The Dublin Fringe Festival takes place this year on September 7-22, see fringefest.com Baby’s First Playtime box of toys, €74.95, see playeasy.
ie Facial with Lydia Sasse, €65; one-to-one consultation, €85, see @faceyogawithlydia Drawing from the Well concert, tickets from €20, see nch.ie Old Fashioned by Kilian Hennessy, from €230, brownthomas.com Frankie, by Graham Norton, Coronet, €15.
99 Stoma knickers available at Marks & Spencer Dundrum, and marksandspencer.com/ie NECESSITY Fun on the fringe The Dublin Fringe Festival takes place this year on September 7-22. This year’s events include a performance in someone’s living room, club nights, a dance show designed to bring babies to, and an Oscar-winning composer who will bring to life a non-verbal theatre show.
LH For more information see fringefest.com Old Fashioned by Kilian Hennessy, from €230, brownthomas.com NOTION Spray for the road Perfumer Kilian Hennessy once more taps into cocktails for fragrance inspiration, this time drawing on the single-malt notes of an Old Fashioned, for which this is named.
While the brand’s perfumes are officially all unisex, this one has a decidedly masculine feel, with concentrated cedarwood, spicy styrax, the vanilla-cinnamon of Tolu balsam and a bottle based on a cut-crystal tumbler. SC From €230, Brown Thomas Drawing from the Well concert, tickets from €20, see nch.ie NECESSITY Old meets new Some of the finest Irish traditional musicians we have now draw from the best music and dance from our past to deliver the sixth Drawing from the Well concert on October 6.
Once again at the National Concert Hall, the stage will be full to capacity with the likes of singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, the multi-instrumental Mulcahy family, fiddler Doireann Ní Ghlacáin, sean nós dancer Stephanie Keane and many more. SC Tickets on sale now, from €25, see nch.ie Baby’s First Playtime box of toys, €74.
95, see playeasy.ie NECESSITY Maximise child time From her experience as a Montessori teacher, speech and language therapist and mother-of-three, Sarah Kelly recognised a need for toys that specifically support early skills and development. She set up PlayEasy, which has just launched a Baby’s First Playtime box of toys, which nurture sensory engagement movement and cognitive skills and includes tips on how parents can maximise play time.
SC €74.95, see playeasy.ie Facial with Lydia Sasse, €65; one-to-one consultation, €85, see @faceyogawithlydia NOTION Yoga facial Though not exclusively for the ABB (Anything But Botox) brigade, face yoga is a coming trend for those who want a smoother and more toned-looking face.
Raised in the Himalayas but based in Delgany, Co Wicklow, Lydia Sasse offers both 45-minute face-yoga facials and consultations where she guides clients through a routine that works on the 136 muscles of the face and which, according to some research, can make skin look three years younger in just 20 weeks of regular practice. SC Facial, €65; one-to-one consultation, €85, see @ faceyogawithlydia Stoma knickers available at Marks & Spencer Dundrum, and marksandspencer.com/ie NECESSITY Peace of mind Marks & Spencer has just launched its new stoma knickers, a specially designed range which will accommodate single or multiple stoma bags, with co-ordinating bras.
Made from soft cotton with light control stretch and elastic at the pocket opening, they are available in black, and a mixed colour pack of rose quartz, pink and magenta, starting at €26 for a three pack. LH Available at Marks & Spencer Dundrum, and marksandspencer.com/ie Frankie, by Graham Norton, Coronet, €15.
99 NOTION National treasure The new novel from Graham Norton, Frankie, is published on September 5 and is available to pre-order now. Set across several timelines, it tells the story of Frankie in post-war Ireland, and 1960s New York via London. LH ‘Frankie’, by Graham Norton, Coronet, €15.
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