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One core mission lies at the heart of multi-award-winning Irish brand, Ayu Cosmetics: to give women the tools and the knowledge to enhance their unique, natural beauty – not mask it.

That ethos lies behind the formulation of their premium, skincare-led range of tanning and make-up products, designed especially to make achieving a natural, flawless look effortless – and it works. This Irish-owned, Irish-based brand have racked up an incredible 30 awards, and garnered a dedicated, global fanbase of women who want the tools to look and feel great at any age.

“Ayu” – the Indonesian word for “very feminine/beautiful”, was founded in 2015 by Internationally renowned makeup artist Suzie O’Neill. What started as a collection of affordable, high-end brushes has now expanded into a revered range of cosmetics inspired by Suzie’s extensive professional experience and the highest of quality ingredients.

Founder Suzie O’Neill
 

Ayu’s incredible bestselling collection contains everything a woman would need to bring out her natural glow – from make-up bag essentials such as their multiple award-winning lightweight concealer and hyaluronic acid infused foundations, to illuminating highlighters, eye-enhancing shadows, high pigment lipsticks, much-loved make-up brushes and natural instant tan. Their entire range is dermatologically tested, certified as cruelty free and kind to all skin types.

Instant Undereye Concealer – €18.00

Developed by Ayu Creator Suzie O’Neill at her kitchen table, this concealer was born out of years of frustration with high coverage products that were too heavy for the delicate under eye area. This self-setting, light reflecting formula enriched with skin-hydrating hyaluronic acid will reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, without creasing or settling. The result is a highly pigmented, yet incredibly lightweight finish that will illuminate and colour correct the under-eye area for an instantly fresher, brighter, and more youthful look.

Fresh Skin (€32.50) and Perfect Skin (€35.00) Foundation

These breathable foundations have a stunningly featherweight, natural feel and deliver a fresh, faultless finish.
Fresh Skin Foundation’s ultra-creamy, hyaluronic acid enriched formula melts effortlessly onto the skin, providing a long-wearing light to medium coverage, and a smooth, dewy, luminous radiance.

Ayu’s Perfect Skin Foundation contains complexion-perfecting pigments that blur and minimise the look of pores, for an impeccable medium to full matte finish.

AyuGlo Self-Tanning Mousse – €23.50

Achieve that coveted, naturally sunkissed glow with AyuGlo’s lightweight, fast-drying, easy to apply formula enriched with nourishing oils, Vitamin E and Truffle Extract for a smooth, hydrated and perfectly bronzed finish.

​With a natural guide colour, this luxurious mousse has excellent antioxidant properties that work to hydrate and nourish the skin, ensuring easy application and an even fade for all skin types.

Total Lash Mascara – €22.00

This nourishing and hydrating mascara containing hyaluronic acid delivers a beautifully glossy, eye-opening finish. Equipped with two brushes: the hourglass-shaped Volume Wand is designed to grip, coat and naturally curl every lash from root to tip in its rich, highly pigmented formula. The definer brush is perfect for a more daytime, natural look, and to ensure a smudge-free application to the lower lashes.

Brushes – Ranging from €12.00 to €95.00

Ayu’s award-winning, incredibly versatile butter-soft brush collection is adored by Ireland’s Top Make Up Artists and Beauty Influencers alike.

Their bestselling ‘Complexion Perfection’ hand-crafted, multi-use buffer brush guarantees a high-definition finish, making you feel as good as you look. Use it to apply or blend any of Ayu’s powder, cream or liquid products onto your skin for full coverage without any absorption of product.

Liquid Eye Liner – €18.00

Create the perfect winged line with this waterproof, smudge proof, intensely jet black felt tip eyeliner. The long-wear, ultra-matte formula and super precise applicator tip make it easy-to-use, so you can create a perfectly defined eyeline that will last all day in no time.

Peach, Natural Glow Blush and Bronzer – €27.00

This gorgeously silky, semi-matte powder blush glides on smoothly, perfectly emulating the warm hue of healthy, flushed cheeks. Peach is a universally flattering, can't-go-wrong shade of blush that will suit everyone, whether you have a fair, medium or dark complexion.

Their ultra-lightweight powder bronzer with a soft, matte finish will be your secret to achieving a natural year-round sun-kissed look. Gently sweep over the apples of the cheeks, nose, and chin – wherever the sun would naturally hit the face.

Easy Brow Pencil – €16.50

The multi award-winning, hypoallergenic, super slim Ayu Easy Brow Pencil creates a perfect, natural looking brow with every hair-like stroke. As our brows are naturally lighter than our hair colour, all three shades – blonde, brown, and dark brown – have been developed with cool undertones to deliver the most natural finish possible.

Glamour Eyeshadow Palette – €27.50

Containing easy-to-blend, deep velvety browns to define, a rich shimmering olive to contour, and a beautiful milky cream and iridescent pink pearl sheen to highlight – this is your one-stop palette for a soft, smoky, timeless look that will make the eyes pop and sparkle.

Ayu’s full range of bestsellers are available to purchase in-store at Kildare Village, and online via www.Ayu.ie, with international shipping options available.

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Helen Flanagan has shared an honest insight into her weekend as she spends it alone for the first time since splitting up with her fiancé Scott Sinclair. 

The former Coronation Street star opened up about struggling over the weekend while her children were with their dad and nan. 

Helen took to Instagram to share a video of her playing with her daughter’s guinea pig and of her outside soaking up the sun, as well as a photo of herself with her head in her hand to her 1M followers. 

In the caption of the post, the mum-of-three confessed, “So this long weekend was my first weekend that I didn’t have my kids as they were having a good time with their daddy and nanna”,

“I usually when my kids go away make sure I go out, usually run to london and get drunk with my friends”.

“I felt like it was time though to face being in my family house on my own which is something I’ve put off for a very long time as I didn’t want to feel sad. But sometimes I suppose you’ve just got to feel stuff and it’s ok to cry”.

The I’m a Celeb star continued, “I wanted to share this because sometimes we scroll on Instagram and things can look perfect but in reality some things are just S**t… also I have a big following of other mums and women that will relate to me and I love that I’ve built a supportive network of women”.

“Anyway here’s some snaps from my weekend me and angel. Didn’t want to get out my dressing gown and binge ate Colin the caterpillar cake… honestly Matilda begged me for Guinea pigs and all I do is clean up Guinea pig poo x anyway bring on the week. My house has never been so immaculate”.

The post comes after the soap star shared a video of her reuniting with her children after her time in I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here: South Africa.

The short clip posted to her Instagram Stories shows Helen excitedly cuddling her children as Scott watched in the background.

“Found this video of when I came back from the jungle. I was away for one month and never left my babies before”, she explained. 

Helen and footballer Scott went their separate ways in July of last year. The couple share three children together- seven-year-old Matilda, four-year-old Delilah and two-year-old Charlie.

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Princess Eugenie was celebrating the King’s Coronation over the weekend and has decided to share a behind-the-scenes look at the event. 

The Princess is currently expecting her second child with husband Jack Brooksbank and shared a collection of new photos that show her blossoming baby bump. 

Taking to Instagram, Princess Eugenie posted snaps with her husband, sister Beatrice and mum Sarah Ferguson, as well as many pictures with fans. 

The 33-year-old even revealed her favourite part of the Coronation Concert that was held on Sunday to bring the celebrations to a close. She admitted it was the big whale that lit up the sky that drew her attention the most. 

Sharing more details from the weekend in the caption, Eugenie explained, “Beatrice and I had so much fun in Chalfont St Giles for their Coronation Big Lunch",

"It was amazing to see so many people celebrating and we are very grateful to have spent some time with children, fluffy puppies and so many well-wishers for The King and Queen”.

“The concert was such a special way to the end the day. What a beautiful way to honour The King's life of service. Of course my favourite part was seeing the big whale lit up in the sky”, she concluded.

Many fans of the Princess headed to the comments to share how lovely the snaps are, in particular, the photo of Eugenie with her sister and mum.

One fan wrote, “Love the photo of your mum and your sister- just beautiful”.

“That is such a beautiful photograph of you three ladies”, penned a second fan, while a third added,  “Love your dress! Your lil pregnant belly looks so cute in it”. 

Princess Eugenie and her husband announced they were expecting their second child in January of this year. They shared a snap of their two-year-old son August hugging his mum’s growing bump. 

Eugenie captioned the post, “We’re so excited to share that there will be a new addition to our family this summer”.

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Tanning Water from utan has been receiving rave reviews after fans hail it a ‘miracle’ beauty product for its anti-bacterial properties.  The tanning water, co-created with beauty guru Jamie Genevieve is just £18!

Multi award-winning brand utan are known for setting industry wide tanning trends with their innovative approach to beauty. Combining performance led formulations with high quality unique ingredients, utan are committed to creating health & skincare focused formulations to make you look and feel your best glowing self with minimal effort.

Eager to prove self-tanning is for everybody rather than just flawless complexions, utan set about formulating products with skin healing and nourishing benefits. When teaming up with global beauty influencer, Jamie Genevive, the Utan x Jamie Genevieve CBD Water was born.

Enriched with a plethora of skin-loving actives; this product contains soothing, anti-inflammatory aloe vera, CBD from organically grown cannabis plants from Colorado and Scottish lavender with antibacterial properties. Unlike many tanners on the market, this miracle mist actively fights against breakouts with the aim of preventing blocked pores as well as calming redness and giving you a beautiful tan in 4-6 hours.

Earning a nod of approval from influencers, beauty enthusiasts and tanning experts alike, this tanning elixir has exclusively received 5-star reviews. utan has steadily become one of the smartest tanning brands on the market, with users crediting the CBD Tanning Water to the clearing of their acne and problem skin whilst providing a seamless summer glow.

Proud to be PETA approved, vegan & cruelty-free. Available from LookFantastic, AllBeauty.com and utan.co.uk

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Samantha Womack has been opening up about her recent journey with breast cancer.

The former EastEnders star, who played Ronnie Mitchell on the long-running BBC soap, shared her diagnosis with the world in August of last year. The mum-of-two had been given her diagnosis two months previously.

After a period of treatment, Samantha then confirmed in December 2022 that she was thankfully cancer-free.

Now, the 50-year-old is using her experience with breast cancer to highlight the importance of regularly checking for symptoms.

Credit: ITV

Samantha appeared on Loose Women earlier today to promote Digistain, which aims to give cancer patients and their doctors more detailed information, so that they can then create a better treatment plan.

During her discussion with her fellow panelists, the actress insisted that everyone of all ages should be looking out for any signs of breast cancer.

"Please check yourselves – young people too. It's so important, please, please, it happens to young people too,” Samantha urged. 

The TV star’s appearance on Loose Women came after she gave a detailed recollection of her cancer treatment. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A post shared by Sam Womack (@samzjanus)

In a recent interview with Metro, Samantha expressed how difficult chemotherapy was for her.

"It's important to mention that when it's needed it's still an incredibly powerful and potent drug and does an amazing job," she explained.

"But when you're teetering between grades, meaning how aggressive the cancer is, you can sometimes sit, as I did, on a very fine line as to whether it's needed or not. And it's such a brutal treatment to have,” she continued.

Credit: Samantha Womack Instagram

Back in August, Samantha felt compelled to share her breast cancer news with the public, following the death of Grease star Olivia Newton-John from the same disease. 

“What struck me was her journey had been 30 years and she was at the end and I was just at the beginning, and it took me back," Samantha noted.

"I felt very moved by it, I thought, 'I want to share it, I want to talk to people, I want to put it out there' and it was amazing, the love that came back. I felt empowered by it,” she added.

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Robert De Niro has become a dad once again!

The 79-year-old has confirmed that he has welcomed his seventh child into the world.

The Goodfellas star shared his baby news during an interview with ET Canada. Robert had been discussing his parenting style and his most recent film, About My Father, when he disclosed his new arrival.

When the interviewer addressed Robert’s six children, he took the opportunity to clarify the figure. 

“Seven, actually,” he teased, to the surprise of the interviewer. "I just had a baby," he added.

The Oscar-winning actor has yet to reveal the name or gender of the newborn, or who the mother of the baby is.

However, Robert went on in his interview to explain how sometimes, being a parent means making tough choices in order to protect your children.

"I mean, there's no way around it with kids. I don't like to have to lay down the law and stuff like that. But, [sometimes] you just have no choice," he detailed. 

"And any parent, I think, would say the same thing. You always want to do the right thing by the children and give them the benefit of the doubt but sometimes you can't,” he added.

Prior to the arrival of his new bundle of joy, Robert had already welcomed six children into the world with previous relationships.

The Intern actor became a parent for the first time along with his first wife, Diahnne Abbott, when she gave birth to daughter Drena (51) and son Raphael (46). 

Then, in 1995, Robert became a dad to twin sons when his then-girlfriend Toukie Smith gave birth to Julian and Aaron, who are now 27.

With his second ex-wife, Grace Hightower, Robert also shares 24-year-old son Elliot and 11-year-old daughter Helen Grace.

Congratulations to Robert on his newest arrival!

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Ekin-Su Culculoglu has opened up about her recent visit to Turkey, where she saw the devastation left behind following the earthquake that took place earlier this year. 

The Love Island winner and her partner Davide went to Turkey to lend a hand to victims and spread awareness of the work that needs to be done there. 

Speaking on Good Morning Britain today, Ekin-Su spoke about the ‘traumatising’ visit and shared details of a little girl who asked the reality TV star to adopt her. 

While Ekin-Su said she “would love to take her”, she admitted she “just wants to raise awareness”.

After presenter Susanna Reid asked, “Do you know what the story was behind the little girl who asked you to take her home with Davide?”, Ekin-Su spoke about the heartbreaking experience.

“So, she doesn't remember much of the actual event. It was 4am, and all of a sudden, it was black. Everything was shaking. The walls were coming down and she was just screaming ‘Mum, mum, mum’”.

“And she doesn't remember anything else, and I think she has a little brother as well and that's all it is. And she just wants mum – mum, mum, mum. Anyone who comes in and gives her love, she just attaches herself and cannot let go”.

“I think she was about four, very very young. I think her father is alive, I think her mum is not alive”.

When admitting she “would love to take her”, Culculoglu explained, “But once you bring one home you want to help them all. I really just want to raise awareness. We don't know how lucky we are to be in the UK”.

“She wanted me to stay and be her mum because she had lost hers. I couldn’t hold my tears in. It felt very overwhelming. Some of the other children had also lost family members”.

Ekin-Su spoke candidly about her trip on Instagram last week after she shared footage and photos from her time there to her 3.2M followers.

She penned, “This trip has been the most emotional, moving experience in my life. I will never forget those words from the little girl who lost her mum from the earthquake say “Will you be my mum and take me home”. That moment will forever stay will with me”.

“What I learnt in this trip that love is unconditional and we always take things for granted in normal day life… life is so short. One day you’re here and then the next second life is gone”.

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Faye Winter has shared new details about her and Teddy Soares’ split earlier this year.

The former Love Island stars first met while in the villa in 2021 and announced they went their separate ways in February.

Speaking to MailOnline, Faye has opened up about the reasons that caused them to break up, describing the whole situation as “really difficult”.

She explained, “It's been very obvious, especially over the last few months, we just wanted different things. We were just in different places. And you know, relationships… they're hard, you know, they're hard things to maintain”.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A post shared by Faye Winter (@faye__winter)

“People go through breakups every single day. People go through heartbreak every single day. It's just part of life and it's a really difficult situation to go through”.

Winter continued, “I'm not ready. I don't know if I will ever be ready to disclose what fully happened between us because that is between me and Teddy”.

“But we just wanted really different things and, yeah, I think that's become… you know, I wanted to continue doing my work with charity and my Guide Dogs work. And it's just one of those things, unfortunately, and it is sad. It will always be sad and he'll always hold a very special place in my heart”.

“But we've just got to keep moving and it's difficult because everybody wants to know, but at the same time we've got to respect our own privacy and also respect each other's”, the reality star admitted.

After weeks of speculation, it was Faye that broke the news of her and Teddy’s split by releasing a statement on Instagram that reads, “I wanted to let you know that after lots of time and consideration, Teddy and I have decided to go our separate ways”.

“Thank you all so much for supporting our relationship and sharing the journey with us. I'm forever grateful”.

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Focus Ireland has announced a new campaign to fight for the protection of homeless children.

Heartbreakingly, it has been reported that there are almost 3,500 children in Ireland being housed in emergency accommodation.

At the end of March of this year, 3,472 children were declared homeless and were living in emergency accommodation.

In response to these devastating figures, Focus Ireland has today launched a campaign for the ‘Best Interests of the Child’.

Speaking about the campaign on RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland programme, Focus Ireland’s director of advocacy Mike Allen shared the charity’s determination to change laws to protect homeless children.

In particular, Mr Allen has called for reintroduction and passing of the Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017, which insists that local authorities must consider the ‘best interests of the child’ when deciding how to help each homeless family.

"Everybody knows that homelessness is a dreadful thing. Experiencing homelessness is a dreadful thing for anybody, man, woman or child, but particularly for children. It's an appalling experience,” Mr Allen explained on the radio.

He then went on to detail how difficult homelessness can be for any child. "The loss of their home is traumatic in the first place. Then emergency accommodation may be a long way from your school and there may be no place for doing homework. You can’t invite your friends around. You lose all that sort of social contact,” he noted.

“Obviously, there should be no homelessness,” Mr Allen added, before concluding that “while we have children who are homeless, we should be doing a much, much better job at protecting them from the harm that that causes.”

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Jess Wright has opened up about a new scar on her arm after having a mole removed which doctors described as ‘suspicious’. 

The former The Only Way is Essex star revealed she was told the mole ‘could be dangerous’ and erred on the side of caution to have it removed.

Posting photos of herself and her son Presley while on holiday in Abu Dhabi to her 1.5M Instagram followers, Jess displayed her new scar following the procedure. 

While Jess wore a brown swimsuit and fed Presley his bottle in the second photo, her scar can be seen clearly on her right arm.

Sharing more information about the health scare in the post’s caption, Wright penned, “Insta vs Reality – swipe. A little while ago I went to the doctor with a mole that looked suspicious & ended up having it removed as it appeared that it could be dangerous”.

“That scar is now on my right arm which you can see in the second picture”, she continued before adding, “Better to be safe”.

Many fans of the 37-year-old headed to the comments to share how lovely they thought the snaps were of her and her son, as well as commending her for getting her health concerns sorted.

One fan wrote, “Beautiful photos of you both”, while a second said, “Beautiful photos you are a brilliant Mum”.

“The sun is lovely so glad you’re keeping an eye out on the small stuff , stay safe”, added a third fan. 

While speaking about her family holiday experience last week, Jess shared an honest insight into the trip with her little one. 

“So excited to be in Abu Dhabi on this family trip, especially since Presley started sleeping so much better. He did however unfortunately get a fever after arriving & then came up in a rash so as you can imagine amongst the mayhem of travelling & the lorry full of stuff that comes with it, that was a worry!”.

“Luckily it’s viral/bad teething & should go any day now & he no longer has a fever & returned back to his normal cheeky (slightly naughty & lively self)”, she added.

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Emma Willis has been opening up about her husband’s battle with addiction.

Busted star Matt Willis was already struggling with alcohol when he married TV presenter Emma in 2008. The couple have since gone on to have 3 children together – Isabella (13), Ace (11) and Trixie (7).

Ahead of the release of Matt’s new BBC documentary, titled Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction, Emma has been speaking to OK! about how her husband’s struggles have affected their life together as a family.

“Along with addiction comes a lot of bad times,” the 47-year-old said honestly. “As hard and as bad as that can be and has been, it also is part of who he is and who he is is who I love. We’ve been together for 18 years.”

After being sober for eight years, Matt relapsed with drugs in 2016 when his band Busted began touring again. 

“You kind of kick yourself a bit on reflection because you're like how the f*** didn't I see that?” Emma recalled, admitting that Matt hid his relapse from her at that time. “All those key signs that I hadn't seen for so many years were all coming back.”

“Sometimes I feel like I’ve got four kids instead of three. There's been a lot of joy, but equally it's been incredibly heavy at times,” she continued.

Ahead of Busted’s new reunion tour this September, the former Big Brother presenter expressed in Matt’s documentary that she is worried about history repeating itself. “Matt’s always had issues, but they seem to really kick in when he’s on tour,” Emma explained in the film.

“I know he doesn’t want to be that person but is his brain going to trick him and go, ‘Just one more time..’? That’s the worry,” she added.

The mum-of-three concluded by sharing that she will always worry about her husband. “I try not to think too much about the past but then I have to remind myself that he’s relapsed massively when I thought he was all good,” Emma confessed.

Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction airs next Wednesday, May 17, on BBC One at 9pm.

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Vanessa Hudgens has been chatting about planning her wedding with fiancé Cole Tucker.

The couple announced their engagement in February of this year and have been keeping their plans under wraps until now. 

While Vanessa appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show, she shared details of planning their big day and revealed she’s considering eloping as she feels ‘lost’.

Before getting into the details of the wedding, Barrymore described Cole’s relationship with Vanessa, saying, “You got engaged. And he's so nice and he so gets you… He's so nice to you and he just appreciates you and he seems to see you for who you really are, and just appreciates you and loves you”.

Hudgens replied, “I know. He so gets me”, before opening up about the difficulties of planning your own wedding.

After Drew asked about how the planning is going, the High School Musical star explained they are ‘trying’ to plan but, “It's hard. I don't know, finding a venue is tough”.

“I kind of just want to elope. I really, I'm lost”, she admitted.

When asked how her baseball player fiancé feels about planning the wedding and the possibility of eloping, Hudgens revealed, “I mean he just wants to get married to me. He's like, ‘Whatever you want babe’”.

The 34-year-old and her fiancé first met during a Zoom meditation group and their relationship blossomed after Vanessa slid into his DMs. 

The happy couple went ‘Instagram official’ on Valentine’s Day in 2021 after Vanessa unveiled a photo of the pair kissing with the caption, “It’s you, it’s me, it’s us”.

Vanessa and Cole revealed they were engaged after sharing snaps of the pair in Paris with Vanessa’s stunning ring on display. She captioned the sweet post, “YES. We couldn’t be happier”.

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