From Estée Lauder’s Breast Cancer Awareness range to makeup giant e.l.f.making its debut in Ireland, it’s a busy month for beauty launches, writes Rachel Marie Walsh

If you’re serious about contouring, make it easy with this UD Pro Contour Shapeshifter brush. We love that the hair is made from recycled plastic bottles! €35 from Debenhams and Urban Decay, Grafton Street.

As US teen thriller Pretty Little Liars wraps up a seven-year run on Netflix this month, lead makeup artist Cindy Miguens shares trend-sparking tips with Rachel Marie Walsh.

Esther N McCarthy looks at the best picks to help you sizzle this season, from travel-friendly fragrances to summer salads and must-have make-up palettes.

Can a face mask really give you a speed facial and tan? Lisa Haynes tests St.Tropez’s latest tannovation...

Silver and gold may leave you cold but copper is one of Summer 2017’s most flattering makeup trends. Rachel Marie Walsh reports

May beauty is high-brow and low-maintenance, featuring a Basquiat collaboration, a paint-by-numbers makeup book and Chanel’s most effortless colour collection. Rachel Marie Walsh reports.

Now that Christmas is nearly here, it’s time to let loose the shimmer. Make sure you sparkle this festive season with Katie Wright’s glittering guide.

Full coverage formulas that feel feather-light is where foundation is at this season, says Rachel Marie Walsh.

Urban Decay’s palette has grown up with the women who love its daring, so Vickie Maye asked make-up artist Danielle Roberts to create sophisticated looks for the season ahead.

At-home IPL devices don’t come cheap, but do they really work? Katie Wright puts one to the test...

Take your summer makeup beyond bronzer with a shot of one of the season’s most vibrant colours. Rachel Marie Walsh reports.

Bold new mascaras and a top-notch sheer bronze make May one of the year’s best months for beauty launches so far. Rachel Marie Walsh has the lowdown.

You won’t need fifty shades of everything to achieve Dakota Johnson’s make-up look, discovers Rachel-Marie Walsh.

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The State’s medicines watchdog has issued a warning about counterfeit cosmetics, revealing that some have been found to contain lead and arsenic.

What’s the best approach for thorough make-up removal? Our testers find out...

Claire Spreadbury rounds-up the best beauty Advent calendars, but be quick, they are selling out fast.    

As A/W trends land on cosmetics counters, it’s time to streamline your beauty regime. From classic pieces to the best new season launches, Weekend’s Beauty Editor Rachel Marie Walsh creates the perfect make-up bag.    

It’a all about the brow line for us this week as we checks out pencils and powders for ease of application. And she also tests for the best in concealers and eye serums.

Rachel Marie Walsh is all about that base this week. Her pick of this season’s foundations work to improve and protect skin while making your face look flawless.

Spring cleaning should extend to your makeup drawer but it’s not always easy to recognise what to bin. Rachel Marie Walsh knows what to hang on to and when it’s time for new buys.

Feeling frugal? Katie Wright reveals the insider tips, tricks and cheats you need to hunt down the best value in beauty buys.

Serum foundations, Rihanna’s latest lippy and smoky nudes hit counters this week.

IF there’s an optimum time on the calendar to experiment with colour, it’s high summer.

Whether you’re at a beach barbecue or a summer wedding, natural, bare-skinned makeup trumps a full face every time. 

Whether you want to mattify or shimmer and shine, to fake your lashes, or just slap on sunscreen and go, June’s beauty launches include your next handbag essential. Rachel Marie Walsh reports.

Whether you want to mattify or shimmer and shine, to fake your lashes, or just slap on sunscreen and go, June’s beauty launches include your next handbag essential. Rachel Marie Walsh reports.

PERHAPS it’s at Bosco’s non-existent feet we can lay the blame for many of our beauty blunders: maybe it’s hard-coded from the cradle, but us Irish girls often seem to take more than a little inspiration from his look: think frizzy hair and lashings of blusher.

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Revlon Colourstay 12-Hour Eyeshadow Quad in Coffee Bean, €7.50

One of Dublin's oldest traders, Roches Stores, is to officially open its flagship operation in Henry Street tomorrow following extensive redevelopment.