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BEAUTY FOCUS: Benefit’s Skincare Collection – Review

Benefit skincare

Following on from our beauty focus on Stila’s skincare range, today we highlight the skincare collection from another American beauty brand, Benefit Cosmetics. Benefit’s skincare packaging is exactly what you would expect of the brand and has an almost nautical feel to it with gorgeous aqua green glass bottles and jars with cork look lids - a gorgeous addition to any bathroom shelf. The … [Read more...]

BEAUTY FOCUS: Stila’s New Skincare Range

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Stila is a hugely successful cosmetic brands beloved by many a beauty junkie. Originating in America, it boasts numerous cult products, kitsch packaging, clever names for their colour collections and offers helpful advice to customers as to the most on-trend way to apply their products. They recently decided to enter unchartered territory by launching a skincare collection to ensure that their … [Read more...]

BEAUTY FOCUS: MAC Baking Beauties Makeup Collection – Review

MAC Baking Beauties

Have your cake and wear it! I’ve never met anyone who didn’t like cupcakes or macaroons, which is probably why MAC choose to draw inspiration from these sweet treats for one of their latest collections, Baking Beauties. With frosting style colours and delicious formulations this is a bang-on trend summer look that is feminine and sweet without being twee. One of the highlights of the … [Read more...]

GOING FOR BRONZE: False Tan and Bronzers Tried & Tested

Bronze

Summer is on the way (although the weather tells a different story) and the bright and skimpy fashions of the season demand that we Irish women cast aside our usual pallor in favour of a more bronzed look. Obviously, given the scarcity of sunshine in this country, we are not going to achieve this naturally so thankfully some of our favourite beauty brands offer some fantastic new products that … [Read more...]

PRODUCT FOCUS: Benefit They’re Real Mascara – Review

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There are literally thousands of mascaras on the market. It seems there is mascara for everything – to open your eyes, to enhance your eye colour, to lengthen, strengthen, fatten, curl… You name it and there’s a product that claims to do it. However what most people I’ve spoken to want is mascara that does what it says on the tin. They want length and curl and their eyes to pop. It is rare … [Read more...]

PRODUCT FOCUS: BENEFIT FAKE UP – REVIEW

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When it comes to under-eye concealers it has always been difficult to find a product that gives good coverage and yet doesn’t settle in the creases around the eyes - which gives an instant ageing effect. While illuminating products are very popular and don’t crease, people who suffer with very dark circles under their eyes often find that they don’t give enough coverage to mask these … [Read more...]

COVER UP: DERMALOGICA’S SKIN PERFECT PRIMER, SHEER TINT AND COVER TINT TRIED AND TESTED

Dermalogica Cover Tint

Dermalogica is one of the best known skincare brands in the world and is renowned for its skin solutions. The products are incredibly gentle on skin and they have a combination to suit anyone whatever your needs. Strangely though, after sorting out our skin so that it is glowing and soft, they have never ventured into the cosmetic arena, so we then slap on our make-up, sometimes undoing their … [Read more...]

PALE & INTERESTING: THE BEST FOUNDATIONS FOR PALE SKIN

Pale Skin

There are many wonderful aspects to being Irish. We're world famous for our 'craic', we get to celebrate Paddy's Day like no other, every meal cooked by your Mammy comes with at least one form of potato and it's perfectly normal to spend Christmas Eve in the pub. However, one trademark of being Irish that can be a real pain is our pale complexions. While many try to conceal their Casper-like … [Read more...]

ORIGINS PLANTSCRIPTIONS MAKE-UP AND SKINCARE RANGE – REVIEW

Origins Plantscritpion Face Cream and Serum

We are all becoming more conscious of what we put on our bodies these days, with people veering away from chemical-based products in favour of a more natural option. Skincare giants Origins have long extolled the virtues of plant-based products and with their Plantscriptions range they have isolated the Anogeissus Tree Bark, which is a natural anti-ageing ingredient that has been proven to yield … [Read more...]

PRODUCT FOCUS: SMASHBOX ‘LOVE ME’ MAKE-UP COLLECTION TRIED AND TESTED

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Just in time for Valentine’s Day (you’d swear they planned it or something) comes the latest range from Smashbox called Love Me! However, rather than being a mere Hallmark holiday gimmick this is actually a collaboration between the brand and renowned street artist Curtis Kulig whose “Love Me” tag has been seen everywhere from the streets of LA to the museums of New York to the dive bars … [Read more...]