On Friday, the 9th of September, I attended the final of Ms Gay Ireland 2011 which took place in Dolan's Warehouse as part of the Limerick Pride Festival 2011. I went along to judge the competition (being one of a panel of five) which saw women from all over the country competing for the title of Ms Gay Ireland 2011.
Limerick Animal Welfare is a registered charity which was founded in 1983 and is dedicated to
caring for abandoned and neglected animals in the Limerick area. Over the last
five years alone they have saved more than 2000 animals. The aim is to promote
the humane treatment of all animals, working towards a more compassionate
society.
The event saw pieces being modelled from shops such as The K Boutique, Adare and The Ivory Closet - Designer Dress Hire, Limerick (two of my fav boutiques) by models from the Holman-Lee Agency.
My sister and I at the Fashion Show
What I wore
I wore a dress from the Ivory Closet Designer Dress Hire, Limerick. I also debuted my new hairstyle (ie my Hotloxs Hair Extensions) which I wore straightened. I paired the Rachel Gilbert dress from the Ivory Closet with some knee-high socks and black heels as well as a black clutch.
As you've probably noticed by now, I recently underwent a bit of an image overhaul in the form of my new long, luscious locks! My new look is thanks to the wonderful team at HotloxsHair.com who provide superior quality long-lasting humain hair extensions.
Before
I opted to have a full head of permanent extensions installed using Pre-Bonded Virgin Remy Hair. Before I spoke to Anna from Hotloxs, I had never even considered getting hair extensions (despite really wanting long hair ever since I cut off my waist-length hair and dyed it dark when I was sixteen). I always thought that because my hair has so many different tones in it- as a natural strawberry blonde, sometimes I appear blonde, other times extremely red - that I would have to dye the whole thing in order to get extensions to match it and I didn't want to lose my natural colour. So I was delighted to find out that Hotloxs can match absolutely any hair colour. The extensions can also be dyed and highlighted as you please.
After!
The entire installation only took one hour and Anna cut the extensions so as to match my own hairstyle and to achieve the length I wanted. The colour match is absolutely perfect! The extensions will need to be replaced after 3 - 4 months but do not damage your hair at all as they are no longer glued to the hair like they used to be!
I was so impressed with my hair that I recorded a video the first day that I got the extensions styled, which you can view here (and is on my new Youtube channel - "MissSamiSushi"):
The Hotloxs Studio is located above the Dublin Tourist Information Offices just off O'Connell St. Be sure to "like" their facebook page here and visit the website http://www.hotloxshair.com/ where you can buy clip in's as well as contact the stylists about arranging your Hotloxs Hair Installation and view all the price lists.
On Saturday, the 20th of August, Peter Clohessy competed in the final of Charity ICA Bootcamp 2011 in order to raise funds for Aware. I went along to the grand final in Termonfecken to cheer on Peter in his pursuits of being crowned "Charity ICA Bootcamp Recruit of the Year 201"1. Much to my delight, Peter walked away with the title and won over €20,000 for Aware!
