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The event dress

Got an event coming up that you’re stuck for a dress idea for? This Jasper Conran, Debenhams Grecian dress (€93) is stunning, easy to wear, and very, very flattering. And will work equally well for day or night.

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Silky smooth

The new Weleda Pomegranate Body Oil (€24.95) is aimed specifically at those over the age of 40, with particularly dry skin problems. Just slather it on while your skin’s still damp, and you’ll stay perfectly moisturised all day.

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The going out top

I’ve been diligently searching for a dressy, elegant long top to wear with my skinnies on nights out. While Top Shop do some great long jersey tops for day, there’s very dressy long, slimline tops around. Then I came across this Drape Cami by Dorothy Perkins (€60), which ticks all the boxes. It’s sexy, elegant, [...]

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LIMERICKnow April issue now on shelves!

This month’s issue of LIMERICKnow Magazine is jam packed with all the things you’d expect from the Mid-West’s favourite magazine- heaps of fashion and style to ensure you’re looking sharp this summer, lots and lots of social shots, and of course, some great features to keep you occupied this Easter . See full coverage of [...]

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All about the pretty…

It’s the perfect time to add a bit of pretty to your wardrobe with a cute little floral number. There’s loads out there at the moment, and they’re perfect for in-between season weather. Wear with opaques and a long cardi until the sun starts shining, then swap the tights for bare legs and pumps and [...]

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GALWAYnow April issue…on shelves now!

Don’t miss this month’s issue of GALWAYnow Magazine, for an absolute feast of fashion, features, beauty, and style. See full coverage of our Irish Fashion Innovation Awards, who won, who was there, and who partied after. The Galway social scene is starting to stir again – don’t miss our social pages where you can spot [...]

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Congrats!

One of Galway’s best-known beauty salons, Pure Joy, has just won the Matis Certificate of Excellence Award for 2009…well done to owner  Joy Colleran and her fab team. Purejoy Beauty, Mainguard Street, Galway:
visit www.purejoybeauty.ie

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Happy Easter!!

4 April
Remember the days when you’d hide the box of goodies under your bed, adding to them every week then keeping an eye on the ever-growing choc-fest…ahhh, the memories. I can still smell the mixture of going-off bits chocolate mingled with the smell of the plastic little bowl. A friend of mine’s sister used to [...]

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A Fresh Start

It’s something that most of us overlook, but there really is nothing like a gorgeous, rich, invigorating showergel first thing in the morning. Give yourself a little treat with the Molton brown Wilde fairyfleur shower gel…€22

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Hippy Heaven

Apart from the skin-tight, bust-bearing t-shirts and bet-into jeans preferred by the stylish ladies of the 70s, fashion was laid back, loose, floaty and feminine…Straight from a Haight Street Hippy protest, this Monsoon ‘stevie’ dress (€150) is this season’s hippy heaven.

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