Happy 1st Birthday Miss Red!

I can't believe Miss Red blog is 1 year old this week!

After starting this blog on a whim this time last year, naming the site Maggie Red Blog, I really wanted to create a entertainment website that every Irish girl and guy would use as their gossip central.

With a love of music, movies and celebrity gossip I decided to dedicate all of my time to writing reviews, conducting interviews and providing Ireland with all the news from the bright lights of Hollywood to the beautiful streets of Dublin.

From 100 views per day, Miss Red has jumped to over 3,000 views a day, and it's all thanks to my wonderful readers. So, instead of giving myself a birthday present, Miss Red would like to give all my followers a present, EVERY DAY this week.

My first prize was given away moments ago!

Today the first winner was announced, Ciara Conran from Dublin won these amazing Cheryl Cole earrings from The Ivory Closet, and trust me there are many more competitions to come. From clothes, to beauty treatments, I have something special in store to everyone.

So thank you for all your support, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY Miss Red!

Lots of love, your ultimate Gossip Queen

xx

Comptetion Time With The Ivory Closet!

Yes, there is ANOTHER chance for you guys to win something spectacular, and this time it comes from the always fabulous Ivory Closet!

I, along with every other girl in Ireland have become completely obsessed with their amazing clothing range, as the hire out amazing designer dresses for really low prices! Already they've had the gorgeous Vogue Williams wear their outfits and the equally beautiful Louise Johnston has fallen in love with them too (those 'Fade Street' gals love their fashion).

The 'Ballerina' Jewellery Range

As well as having the best dresses in Ireland they are now selling an amazing jewellery range called Ballerina! I attended their Bangle Party a few weeks ago and their bling is absolutely amazing! Everything in the store comes from a celeb background. You can wear dresses worn by Pixie Lott and earrings worn by Cheryl Cole! Being in their store is like being in a wardrobe of a princess!

Bangels from the 'Ballerina' range

Their new celeb bling is absolutely gorgeous, and in store you can find the perfect piece to add glamour to a night our or simply fulfill your dazzling pleasures! The jewellery range can be seen in full by clicking right here: Ballerina.

Plus the boutique have also added a range of glitzy I-Phone 3/4 phone covers. The stylish covers can be ordered through the Ivory Closet's Facebook page and you can also purchase covers for your BlackBerry. Check out all the phone covers here: Phone Covers.

More bangles from the 'Ballerina' range

COMPETITION DETAILS

So the lovely girls at the Ivory Closet want to give one lucky Maggie Red reader a free bangle from their amazing collection! All you have to do is 'Like' this post and write the word "Ivory Closet" on my page. I'll pick the winner at random next Sunday!

Good Luck

<3


P.S Need to find your way there?


Address:
1st Floor

18 Shannon Street
Limerick

(Over head Myles Breens bar)


Opeing hours:
10am-5pm Monday -Friday
(Saturday with appointment)


Contact:
Phone: 061-314422
Email: theivorycloset@gmail.com



Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/theivorycloset
http://facebook.com/'ballerina'theivorycloset

Seriously Social!

The Ivory Closet - Valentine's Party!

Hey guys,

I'm just back from an amazing night at The Ivory Closet's Valentine's Party! As well as displaying their amazing dress collection nearly all their jewellery were up to 50% off and wow was the bling amazing!

The gorgeous boutique is known for renting top class designer dresses for an excellent rate but now talk about their dazzling jewellery collection is on everybody's lips! You can see from the pictures here alone that their bangles, earrings, rings and necklaces are just to die for and are all at a very reasonable price!

As usual the girls threw a really fun party tonight. With west coast cooler and heart-shaped chocolates on arrival! And to top it all off, there were red heart-shaped balloons set all around the shop to give customers that Valentines day feeling.

Owners Aine, Shelia and Niamh Cahill with Sami Long

Among the dozens of guests at the party the beautiful Sami Long (Miss UN Europe) was there trying on jewellery and, as well as myself, received the seriously in demand Cheryl Cole earrings (seen below)! They are absolutely stunning on, and I'm so happy to add them to my gorgeous collection so far from The Ivory Closet!

Sami Long trying on some bling!

Sami and her new earrings!

If you haven't been to the gorgeous boutique you need to get your ass there right now. Whether you want to rent a lavish dress for an event, buy a designer dress on sale or purchase one of their many dazzling jewellery pieces, The Ivory Closet is the place for you.

Lots of Love,

Miss Red <3 xx

PS!!

Here are some contact details:

Address:
1st Floor

18 Shannon Street
Limerick

(Over head Myles Breens bar)


Opeing hours:
10am-5pm Monday -Friday
(Saturday with appointment)


Contact:
Phone: 061-314422
Email: theivorycloset@gmail.com



Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/theivorycloset

Me and Sami sipping on some West Coast Cooler!

If you want to feature in Seriously Social! Email me on msmaggiered@gmail.com
Check out my last event, I attended Miss Un Europe Sami Long's Homecoming: Seriously Social!

The Ivory Closet - Valentines Party

Hey guys,

You may remember that a while back I attend The Ivory Closet Limerick's first jewellery party and it was absolutely fabulous! Well now the gorgeous boutique is throwing another party and this time it's to celebrate Valentines Day!

Yes, it's the perfect time of year to dazzle yourself in jewels for a night out, to show off to your man or to get that special piece to wear on that first date. And to help you get the most gorgeous sparklers, The Ivory Closet are having a sale on the night of up to 50%

The Ivory Closet are hugely well known for the amazing rates the have for dress hire. You can hire beautiful designer dresses for as little as €50.00 for 3 nights! You can rent dresses worn by celebs like Cheryl Cole, Pixie Lott and most recently Vogue Wilson from Fade Street got some fabulous dresses ther. And now they have amazing jewellery lines in story! 

So anyone looking to add some glamour to their wardrobe/jewellery stand, get your ass to The Ivory Closet on Wednesday the 9th of February! To attend you must be on the guest list, click here to ask the boutique to put your name on the list: GUEST LIST. And I'll be there taking some pics for the blog which will appear in my Seriously Social! section.

P.S Need to find your way there?


Address:
1st Floor

18 Shannon Street
Limerick

(Over head Myles Breens bar)


Opeing hours:
10am-5pm Monday -Friday
(Saturday with appointment)


Contact:
Phone: 061-314422
Email: theivorycloset@gmail.com



Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/theivorycloset

The Gooseberries 2011

The 4th Annual Gooseberries were held in Dublin last night!

Yes, all the Irish celebs have been moaning about the lack of The Meteor Awards in 2011, but fear not, The Gooseberries are here!

So what's it all about? Well the Goosberries are an Irish copy of  Hollywood's The Raspberry Awards, so yes it's the awards show that presents awards to the worst of the worst in Irish Media!

People voted for the worst in Irish music and media in 2010 as voted for by the public on www.thegooseberries.com.

The lovely Miss UN Europe, Samantha Long, attended the event, and presented the award for worst Irish Single 2010! She looked gorgeous on the night with another dress from The Ivory Closet Limerick, what would us girls do without them?

Sami said the night went great:

"I had a fantastic night. The whole awards are based on having a laugh and I certainly did!"

Although the awards were really just for a laugh Sami said only one nominee showed up from RTE's Fade Street:

"CiCi Cavanagh was good enough to come along and collect the award Fade Street won for Worst Irish TV Programme of 2010. Unfortunately she was the only nominee to come from the "Worst" section"

 Samantha Long and Madaline Mulqueen (the bridesmaid from Horse Outside)

You might think that some Irish celebs will have some bruised ego's after last night but Director of the Gooseberries, Barbara McCarthy says the awards aren't taken too seriously:

‘This ceremony is unique in that it allows the members of the Irish media to self deprecate. It is very light-hearted and in the past nominees have been more than happy to accept their awards on the night."

Hosted by Clint Velour (aka Paddy Cullivan) front man of the Camembert Quartet, the official Late Late show band, the much anticipated awards ceremony took place in the Sugar Club last night.

Barbara McCarthy (director the Gooseberries) and Paddy Cullivan



Poor ole Bertie Ahern got a right doing at the awards, winning in two categories. The new The Hills RTE style program Fade Street also left as winners!


Here's a list of all the nominees and the winners:

Worst Irish Act of 2010:  
Boyzone
Tommy Fleming 
Crystal Swing - WINNER






Worst Irish Ad of 2010:
The Apprentice Cadbury's Ad
Bertie Ahern in News of The World  - WINNER
Craig Doyle UPC
 

Bertie won big on the night!

Worst Irish Radio DJ of 2010:  
Derek Mooney 
Gay Byrne
Neil Prendeville. - WINNER





Worst Irish TV Programme of 2010: 

Fade St - WINNER
The Apprentice 
The Saturday Night Show 

Fade Street won Worst TV program (ouch)

Worst Irish Single of 2010:  
"Insatiable" -Nadine Coyle
"Love Is A Hurricane" - Boyzone
"He Drinks Tequila" - Crystal Swing - WINNER

Worst Irish Album of 2010: 
Going Back - Tommy Fleming
Insatiable - Nadine Coyle
Planet Jedward - Jedward - WINNER

Worst Irish TV Host of 2010: 
Craig Doyle
Ray Foley - WINNER
Derek Mooney

Worst Irish Gig of 2010:  
Gorillaz @ O2
Guns n Roses @ O2 - WINNER
Jedward @ The Grand Canal Theatre

Worst Irish Publication of 2010: 
The Sunday World
The Sunday Independent 
The News Of The World - WINNER

Worst Irish Journalist of 2010: 
Bertie Ahern - WINNER
Kevin Myers 
Brenda Power

Seriously Social - The Ivory Closet's Bangel Party!

Hey guys,

 So last weekend I got the pleasure of attending The Ivory Closet's first ever 'Bangle Party'. I knew I was in for a night of style and glamour, but what I got was even better!


On arriving to the party I was greeted with a glass of bubbly and a cute goodie bag, which included; a 5 euro voucher off my next purchase, some nice sweeties, and some girlie beauty products too. On entering the shop, it has a feel of a Hollywood boutique. In one corner bangles and earrings dazzle, in another ball gowns fit for a princess hang gracefully, it's like the bedroom fit for royalty!

The Bangle Party!

So here's a bit of background: The Ivory Closet opened just over two months ago by three Limerick fashionistas; sisters Niamh, Sheila and Aine Cahill. Shelia told me that they spotted a gap in the market when they noticed their friends and family were spending tonnes of money on outfits for weddings, events etc which were only worn once! We're all guilty of breaking the bank to buy a gorge dress that hangs in the closet for months after (all lonely) so the girls came up with a great idea!

Instead of buying expensive outfits, how about renting them? The idea was genius and their stock is flying out the door! Designer dresses retailing at 1,000 euro can be rented for three nights for 90.00 euro, bargain or what?? Some of the amazing designers include Rachel Gilbert, Catherine Malandrino, Diane Von Fustenburg, Dolce and Gabanna, Temperly London, Matthew Willamson and Herve Leger - to name just a few.


On top of all that huge selections of their dresses have been seen on celebrities such as Cheryl Cole, The City star Olivia Palmero, Lauren Conrad, the Kardasian sisters and many more! So you can get the startastic look too!

As well as catering for dress sizes from 8 to 16, they also cater for all budgets with dress rentals starting as little as 20 euro to 200 euro for an amazing celebrity inspired ball gown!! Prices are based on a 3 day rental however they cater for weddings abroad in which a week long rental will be an option!! They also offer temporary alterations! So if the dress is a teeny bit too tight, or slightly too big, they can fix that for you!
Now, the reason I was there on the VIP list, was to check out their seriously gorgeous crystal embellished bangles! They've been seen on celebs such as Pixie Lott, and Alisha Dixon! And can change an outfit from dreary to dazzling! And to help you complete your look you can purchase the UK’s number 1 selling tan Xen-Tan.

The Ivory Closet at the Xpose Xmas Experience Show

So yeah, there is a lot I can say about the place. The decor matches the standard of their products, you just feel like a little girl in a designers closet being there! The whole experience of shopping their is an indulgence, a guilty pleasure we all want to explore!


If you haven't visited the shop, you are seriously missing out. Whether if it's for a wedding, a ball, a special event or even just a big night out, there are dresses to fit every shape and size, every length, and most importantly.... every style!


Love,


Miss Red <3

P.S Need to find your way there?


Address:
1st Floor

18 Shannon Street
Limerick

(Over head Myles Breens bar)


Opeing hours:
10am-5pm Monday -Friday
(Saturday with appointment)


Contact:
Phone: 061-314422
Email: theivorycloset@gmail.com



Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/theivorycloset



*** For info on their latest part click here: Valentines Party ***