Kiss Magazine was Ireland's only magazine for teenage girls, and since it shut up shop in 2014 there has been a real gap in the market for anyone looking to find the top trends for under a tenner, the means to pimp your locker, or simply a good problem page. Until today that is, because Kiss is back!
Ziz in the Today FM office was a dedicated reader of Kiss when she was a teenager, and she told Mairead exactly why the magazine meant so much to her and why she's so happy to see its return.
The writers at Kiss gave the magazine a lot of integrity and you could tell they cared about the girls who they were writing for. It was a great source for the answers to questions teens might otherwise be too embarrassed to ask, as well as including trivia and posters of your favourite actors and bands. It also gave handy tips on everything from building your self-confidence to how to flirt, and Kiss is keeping the same ideals in its new online form at Kiss.ie.
It's a long way from the limited edition Take That poster Mairead got in Smash Hits which had a Scratch and Sniff option...
You can hear the chat in full by pressing the play button on screen.
