Looking after your nails during chemotherapy

Elfreda McGowan is back with us today with a post all about looking after your nails during and after chemotherapy. Chemo can take a heavy toll on your nails – here’s what to do to keep yours looking their best. Apart…

Battling cancer with your war paint on!

We’re delighted to welcome a new contributor to Happy Magazine this morning – Elfreda McGowan is a breast cancer survivor, make-up artist and beauty therapist and she’ll be joining us regularly to share her best beauty tips for a cancer…

Little Ondine Nail Polishes

Guys, it may seem like a teeny, tiny thing, but I can paint my nails again. You see, somewhere along my cancer journey I became afraid of nail polish. Yes, afraid. What chemicals were in them? Could my nails absorb…

The Virginie Claire Beauty Centre

Once cancer treatment started taking a toll on my skin, I started thinking about treating myself to a lovely facial. The question was though, where could I go that used natural, organic skincare products? During my cancer treatment I started to become…

Neal’s Yard Remedies – Organic Natural Beauty

Today our contributor and all-things-natural expert Ciara Doran is here to tell us all about Neal’s Yard Remedies. We’ve seen the products before but had no idea just what a lovely (and affordable) organic brand this is. I first discovered Neal’s…

*NOW CLOSED* Dublin Herbalists + A Giveaway!

Dublin Herbalists is an amazing skin care range perfect for anyone looking to switch their current products to natural alternatives. Made from carefully chosen floral waters, natural butters and active ingredients, their unique range can intensely hydrate, deeply nourish and…

Ocean Bloom Skincare

Have you come across Ocean Bloom? We found the brand recently through social media and we were immediately drawn to it – natural, organic skincare is right up our street here at Happy Magazine HQ. Based out of the beautiful…

PHYT’S Active Organic Skincare

Here at Happy Magazine we love chemical-free products. They are part of our ‘Anti-Cancer Plan’ – that is, our new lifestyle after cancer. PHYT’S is a French skincare brand sold in Dublin and Ireland by the V Claire Beauty Centre in Dublin…

Noughty’s Detox Dynamo Shampoo & Conditioner

We’ve been trying out Noughty’s Detox Dynamo 2-in-1 Shampoo & Conditioner this week. It’s made from 97% natural ingredients and contains no parabens, petrochemicals, sulphates or silicones. Noughty’s aim with this product is to fight the effects of product build-up and…

Kinvara Skincare Review

Today we’re welcoming Avril from A Paler Shade of Beauty to tell us all about Kinvara Skincare and their natural beauty products. Kinvara Skincare is a fantastic Irish-owned natural and organic skincare company founded by fellow scientist Joanne Reilly, PhD…

Nourishing your hands this winter

We treated ourselves to one of these lovely Lavender, Rosemary, Thyme and Mint Hand Lotions from The Handmade Soap Company over the weekend and we love it! If you are looking for a nourishing lotion to treat your hands and…

PHYT’S Active Organic Skincare

Here at Happy Magazine we love chemical-free products. They are part of our ‘Anti-Cancer Plan’ – that is, our new lifestyle after cancer. PHYT’S is a French skincare brand sold in Dublin and Ireland by the V Claire Beauty Centre in Dublin…

Event Reminder: Wellness for Cancer Care at the Ice House Hotel

Going through cancer can be an isolating experience. Here at Happy Magazine, we like to see Irish businesses that are considering the needs of people going through cancer and responding to them with tailored offerings. We feel this helps the…

Human + Kind Miracle Make Up Remover

We haven’t written much here on Happy Magazine about make up products suitable for people going through cancer yet so today we thought we’d share a gem of a product that we’ve come across recently. It’s the Miracle Make Up…

Natural skincare from MySkin.ie

MySkin.ie offers a complete range of natural skincare products and also specialises in bespoke products. We asked owner Denise O’Connell to tell us a little bit more about herself and her products that are most suited to the skincare needs of people…