White collar boxing returns to the city

Thu, Sep 22, 2011

Would you like to get yourself in great shape, make new friends for life, turbo charge your confidence levels, and give yourself the option of eventually stepping into a boxing ring for an actual contest by engaging in an eight week programme in the noble art of self defence?

System 10 — the complete weight loss programme

Thu, Sep 22, 2011

Diet and exercise are critical to a good weight loss programme, but the most important and powerful key of all is your metabolism. Your metabolism is the ‘switch’ that allows your weight loss to happen. Your metabolism controls the benefits of any diet and exercise, but it in turn depends on your diet and exercise to operate properly. In other words the three keys interconnect — metabolism correction, diet, and exercise equals a weight loss plan specifically designed to target stubborn body fat, especially on your stomach, hips, and thighs. This weight loss plan is the only way to re-balance top or bottom-heavy bodies.

Controlling your cholesterol

Thu, Sep 22, 2011

Heart disease remains the country’s biggest killer. However, for many people their risk of developing it can be dramatically reduced or delayed by making some simple lifestyle changes.

Healing House open doors to healthy living

Thu, Sep 22, 2011

To celebrate its second year in business, the Wholistic House of Healing will be hosting an open door day on Saturday from 1pm to 4pm.

The Wholistic House of Healing offers treatments for a variety of illness, from stress therapies to fertility treatments.

White collar boxing returns to the city

Thu, Sep 22, 2011

Would you like to get yourself in great shape, make new friends for life, turbo charge your confidence levels, and give yourself the option of eventually stepping into a boxing ring for an actual contest by engaging in an eight week programme in the noble art of self defence?

System 10 — the complete weight loss programme

Thu, Sep 22, 2011

Diet and exercise are critical to a good weight loss programme, but the most important and powerful key of all is your metabolism. Your metabolism is the ‘switch’ that allows your weight loss to happen. Your metabolism controls the benefits of any diet and exercise, but it in turn depends on your diet and exercise to operate properly. In other words the three keys interconnect — metabolism correction, diet, and exercise equals a weight loss plan specifically designed to target stubborn body fat, especially on your stomach, hips, and thighs. This weight loss plan is the only way to re-balance top or bottom-heavy bodies.

Born in the Galway Shopping Centre

Thu, Sep 22, 2011

We at Born Clothing are delighted to announce that we have brought a host of our popular labels to our new Galway Shopping Centre branch on the Headford Road. Opened last Friday by proprietor Joan Lynch and assistant manager Ciara Murray, this will bring the number of Born Clothing stores around the country to five.

Great children’s clothing lines at Scallywags

Thu, Sep 22, 2011

The new Scallywags store in Barna has been open for two weeks, and according to proprietor Norrie Coen business has been very brisk. Scallywags stocks the Name It brand of children’s clothing, which is quite a durable, affordable, brand.

The pencil skirt — a key piece for autumn

Thu, Sep 15, 2011

The pencil skirt is the foundation piece of the autumn silhouette. From fetish to forties glam, with blocks of colours and texture, it is so versatile and feminine. Smart for the office and on trend for the evening, wear it with summer sandals or knee boots. Team it with a boxy fine wool jumper, or a leather jacket with a polo neck will work wonderfully. The shirt is making a huge comeback this season — make sure to wear it buttoned up with your pencil skirt.

Get Selected at Born Menswear

Thu, Sep 15, 2011

Elegant with an edge, not exactly the first thing that comes to mind when you think of menswear, but this is the ethos of successful menswear line Selected. Perhaps smart-casual is a better way of describing the collection. Born menswear, on level 1 of the Newtownsmith store, stocks a vast range of the brand with everything from smart coats and blazers to trendy jeans, James Dean print T-shirts (€24.95), and knit cardigans.

Notes for the season

Thu, Sep 15, 2011

Recently packing for a trip to New York has made me take a hard look at my beauty routine. Could it possibly take that many products to get me out the door? And what about out of the country? My God, have I turned high maintenance or is this all perfectly normal?

Putting on the style

Thu, Sep 15, 2011

“Help, I’ve nothing to wear,” is an all too common wail from women. Despite having wardrobes full to bursting point with outfits for all occasions many of us still find it near impossible to make a choice.

Helping men dress for success

Thu, Sep 08, 2011

Some men effortlessly exude style. Everything they wear looks good on them be it denim jeans, a casual jacket and trousers combination or a sharp suit. Sartorial elegance is their middle name.

Is your metabolism stopping your weight loss?

Thu, Sep 08, 2011

There are three main keys in genuine weight loss — food, exercise and correcting your metabolism faults. Your metabolism refers to a complex series of chemical processes that convert food into energy as well as establishing the rate at which your body burns calories.

Your thyroid gland, your adrenal gland, your liver, your digestive system, your blood sugar levels, and your hormone balance are some of the key components of your weight loss. The health and functioning of these components has enormous control over how successful your weight loss will be and how much you will get from your dieting and exercising. This is the very foundation of good weight loss.

Acupuncture relieves anxiety and depression

Thu, Sep 08, 2011

Acupuncture can relieve feelings of anxiety and depression, and can give a person a feeling of wellbeing and self-confidence. Acupuncture can provide a safe and effective tool for stress. It will not, of course, change the circumstances of a person's life, but it will usually produce a feeling of wellbeing. The practitioner can help restore balance and thus protect health by identifying each individual's unique energy profile to see where the weak spots are and where support is needed to restore balance. Acupuncture can open a window of opportunity. As the heavy feelings of stress are relieved, a person feels more confidence in his/her ability to cope with unpleasant aspects of his/her life situation and make necessary changes.

New venue and new ventures in yoga at the Yoga Shala

Thu, Sep 08, 2011

David and Laragh Cunningham, who run yoga schools in Galway city and Barna, are among Ireland’s most respected yoga teachers. They are now opening a third venue at Ocean Fitness in the Salthill Hotel. Their work with the Connacht rugby team and Galway footballers has encouraged more men to try yoga, and their commitment to staying at the cutting edge of yoga and health has paid dividends as the Yoga Shala is the only yoga school in Europe to teach a style of yoga called yoga synergy.

Scallywags opens in Barna tomorrow

Thu, Sep 08, 2011

Scallywags the company which sells a top range of children’s clothing in stores in Mayo and Galway, has just opened a new store in Barna.

A step in the right direction at Born footwear

Thu, Sep 08, 2011

It is fair to say we did not have much of a summer this year so it is no surprise that autumn has crept into our lives without any radical changes. But there has been a shift — the days are growing shorter and in the last week or so temperatures have certainly dropped. With this change we will also see an adjustment in our wardrobe — the sandals and flip flops will be packed away for another year and we will all reach for our sturdy boots and cosy footwear.

Notes for the season

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

MAC’s colour corrector, in radiant rose, can be used as undereye concealer. Alona, MAC make-up artist in Brown Thomas Galway, taught me this. If you are naturally very pale and have a tendency to get blue bags under your eyes as I do, this is the dream product. If you have yellow undertones, and your under eye area looks red, use the Light Boost in yellow. I love when a product is clever and you can use it for a purpose other than what it was originally intended. I have had a love affair with concealer for over three years, and ditched it in a heartbeat for this product, never looking back. Alona is a genius make-up artist who gives great individual tips; she told me to bring my corrector further down my eye area than I think, and my blush higher up than I think , and this made a huge difference. March into the Mac counter and ask her anything about your make-up routine. It’s like she has taken the Hippocratic oath, except for make-up artists, first doing no harm — she assesses what needs correcting and sets about doing that while explaining what she is fixing. She is amazing.

The sunglasses cleaning kit. I’m serious; I’m not just saying that in a moustache-twirling, trying-to-get-you-to-spend-your-money kind of way. You worship at the altar of Tom Ford, you spend all that money on an amazing pair of shades, why balk at spending an extra €10 on a cleaning kit? It comes with a mini screwdriver to tighten the frames, a washable cloth, and a silicone based spray that puts a protective coat on your glasses to prevent nicks and scratches. At Brown Thomas we even refill the spray for free.

Autumn/winter trends at Born

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

Colour blocking has been a huge trend so far this year and this is set to continue as we move into autumn/winter. Here at Born the store is awash with 'boozy colours' — our new arrivals feature burgundy, mustard and berry tones that give you a lovely warm comforting feeling, a necessity with the weather we have been having of late.

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