Category: Style Beauty

Is hard water affecting your hair and skin? What to do about it

If you have noticed that your skin feels particularly dry and dehydrated, or your hair is looking more brittle and damaged than usual, it is possible that hard water has played a part. Dermatologist Dr Yulia Krasnaya from Evolution Aesthetics Clinic explains that “hard water can leave several signs on your skin, indicating potential damage. […]

Old church reimagined as four-bed family home for €440,000

A historic church that has been renovated into a family home is on sale in Co Roscommon for €440,000. Located in the townland of Annagh, the distinctive cut stone building has been converted and restored from its original purpose as a church into a private home that offers 180sq m of living space. The house […]

Reese Witherspoon’s favorite face wash is on sale at Amazon

Despite her well-deserved A-lister status in Hollywood, Reese Witherspoon is one of the more relatable celebrities out there — especially when it comes to her beauty favorites. She may have the means to buy the most expensive skin care products and access to the best facialists around, but Reese can’t help but love a beauty […]

Three recipes to make from the new Hairy Bikers cookbook

A new cookbook from the Hairy Bikers tends to be a moment of celebration, but this release feels a bit different. At the end of February, Dave Myers, one half of the cooking duo, died aged 66 following a battle with cancer. In a statement on social media, co-star Si King said he “will miss […]

Georgina Hayden’s chocolate party cake recipe

“This chocolate traybake looks like any other right? Not right. It’s Greek, which only means one thing: it’s drenched in syrup,” says food writer Georgina Hayden. “Before you roll your eyes at the Greek compulsion to drizzle cakes in syrup, let me tell you something: most simple chocolate sponges dry out so quickly. I’ve only […]

Five new books to read this week

One Day author David Nicholls is back with his latest romantic novel… Fiction 1. You Are Here by David Nicholls is published in hardback by Sceptre. Available now My new novel! ‘You Are Here’ is a love story on a long walk, about company and solitude, the city and the country, a chamber-piece but with […]