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.

Chain Gang

Bobbi Brown’s new offering, the Ultra Nude Eye Palette, is part of spring’s Neons and Nudes collection.

So far, oils have resisted the mass market, and for anyone raised on a diet of bland moisturiser cream, using one for the first time can be a revelation.

TALONTASTIC

1. The Lip Scrub

BACK TO BASICS

The ace base

BUTTER UP

THE party season is in full swing and at this stage presents, food and plans for where you’re spending the 25th are sorted.

Chanel Lumière Sculptée Highlighting Powder, €55

METALLICA

COMPLEXION PERFECTION

EVERY year the MTV European Music Awards behemoth rolls into town and this year it was the Northern Ireland capital’s turn.

Puppet Power

The face: Jade Thompson, freshly crowned winner of Britain and Ireland’s next top model

AUTUMN may be the season of mist and mellow fruitfulness and you might not be able to think much beyond Halloween, but do so at your peril.

BASE MATTERS: Mac Face and Body Foundation, €36

Clarins Pure Melt Cleansing Gel, €23

Glitter star

1 Thou Shalt Not Use Cleansing Wipes

AFTER a keenly-felt absence of many years, cult Japanese beauty brand Shu Uemura is back in Ireland and wouldn’t you know it, its retail and education manager is none other than Cork gal Clíona Sweeney.

OIL BE BACK

Palette Perfection

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

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

DREAM CREAM

IT’S OFFICIAL: we’re out of love with self-tanners with developing time, endless prep, maintenance and that tell-tale stinky, stale biscuit odour.

DESPITE all her recent public pratfalls, Cheryl Cole seems determined to take the unusual step of washing that man right back into her hair with a brand new cut and colour.

AS THE editor of Prudence magazine, Tipperary native Annette O’Meara has been championing the spend-it-wise lesson we’ve all hard to learn, long before it became a necessity.

Bourjois Bio Detox Organic Foundation, €15.99

Music festival season kicks off next weekend with Oxegen and then it’s a long hot summer with weekend revels packing out the calendar until the leaves start to fall.

The Burren Perfumery

Nars Pure Matte Lipstick in Carthage, €26

Tangerine Dream

ANSWERS on a postcard: what’s the one thing Irish women want right now when it comes to their skincare?

Snap Happy

Bobbi Brown Cleansing Oil, €40