Competition
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Decleor, the skincare company, is offering a number of lucky readers a chance to win a top-to-toe collection of beauty essentials for the face and body.
The competition is to mark the Browyn Conroy Beauty School in Dublin celebrating 40 years in business. All fulltime beauty therapy students on the course will receive work experience at Decleor beauty salons throughout the country. Fulltime courses start in October. For more details contact (01) 2107848 or log onto www.bronwynconroy.com
Read more ...Hair flair
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Are split ends the bane of your life? If so, it may be worth seeking out a new range of hair styling products loved by LA’s celebrity insiders.
Read more ...Pamper those peepers
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Concealer is a key product in the creation of a flawless complexion. Now Giorgio Armani Laboratories have gone one step further and developed Maestro Eraser, a therapeutic and illuminating concealer.
Read more ...Bags of style
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Searching for a stylish yet practical handbag? If so, check out the Fossil Explorer Tote Brown at €239 from the Kilkenny Store in High Street.
Read more ...Baby power
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Natural skincare brand, Burt’s Bees Baby Bee Diaper Ointment “rubs good moisture in and seals bad moisture out,” acccording to the makers.
Read more ...Kickstart a new healthier lifestyle with Purefit
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Do you want a more toned body? Do you crave 60 minutes to yourself? Are you bored with the gym? Do you want a kickstart to start a healthier lifestyle? Are you a beginner? Do you want to feel part of something different and exciting? If the answer is yes to any of these questions then there is a class for you.
With more than 30 classes a week, Purefit will change the way to feel about exercise, it has everything you need to make you look and feel great. You are in for a treat with Fiona Fleming, a postgraduate in exercise and nutrition, a certified personal trainer, spinning and kettlebell EKI instructor, and recently qualified boxercise instructor. Fiona Fleming encourages you with her positivity and energy to continue working hard throughout each hour-long class because she knows how much exercise has benefited her. Her classes are focused on improving your fitness levels, body shape, reducing waist circumference, improving posture and stamina by make life easier through overall health improvements while increasing energy and reducing stress.
Read more ...Are you tired of being tired? Stop the cycle now with this five week programme
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
A five-week vitality programme is offered at Health & Herbs, Galway, including juice therapy, correcting your diet, food allergy testing, and detoxing your bowel, liver, and kidneys in order to get back the boundless energy you once had.
Read more ...Treating rheumatism and related syndromes with acupuncture
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Normally, once you have been diagnosed with rheumatic disorders such as different arthritises, neck/back pains from disc problems, or fibromyalgia, you will be told to ‘live with’ these diseases, take drugs that may risk some unexpected, even dangerous, side effects, change your lifestyle, and even accept loss of mobility. In addition, the long-term pain may also cause related psychiatric symptoms including anxiety and depression, which are recognised as chronic pain syndrome.
Read more ...Brain Care Ireland: dyslexia/dyspraxia intervention
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Welcome to the October monthly column on our brains, what interferes with their function, and how technology can help overcome problems and impairments. Specific learning impairments (SLI) such as dyslexia, Asperger’s, dyspraxia, autism, and ADHD; general learning difficulties (GLD) such as poor memory, phonics, inability to process and sequence information that we hear, following directions from a teacher or a boss, grammar, word analysis, vocabulary, listening comprehension, confidence and self esteem, social interactions, learning, reading, language, speech, concentration and focus, and sentence and paragraph comprehension; and central nervous system disorders (CNSD) such as depression, schizophrenia, bipolar, stroke, TBI, PTSD, dementia, Alzheimer’s, and mild cognitive impairment can all be helped with new validated software.
Of interest is an abstract from the HSE website [by permission]: “Speech and language impairment is one of the most common types of disorders in childhood. Young children who have speech and language difficulties are at risk of continued communication problems as well as associated cognitive, behavioural, social, and psychiatric difficulties. Language impaired children are also at high risk for learning difficulties and consequently behavioural problems may develop as a result of the difficulties these children face in an academic setting. Between 50 and 90 per cent of children who have language impairments at age three continue to have language difficulties throughout their childhood. Many develop reading difficulties. Timely assessment and intervention is crucial in reducing the long-term implications of speech and language impairment.”
Read more ...How to wear autumn’s most coveted cover-ups
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Autumn’s most coveted cover-ups encompass style and function. From minimalist to military to luxe blazers and luscious leather, choose the style that allows you the most wear this season and make an impact both indoors and outdoors.
Read more ...Calling all brides and brides-to-be — once loved wedding dress sale next month
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Sellmyweddingdress.net will hold its popular once loved dress sale on October 7, offering the perfect opportunity to buy or sell a once loved wedding dress. The event is organised by sellmyweddingdress.net in association with the Clayton Hotel, which will host the event.
Read more ...Vero Moda super saver weekend at Born Clothing
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
This week at Born Clothing we are having a massive promotion in the Vero Moda department. We are offering a jaw dropping deal of buy one get the second 50 per cent off. This is inclusive of our brand new autumn/winter collection.
Our Vera Moda collection is on the pulse of fashion and has really embraced the designers trends for autumn/winter 2012. Leather and lace dominate this range and we can see strong influences from fashion guru Gareth Pugh throughout. My favourite piece is the funky leather pleated skater skirt, this can be worn with biker boots, black tights, and a structured sharp blazer for a laid back rocker look.
Read more ...New autumn stock and offers at La Maison Chic
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
The new autumn stock has arrived at La Maison Chic, with silk flowers, new furniture, and lighting in gorgeous seasonal colours such as auburn and aubergine.
Read more ...Connemara home featured in new Irish interiors book
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
A Galway home is featured in a new hardback, glossy Irish interiors book entitled The Irish At Home.
The one storey modern house known as Stream End is located not far from Clifden and is owned by Jim and Jan Shore.
Read more ...The Book Shelf...
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Cooking Through the Year
100 Recipes Season by Season
On the Wine Shelf...
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Domaine Horgelus Côtes de Gascogne IGP 2011 (Wines Direct, €9.50)
Read more ...On the Wine Shelf...
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Arrigo Bidoli Friuli Merlot DOC 2010 (Independents, €14.79)
Read more ...On the ground
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Tesco has announced a new sticker promotion scheme offering customers savings of up to 85 per cent off its Italian-designed Alessi cutlery range. Customers will receive one sticker for every €20 they spent in store and having collected five stickers can chose from five differently designed Alessi cutlery ranges with the discount. The offer runs until December 30, 2012.
Read more ...Autumn at Basilico
Thu, Oct 04, 2012
Those clever chaps at Basilico Italian restaurant in Oranmore are ahead of the game, again, with their new free range and organic autumn menu. Basilico offers proper seasonal local food, and organic with a capital O; vegetables that have spent their lives knee deep in trillion-microbes-per-teaspoon loamy humus, not drip fed a Lance Armstrong cocktail of who knows what in some climate controlled polytunnel in deepest Alicante, or chickens which never saw sunlight in their life.
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