Beauty and wellness experts in conversation at Kildare Village
KILDARE Village Ireland welcomed two of the most respected visionaries in beauty and wellness recently in conversation with The Gloss beauty editor Sarah Halliwell for an exclusive morning, celebrating the use of heritage-rich elements in modern skincare.
Kildare Village Ireland in association with The Gloss magazine welcomed a morning in conversation with beauty and wellness visionaries in The Apartment
Respected columnist, author and podcaster Vasudha Rai, former beauty director of leading magazines in India including Harper’s Bazaar and Cosmopolitan was joined in conversation with Irish beauty brand Pestle & Mortar founder and CEO, Sonia Deasy for a lively discussion about beauty and wellness, daily rituals and natural solutions founded in traditional skincare. The morning’s conversation that included light refreshments and goodie bags for all focused on inspiring simple daily rituals based in modern skincare combined with naturally effective solutions.
Beauty and wellness morning host Sarah Halliwell (left) and Kildare Village communications and PR Director Val Forde
“There is no beauty, natural or chemical, good or bad,” said Vasudha Rai when she spoke to around 30 women in The Apartment at Kildare Village. “I love my Ayurvedic DIY’s as much as I love using retinols twice a week. Old traditions are being revived and there have been so many advances in the field of science and technology – a mix of everything.”
Sabah Khan of the Bicester Collection (left) and Chiara Ravara of Kildare Village, at the beauty and wellness morning
Tried and tested daily routines included those inherited from her Indian culture such as bathing her eyes in rosewater every morning, refreshing teeth, gums and tongue and mindful breathing. Vasudha added, “I think the most important thing to your skin is to manage your stress.”
Sonia Deacy, founder and CEO of Pestle & Mortar and Katie Smyth, marketing for the skincare brand
Skincare line founder Sonia Deasy has strived for naturally formulated products, rigorously tested to the highest EU standards, resulting in just 13 in the collection. Go-to routines include four pints of water daily, the use of tamarind in her skincare line and the importance of cleansing before applying just one moisturiser: “What we are really saying is that our one moisturiser will work for everybody,” said Sonia Deasy. “What a moisturiser is meant to do is moisturise the skin. It’s really important to stick to the basics and not get carried away.”
Author and journalist Vasudha Rai in conversation at the beauty and wellness morning in Kildare Village Ireland
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