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My favourite thing ever: Lush Ultrabalm
So I have a lot of Lush posts coming up, for two specific reasons: (a) I was given a lot of press samples by the brand and (b) I happened to love an awful lot of those samples (as did my Mr, more on...
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Review: the Omorovicza facial at Harvey Nichols, Dundrum
“Look at my skin!” I gloated when I walked in the door yesterday evening, fresh out of the salon chair in Harvey Nichols‘ lovely treatment room in Dundrum. “Hmmm,” said himself. “I noticed that. It’s...
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The best of Benefit’s holiday collection – She’s So Jetset*
There are, I’ll admit it, some definite perks to this job – and getting sent yummy samples to try out is definitely close to top of the list. (The other perk is occasionally meeting celebrities**,...
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Review: Lush’s Angels on Bare Skin face wash
First things first: I have no pictures of this product, because I threw it into the bin in a temper before I could photograph it. This should tell you a good deal about what’s about to go down in this...
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Review: Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish (I didn’t much like this either)
Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish is, for the uninitiated, a plant-based hot cloth cleanser that cleans the skin before, you guessed it, polishing your skin. It claims to leave skin smoother and clearer...
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Review: NYC’s All Day Long Smooth Skin Foundation
I used to be the type of gal who wore one foundation, and one foundation only. For a while, in my yoof, it was Estee Lauder’s Double Wear; then, on the recommendation of one Beauty Bootcamp, it was...
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Review: The Winter Beauty Boost treatment at Akina, Temple Bar
It’s the time of year that days are getting brighter (and longer!) and the weather is kind of starting to pick up a little, but your body hasn’t quite got the memo and, in my case anyway, dry, chapped...
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Review: The Hollywood wax at Wax in the City
I’ve written before about the utterly wonderful experience I had in Waxperts in Dún Laoghaire, so you may be surprised to learn that, a few short weeks ago, I found myself walking through the doors of...
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Review: MAC cream nail lacquer in Flaming Rose
MAC’s Flaming Rose cream nail lacquer originally made an appearance as part of the brand’s Marilyn Monroe collection, but it’s now available to purchase as a standalone product from MAC’s extensive...
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Girls Aloud Ten: The Hits live – a review
In Newcastle on a Saturday night, Girls Aloud are playing the third night in a three-night opener for their reunion tour, Ten: The Hits. The Geordie massive may well think they’re here to see the...
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Ka-Pow! A comic book themed box of tricks from Lush
If you’ve been reading for any length of time, you’ll know that I’m quite the Lush fan – and when I saw this amazing Ka-Pow box, which landed in my inbox the same week I went to see the Roy...
View ArticleBust your cellulite, Kardashian-style, with Velashape at Pink Beauty Emporium
When someone offers you a fab new cellulite-busting treatment with the subtitle, “the Kardashians have the machine in their house”, you can pretty much guarantee you’re going to be willing to try it...
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Lindsay the Sugarist: hair removal, but not as you know it
Throw the words “sugaring New York” into Google and you get a whole host of results. There are sugarists everywhere from Harlem to Hoboken, and no one seems to bat an eyelid at the concept. On this...
View ArticleReview: the customised deep cleansing facial at the Marker Hotel, Dublin
So I’ve had a tour of the Marker Hotel in Grand Canal Square (big rooms, gorgeous architecture). I’ve been to the rooftop bar (breathtaking views all the way out to the sea). I’ve eaten lunch in the...
View ArticleReview: Shellac at SugarDolls in A¦Wear Grafton St
You may find it hard to believe, but there are several things in this life that I am really, truly, no good at. Photograph-taking, for example (see above). Team sports. Painting my own nails (although...
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Holiday skin – and not a bottle of fake tan in sight
Readers, I have just returned from a week in Marbs, sunning myself on the Spanish costa and enjoying the best people-watching of my life. (No, I did not, sadly, see a single TOWIE cast member.) While...
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The GHD Eclipse: a review
A couple of weeks ago – perhaps even months – now, GHD launched its latest straightening iron, the Eclipse. Perfectly for me, it’s designed specifically with the needs of very curly, thick or unruly...
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Review: A night at the Druids Glen Resort and Spa
Staying in beautiful hotels is one of the major perks – nay, probably the major perk – of being in media. (There’s also the fact that, if you’re in New York and fancy going on a cruise out to the...
View ArticleMy first . . . Guinness
The first pint of Guinness I ever drank was in the Guinness Storehouse, on St Patrick’s Day in 2009. A friend had been invited to spend that most alcoholic of days in the home of Guinness – something...
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Express teeth whitening with Pearlys at Harvey Nichols
There are several things we can blame Hollywood for. Jennifer Aniston. Ryan Seacrest. And our abiding obsession with achieving blindingly white teeth (and why? It didn’t go all that well for Ross). The...
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