Couture nails
Nailcare is big business. I remember being surprised at the number of nail bars in New York, where everyone, girls and boys, take the state of their nails very seriously. Julian Fallon, who runs the hugely successful 1st Option model agency, saw the importance of this grooming element and set up The Nail Room a few years ago. Needless to say business is booming. So much so, in fact, that she has just become the Irish distributor of OPI, the Gucci of nailcare.
With celebrity followers like Madonna, Reese Witherspoon, Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez, it's not difficult to see why the brand has become such a hit.
Julian hosted the launch of OPI - the Japanese Collection in the trendy Aya sushi bar on Clarendon Street this morning. I felt a little bit out of place in a room full of excited girls all having manicures. It was a case of blessed arth thou among women. Indulging in the luxury treatments were TV producer Cathy O'Connor, FM104 beauty correspondent Gillian Hyland and Julian's sister Trish, who is positively blooming with her first pregnancy.
With names such as Don't be Koi with me, Dress to Empress and Miso Happy with this Color, you should be able to imagine the quirky, high fashion image of the brand. Available from The Nail Room in Roches Stores Henry St. and Blackrock from 9th February.
