The last few years has seen an explosion of on-line Irish stores and I for one am glad. Gone are the days of ordering from StrawberryNet and dreading the postman coming with my goodies and a bill for the VAT! Hello to the days were the Irish have finally copped on and started selling their wares on-line. Nowadays there are a plethora of on-line Irish Beauty Stores so there is definitely bargains to be had as competition is FIERCE! I know a lot of our readers shop on-line so I thought I would do a quick post on our favourite five on-line Irish stores. If you have a favourite too let me know in the comments; sure I love nothing more than a bit of enabling! Read on »
The tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth – Wisdom teeth woes
I had a dental checkup yesterday and was given an ultimatum. Not the usual, “You have to floss every day, or all your teeth will rot out of your head”. If only it were that easy. My wisdom teeth have to come out. All of them. Surgically.
There's always one. Or in my case, four. Bastards. Image credit: http://webspace.webring.com/people/xa/atiq/WisdomToothExtractions.htm
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Dolly Rouge’s Best of 2011 – Part 2: Makeup, Nails and Gadgets!
Here we go with our second installment of Dolly Rouge’s 2011 favourites. If you missed it, check out part 1.
La Roche-Posay Teint Mineral is a powder compact. It can be used on its own with a sponge for medium-full coverage (oily or combo-skinned ladies), dusted with a powder brush to set foundation, or provide more coverage over sheer foundations (combo-normal skins). It covers redness/imperfections, doesn’t look powdery, doesn’t oxidise, doesn’t budge when faced with oil, doesn’t clog pores and has SPF 25. Consider that all boxes ticked for me! Read on »
What are you using to clean your gnashers?
After having train tracks for the guts of four years in my early twenties I take pride in looking after my teeth. Lately though I have developed a very bad habit; my tea intake has increased considerably (from giving up the cigarettes a while ago I think) and my current toothbrush, an Oral B sonic, just wasn’t cutting the mustard. Read on »