Girl About Town http://www.girlabouttown.ie Beauty, Restaurant and Bar Reviews around Dublin City Sat, 08 Jul 2017 20:13:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.1 In With A BANG http://www.girlabouttown.ie/in-with-a-bang/ Sat, 08 Jul 2017 20:13:08 +0000 http://www.girlabouttown.ie/?p=585 BANG, on Merrion Row is recommended in the 2017 Michelin Guide. I worked across the road for nearly 2 years. A school friend was formerly their pastry chef. It’s been there, quietly, consistently, for years. Yet somehow, I only visited this week. Keeping up with new openings is enough to keep you plenty busy . Seemingly, […]

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]]> Experiments in Trying to Be a Nice(r) Person http://www.girlabouttown.ie/experiments-in-trying-to-be-a-nicer-person/ Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:14:11 +0000 http://www.girlabouttown.ie/?p=569 I’d be very quick allow someone to get under my skin and become annoyed by the very way they breath. We’ve all been there, right? Or on occasion, glass of Sauvignon in hand, the girls and I would have a good old grievance-airing session. Let she without sin cast their judgement on our weakness – we’re […]

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]]> Why I’m Not Quitting Blogging http://www.girlabouttown.ie/why-im-not-quitting-blogging/ http://www.girlabouttown.ie/why-im-not-quitting-blogging/#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2017 23:09:50 +0000 http://www.girlabouttown.ie/?p=554 You’d be forgiven for thinking that, seeing it’s been one week short of a year since my last post, that I’ve left the Blogosphere. I thought I had too*. Many have and are doing so increasingly. In many ways, it’s been the end of an era recently. Particularly in the past few years, months, weeks […]

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]]> http://www.girlabouttown.ie/why-im-not-quitting-blogging/feed/ 1 All Day Every Day Base http://www.girlabouttown.ie/all-day-every-day-base/ Wed, 13 Apr 2016 21:08:32 +0000 http://www.girlabouttown.ie/?p=532 Offices are particularly trying conditions for foundations. Warm, stuffy, drying, high pressure – I’m searching for something that can stand up to the challenge. However, I don’t believe that, when it comes to foundation, flawless is interchangeable with full-coverage. Let’s remember, I still want it to look like skin. I’ve tried many a foundation in my day, […]

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]]> Unadulterated Taste http://www.girlabouttown.ie/taste-at-rustic/ Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:20:17 +0000 http://www.girlabouttown.ie/?p=525 A little while back, Date Night was kicked up a notch with a very generous voucher for Taste at Rustic. It’s a bold move, I feel, naming a restaurant in such a way that you’re making a promise to the customer of a pure, unadulterated, sensory experience. But once you dine there, you understand why. The Fade […]

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]]> The Scent Spectrum – Darker, and Dirtier http://www.girlabouttown.ie/the-scent-spectrum-darker-and-dirtier/ Sun, 07 Feb 2016 21:09:33 +0000 http://www.girlabouttown.ie/?p=514 Since I can remember my Granddad smoked. It was cigarillos for the longest time, but when I was about 10 he moved to the pipe. I remember one of my aunts picking up the cube of pipe tobacco from the end of the kitchen table, saying “Gosh, I love the smell of it.” I remember […]

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]]> The Complex Art of Female Friendship In Your Twenties http://www.girlabouttown.ie/female-friendship-in-your-twenties/ Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:25:12 +0000 http://www.girlabouttown.ie/?p=499 “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” ― Elisabeth Foley I wish I knew where that came from, but it feeds into a train of thought I’ve been having for quite some time recently. Lately a close friend revealed to me her quest to “be more […]

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]]> Autumn on the Eyes http://www.girlabouttown.ie/autumn-on-the-eyes/ Sat, 24 Oct 2015 23:05:34 +0000 http://www.girlabouttown.ie/?p=484 A few weeks ago a micro-trend of matt, warm brown eyes broke out among beauty junkies. It started with an out-and-out obsession with Urban Decay’s Riff, as detailed by the lovely Karen of LovelyGirlyBits. Not far behind was a re-discovery of Mac Uninterrupted, which many had in their stashes as a transition shade from days […]

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]]> Brunch, Only Better http://www.girlabouttown.ie/brunch-better/ Fri, 16 Oct 2015 11:16:30 +0000 http://www.girlabouttown.ie/?p=453 Super Miss Sue’s sprang up on the scene what seems like a lifetime ago. There was always a sense that these guys were set about doing something different, from the moment that subtly snapshot of a retro Roz Purcell popped up on social media. Soon it became clear this place was far more then just […]

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]]> Bathtime Beauty http://www.girlabouttown.ie/bath-time-beauty/ Mon, 12 Oct 2015 23:07:02 +0000 http://www.girlabouttown.ie/?p=472 With the weather that’s in it, I decided that bath season was upon me, and so announced to my household that I was taking to the bathroom and was not to be disturbed. It was as I was meticulously setting up my supplies for my evening of personal pamper-age, that I realised that, much like the […]

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