EDITOR'S NOTE

Hi everyone and welcome to April.

We have had a busy month with our Annual Connect Hair and Beauty Awards, it was a fantastic day and everyone had lots of fun, congrats to all our worthy winners and finalists. Its so refreshing to see so many new people coming to that industry too and setting up their own small business.

We have all the images here to view and also on our website so enjoy looking through all the glamour of the day.

We chat with Gina Groves who was our lifetime achievement award recipient and a very worthy one at that. She tells us about life, work and family. She truly is an amazing lady.

We also meet two powerful ladies taking the podcast world by storm, Caroline Lyons and Sarah Benner have created a podcast called What a Woman, and to date they have a host of amazing ladies who have chatted with the.

Lots of tips and advice for you on all topics including staying fit over easter,

So as we face into Easter weekend enjoy all the festivities with family and make sure and endulge in at least one egg.

See you all soon

Mags xx

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Sunday March 26th saw the return of the annual Connect Kerry Hair and Beauty Awards, guests from the hair and beauty industry gathered in the Rose Hotel for the annual awards, and lots of fun was had on the day.

It all kicked off at 4pm with a delicious champagne reception

Then it was on to the Lee Suite for a scrumptious 4 course meal created by award-winning head chef at the Rose Odran Lucey accompanied by fine wines,

At 5.30pm the awards ceremony began where all the awards were announced. This was followed by a fantastic after-party where guests enjoyed the entertainment of Ray Stack DJ.

We would like to thank all who attended on the day and all those who supported us as a sponsor or providing spot prizes for our charity raffle.

We look forward to welcoming you all to our next awards on June 16th