The IMAGE Business of Beauty 2022 winners are…

After a three-year absence of in-person events, we were delighted to welcome back our IMAGE Business of Beauty Awards 2022 this weekend, Ireland’s biggest, glittery-est, most stylish, adrenaline-charged awards. Honouring the very best in Irish hair and beauty, these awards celebrate the crème de la crème of the industry; the people we trust with helping us transform into the shiniest, most glamorous versions of ourselves on a daily basis.

As you know, winners were decided 100% by public vote and almost half a million votes flooded in over the past five weeks – each one telling us who you think really deserved to win one of Ireland’s Hair and Beauty Oscars. Needless to say, the competition was very close. Some categories came down to just a matter of two or three votes… but, the results are in. Scroll down to see the winners in the gallery below.

So, without further ado, these are your IMAGE Business of Beauty 2022 winners:

Best Brow Artist

Winner: Michelle Fox, Michelle Fox MUA and PhiBrows 

Runners up

Silver: Kim O’Sullivan, The Dublin Makeup Academy 

Bronze: Keara Lennon, Face Brow Bar, Athlone

Best Lash Artist

Winner: Jess Hurley, Lola Lash, Dublin

Runners up 

Silver: Vivian Mann, Lux Lashes Ireland, Tullamore

Bronze: Sarah Wade, Suede Lash Studio

Best Nail Technician

Winner: Jo Simpson, Tropical Popical

Runners up

Silver: Sarah Gaynor, Sarah Gaynor Nails

Bronze: Lisa Ellis, Jardines Face & Body Clinic, Clondalkin

Best Make-up Artist

Winner: Lisa Shannon, Lisa Shannon Makeup  

Runners up

Silver: Sandra Gillen, Sandra Gillen Makeup 

Bronze: Caolán Kelly, Sculpted by Aimee Connolly 

Best Therapist

Winner: Jamie Burns, Burgundy Skin & Beauty 

Runners up

Silver: Anna Muldowney, Peach Beauty and Skin Clinic, Dundrum 

Bronze: Eavanna Breen, Akina Beauty & Laser Clinic

Best Beauty Influencer

Winner: Michelle Regazzoli Stone @mrsmakeup_ie 

Runners up

Silver: Conor James Doyle @conorjmd 

Bronze: Keilidh Cashell @keilidhmua

Beauty Entrepreneur of the Year

Winner: Aimee Connolly, founder, Sculpted by Aimee Connolly 

Runners up

Silver: Suzanne Jackson, founder, SOSU Cosmetics and Dripping Gold 

Bronze: Joann Mahon, owner and MD, Millies.ie 

Best Facialist 

Winner: Olga Kochlewska, Skin by Olga

Runners up

Silver: Corinna Tolan, Monica Tolan The Skin Experts

Bronze: Megan Byrne, Institute of Dermatologists 

Best Advanced Aesthetician 

Winner: Dr Altona Myers, Facial Rejuve, Sandyford 

Runners up

Silver: Dr Clodagh O’Shea, Beacon Face & Dermatology

Bronze: Dr Ruaa Elhelali, Thérapie Clinic 

Hall of Fame

Winner: Andrea Horan, founder, Tropical Popical 

Runners up

Silver: Dylan Bradshaw, founder, Dylan Bradshaw

Bronze: Mark O’Keeffe, Brown Sugar

Men’s Hair Specialist

Winner: Suzanne Redmond, Sugar Daddy 

Runners up

Silver: Conor McCormack, Cut & Sew

Bronze: Wayne Lloyd, Wayne Lloyd Hair, Cork

Most Creative Talent in Hair 

Winner: Norma-Jean O’Reilly, The Room 

Runners up

Silver: Ceira Lambert, Ceira Lambert Hair

Bronze: Aidan Darcy 

Best Bloody Brilliant Blow-dry

Winner: Neill Cooney, Brown Sugar, Blackrock

Runners up

Silver: Kai Teixeira, OSLO Ranelagh 

Bronze: Michelle Galvin, Patrick’s The Hair Company, Tralee 

Best Hair Colourist 

Winner: Sabrina Hill, Kopper Hair Salon, Cork 

Runners up

Silver: Gemma Murphy, Dylan Bradshaw

Bronze: Aimee Penco, Beauty One 

Best Hair Stylist 

Winner: Roy Leigh, No 72 The Gallery, Dun Laoghaire 

Runners up

Silver: Denise McLean, Pelo 

Bronze: Katrina Kelly, Cut Social 

Best Aesthetic Clinic

Winner: Facial Rejuve 

Runners up

Silver: Thérapie Clinic, Molesworth Street 

Bronze: The Cosmetic Suite at the Institute of Dermatologists 

Best Spa

Winner: Aqua Sana Spa at Center Parcs Longford Forest 

Runners up

Silver: The Spa at Adare Manor

Bronze: The Spa at Galgorm

Best Hair Salon

Winner: The Room 

Runners up

Silver: Wildflower 

Bronze: Brown Sugar

Best Nail Salon

Winner: Tropical Popical 

Runners up

Silver: No.29 Nail Lounge, Cabinteely 

Bronze: MINK Dublin

Best Beauty Salon

Winner: Skin & Body Works, Navan and Ratoath 

Runners up

Silver: Burgundy Beauty

Bronze: Monica Tolan The Skin Experts 

Innovation Awards

The innovation awards are chosen by the IMAGE editorial team to recognise brands who have performed exceptionally in the past year

Most Innovative Hair Care Brand 

Andrew Fitzsimons

Most Innovative Make-up Brand 

Sculpted by Aimee Connolly

Most Innovative Irish Brand 

The Handmade Soap Company

Most Innovative Skincare Brand 

CeraVe

Most Innovative Spa Brand 

Ground

Most Innovative Category Launch 

Nu from YSL Beauty

Most Innovation in Science

SEABODY

Most Innovation in Sustainability 

Nunaïa

See all the winners in the gallery below.

Photography by Kieran Harnett.