Right, so I have had my eye on this palette for quite a while now! The earthy colours are completely up my alley & the variety of matte’s and shimmer’s looked amazing – so I said feck it why not! Blush Professional is an English brand which meant it had arrived within 5 days – … Continue reading REVIEW: Blush Professional 88 shade Hot Earth Palette
Kanye takes Kim K for a Topless Ride in New Music Video ‘Bound 2’. What do ye guys think? Oh God, I can’t even look!!!!! Continue reading VIDEO: CRINGING!!!!!!!!
After the massive anticipated NAKED eye shadow palette from Urban Decay, they finally released her sibling Naked 2 & sure would ya look – we now have the lovely trio baring all the fabulous neutral colours! NAKED 3 which is now out (hoorah!), is slightly different to the other two! She brings us more rosy … Continue reading And here she is baring all – NAKED 3!
This week, as per, I pondered into Sam McCauley’s to see feed my starving beauty appetite in hope I was going to pick up something new! Now, as all of us ladies know, there is nothing worse that the week before pay-day right? So yeah… something cheap but yet fabulous was in need! So firstly, … Continue reading Love me an ‘ol Bargain Buy so I do!!
Christmas is creeping it’s away around the corner, which means celebrations are about to kick off within only a matter of time! Work parties, Family meals & The 12 pubs of Christmas are only to name a few of the festivities we have marked up for the month of December so why not get ourselves … Continue reading Quick & Fabulous Festive Hairstyles!!
Right Ladies, ye can stop getting you knickers in a twist! The long over-due wait is coming to an end. Any day now, the doors of Victoria Secret’s first ever Irish shop will open there doors to the public! The extravagant undie shop has touched down in Dublin’s Airport, Terminal 2. Now there is … Continue reading Victoria Secrets touches down in Dublin!!
There is no two words I like to hear together in a sentence than Rihanna & MAC! After it just being a few weeks since her last sell-out for the top make-up brand, she has just announced that she will be gracing the shelves once again with another holiday themed collection for 2013. Due to … Continue reading RiRi for MAC….. Again!
So I came across a few groups on Instagram called ‘Befitfoods’ and ‘Myhealthydish’ and a few more, but if I must say so myself they make the most yummy and wait – HEALTHY looking snacks that I have even seen! So I thought it would be nice to share a few of my fav’s with … Continue reading Fun & Healthy Delicious snacks!!
Right, as the lippy hoarder I am, a simple shopping trip to any ol’ shopping centre leaves me in Boots with a hand covered of Fifty Shades of Lippy and my will power scolding me at the door. Meh, ah well! So even though “I still never have enough lipstick colours”, I seem to tend … Continue reading My Top 3 Lipsticks of 2013!
By Kellie Brierley MAURA O’ Connell, mother of two from Tullagh has two unique keepsakes hanging on her landing wall from her two pregnancies that most mothers do not treasure – and no, it’s far from a framed photograph! One evening the 38 year old guided her husband into applying a plaster mask over her … Continue reading Ireland’s new mums-to-be trends – Bellycast anyone?
“I COULDN’T believe it! When they said my name I was so happy and so shocked! “ Jess Hayes the crowned winner of Miss Cork 2013 is now beginning a life of modelling she always had dreamed of pursuing. The 19 year old beauty never experienced any modelling nor ever entered into any modelling competitions … Continue reading I give you … Miss Cork 2013!
By Kellie Brierley AS you can see, I am not the typical fit bunny that bounces from left to right showcasing my sculpting limbs – I do like to work-out, but not to a tiny, yet perfectly made up celebrity who leaves their trainer to do all the talking while they concentrate on looking good. … Continue reading Celebrity Fit Club – As seen on Irish Examiner
By Kellie Brierley NEW Year’s Eve night — when loved ones turn to their nearest and dearest to ring in the year with the traditional midnight kiss. The countdown kiss is not an excuse for an old smooch — it has sentimental and historic meaning. It dates to the ancient Romans when, on New Year’s … Continue reading The New Years Eve Kiss!
By Kellie Brierley EVER since Lorraine McCarthy was a young girl, she always wanted to follow her mother’s footsteps into becoming a model. But at a young age Lorraine suffered from several symptoms that she and her mother knew were not normal. After countless of consultations her entire life, last year she was … Continue reading Lorraine becomes Irelands face of Therapie Clinic
By Kellie Brierley JUMPSTART Your Confidence is a new primary school program set up by life coach Eileen Keane to help, support and prepare young kids who are facing one of societies most crucial issue today. Bullying, cyber-bullying, low self-esteem, poor confidence and peer pressure are amongst the major issues that Eileen will be coaching … Continue reading Jumpstart your Confidence – New programme set to tackle causes of bullying
by Kellie Brierley FASHION student Elaine Moore certainly knows how to showcase her talent. The mum of two walked towards me wearing a striking green patterned dress along with a rust colured winter coat stitched inside with an unusual silk pattern – one of a kind and of course her own designs. Tailored from her … Continue reading Cork’s Fashion Mum in hope of becoming Ireland’s next big Fashion name!
By Kellie Brierley Psoriasis, eczema, rosacea and acne are just a few of the common skin irritations that can leave people feeling uncomfortable, itchy and sore whilst spending money on countless products and consultations in order to treat the irritation. SOA Recovery Soap is the newly shelved product with quick results aimed to treat skin irritation and fungal … Continue reading New Skin Recovery Soap! Proven Results & Cheap as Chips!
By Kellie Brierley CUPCAKES, champagne and countless goody bags were just a taster of what City Wax had to offer on the night of their launch party last Thursday. I was one of a mere 100 ladies shuffling around the beauty empire looking at what the fabulous salon had to offer. From nails, tan, hair, … Continue reading ‘Six Salons in the City’
By Kellie Brierley It was last Thursday, a miserable and wet one at that, and I was looking forward to attending the launch of the new ESPA skincare treatment range in The Castlemartyr Resort & Spa. I was greeted by a mist of relaxing aromas, a glass of bubbly, delicious canopies that were even … Continue reading ESPA has arrived in The Castlemartyr Resort in Cork! Yipee!
By Kellie Brierley MICHAEL Ball has taken his final bow for the year in the West End to travel to Cork to perform in The Echo-Sponsored Cork Youth Orchestra this December. The 50 year old star who hasn’t returned to the rebel county since 2004 speaks about his upcoming visit to Cork, working alongside Imelda … Continue reading Interviewing West End Star Michael Ball
By Kellie Brierley THE last time I listened to Steps was back in 1997 when I was just a dot. A young girl who endlessly danced to ‘5,6,7,8’, who disgracefully would have done anything to have Faye’s dreadlocks and of course not forgetting idolising their cheesy-looking style. When a recent opportunity arose to see … Continue reading My Interview with Steps!
Kellie Brierley INTRODUCING Lancome’s illuminating lifting creams from their new Renergie Multi-Lift Collection. Renergie has been at the forefront of science for over twenty years, inspired by key scientific discoveries to give women the best in skincare to fight wrinkles and loss of firmness. Now, 2012 we see a new approach to improving our youthful … Continue reading Lancome Renergie NEW!
IRRESISTIBLE, seductive, mysterious and simply dazzling is described as Swarovski’s new fragrance, Aura 56. The limited edition celebrates love, light and romanticism through a shimmeringfloral scent. Amber, benzoin, and white musk are fuzed together along with pink pepper, rose and lychee. The fragrance is captured in a gorgeous pink bottle with a Swarovski crystal on … Continue reading
INTRODUCING new Tantastic Mousse but with all the great features we love in a soft and easy to apply foam, 27. The instant colour tan promises a ‘no risk of missed areas’ leaving you with a perfect rich, golden tone tan in minutes. Suitable for all skin types and no need of re-applying as it … Continue reading Tantastic Mousse! NEW!
DESCRIBED as sensual, addictive, charming and elegant is the new men’s fragrance from YSL , La Nuit De L’Homme Frozen Cologne 52, 60ml. As it hits the skin like an ‘icy slap’, the burning intensity is an exciting and pleasurable moment a man could never forget – sounds interesting ay! Blending lemon, mandarin and bergamot … Continue reading YSL Frozen Cologne NEW!
Kellie Brierley WARNING! Bright colours, glitter eyes and unusual new trends may cause you to freak out just a little – yup, spring trends are here and it only means one thing! A new season has arrived which means a new wardrobe, and of course a new beauty change. After a trip to New York, … Continue reading Spring Trends from NYC!
AN incarnation, an emblem, an open door to a world of fantasy, intense emotion and captivation – Vapeur d’Opium – a new fragrance from Yves Saint Laurent. A light and fresh reinterpretation from the original fragrance. The original idea has lost none of its history, only the texture has changed. Shimmering between lightness and intensity, … Continue reading
BY Kellie Brierley ‘THE YSL woman is devoted to colour’ – you can say that again! Introducing La Laque Couture Collection,24. Llyod Simmonds – Creative Director of Make-up for Yves Saint Laurent – has developed the La Laque Couture collection with 30 different shades for fingertips who love to have fun! The collection is inspired … Continue reading YSL NEW!
By Kellie Brierley INTRODUCING MAC’s new limited edition products Extra Dimension Skinfinish 28 and Eye Shadow 20.50. The new liquid-powder formula is created with prismatic reflections that instantly sculpts, highlights and models the face giving an extra dimension effect. With a choice of three different skinfinish shades and ten eye shadow shades, you have no … Continue reading MAC’s NEW April Products!
DID you know that over 70% of facial expressions depend on our eyebrows? No pressure then… A lot of people don’t even think about eyebrows when applying make-up, never mind making sure that they are the right shape and shade. From Hollywood to Hollyoaks, HD Brows have celebrities raving about their new brow-shaping … Continue reading My HD Brows & LVL Lash experience!
CAPTURE the glow of perfect skin with the award-winning Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk foundation 42.50, Featuring an exclusive Micro-fil technology, Luminous Silk foundation is weightless, hydrating and glides on seamlessly with a silky texture. The all-day, buildable coverage formula is suitable for all skin types. Best of all – when you buy two Giorgio … Continue reading Giorgio Armani new bling Foundation!
YSL is bringing out a limited edition 200ml size of their top men’s fragrances — each with a very different personality. So, which ones suits your man? L’Homme, 107 for 200ml, is for a charming, sensual man who’s confident with his sex appeal. Bergamot, citron and ginger set the tone; while violet and basil blossom … Continue reading Which new YSL fragarance matches your man?
By Kellie Brierley SET to be this year’s most collectable items – Lancome’s new dazzling nail varnish collection 17.50 . Fade-resistant, gloss shine and long-lasting wear is a must for any nail varnish in the market. Lancôme’s new Vernis in Love range applies more simpler and faster for anyone who likes to touch up on … Continue reading NEW! Lancome’s new Nail Varnish & Tips!
BY KELLIE BRIERLEY GIORGIO Armani presents Cuir Noir, the new Armani Privé fragrance 208.50. ‘A journey into the heart of an Arabian night’. A new luxorious and oriental fragrance that invites you into a world in which rarity and luxury are channelled into haute couture fragrances. Now that’s what you call top class! Just … Continue reading NEW! Armani Prive
CELEBRATING the East Asia Chic with gorgeous new oriental shades from the new MAC Too Supreme collection. This toned-down collection focuses more on bold pastel shades such as lilacs, nudes and browns, saying goodbye to the vibrant pinks and red’s we have grown to love during the winter. The collection includes lipsticks and lip glosses … Continue reading NEW!! MAC Too Supreme
LADYBIRDS, butterflies and flowers — who would have ever thought MAC would ever be so cute? The new colourful edition is a collaboration with the artist Vera and each shade has been individually plucked straight from her lavish prints and used in the creation of MAC’s new limited edition MAC VERA. The collection is extremely … Continue reading NEW! MAC Vera
DELIGHTFULLY sophisticated and wickedly flirtatious — we can’t wait to get our hands on the new lipstick range from Lancome! Rouge In Love, 25, is new range hitting our shelves tomorrow. Known to be as comforting as a balm and as colourful as a lipstick, melt-on texture forms a fine film on the surface of … Continue reading
The Vampy Lip is not everybody’s cuppa tea, but is some hell of a sexy look! Tricky as it looks, surprisingly it is actually quite simple, once you have the right essentials that is. The perfect finish to a sexy black number, like our female crush Rihanna at this years Grammys below.. Want to achieve it – … Continue reading The Vampy Lip – Simple!
Oh no, oh no, OH NO! A new beauty trend has just arrived from the Autumn/Winter 2012 runway, and I am telling you here, I am not happy! Now ye lot might agree to disagree, but in my opinion, who ever this ‘trender’ is, they have shattered and made bits of the precious beauty rule … Continue reading BAD TREND ALERT!
WAXING from the comfort of your own home. Yup, Veet have introduced a revolutionary new product – the Veet Easy Wax Electrical Roll-on Kit. A hand-held, self-heating home-waxing system with a roll-on applicator that is to deliver a dose of warm smooth wax, for professional results, even from the first ‘dodgy’ attempt. Designed for arms, … Continue reading NEW! Veet EasyWax – Home Kit! Huurah!
BOLD and bright lip colours are back with a vengeance! They are giving those pale pastels the boot as Catrice makes its way into the Spring season. With a range of eye catching colours to choose from just in time for the new season, Catrice cosmetics unveils their spring lip collection. Attention grabbing colours in … Continue reading NEW Bold Spring Colours for Catrice!
CHANEL VitaLumiere fans – just as we thought that foundation couldn’t get any better? Introducing Vitalumiere Aqua, a fluid and evanescent texture for an easy beauty approach. With this new compact, Chanel has made it even more simple to wear this second skin effect that unites translucency, freshness and comfort. The product promises a fine, … Continue reading NEW!! Chanel VitaLumiere Aqua
SUBLIMAGE LA CRÈME LIGHT and fine with a glide on texture leaving your skin feeling like silk – sounds amazing right? If you like what you are hearing, you might want to take a look and invest in this top worldwide brand product – Sublimage La Creme Light by Chanel. Vanilla ingredient all the way from … Continue reading NEW! Chanel
BENEFIT are teaming up with our favourite puppets of this year – those doty Diet Coke girls! Get Glam is a collection of three limited edition cans, each featured by Benefits three top products; Benetint, Posietint and Cha Cha Tint. Each Diet Coke girl is matched up with a blush followed by a featured designed … Continue reading Benefit collab’s with the Diet Coke girls!
IF you are more of a eye make-up savvy, this is definitely a great product for you to give a go. Urban Decay’s Ink for Eyes 20.50 is a cream eyeliner, that you control yourself. More precise than a pencil, more forgiving than a liquid and certainly much more fun-er than an ordinary liner! The … Continue reading NEW! Urban Decay Ink for Eyes
URBAN Decay are known well for their amazing eye products. Several palettes, shades,lashes, liners, glitter things and now their new 24/7 Waterproof Liquid Liner 14 – I am sure we won’t be disappointed. Especially when it comes with eleven shimmering, waterproof shades to chose from. The liner is designed small and skinny to achieve sharp … Continue reading NEW! Urban Decay 24/7 Waterproof Liquid Liner
THERE’s more! Introducing HIgh Brow Glow 21.50, sister of the original High Brow. Looking to give your brow’s a more defined look, or even to just make them look higher? Yes there’s such thing as an arch pencil! Ditch the shadow and take a look at this new champagne-pink highlighting brow pencil. It instantly lifts … Continue reading NEW! Benefit High Brow Glow
BENEFIT has introduced yet another exciting product to the March collection – Cabana Glama 39.50. Yes, it is another multi-function wonder box form the San Fran miracle range. Designed in a tropical ‘hoola hoola’ themed box to get us in the mood for the sunny season ahead. It;s like a mini beauty bag with everything … Continue reading NEW! Benefit Cabana Glama
By Kellie Brierley MAC has taken some oriental inspiration from China’s most famous fashion photographer – Chen Man. The two have come together for the first time to collaborate their merged collection that’s full of bold, bright and sensual colours. The pink & blue colours represent’s the artist’s fascination for love and water. The collection … Continue reading NEW! M.A.C’s new Chinese Inspiration!
M·A·C, NATURALLY By Kellie Brierley GET THIS – being able to look beautiful without make-up is one thing, but wearing make-up that makes you look like you’re wearing none is just something else, genius even! MAC’s new Naturally collection is made to create a natural, fresh and ‘I have no-makeup on’ face. The brilliantly sheer, … Continue reading NEW! M·A·C Collections
By Kellie Brierley CREATE gorgeous looking lashes with Shisedo’s new Perfect Mascara Full Definition (25e) – minus the clump! Separate, lengthen and volumise those lashes with this new ‘exceptional’ formula and dual textured brush. The brush is designed to coat every single strand, leaving a non-clumpy result. With a 16-hour hold, your promised thicker fuller … Continue reading NEW! Shisedo’s new Perfect Mascara
By Kellie Brierley WHEN I was young, I remember chopping my thick hair to make it thin. What a huge regret. There is no real cure for thin hair. I mean there are extensions that only end up pulling more hair out. Then there’s back-combing that may make your hair look bigger, when really were … Continue reading NEW! Nioxin’s cure for Thin Hair!
Kellie Brierley LYNX and Playboy bunny Louise Kavanagh have reunited to test drive the new women’s limited edition fragrance Attract – thought this was meant to appeal to women ay? #playboyrabbit? The fragrance is exclusively available to purchase in retail store’s now, but only for the lonesome amount of three weeks. Fusing with fruity freshness … Continue reading NEW Lynx Attract – Fragrance for Girls!
By Kellie Brierley FINALLY, Benefit have launched their well-needed first liquid foundation – Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow! 35. I went to the press launch in Dublin, and was greeted by the gorgeous Benefit team, three models with flawless skin and not forgetting the glasses of Moet, ahem. A girls paradise ay? What we all love … Continue reading NEW! Benefit Hello Flawless Liquid Foundation
FORMER Xposé presenter Lorraine Keane has spent a lot of her time assessing the likes of Colin Farrell, Simon Cowell and Robbie Williams on the red carpet. Now the tables have turned as she prepares to go on stage for the public to judge her on her first musical performance in Girls Night Out. So, … Continue reading My Interview with the lovely Lorraine Keane!
By Kellie Brierley As we know – Eyes are the windows to our soles, and every window must have somewhat a curtain or drape to make it look that bit more eye- catching, ain’t that right? Same goes goes for our lovely eyes, but with a flattering pair of false lashes – that’s if your … Continue reading The Lash Effect – Different lashes for different occasions!
By Kellie Brierley SKINCEUTICALS, the number one skincare brand in America and celebrity favourite, has arrived at Kathryn Revell Cosmetic Cork. Ever wanted to know how Gwyneth Paltrow has such amazing looking skin for her age? Same goes for Keira Knightly, Zak Efron and Jessica Alba…they all love SkinCuticals. But never mind the celebrities, is … Continue reading SkinCeuticals Arrive in Cork!
L’OCCITANE is introducing a cherry limited edition collection called Cherry Princess. The Cherry Princess Eau de Toilette 33.50 50ml is a floral and fruity fragrance that blends the juicy scents of cherries, lemon, grapefruit and crisp cherry notes – Yummy! It is also available in a Solid Perfume €for 9.95 Silky Body Gel €24.50 A … Continue reading L’Occitane goes Cherry!
By Kellie Brierley Yves Saint Laurent ROUGE PUR COUTURE GLOSSY STAIN 33 NOT exactly lipstick, not exactly gloss, and so much more than a simple lip stain – Introducing Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture Vernis à Lèvres. The perfect lipstick needs to have a lip-sinking colour. So in-depth nothing can make it fade … Continue reading YSL New Lip Stains!
By Kellie Brierley MAKE The Body Shop your Valentine this year with the delectable Chocomania — their delicious new collection. The Body Shop are experts at drawing people in with smell, but without overdoing it. And this range smells divine — but not sickly at all. The Body Butter, 18.95/7.95, is delicately fragranced and leaves … Continue reading Chocolate you don’t have to feel guilty about!
By Kellie Brierley She may be gone – but in terms of Fashion – her legacy lives on! Jean Paul Gaultier, the famous french designer certainly knows how to get a reaction from the world. By taking one of the biggest names in our era and transforming her into a style icon – Amy Winehouse. … Continue reading Amy Winehouse Inspires Jean Paul Gautier
Ye are just going to LOVE this! Last year we seen MAC take inspiration from Lady GaGa and Cyndy Lauper. Well they have stepped down from the throwne as two new markers have taken their place. Two quite unusual at that. Wait for it… MISS PIGGY! And No its not going to consume of pink … Continue reading M.A.C & their NEW collabs!
By Kellie Brierley When it was revealed that Kate Moss was designing her own brands of lip-sticks for Rimmel, my first thought was: “Okay, so it will be a pretty case probably her face on it and what not – but it will still be Rimmels normal lipsticks right?” And so I admit – they … Continue reading Kate Moss Lipstick!
By Kellie Brierley THE bigger the better right? This goes for the extra-large mascara, not just the lashes! Big Bold Mascara 8.95 by Isa Dora IsaDora is a bigger mascara than its competitors out there. Both the brush and the cream that is. This brush is easy to use and gives lashes serious volume in … Continue reading It’s as Bold!
By Kellie Brierley THERE’S only one real way to find out how a weight loss programme works — and that’s to ask someone who has actually done it! SureSlim is a brand new weight-loss programme in Cork that promises a loss of 10-15lbs a month. It is a scientifically designed programme that has helped over … Continue reading SureSlim… The proof it work’s!
By Kellie Brierley The range is targeted at the busy woman who is not yet looking for anti-ageing solutions, but who is looking for great results without the lengthy regime. The fast-acting formula is enriched with multi-vitamins and minerals to hydrate and energise the skin. The products are colour-coded and tailored to different skin types … Continue reading No.1 Skin Care for No.7!
Kellie Brierley If you’re a fan of Teint Idole Ultra already, then you’re going to love this! Hitting Lancome counters nationwide in February 1, Teint Idole Ultra 24H promises to last much longer than the original — we’ll be back nearer the time with more details and a thorough testing! Back to the make-up and … Continue reading Lancome Spring Collection ’12
JEWEL eye shadows, sparkling glosses and Montage blushes are all on the way this March from Stila’s Spring Summer Collection. In the Garden Eye Shadow Palette and in the Moment Eye Shadow Palette Two gorgeous Palette’s containing ten ware able shades and also a limited edition smudge stick giving you everything you need in one … Continue reading Stila Spring Collection ’12
By Kellie Brierley EVERY Spring, the fashion world are biting the nails with anticipation to see what looks have made the cut for Spring. Each year is becoming less and less predictable as we wait in hope that nothing to drastic or hip-hugging will be introduced. For example, last Spring 2010 welcomed back denim and … Continue reading Add some Sparkle to your life!
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