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I’m a bit morto to admit I use this… but I love it. Products of Yore refuse...
The original Anne French packaging It’s a funny thing but some beauty products have been around for what seems like millenia now. They were pretty crap at the time (and lots of them are pretty crap...
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Products of Yore: Matey Bubble Bath
When I was putting together the “bath or shower?” post last week, I was reminded of a time when I was ALL about baths. I don’t think there was ever a problem getting me into the bath as a kid, …This...
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Beaut.ie Fondly Remembers Deirdre Madden’s All About Home Economics (and only...
If you did Home Ec for your Inter Cert (quiet down the back young wans, it was what you did at 15 before they invented the Junior Cert) then you’ll remember this: Deirdre Madden’s All About Home...
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We Don’t Do Talc in This Century: Do You?
Talc. A bit of a lesser-spotted product on the blog, I’m not sure if we’ve ever written about it. Mostly the province of grannies, bath sets and crap Christmas presents, brands like Yardley, who are...
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Blast From The Past: Which Products of Yore Take You Right Down Memory Lane?
There were two things I was rarely without towards the end of my time in secondary school: a pair of wedges so high they’d have given Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay vertigo and a pot of Blistex...
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Smells Like Teen Spirit? Body Sprays Revisited: The Body Shop, Soap and...
It’s been a long, long time since I used a body spray. The very word conjures up memories of my school changing rooms and the heady aromas of 32 intermingling types of Impulse – the very height of...
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Fashion disaster zone: trends of Yore we loved (but really shouldn’t have)
Yes, that’s Nicole Richie – in 2003′s The Simple Life Y’know those pieces in magazines where celebrities are asked what their fashion disasters are? You know, where Victoria Beckham confesses to having...
View ArticleSeparated at birth: Liz Earle Botanical Shine Shampoo, Conditioner and… BADEDAS!
I don’t know if I’m the only one with a deeply ingrained scent memory of that sterling Product of Yore, Badedas bath gel. Made with “extract of horse chestnut”, the deep green gel was a favourite of my...
View ArticleFrom BAH! to BRILLIANT! Eurosaver shops treasure troves of beauty bargains?
Rooting in the Euro shop is as gratifying as a good scout around the dusty shelves of a country chemist. You just don’t know what miracles you’ll find and it must be a sign of the times because more...
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Nation Scarred For Life By Makeup of Yore: What Kind Of Godforsaken Land Was...
My Beauty Call column in the Irish Times today about the latest trends in foundation unwittingly unleashed a fit of giggles and OMG remembrances as I unfondly considered the makeup Every Single Irish...
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