A butterfly flutters its wings and a tree falls, or in this case, a water pipe bursts on a bank holiday Friday and in Punchestown the chosen 10 for the Land Rover Most Stylish Award are forced to endure an anxious wait for Amy Huberman to arrive with the prize.

“It’s OK to draw outside your lipline to enhance shape.” — Celebrity Makeup Artist Kay Montano.

They are a staple of most women’s wardrobes, yet two-thirds of us struggle to find the perfect pair of jeans. Deirdre Reynolds tests the latest, body-con pair to see how they shape up.

Breast cancer’s “sweet tooth” could hold the key to improving the effectiveness of drugs used to treat the disease.

This week we meet Dubliner Cathy McKiernan and Cork woman Vivienne Egan.

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Open and Shut Case

ACE OF BASE

White Lightning

You can’t turn around in celebrity land right now without getting the side-eye from a perfectly groomed, sharply defined brow.

Blanaid Hennessy has developed a heavy reliance on makeup and chocolate.

TALONTASTIC

BACK TO BASICS

OPERATING profits at the Brown Thomas retail group more than doubled last year to €5.3 million, in spite of a drop in revenues.

BUTTER UP

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COMPLEXION PERFECTION

BASE MATTERS: Mac Face and Body Foundation, €36

1. Clarins Ombre Minerale 4 Couleurs, €40, in Indigo, provides a nice alternative to the smokey look

Nars Pure Matte Lipstick in Carthage, €26

Snap Happy

STYLE icon Georgia May Jagger was in Dublin yesterday to officially launch the seventh annual Fashion Targets Breast Cancer Campaign.

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The Brown Thomas Group today announced plans to take on 150 temporary staff over Christmas.

BROWN Thomas saw its pre-tax profits plunge from €81 million to almost €22m in the year to February 2009.

THE economic downturn will this year hit Brown Thomas, which yesterday reported an 11% rise in pre-exceptional pre-tax profits to about €27 million for 2007.

Animal rights activists will today celebrate a decision by exclusive department store Brown Thomas, Grafton St, to stop selling fur.

ONE OF the country’s most exclusive department stores is shelving its tradition of selling animal fur products.

Brown Thomas has reported an 11% drop in profits to just over €20m last year.

Emily Beament

Ireland's richest person is Hilary Weston, the wife of Canadian Galen Weston, who owns Brown Thomas, A-Wear and BT2 in Ireland.

Dundrum is impressive in spite of problems, writes Evelyn Ring.

The first phase of a massive new shopping centre development has opened in the Dundrum area of Dublin today.

Over 4,000 new jobs will be created tomorrow as the country’s largest shopping centre throws open its doors.

Luxury retailer Harvey Nichols is to create 200 jobs at its new boutique branch in south Dublin, it emerged today.

Designer label store BT2, an offshoot of the popular Brown Thomas, will be drawing fashion-conscious shoppers to Wilton, Cork.