Dublin Town Beauty Business Shortlisted in IMAGE BOB Awards 2020
Rewarding beauty businesses is what the IMAGE Beauty of Business Awards were created for, and this year 28 DublinTown businesses have been shortlisted!
Celebrating the best of the beauty businesses in Ireland, awards will be handed out for 18 different categories, from hair and nails to brows and tanning. Taking place on March 15th, there will also be five innovation awards announced on the night and plenty of fabulous fashion too!

Winners at IMAGE BOB Awards 2019
Brown Sugar is shortlisted for three awards including Best Hair Colourist, Best Front of House Experience and Best Hairstylist; and The Hive on Dame Lane also also shortlisted for three awards which include Best Hair Salon, Best Hairstylist and Best Front of House Experience. Glam Nail and Beauty are up for two awards including Best Nail Salon and Best Tanning Professional for Dominika Kedzierska; while Brown Thomas has two staff in the running as Aidan Corcoran for Best Make-up Artist and Zoe Gorman at Charlotte Tilbury are also nominated.
Fifth Avenue Beauty Emporium has been shortlisted for two awards including the coveted Best Beauty Salon for their Clarendon Street salon while their Wicklow Street salon is up for Best Nail Salon. Dylan Bradshaw on South William Street also has two nods for Best Hair Salon and Best Bloody Brilliant Blow-dry for Gemma Murphy; and PREEN on Dame Street is shortlisted for Best Hair Salon while owner Katherine Sweeney is also up for Best Hairstylist.
Also shortlisted for two awards are Tropical Popical for Best Front of House Experience and Kate O’Brien as Best Nail Technician; and the South William Street Clinic who are nominated for Best Aesthetic Clinic and Sarah Flood as Best Beauty Therapist.
Take a look below at each of the categories DublinTown businesses have been shortlisted in, while you can find the full list on the IMAGE BOB Awards webpage.
Best Beauty Salon:
– 5th Avenue Beauty Emporium, Clarendon Street
Best Aesthetic Clinic:
– South William Clinic & Spa, South William Street
– Thérapie Clinic, South William Street
– The Wicklow Street Clinic, Wicklow Street
Best Nail Salon:
– Chipped, St. Stephen’s Green
– Glam Nail and Beauty, Trinity Street
– Nails Dublin, Wicklow Street
– 5th Avenue Nail Boutique, Wicklow Street
Best Hair Salon:
– SitStil, Drury Street
– The Hive, Dame Lane
– Dylan Bradshaw, South William Street
– Dry & Fly, Wicklow Street
– PREEN, Dame Street
Best Front of House Experience:
– Brown Sugar, South William Street
– The Hive, Dame Lane
– Tropical Popical, South William Street
Best Tanning Professional:
– Dominika Kedzierska, Glam Nail and Beauty, Trinity Street
Best Nail Technician:
– Kate O’Brien, Tropical Popical, South William Street
Best Make-up Artist:
– Zoe Gorman, Charlotte Tilbury, Brown Thomas Dublin, Grafton Street
– Ken Boylan, Ken Boylan Makeup/Play, Balfe Street
– Lyndsey Cavanagh, One Dame Lane, Dame Lane
– Aidan Corcoran, Brown Thomas Dublin, Grafton Street
Best Beauty Therapist:
– Sarah Flood, South William Clinic & Spa, South William Street
Best Brow Artist:
– Suzanne Hourigan, The Brow Boss, Drury Street
– Claudine King, Claudine King Brows & Beauty, South William Street
– Katie Tiernan, Benefit Cosmetics, South William Street
Best Eyelash Artist:
– Nicola Whelan, Suede Lash Studio, Drury Street
Best Hairstylist:
– James Coleman, Brown Sugar, South William Street
– Karen Fraher, The Hive, Dame Lane
– Katherine Sweeney, PREEN, Dame Street
Best Hair Colourist:
– Danilo Possato, David Marshall, Fade Street
– Alex Reid, Alan Keville for Hair, Powerscourt Centre
– Leanne Shortall, Toni & Guy
– Olive Tucker Lee, House of Colour, D’Olier Street
– Norma Jean O’Reilly, Brown Sugar, South William Street
– Robbie Foster, Reds, Dawson Street
Most Creative Talent in Hair:
– Michael Corcoran, Peter Mark
Best Bloody Brilliant Blow-dry:
– Jenny Maloney, Zeba Hairdressing, South William Street
– Craig Fitzpatrick, Sugar Cubed, South William Street
– Gemma Murphy, Dylan Bradshaw, South William Street