration 2018 in a bid to spend as much time with her son as possible, but before stepping away, shared a heartbreaking post about the tragic news.
She revealed that her son’s form of cancer is called DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma), which affects only three or four children in Ireland each year.
“Somehow it had found Oscar. It had sat there stealthily growing while we went about our normal lives, making plans, having fun, and then delivered small flashes of its intention, so subtle we had no idea of their meaning,” she wrote.
“What do we do, that was all I could think [when we heard the news], how do we fix it. But then came his final blow to us. You can’t cure it.
“It most often strikes children and it is devastating, with an almost 0% survival rate. Where it was, the type of insidious, aggressive tumour it was meant there was no fix.”
Yavanna set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for her son and to make memories, and fellow beauty bloggers Edel, the creator of The Pharmers Journal, and Sinead from The Beautiful Truth, have arranged a charity event to add to the cause.
Edel told VIP Magazine, “Oscar’s parents are living out every parents worst nightmare at the moment.
“We hope the ‘Le Cheile’ fundraiser helps raise funds and awareness for this devastating illness and helps support Oscar’s parents Yav and Lar in their journey ahead.”
An array of stars, models and make-up artists, such as Pippa O’Connor, Louise McSharry and Aimee Connolly, will be stopping by on the day to speak at the beauty event in Killashee Hotel.
Taking place on March 11th, tickets cost €50 – which will include afternoon tea – and every penny raised will go towards Oscar’s fund.