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Make-up artists thrilled to receive national awards
NATIONAL AWARDS: Annette O'Brien and Marilyn McSweeney, freelance make-up artists from Killarney who both won national awards. Photo: Michele Crean
By Michelle Crean
It’s not every day you win a national award – but two came to Killarney at the same time as local make-up artists scooped top honours.
Annette O'Brien and Marilyn McSweeney, freelance make-up artists from Killarney were delighted to have each won a local Brides of Kerry award – but were shocked to learn that they both also received awards at the Irish Make-Up Awards 2019 on Sunday night.
Annette, who has worked with Suzanne Jackson of So Sue Me, secured the ‘Celebrity Make-up Artist of the Year’ award beating off some of Ireland’s best at a big celebration of the Irish make-up industry in the Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport Hotel, which was attended by over 400 guests and the glamorous night was hosted by Andrea Hayes.
Just a week earlier she also won ‘Business Woman of the Year’ at the Brides of Kerry Awards.
“It’s my first time winning a national award, I’m thrilled,” Annette told the Killarney Advertiser this week.
“I was up against five others who are top of their industry.”
Annette's creative drive and experience are highly sought after. Hundreds of satisfied brides and a range of high profile celebrity clients are testament to the high regard with which Annette is held within the profession. Celebrities include Lucy Kennedy, Kathryn Thomas, James Nesbitt, DJ Louise Duffy and Miriam O’Callaghan.
“Thank you to everyone for your support throughout the years. Winning awards reminds me how much I love my job and it’s an added bonus as I have just gone into my freelance work on a full time basis.”
Marilyn was also delighted when she won the ‘Bridal Specialist of the Year 2019’ at the Dublin awards, it was her second award in two weeks as she also won the ‘Wedding Make-up Artist of the Year’ at the Brides of Kerry Awards.
“I haven’t won any awards before,” Marilyn said. “I’m thrilled about receiving the awards. I’d like to thank my brides and clients for their support.”
Two young local girls showed great business initiative on Saturday ahead of the Kerry v Donegal match at Fitzgerald Stadium.
Erin McSweeney and Jessie Doolin set up a sweet stall outside a house on Lewis Road, catching the thousands of football fans walking towards the grounds.
The enterprising pair did a busy trade selling soft drinks, sweets, and chocolates to the passing crowds before throw-in.
Their match-day venture also caught the attention of the national sports media, with a photograph of the girls at their stall captured by Sportsfile photographer Stephen McCarthy ahead of the game.
Noel O’Neill has claimed first place in the Unrestricted category of the latest Killarney Camera Club competition, which focused on the theme of the ‘Kerry Landscape’.
His winning photograph, titled ‘Conor Pass Lake and the Three Sisters’, features a detailed study of Mullaghveal located beneath the Conor Pass.
The image captures the wide sweep of the valley, utilizing an elevated viewpoint that allows the glacial landscape to unfold toward the Atlantic horizon. The composition highlights the quiet lakes in the foreground against the dark, rocky slopes of the valley, with the distant outline of the Three Sisters adding further depth and scale to the scene.
The judges praised the photograph as an outstanding example of landscape work, noting its effective balance of composition, light, and perspective to capture the vastness of the West Kerry terrain.
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