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Unreal treatments, swanky products and now a Blow Dry bar – if Dublin’s OSLO beauty centre was on Tinder we’d definitely be swiping right.

Listen, we work hard, so once in a while we need, nay deserve, a bit of top-notch pampering, right?

So we absolutely love the Blow Dry bar concept (how NYC bbz). Pop in, relax to the max with a coffee and emerge swishing our hair like we’re a Nineties Cindy Crawford.

What’s not to adore?

 

#inoslo #beautytakestime

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Making our blow dry dreams come true is HotAir in Mespil Street’s OSLO, a seven days a week blow dry experience open early in the morning ‘til late in the evening.

And, as a stroke of genius, HotAir will also have a purpose-built tanning room AND a make-up room, stuffed with gorge makeup brands.

And if being coiffed, tanned and made up within an inch of our lives hasn’t relaxed us, OSLO is also adding a floor dedicated to Pilates and yoga in October.

OSLO Health will cater for complete beginners (us) to more experienced yogis (Miranda Kerr) and comes with sprung floors, showers, climate control and state of the art music systems – so it’s yoga, but like, posh.

Pamela Renwick, who trained under yoga queen Trish Malone, will be heading up the team as one of OSLO Health’s senior Pilates and hatha yoga teachers.

With her help, we'll be posting our crab poses on Insta in no time!

Both the HotAir and OSLO Health will be coming to OSLO in October. For more information about OSLO's facilities and treatments, check out the website here

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He might be one of the hottest men to grace our screens in recent years, but that doesn't mean Northern Irish actor Jamie Dornan has let fame go to his head.

In a new interview with Ryan Tubridy which will air as part of tomorrow night's Late Late line-up, the County Down native admitted that fame is one aspect of his work which doesn't appeal to him.

Sitting next to his Anthropoid co-star Cillian Murphy, Jamie explained: “The fame aspect that comes with being a working actor does not intrigue me in the slightest.” 

“I think something like being Irish helps, and my friends.  There’s just no allowance for it.”

The Marie Antoinette star revealed how the value he places on his family and friends allows him to stay grounded.  

He said: “In your life, no matter what happens or how much notoriety you gain through your work, the fundamentals of your life don’t change…Your wife, your kids, your family and your friends, all that stuff, the stuff that makes you, doesn’t change.”

“On nights like this when you go to a premiere and it all seems crazy, it’s all very heightened but every day is totally normal.  It’s just a job, you go to work and do your job and then that’s it,” he continued.

Surprisingly the 34-year-old father of two also admitted that despite his lead role in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie, few of his friends have actually seen the flick.

He said: “I’m just thinking about some of my mates here and I would never want to go to see them in that movie!  It would be no different.”

“Why would they want to see me like that?” he asked.  “None of them have seen it.  I think a couple came to the premiere in London actually but with wives and girlfriends.”

As well as Jamie and Cillian, tomorrow night’s Late Late Show will also feature comedian Al Porter and Olympians Michael Conlan, Annalise Murphy and Gary and Paul O’Donovan.

The Late Late Show airs this Friday at 9.35pm on RTÉ One

Feat image: Variety

Late Late images: RTÉ

Final image: Focus Features

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Keeping Up With the Kardashians is pretty dramatic, but it's nothing compared to this new trailer for Rob & Chyna.

E! has just released a sneak peek for the upcoming show, and it just looks… explosive.

It's full of fights, twerking, shouting, flowers, pools and strippers… and we honestly don't know what to think.

However, the Kardashians are heavily in the show, with Kim and Kris being there for advice and Scott Disick trying to be a shoulder for Rob to cry on.

Guys, this is going to be mental.

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If you – like us – were absolutely hooked on crime drama, Narcos, then you’ll be all too aware that season 2 of the smash-hit show is launching tomorrow.

Telling the story of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, Narcos has captured the imagination of millions, and the good folk at Netflix have treated eager fans to a sneak peek of what’s to come.

Trailed by the Colombian authorities, ol’ Pablo is on the run, and, frankly people, we’re on the edge of our seats.

If you’ve heard the hype but have yet to tune in, catch up on every episode from season 1 on Netflix right now, and then join us at the watercooler for an in-depth discussion, won’t you?

Check this one out, ladies.

 

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Last week's Video Music Awards saw Naomi Campbell walk to red carpet; but it wasn't her outfit that made people stop and stare – it was her lips.

The famed model rocked a red glitter lip and every beauty addict on the world wide web swooned uncontrollably.

Even Rihanna had a little fit over them:

 

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However, you can now rock the glitter lip too. 

The world-famous make-up artist Pat McGrath just launched the glitter kit two days ago and it has become the talk of the beauty world.

 

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Coming in at €53, the Lust 004 Lip Kit is a bit steep, but each kit contains TWO lipsticks, a vinyl gloss, metallic gold pigment (dreamy) and the glitter.

You can also choose from three colours; Flesh, Vermillion Venom (Naomi's choice) and Bloodwine.

 

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We think we're in love with a lipstick…

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Unless you're extremely fortunate, you're very likely to endure at least one horrendous first date over the course of your adult life.

And along with that stand-out stinker of a meeting, there are often dozens more dull, mundane, and mind-numbingly boring dates which are just part and parcel of the single gal's life.

But before you think the rich and famous amongst us get to skip these classic dating foul-ups, think again.

According to Britney Spears, having a few number one hits and a couple million in the bank doesn't make you immune to that awkward first date where the other person – and we're going to be kind here – simply isn't that into you.

Opening up during a recent interview with Marie Claire, the singer revealed she has endured the horror of realising she was much more into her date than vice versa.

"I had a really bad date. I mean, it was really bad," she admitted.

"I've been single for ages and had a date with a guy I liked. I was getting anxious, worrying he wouldn't like me," Brit continued.

Reflecting on the meeting, Britney said: "We went to the movies, but I could tell right away it wasn't working. It was sort of awkward."

"So after the movie I came home and that was it. He just wasn't that into me," she admitted. "I liked him. He knew that. But he definitely didn't feel the same."

Reminding us that we're not alone when it comes to those cringe-worthy dates – the memory of which have been known to keep us awake at night – Brit simply said: "It happens to everybody."

"Being famous doesn't make you any different."

Thanks for that, Brit. We feel so much better now.

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If you're a Vodafone user who has been struggling to make or receive calls today, you're not alone.

Taking to Twitter to highlight the issue with the mobile network, members of the public have requested assistance from the company as well as information into the matter.

According to social media, customers have been struggling to properly access the network, with one Twitter user explaining: "Every time I try and call out it says "call failed". Rebooted phone and same is happening. Is there an outage?"

"Phones keep saying call failed. Initially to mobile now landlines too. Is there a #Vodafone outage?" asked another.

According to reports, Vodafone is currently investigating the matter and working to resolve the issue.

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Stacey Soloman and Joe Swash made their relationship public only a few months ago, but they're already #CoupleGoals to us.

The pair are away on holidays at the moment and have been recreating a few movie moments.

Taking to Instagram, Stacey first uploads a small clip of them doing the iconic Dirty Dancing lift… and we have to say, Joe is quite good at it:

 

Nobody throws baby into muddy sand!

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A few hours later Stacey uploaded another snap, this time recreating the Lady and the Tramp's famous spaghetti scene:

 

Lady and the tramp #love

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Ah, young love.

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Working in reality TV is the type of career path which can either make or break a person, and luckily for Geordie Shore’s Gary Beadle it is definitely a case of the former.

But does swapping his days drawing the dole and playing Call of Duty for jet-setting around the world with MTV really make Gaz qualified to offer career advice to teenagers?

In his latest Daily Star column the controversial Geordie advised GCSE students “not to give a f*ck about where [they] end up” because school results are not really indicative of a person's future success.

To stress his point, Gaz used real examples from his own school days and in doing so dragged what is basically a valid argument right down into the gutter.

In the piece Gary claimed that he wasn’t “the thickest kid in the class” and so he instead awarded that coveted title to the boy who was supposedly so lacking in brains a picture of him “with a lollipop up his nostril and hands down his pants” could be found next to “thick” in the dictionary.

The reality star explained that said boy eventually went on to hire 20 staff at “one of the biggest building apprentice companies in Newcastle”.

Thanks to his own efforts, the “thickest kid” is now “sitting on a healthy couple of mil”.

Meanwhile “the thickest girl” in his year went from “smoking 20 fags a day [and] probably getting off her nut on white lightening every weekend” to owning her own beauty salon and driving a flash car.

Trying hard to stress his point and showing no regard for the fact that these are REAL people he’s chosen to make example of, the 28-year-old then explained what happened to the “most intelligent people in his year”.

Gaz wrote: “The lad was a f*cking boffin, up there with Dexters Lab, he was probably w**king over Pythagoras’ theorem on the weekend he was so clever.”  

“Well, this brainbox served me my popcorn at Cineworld last week.” 

He finished by bragging: “I have 65 staff…From the dole to providing jobs to all them people paying their mortgages putting food on their tables…Sh*t, when I put it like that it sounds mad as f*ck, I sound sophisticated.”

If this is modern day sophistication, have the kids of the future any hope? 

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When you generally spend Sunday morning huddled beneath your duvet in last night's clothes, the last thing you want to see is a shot of a wholesome brunch.

Unless that a wholesome brunch belonged to a dog, right?

In a move which we are wholeheartedly behind, an Instagram account has been established devoted to our furry friends' love of all things brunch-related.
 

Dogs Who Brunch allows social media users to salivate over everybody's favourite dish without feel guilty that some people actually manage to leave the house on a Sunday.

Oh, and then there's the dogs.
 

Looking beyond adorable in every shot, these guys are the new stars of Instagram, and we can't get enough.

From pugs and poodles to spaniels and sheepdogs, these lads know how to brunch in style.

And frankly, we can't cope.

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We've all been there. You go into buy something that literally costs €2 and for whatever reason your card gets declined. A shot of panic and embarrassment runs through you and you have to leave the shop empty handed.

It may be a common occurrence to us ordinary folk, but if you're a worldwide superstar, you'd expect it to never happen.

Well, it happened to Justin Bieber in Subway yesterday and a random fan ended up paying for him.

According to the MailOnline, the Biebs was in a Subway in West Hollywood and tried to buy a footlong sub, four bottles of milk and some cookies… and had to stand there red-faced when his card didn't go through after multiple attempts.

Let's hope he was gracious to the Belieber who took care of his bill.

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Just five months after being reopened, Alton Towers' Smiler rollercoaster has yet again malfunctioned leaving 16 people trapped earlier today.

The rollercoaster, which crashed in June 2015 and caused serious injury to five young people, was the subject of a high-profile investigation, and subsequently closed to the public for over nine months.

But less than half a year after being reopened, the rollercoaster has again hit the headlines after getting stuck on a vertical part of the track today.

People have taken to social media to highlight the incident, with many questioning whether the rollercoaster will remain open to the public after both occurrences.

According to a spokesperson for the Staffordshire theme park, the ride has now been evacuated and is currently closed to visitors.


 

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