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Prudence Beauty Awards 2010: The Best Buy Winners!
Our 2010 Best Buy Award winners!
Earlier you got to take a gander at the social snaps, but who were the all-important winners this year? We had 16 in total and two completely new categories: Mascara and Serums got to share the spotlight for 2010.
While the 32-page Best Buy Awards booklet - packaged with the September/October issue, on sale 1st September - features over
Pru samples affordable beauty treats at Perfect Touch
I still want to look tantastic even though the summer’s almost gone and since Prudence is all about shopping local, I visited a beauty salon a stone’s throw away from Pru HQ a few weeks ago.
Perfect Touch (nail, hair and beauty salon) is run by Fiona Morris and even though it’s a small place, she does everything from tanning to nails, hairdos and make-up. She’s
Budget Beauty: Johnson’s Daily Essentials
We're always on the look-out at Pru HQ for affordable - and decent - skincare options so our little ears perked up when we heard about Johnson's new Daily Essentials range.
With products for dry, oily and normal skintypes, there are also some companion products - like a facial scrub and eye make-up remover - that all types'll get along with.
But the best bit about the
Budget Bride: True Beauty is also thrifty in Nenagh, Co Tipperary
So the Bride of the Year is over and the winner is Jonathan and Sandra, congrats to you both and best of luck with the wedding!
We thought we’d conclude the week by telling you about a lovely beauty salon in Nenagh where we got our talons touched up without breaking the bank. True Beauty was set up by Jillian O’Meara (no relation!) just over a
Budget Bride: Make-up to die for from Ellie Murphy
In keeping with Prudence’s bridal theme (tonight is the Bride of the Year event at the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire with Confetti, our sister mag – best of luck with it!), we’re giving you an insider tip-off about the make-up artist who made us all look beautiful for the Tipperary nuptials earlier in the week. (link to blog on Tues, Aug 3rd)
For the
Budget Bride: Thrifty tresses at Hair by Millie in Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary
We’re all excited about the Bride of the Year being unveiled on Thursday by our sister publication Confetti so we’re going to blog about weddings on a budget for the week. This is helped by the fact that my sister got married about 10 days ago in Tipperary and we were very impressed with the high quality of service and prudent prices available down the
Roll up: Bargain Hypoxi treatments – but you’ve gotta be quick!
It’s a beauty battle Spartacus would be hard pressed to win – cellulite. Massaging, creams, diets and more have been tried and tested. Well, the latest invention is Hypoxi treatment, ridding your body of cellulite through gentle exercise and low atmospheric pressure. What that means is your circulation with be increased in the problem areas, aka the hips, thighs and buttocks. This encourages the breakdown
Prudent pampering at the Radisson Blu Hotel Farnham Estate
My sister came home 10 days ago to prepare for her wedding in Tipperary so after finishing off some bridal tasks in Dublin and before heading south into the fray of the wedding week, we decided a little bit of pampering was in order!
On Saturday afternoon we set off for the gorgeous Radisson Blu Hotel on the expansive Farnham Estate, just outside Cavan town and
Bet on beauty: Sure-fire race week beauty advice from Purejoy Beauty, Galway
Pru’s own Deirdre Walsh caught up with Joy Colleran of Purejoy Beauty in Galway for some great tips on prepping for the races:
Facial: try to get a facial before the races, this ensures your make-up looks and lasts better. You can do a mini facial at home using your favourite products or treat yourself to one from a professional.
Eyebrows: get an eyebrow
Have your say in the Prudence Best Buy Beauty Awards 2010
Preparations for this year's Prudence Best Buy Beauty Awards are well under way and the results will be published with the September/October issue in a special glossy, handbag-sized supplement, designed to make it easy for you to spot those best buys on the go.
Right now, we've a ten-strong team of expert judges testing and trying hundreds of the best new beauty releases which launched between
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