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Things To Do This Month


By Jeanne Sutton
01st Dec 2014
Things To Do This Month

tropical popical nails

Tropical Popical to host pop-up Sex Siopa

When your event tagline reads ?Invite to get nailed in more ways than one?, you get an immediate click attending from us. Wednesday week, December 10th, sees two of our favourite start up founders, Andrea Horan of nail bar Tropical Popical and Shawna Scott of sexsiopa.ie, team up for an event that says ?I’m a woman of the 21st century. Hear me roar.”

From 6-8pm the South William Street nail bar will host a pop-up display of Sex Siopa’s range of bodysafe and design-focused sex toys. And while your choosing out Santa’s gift for you, avail of free sexy manis! And Panty Dropper cocktails! Shawna will be in attendance and giving workshops on how to choose the perfect toy for you.

When: Wednesday, December 10th, 6-8pm

Where: Tropical Popical, 28 South William Street, D2

J Brand / Simone Rocha Collaboration Lands

Everyone’s favourite young Irish designer, Ms Simone Rocha, has been mighty busy lately. In between stunning catwalk shows and winning awards – hello Harper’s Bazaar Young Designer of the Year -? she’s been working on a capsule collection for the famous denimn brand J. Brand. The J Brand / Simone Rocha collection is comprised of 14 pieces and unexpectedly marries Rocha’s bold femininity with slim and boy-fit denim.? Havana in Dublin got their exclusive hands on the collection. It will be available in the boutique this Thursday. Prices start at €250.

When: Thursday, December 4th

Where: Havana, 2 Anglesea House, Dublin 4

Strandhill People’s Market

We love a good market, and we love Sligo. This year the Strandhill People’s Market?is where we’re spending the petrol money getting to, and when we’ve arrived we’ll spend the rest of our money. The location is pretty nifty also. This year the market takes place in an airport hanger and runs every Sunday up until 21st of December. Crafts, food, airport hanger locale – consider our weekends booked solid.

When: Every Sunday until Christmas

Where: Strandhill Airport,?Sligo,?Ireland

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