A touch of class
Our guest beauty columnist Suzie O’neill rounds up the year with her gorgeous glam Christmas looks and a guide to how to perfect your winter beauty regime
Can you believe we are in the run-up to Christmas?! I absolutely adore Christmas. It is the only time of the year when I really switch o and relax. I love time spent with loved ones and just that total feeling of happiness that is in the air around Christmas. As well as talking you through some fab Christmas looks, I also want to chat about beauty from the inside out, as I believe that looking after yourself from the inside is just as important as on the outside, especially at this time of year when the weather is getting colder. I swear by Revive Active to keep me healthy. It is a supplement that contains 26 active ingredients, contributing to the maintenance of the immune system, heart, fertility, thyroid function, metabolism, skin and more. It is Irish owned and produced, and is available online at reviveactive.com (RRP €59.95 for one-month supply). I have been taking and talking about Revive for years now and I cannot be without it. I came across it at a time when I had been quite ill and nothing I was given would shake the recurring chest infections I was experiencing. After about three weeks I really started to feel the di erence and have continued to take it ever since. My husband and kids all take it too. It is de nitely something that should be on your shopping list if you have a busy social calendar coming up this month!
Now to get to work on our party looks! As it has been so long since most of us, (or maybe it’s just me?!) have really got dressed up, let’s take our time and enjoy each step of the process. I always start with a glow! I don’t know what it is about false tan but it always makes me feel better. I am obsessed with Bare by Vogue tanning lotion(€19). The luxuriously rich lotion not only delivers a
awless natural-looking colour in four to eight hours, but will also leave your skin feeling nourished and the tan lasts for ve to seven days. It is odourless and dries super quick so no sticky feel. You’ll look like you’ve just stepped o your jet from St Barths!
Christmas is the one time of year that you can wear a full-on red lip look to the supermarket and it would be totally acceptable because, hey, it’s Christmas. For me, I love nothing more than to sit down and spend time doing my make-up and at this time of year, I love a nice smokey eye. Ayu have just brought out a new Emerald Eye Palette(€27.50, ayu.ie) which includes ve shades to prime, highlight, enhance, smoke and pop! Finish your look o with a festive red lip with the Sara Lip Kit (€32.50) and you are ready to go. Zoe (top right) is wearing the new Emerald palette and has it paired with the Ayu Plum Lip Kit, another rm favourite of mine for winter. Fiona (bottom right) is wearing the new Cream Shadow sticks in Burgundy and Dusty Pink: I think this would be a fab look for Christmas Day. Now that you have your glam sorted, it is time to go out and enjoy yourself!