Triona McCarthy on Jessie Buckley’s Chanel make-up, and Kate Hudson and Demi Moore’s Charlotte Tilbury foundation and lipsticks

Another big winner of the night was, of course, Jessie Buckley, who was head to toe in Chanel. Kerry gal Buckley won the Best Actress Oscar. According to her make-up artist, Nina Park, the inspiration for Jessie’s look came from the striking pink and red tones of her dress. So, Park wanted her to have … Read more

‘I loved being on the shop floor. I thought my parents had bought Harrods’ – The Irish Times

Sunburst-motif mirrors welcome customers ringing the bell of Louise Kennedy’s four-storey Georgian Dublin townhouse. Inside, the ground floor gifting rooms are spotted with art deco-inspired bottle-stoppers and crystal-adorned ceramic egg candles. Purples and pinks pop out from the rails of the first-floor fashion rooms, where later I spot the black lurex tweed biker jacket Kennedy … Read more

Mary O’Sullivan talks to interior designer Emma Edmonds for my favourite room

Interior designer Emma Edmonds’ home is tiny but that doesn’t deter her from filling it with a host of unlikely items, including a full-size swing in the living room and a slipper bath on her patio. The result is a home full of furniture gems and joie de vivre Emma Edmonds in her living room … Read more

Triona McCarthy: Five mini hair and make-up gems to pop into your carry-on this summer

Our high-flying columnist has packing down to a tee and swears by these travel must-haves Dior Forever Skin Perfect Foundation Stick, €60, brownthomas.com Simply perfect! Dior Forever Skin Perfect Foundation Stick (€60, brownthomas.com) is a great little stick to bring away as it’s a multi-use product. Aside from being a foundation that gives a blurred … Read more

‘I got married here a long, long time ago so it’s always great to come back’ – The Irish Times

Victoria Beckham reminisced about her Irish wedding to footballer David Beckham when she visited Dublin on Wednesday. She was greeted by a crowd of fans in Brown Thomas on Grafton Street. The fashion designer, known as Posh Spice during her time in the Spice Girls group, was in Dublin to promote her eponymous beauty line, … Read more

Nineties hair is making a comeback. Here’s how to get a gravity-defying blowout at home – The Irish Times

When I think of nineties hair, two things immediately come to mind: extreme volume and the undisputed queen of root lift, Cindy Crawford. You know the look. That gloriously big, bouncy, gravity-defying mane that, in hindsight, probably required a Herculean effort to achieve. It wasn’t “effortless” in any way – no matter how it was … Read more

Staff outnumber shoppers four to one in one Grafton Street store – The Irish Times

St. Stephen’s Day Sales See Slow Start as Shoppers Embrace a More Relaxed Approach Table of Contents St. Stephen’s Day Sales See Slow Start as Shoppers Embrace a More Relaxed Approach Dublin Shoppers Brave the Cold for Post-Holiday Bargains Post-christmas Bargain Hunting: A Quieter Start to St. Stephen’s Day Sales St. Stephen’s Day Sales See … Read more