Skincare and Beauty Products and Experiences in 2021

Skincare is personal…yes, but I want to share with you some of my favourites over the past few years.

FACIALS

BESPOKE BEAUTY, DONNYBROOK

When I can, I love having an in-salon facial or treatment.  For those of you in Dublin, I can highly recommend Elaine Butler Doolin of Bespoke Beauty in Donnybrook. I have regular FACIALS there and also love their Yumi Lashes treatment.

Her salon is an oasis of peace and calm; Elaine has magic hands and I feel as safe as houses in her care. I have used her Simone Mahler products and they are effective and luxurious. There is still time to give the present of a voucher.

 

JEAN KELLY, MASSAGE & HOLISTIC THERAPIST, WICKLOW

I also had some lovely treatments in Baltinglass from Jean who offers facials, massage and reflexology also. Read my review HERE.

And now to brands:

SKINICIAN

What I like about this Irish company is that they offer different products depending on your skin’s particular needs. And, of course, that can change with the seasons, hormones or even traumas.

I have been using their retinols. I started with level 1 and have now progressed to level 2. Check out my review HERE. They have also added a rose quartz facial roller to their products which I highly recommend. Also pop over to Instagram where you can win a €100 voucher for Skinician on my page OVERTHEHILDA.

ELLA & JO

This relatively new Irish brand has been making waves in the beauty world, with a huge following already. My absolute favourites here are their cleansers and their rose spritz.

Have a look at what I said earlier this year about Ella & Jo.

KIEHL’S

I came late to the Kiehl’s party, but I have several of their products on repeat. Their sunscreen is absolutely wonderful and I really like their Vitamin C eye cream too.

I reviewed some of their products HERE.

As I said, skincare is personal. I like mixing and matching and I enjoy trying new products.  Another wonderful RESTORATIVE AND CALMING BRAND is Seavite created by The Drs Mulrooney.

I have a lovely new serum from Lancome to try which I believe is amazing. Have any of you tried Absolue The Serum?

But the biggest gamechanger for me was when I started using retinol. And there is one for every budget.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

It is unlikely there will be another post out before Christmas. So, I hope that you have a good one with family and friends despite the new restrictions. Apologies for the lack of content recently, but life got in the way. And it was not always in a good way. I was battling an upper respiratory infection for nearly a month. A hacking cough affected my sleep for weeks and GG had to move into the spare room. But I am over it now and he has returned to the marital bed!

A Happy and Safe Christmas to you all.

Thank you for reading.

Hilda xxxx