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Soap & Glory's Blueberry Thrill body butter

Paul & Joe limited edition lipstick

Avivia Tanning Solutions - Sun Free sking glow

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Get Fruitful

Fruit-scented products often veer towards the saccharine-sweet but it's not something you can say about Soap & Glory's Blueberry Thrill body butter, which hits just the right berry note. Loaded with cocoa seed and shea butters, sweet almond oil, blueberry, aloe vera and lemon extracts, this is a satisfyingly rich moisturiser. Combine with Jam Session blueberry oil cleansing jelly for an even more intense effect. The body butter is €14.25, available from Boots.

Pretty Pucker

OF COURSE ONE shouldn't be seduced by the packaging but the very pretty Paul & Joe line of cosmetics is also very good. The French fashion label, named for designer Sophie Albou's two sons, is pure Gallic chic.

Paul & Joe Beauté claims a philosophy of enjoying life and valuing every moment, as true Parisians do – it's all about a lifestyle brimming with a sense of happiness and well-being. It's a lot to project upon a humble lipstick and forgive us our shallowness but even looking at this lipstick makes us happy. Limited edition lipstick, €9.60, reduced from €16.50 from www.asos.com

Go with the Glow

You know that summer is only a whipped ice cream cone away when thoughts turn to fake tan. The beauty product so beloved of Irish women gets a bad press. For sure, orange is never a good look, nor are streaky heels, knees and elbows. But when it's applied subtly, a good fake tan covers a myriad of body flaws, giving dull winter skin a healthy sun-kissed glow. Aviva Tanning Solutions should please those trying to avoid both the sun and chemicals. It uses organic fruit and leaf extract, has 66% fewer ingredients than other leading brands, as well as being hypo-allergenic, oil free and alcohol free. It dries fast and it's non sticky and very importantly, because it doesn't smell, you won't be outed by the telltale fake tan odour. €29.95 from www.thebeautystore.ie and salons.