Avéne - Skin Care Review

Avéne is a skin care range dedicated to dermatology. It was founded 250 years ago near the Sainte-Odile spring. The ingredients in the Avéne Thermal Spring Water has been connected with addressing certain skin conditions such as atopic dermatitis, psoriasis and eczema. The brand is centered around the Avéne Thermal Water and its soothing anti irritation properties.

For the past two weeks I have been using the Avéne skin care range as my skin regime. I always like to give new skin care products two weeks to show significant change in my skin. So far I have had a lot of benefits. Before I regularly used No7 Beautiful Skin cleanser, toner and moisturiser. I found the moisturiser too rich therefore giving me blemishes, however everything smelled amazing.

I went onto the Avéne website and had a "Skin Diagnosis" to discover what products would suit my skin. I was recommended Gentle Gel Cleanser, Thermal Water Spray (BIG fav), Hydrance Optimale Light UV SPF 20 and Hydrance Optimal Light Hydrating Cream as my night cream. Ever since I have been strictly using this as my skin regime and sometimes treating myself to a Soothing Hydrating mask which can be left on over night and leaves my skin subtle and smooth. I have noticed a lot of changes in my skin. My blemishes have calmed down and are almost all cleared up. My skin looks brighter, more fresh and firmer. I love the Avéne range and I don't usually fall in love with skin care. I always used to settle for whatever I could find that wasn't killer expensive. There are different ranges within the Avéne range that deals with different types of skin. For example the Clearance range would deal skin with a lot of blemishes and imperfections on younger skin. The Antirougeurs range would be for people localised redness and smooths and soothes the skin. D-Pigent range corrects and prevents brown spots and evens out complexion and the TriAcnéal range reduces redness and sores, minimises imperfections and evens out the skin.

My favourite aspect of this range is the Thermal Water Spray. I actually use this as my tones because of its amazing soothing and anti irritating essentials. Because of Ireland's miniature heat wave recently, it was useful on long walks if my face started to become dry or comfortably tight I would spray the Thermal Spray on my face and it felt amazing on my skin. It can also be used for traveling, long days at the beach to cool down, sore feet, sun burn (for a small bit of relief) and before putting on makeup.

Another product that I love is the Soothing Hydrating Serum. I use it as a primer before putting on makeup. It helps my makeup stay on longer and acts as a barrier to protect my skin while wearing heavy makeup.

In summary, I think Avéne is a great skin care range. You can find Avéne in Boots and in Selected pharmacies around Ireland. I found all of my Avéne products in Craughwell Pharmacy ;)

Dancing Dublin Taxi Driver?...

Seems like the summer sun has everyone in a good mood...

July 5th saw a random woman and a taxi driver dance in tandem on the streets of Templebar. The taxi driver started off seated in his car as if waiting for the crowd to disperse when a woman stands in front of his taxi and starts to dance in his direction. Looks like the driver couldn't help but be drawn in as he motions a few dance moves from his drivers seat. Moves later, the woman sprints over to the driver, opens his car door and gestures for him to jump out and dance with her.... and that's just what he did. The couple continue to dance in the street to Daft Punk's 'Get Lucky' with a huge crowd formed around them. They slowly begin to dance back to the taxi, the woman gestures for the taxi driver to twirl and the taxi driver ushers her to get in the boot of his car (jokingly). They say their goodbyes and the driver reverses out while the crowd cheers.

It looks super cute and its amazing to see this beautiful weather (and alcohol) get people together in the spirit of good fun (and alcohol).

Rihanna For River Island Autumn 2013..

I for one am loving Rihanna's collections for River Island, and its only about to get better.

I watched a sneak peak video on youtube of her collection for a/w and everything looks amazing. There is a section full of cameo  which I adore and Rihanna has also decided to get more into hats and bags which is awesome.

Watch the video for Rihanna's upcoming collection here....

Rihanna's Bikini Bod

Rihanna showed off her toned bod on a beach in Poland during her Diamonds World Tour. 

Teamed up with a gold chain with her surname (Fenty) and a body chain with gold hoops RiRi is beach ready. 

Rihanna VS Liz Jones

Yesterday at 21.52, Liz Jones (writer for the Daily Mail) wrote an article giving out about Rihanna saying she is an awful role model and listed out all of her mishaps in the previous few years. Click here to read Liz Jones article.

Jones said how Rihanna is an awful role model to young impressionable girls with her "fake nails" and "fake hair", her "obsession" with guns and how she reunited with Chris Brown.

The article did not receive positive feedback as fans hit back in comments by saying Rihanna never asked to be a role model and called Liz a "sad old spinster".

Rihanna then proceeded to post  a terrible looking photo of Liz Jones on Instagram (pictured below) and wrote the following the comment box...

LOL!!!! My money got a bad habit of pissing people off!! If you sincerely wanna help little girls more than their own parents do, here's a toxic tip: don't be amateur with your articles, you sound bitter! What's all this about hair and nails and costumes and tattoos?? ....That shit ain't clever!!! That shit ain't journalism! That's a sad sloppy menopausal mess!!! Nobody over here acts like they're perfect! I don't pretend that I'm like you, i just live... My life!! And I don't know why y'all still act so surprised by any of it!! "Role Model" is not a position or title that I have ever campaigned for, so chill wit dat! I got my own fucked up shit to work on, I'll never portray that as perfect, but for right now it's ME!! Call it what ya want!! Toxic was cute, Poisonous Pop Princess had a nice ring to it, just a lil wordy! And P.S. my first American Vogue cover was in 2011...APRIL!!! #ElizabethAnnJones

 What do you think of the situation?

RCKMUA

Launch of New Irish Beauty Website

Next Tuesday the launch of the new Irish web site called TheBeautyLounge.ie is happening in Everleigh Gardens on Harcourt Street. I've been lucky enough to merit an invitation and I am so excited to see what this web site has to offer.

It promises "...great features, tips and advice from top celebrities and experts with exclusive offers for readers". So far the contributors are:

Penny Gray - Editor

Rosanna Davidson - Nutrition

Ailbhe Lynch - Make-Up

Mark O' Keeffe - Hair

Alison Canavan - Beauty

I think this website will be very good for nutritional tips especially coming into the summer. I'm going to take plenty of photos and I will have a lot to write about when I come back from the event so watch this space.

I'm so excited for this event. Its going to be an amazing evening.

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MIC's Spencer Mathews Does It Again.. Anyone Surprised?

Made In Chelsea has stopped for the season but it looks like Spencer is still continuing his antics. He admitted to cheating on Lucy Watson on a recent holiday in Greece. "I have tripped up, yet again. I cheated on her. Pretty recently. A couple of days ago. I was in Greece." Something tells me it was hardly the first time.

Lucy found out about his indiscretion from Twitter. So it wasn't like he told his ex girlfriend on his own accord. Miss Watson has dumped Mathews and has vowed never to speak to him again. "I find it hard to believe that you can love someone and do that to them, personally. I would never do that to you. Or anyone."

Well, at least she didn't stick around as long as Louise Thompson did. Get out while you still can Lucy....