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BEAUTY:WOW! AM I IN DUBLIN? in Arnotts, in Henry Street? Walking into the new beauty hall it certainly has the glamour of some of the more swanky department stores abroad. But this is indeed our own dear Arnotts, where school uniforms, multi-way armchairs and difficult-to-find baking accoutrements live happily under the same roof as fashion and fragrances. The front of the store has been totally reinvented, with the beauty department now a real destination rather than somewhere you walked through to get to another part of the shop. As for the brands, all your old friends are still here, along with some new and exclusive lines.

How about Swedish range, The Make Up Store, which chose to launch in Dublin ahead of London and New York? Yes, they’re here with their fashion-forward line of 1,600 products and a team of make up artists to help.