Ellie Balfe

With a fully-fledged beauty career behind her, this makeup artist, turned beauty blogger joined IMAGE Magazine as acting beauty editor in 2012. She brought her digital daydreams to the first re-vamp of image.ie in 2013 and was like a proud mum at sports day when the site won Best Digital Product at the 2014 IMA?s. Ellie writes about beauty, as well as this funny old thing called life. She is remarkably fond of Breton tops, red lipstick and good gin and she swears she has a book in her.
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Can We All Just Eat Carbs Again, Please?

As I sit to write this, there is a mug of Barry’s tea and plate of hot, buttery…

By Ellie Balfe

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5 Minutes With Body Jewellery Artist Maria Tash

Calling all magpies! Maria Tash - one of the worlds most coveted body piercers and jewellers - is…

By Ellie Balfe

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Have You Seen What’s Happening in Brown Thomas Dublin This Weekend?

This is Beauty continues apace with a full and exciting schedule of beauty-tastic events in the Grafton Street…

By Ellie Balfe

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The First Day Of School: The Exquisite Agony

Here's to the first-timers. Fly, little ones, fly? The first day at school. Such a pivotal day for…

By Ellie Balfe

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Fade To Purple

Today, April 21 2017, marks exactly one year since one of the greatest musical icons of all time…

By Ellie Balfe

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Ireland’s Favourite Poem

I'm a massive poetry fan. I am in total awe of the art of writing concise, perfectly pitched…

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Strong Girls: May We Raise Them

So much focus these days is on ourselves as women and where we are right now; our feminist…

By Ellie Balfe

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Wear All Your Crazy Colours: Thoughts for International Women’s Day

This International Women's Day feels particularly potent, doesn't it? It feels like there's a lot riding on it.…

By Ellie Balfe

Your Bridal Beauty Countdown

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Your Bridal Beauty Countdown

Wedding planning? This is the ultimate beauty checklist... Congratulations! So you're engaged, your plans are taking shape -…

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Trump Takes Power, How Do We Cope?

As I sat down to write this piece, I lit two candles on the table. I need their…

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Goodnight Blackstar: RIP David Bowie

Note: It's been a year to the day since we lost Bowie and this was written at the…

By Ellie Balfe

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For 2017 It’s Out With The Old, In With The New

Dear friends, we made it. What a shocker 2016 was, there will be few of us sorry to…

By Ellie Balfe