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Oonagh Meets - Sinead Desmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oonagh meets... TV3 Presenter Sinead Desmond


Ireland AM presenter Sinead Desmond is one of the most glamorous, bubbly and disciplined women in Ireland, she talks to Oonagh Clarke about beauty and life as a TV presenter


Oonagh: Working as an Irish television presenter, how important is how you look to your career?


Sinead: It's important obviously because television is a visual medium so people are looking at you so you can't turn up like you have just been dragged through a hedge backwards. Honestly, personally speaking, it's not the most important thing. The most important thing is what I have to say and how I conduct myself as an interviewer and there is somebody who is given the chance to express the views of the viewers. That is something that is much more important. In saying that, I have to still think about how my hair is looking and make-up will be.


Oonagh: Working so early on morning TV, do you have a disciplined beauty regime?


Sinead: You are about to hate me for this; our beauty editor Laura Bermingham is always giving advice out to me as I always rely on simple things but I have started listening to Laura now using products recommended by her.


Oonagh: Getting up so early, especially in the Irish Winter mornings, do you find it contributes to any particular beauty problems or concerns?


Sinead: Ever since I started on Ireland AM I have started to suffer with acne. I got full-blown adult acne and I had to go on medication. It was all of the adrenalin and stress pumping through my body and causing the body to produce more hormones. I have never had serious break outs before, maybe the occasional


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"I could talk about beauty all day long, I love this stuff!"


- Sinead Desmond


spot, and all of a sudden I was in a new job on television and getting really chronic acne so I did the normal thing that most acne sufferers do, I bought over the counter products and dried the hell out of my skin! Eventually I went to see a Dermatologist and she gave me medication to take and it did wonders but was very hard on the body.


Oonagh: Do you have treatments in the salon and if so what is your favourite?


Sinead: I use blue light therapy and it has kept me acne free ever since I started. At the beginning I started with two treatments per week but now I go once a week. I absolutely swear by it. Now that I am turning 39 this April, I have also started using red light treatment to boost collagen and I swear by it as it keeps the years back. I have recommended it to many of my friends because acne is a real issue for adults of any age. I am also a big fan of massages and there are two treatments that I love - anything with seaweed and hydrotherapy.


Oonagh: Would you ever consider chemical peels?


Sinead: I considered the idea of getting chemical peels to get rid of the acne scarring but I am a bit scared of things going wrong with it and I would be afraid that when I was on air I wouldn't be able to disguise it if something went wrong. Also a lot of those peels need a lot of down time. However, I have been told by the experts that there are some great treatments now available with no down time. Maybe with my 39th birthday coming up I might treat myself to a treatment with no down time.


Oonagh: Have you made any beauty mistakes that you will admit to?


Sinead: When I first started on Ireland AM I had never worn make-up before, only mascara, a little bit of gloss, tinted moisturiser and that would be the lot. So all of a sudden I was going oh my god I am on TV and I come from a theatre background so I was thinking it was like stage make-up and I applied acres of make-up, like bright blue eye shadow. I look back and I cringe. I looked awful.


Oonagh: As this is an article for Irish Beauty magazine, I have to ask, do you consider yourself an Irish beauty?


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