The Fashion and Beauty Pick-n-Mix

Aine left the team with her top fashion and beauty finds of the week

A Little bit of Bliss

We know Anna Daly from our screens but now she’s added entrepreneur to her heavily stringed bow. She’s debuted Little Bliss, a 12-piece lifestyle brand of sweatshirts, hoodies and T-shirts for young and older fashion lovers. Inspired by her off-duty wardrobe, expect organic cotton, Fairtrade certified suppliers and recyclable packaging and you’ve got pieces that look and feel like you want to wear them. Prices start from €29 for a T-shirt for an adult. See www.littlebliss.com for more information. 

On sale now…

Avene Cicalfate Restorative Lip Cream €9.90

This wonder lip cream contains complex anti-bacterial agents and purified Avène Thermal Spring Water to provide optimum protection for fragile lips. 

Take five… small handbags

1 €48 from Dice

2 €85 from Liberty by Gionni 

3 €50 from Dice

4 €54 from Gionni 

5 €75 from Liberty by Gionni 

Tried and tested…

Foreo UFO 2 (€270 approx from foreo.com)

This is smart skincare at its best and great to be able to do at home (until the spas reopen). It looks like an ornament but this little beauty can condense a 20-minute treatment into 90 seconds, and whether you’re looking for collagen-boosting, brightening or bacteria battling, there’s a choice of eight LED light settings to help revitalise skin. You simply place the Foreo treatment onto the device, lock it in, and glide it over your face. It heats up (it can be cold too) and the feeling is soothing and comforting. It is in no way painful or sore, and immediately after using it, my skin felt smoother and as if I’d given it an intense hydration boost. You need to download an app to use it effectively, and this gives you guided routines to maximise the device and treatment’s efficacy. I’ve used it several times and continue to be impressed by it. A definite 2021 skincare fave and it’s only January. 

Introducing… Shapely Sock

Described as a ‘Wonderbra for legs,’ and designed by Dublin entrepreneur Gráinne Boylan to solve her issue of bowed legs and skinny calves, Shapely Sock will make calves look fuller, offering definition to fill boots or skinny jeans. 

“I designed the Shapely Sock for women like myself and my sister, who have skinny calves with poor muscle definition,” explains Gráinne. “We wished we could wear knee length and over the knee length boots, but because of skinny and bowed calves, these boots never looked good or felt right, the same with skinny jeans, so we sadly avoided wearing them.

Five years of research later, and Shapely Sock has just been launched. Available in two sizes S-M (sizes 4-6) and M-L (sizes 8-10) for €49 from shapelysock.com 

KISS!

Thalgo has released its Kiss Collection, a lip care beauty routine. With a Lip Scrub (€14.90) with rice grain powder to gently sweep away dead cells, Lip Balm (€14.90) enriched with apricot kernel oil with notes of coconut and Lip Balm Rosy (€14.90) if you prefer, your lips will feel soothed, smoothed and nourished.

Ooh la la!

French lingerie atelier Louisa Bracq’s latest collection is entitled Fury to Live and it’s gorgeous. Available in select lingerie retailers and online at thelingeriestoreuk.com and ameliesfollies.co.uk. It’s also available from The Lingerie Room in Moygashell and online from the end of January from orchidlingerie.co.uk. The collections includes full cup style up to a G cup with briefs in sizes 8 to 28 in most styles.

Go, go Gummies

Your hair can take a battering over the winter months, which is why we’ve been trialling Perfectil Hair Crush Gummies as an easy way to ensure our tresses will get much needed TLC. The chewable supplement is the first of its kind from the multi-award winning Perfectil range and is packed with everything your hair needs to flourish from the inside out. Perfectil Hair Crush Gummies provide 21 vitamins and nutrients to help support hair as well as skin and nails and really, we are terrible at taking supplements so this feels like fun. Available from pharmacies nationwide for €25.57.

J is for Jewelley

If you have been saving your cash for a special gift (to yourself, we aren’t judging, 2020 was a nightmare year), then how about a piece of jewellery you’ll have forever? We are fans of the new collection from Stonechat Jewellerys, available in the Westbury Mall store and online. Classic, sophisticated pieces that will jazz up any look? We’re sold.

Spa for your scalp

KEVIN.MURPHY has launched its SCALP.SPA range. SCALP.SPA SCRUB (€34) is designed to wash away impurities from the scalp to provide a foundation for optimal scalp health and – hurrah – hair growth. SCALP.SPA WASH (€28) is a post-scrub solution that will soothe and purify the scalp, leaving hair feeling clean and moisturised. If you’ve been using that bottle of dry shampoo a lot (we definitely have), this can be a weekly treat to give your locks some love. 

And relax….

Mulberry Sleep Set by Skin Deep by Corinna Tolan (€55)

The skincare guru has released what could be the answer to many of us who don’t sleep well. The silk pillowcase and eye mask will help reduce wrinkles and dehydration, benefit our locks with less breakage and frizz and aid those who suffer from sensitive skin conditions – all as we sleep!

Available to buy from www.monicatolan.com