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NOTION Pamper party Naughty or Nice Christmas Spa Party is a celebration at Fota Island Resort hosted by Katja Mia. The evening will include skincare presentations from Ground, Comfort Zone and Voya, a Prosecco and canapes reception, gift shopping, a Q&A session with skincare experts and raffle prizes. LH Tickets €55pp, available on eventbrite.
com Abandoned Ireland 2 by Rebecca Brownlie, €24.99, published by Merrion Press NECESSITY Beautiful buildings There is something ghostly but gorgeous about photographer Rebecca Brownlie’s new book Abandoned Ireland 2 , which preserves in print forgotten and forlorn buildings around the country. The book captures beautifully the details, big and small, of deserted cottages, dance halls, factories, convents and even shopping centres, all of which have a whisper of the life they once contained, now long gone.
SC €24.99, published by Merrion Press ‘I sense autumn coming on’ by Rob van Hoek (2024), oil and wax on canvas, see thedoorwaygallery.com NOTION Picture this Next Saturday, November 30, from 2-5pm, the Doorway Gallery in Frederick Street, Dublin 2, will host its annual viewing day of their Christmas Stocking Fillers, comprised of canvasses by more than 50 artists and selling for €500 or less.
If you can’t make the exhibition day, canvasses can be viewed and reserved online. SC See thedoorwaygallery.com Úna Burke leather bag, €479, for details follow @irishpopupcollective NECESSITY Pop-up shop The Irish Pop Up Collective has two events next month with over 50 brands at each event — on December 1 at Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co Kildare and December 8 at Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.
New brands include Callan Knitwear, make-up brand Anam Cosmetics, Polly & Andy sensory socks for kids, regulars Úna Burke Leather, Cleo Prickett, Begley & Bowie and Kopper Kreation homewares. LH For details follow @irishpopupcollective Men's double-hooded jacket, €112.50, available at regatta.
com/ie NOTION Collab creations Following on their AW23 collaboration, Christian Lacroix X Regatta Great Outdoors returns this season with a line of padded jackets, coats, changing robes and leggings. Alongside typical darker winter-collection shades, we love the bold prints and blue and orange pieces. LH Available at regatta.
com/ie Lennon and Courtney Aran jumper, €120, and metallic skirt, €80, see kilkennydesign.com NECESSITY Metal magic For anyone looking for party wear with a little more longevity than your average sequin, Lennon Courtney & Kilkenny Design’s latest line, the Siren Collection, is full of gems in their signature combination of rich colours and bold silhouettes. We love this metallic Aran jumper, €120, and metallic skirt, €80.
LH See kilkennydesign.com For Hygiene Hub drop-off locations, donation details and hygiene drive information, see hygienehub.ie, Instagram:@hygienehubire.
Photo: Melanie Mullen NECESSITY Christmas clean-up The Hygiene Hub, who collect and distribute personal care products to people who need them, has launched their Christmas #ItsInTheBag campaign, with the goal of providing at least 2,000 bags of essential and luxury items this season. To help out, you can donate at one of their drop-off points, host a hygiene drive with friends, family and colleagues, or make a monetary donation up to December 15. Think everything from toothpaste and shampoo to the non-essential niceties.
SC For drop-off locations, donation details and hygiene drive information, see hygienehub.ie, Instagram: @hygienehubire Butternut Box dog advent calendar, €12.50, see butternutbox.
com NOTION Canine countdown Your dog is not just for Christmas, but this advent calendar is and it’s just for your dog. It has a Butternut Box treat behind every door, in either pork and sage triangles, turkey and cranberry circles, or duck with venison rectangular bites. Perfect for the hound who has everything.
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