I was delighted to attend the Image magazine Business of Beauty awards in the Mansion House yesterday. The purpose of the awards are to recognise those who are excelling in their fields of hair, makeup, nails and beauty treatments as well as awarding those brands and products that really go the extra mile in the beauty stakes.
The Mansion House is a stunning location and even though it was a lunch event, the stars were out, making it feel even more special!
Being greeted on arrival with bubbly was pretty special too!
The host for the afternoon was Darren Kennedy who did a great job announcing the winners and keeping guests entertained as well as handing out some very fabulous spot prizes. Special guest presenters included Yvonne Keating who was sporting a new do with a fabulous fringe and was even teenier and more beautiful in real life.
It was lovely to meet the staff from Image, I'm a big fan and it was especially nice to meet Liz Dwyer as I love her features, recommendations and beauty tips in the magazine and on Xpose.
Some of the product winners were all time faves of mine - MAC won for most innovative brand and it was lovely to meet Leslie from MAC who accepted the award. Seavite won best Irish brand which I was delighted with as an excema sufferer as it was created with us in mind! The speech from the founders wife Kaye was lovely as he has sadly passed away. Finally La Roche Posay was another product winner which again, for those people with skin sensitivities, is a life saver!
Lunch was served after the product awards, courtesy of M&S and it was delicious - the desert was amazing (and zero calories of course!)
Some of the individual winners included Best Hair Colourist, Rebecca Fryday from Alan Keville, Best Nail Technican, Pamela Laird of the Beauty Parlour and Best Wax Therapist Jemma Ellison of Essentials who was seated at our table and was super delighted to have won! My favourite winners were for Best Beauty Salon which was Vanity Rooms - they were so excited to win and I loved their speeches, especially when they thanked their husbands for their patience while they spent their evenings building up their business on twitter and facebook!
Kim O Sullivan from Preen won Best Makeup Artist (here's hoping for next year :)) and Best Hairstylist was Elayne Archbold from Brown Sugar. Collette O Sullivan from Cork flew the flag for Munster winning best Tanning Specialist.
The Xpose team were there filming the event for the show and I met the very lovely Lisa Cannon - I even got a lend of the Xpose mic!
Leaving, I was given a bulging goodie bag which was full of gorgeous products from Seavite, E-spa via a beautiful Glossy Box, Loreal, Vichey and Nivea (plus Percy Pigs from M&S that did not fully survive the train journey home!)
Thank you to all the team at Image for a great day!
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