Beauty Wave works from Rue D’Arzon in Lahinch and runs as a spa rather than a high-street salon, offering longer luxury treatments alongside standard beauty. It is a Thalgo salon — the French marine-based skincare line — which is a specific accreditation rather than simply stocking the products. Lahinch is a surf and golf town on the west Clare coast, so trade is heavily seasonal and summer weekends need booking well ahead. Off-season availability is considerably easier and often better value.

• AddressUnit D, Rue D’Arzon, Lahinch, Co. Clare, V95 CD3A