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Midweek Indulgence: CACI Ultimate Anti-Ageing Facial

CACI Facial

CACI facials have been around for 25 years now, which is a definite testament to their effectiveness. With ever-youthful fans such as Madonna and Cliff Richard, the results are available for all to see. This is a result driven facial so don’t go in expecting to chill out for the duration of your treatment. The point behind this is to re-educate the muscles of the face to give you a non … [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...]

THE MANE EVENT: Disney’s The Lion King Musical at Bord Gais Energy Theatre Dublin – Review

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Last night, I joined a host of well-known faces for the VIP opening night of Disney’s The Lion King at Dublin’s Bord Gais Energy Theatre. Most of us know the story; Mufasa rules the jungle as “king of the beasts.” He’s loved by his wife Sarabi but despised by his brother Scar, who resents that Mufasa’s young son, Simba, is heir to the throne. Scar plots various ways to murder … [Read more...]

TRIED & TESTED: LA ROCHE POSAY REDERMIC + UV – REVIEW

La Roche Posay Redermic UV C

While La Roche Posay Redermic + UV Anti-Aging Fill in Care doesn’t claim to be a serum it is giving skin a blast of highly concentrated Vitamin C – a renowned ingredient in the battle against aging. Alongside the vitamin C it contains Mannose which is a densifying sugar that optimises the interaction of light with the skin and visibly fades out irregularities on application. It also contains … [Read more...]

AT THE THEATRE: THE WOMAN IN BLACK AT THE GAIETY THEATRE – REVIEW

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Runs until March 23rd Mon - Sat 7:30pm. Matinees Wed and Sat 2:30pm Tickets €15-€40 A show is clearly doing something right if it manages to run for 25 years and The Woman in Black is currently celebrating this not insignificant anniversary having first been performed in Theatre-By-The-Sea in Scarborough in 1987 to rave reviews. It opened in the West End in 1989 where it has enjoyed … [Read more...]

MIDWEEK INDULGENCE: THE SPA AT THE SHELBOURNE HOTEL DUBLIN

Shelbourne spa

Regular readers will know that I love a bit of pampering, and I especially love a relaxing spa treatment or two. Set over three floors of the iconic Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, the Shelbourne Spa opened its doors last November, and boasts exclusive therapies developed with natural products, including signature rituals and treatments created by world-renowned brands, Elemis and Pevonia. The … [Read more...]

BEAUTY INDULGENCE: 50% OFF CETUEM BODY WRAP AND PRESCRIPTIVE FACIAL AT BESPOKE BEAUTY DONNYBROOK

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In preparation for the party season ahead, we sent one of the beauty team to Bespoke Beauty in Donnybrook, Dublin 4 to check out their exclusive Cetuem Gold Full Body Treatment and Prescriptive Facial. The treatment began with a full body exfoliation (I didn't even have to get off the beauty bed to shower off the exfoliator, it was all done for me on the bed!). Then I was measured (this is … [Read more...]

THE X FACTOR UK: OUR WEEKLY REVIEW AND VERDICT

X factor 2012 judges

Nothing, I stress, NOTHING in this series of the X Factor will eclipse Dermot O’Leary’s MC Hammer dance! Yet the judges decided to give it a go by rivalling the presenter for most shocking moment in two very unusual frocks. I liked both dresses yet Nicole’s quirky, revealing number just pipped Tulisa’s over the top ensemble to the post. Week seven was quite literally the most shocking week … [Read more...]

THE DAILY UPDATE AT THE THEATRE: ANGLO: THE MUSICAL AT THE BORD GAIS ENERGY THEATRE

Anglo

Runs until November 25th They say if you don’t laugh you’d cry which could well be the thinking behind  Anglo: The Musical, which tells the story of the economic rise and fall of a nation. If that doesn’t sound familiar then you must have been living under a rock as this is (very) loosely based on the story of the downfall of Anglo Irish Bank. Too soon? A bit perhaps. The country is … [Read more...]

THE X FACTOR 2012: OUR WEEKLY REVIEW AND VERDICT

X factor 2012 judges

Week six promised to deliver the best of British music, which is always guaranteed to produce some cracking songs from the contestants. Something not so cracking this week however was judge Nicole Scherzinger’s style choices! There was something oh so Smooth Criminal about the suit on Saturday night and Sunday just didn’t excite me in the slightest. As for Tulisa, she didn’t have a bad week. … [Read more...]