BEAUTY BUZZ

‘Women are, quite rightly, fed up with being corrected and contoured within an inch of their lives,’ says Mac’s director of make-up artistry Terry Barber when we speak about what make-up means today. ‘This year, there’s a new-found knowingness to beauty, as women of all ages reject over-egged looks that encourage them to pile on products – and, instead, have the confidence to enhance their skin in the most minimal of ways before even thinking about colour,’ he says, reminiscing about the beauty of a young Bridget Hall (left). Try Giorgio Armani Power Fabric Longwear High Cover Foundation SPF 25 (€49, brownthomas.com), followed by a sweep of Tom Ford Cheek Colour in Flush (€60, brown thomas.com) to nail ‘minimal’ skin. You can always add a daring dash of Hourglass Girl Lip Stylos in pillar-box red Lover (top left) or fuchsia Leader (top right, €30 each, libertylondon.com).

It’s easy to confuse dry skin with a complexion that is simply dehydrated. While the former lacks oil, dehydrated skin requires more moisture. The fantastic new Skin-Ceuticals HA Intensifier serum (€96, skinceuticals.com) both hydrates skin and stimulates cells’ production of the powerful natural moisturiser hyaluronic acid.

With the official advent of spring nearing, peel back the layers of winter clothing and attend to oft-neglected skin. Alpha-H Liquid Gold Luxe Resurfacing Body Cloths (€31.20 for a pack of 25, beautybay.com) are soaked in glycolic acid to skim away...

More and more of us are seeking products that not only omit potentially harmful ingredients, but also come with a sense of social and environmental responsibility. Yet haircare formulas that exclude the usual sulphates, silicones and parabens often...