Miss Tourism World: National Costume

One of my biggest stresses for Miss Tourism World was  trying to sort out a national costume. A national costume needs to be something that represents your country but also something that really stands out on stage. When I thought about an elaborate stage costume the first company I thought of was Love Jewles x.
Love Jewels is a fairly recent business venture set up by one of Ireland’s leading make up artists Julie Caufield. I first met Julie when we worked on a shoot together a few years back, she’s really creative so I wasn’t surprised at all when I saw she had expanded her creativity into costume design. Love Jewel’s is really unique and is filling a gap for high end costumes and customised pieces in the Irish market. Whether it be  for a dancer costume, a stage show, a fancy dress costume, or something a bit different for a photo shoot love jewels will have you covered with their extensive range.

One of Love Jewels more elaborate costumes, perfect for a shoot!

This one would look great as a dancer costume.

Stunning Julie models some of her custom studded bras (these can be made to order)

I called over to Jules house for a fitting and we tried on a few costumes. In the end we decided to go with a sparkly emerald green dress and the theme of my costume could be the emerald Isle.

I themed it with a black cloak, green necklace and a green shamrock embellished headband, I really loved the quality of this dress and I thought it really stood out and sparkled on stage, especially against the black.

Backstage with Ms Lebanon

On stage

In Bangkok Scene Magazine.

My shoes for the pageant where provided by my favourite online store NoPolka.com, if your a regular reader of my blog you will have seen me blog about nopolka before, I use them alot and find their online service to always be quick and very reliable. The shoes they provided me with for the pageant where great because they where super high with a 6.5inch heel (meaning they gave me that extra bit of height on stage) but still comfortable to walk in so that I didn’t have to worry about tripping or having sore feet during the show.

I love the suede effect and the red sole, I think it gives these shoes a really classic designer look. Nopolka are my go to brand for shoes and  these stunning heels are currently reduced to a bargain €39.19, unbeatable value! Unfortunately they don’t have many sizes left, but don’t worry there are plenty of other similar amazing bargain heels on the Nopolka website.

I really loved my national costume and thought it was a cool twist on the Irish theme, using two great Irish costume/clothing company’s. You can check it out in the video of the Miss Tourism World final below.
Until next time,
Aoife X

What I Wore: Charlotte (Geordie Shore) Interview

So I spent my aurthur’s day interviewing the lovely Charlotte from georide shore. It was a great night and I have to say she was a lovely girl.

For the interview I wore a cute stripped backless tank dress (€48 euro from american apparel), light cream stiletto’s (€40 from catch dublin or nopolka.com) and a light cream fold over clutch (last season from River Island). I accessorized the look with a red stone ring, moustache ear rings (both from primark/pennys) and some Barry M red nail polish (roughly €4). My tan (as always) was a calafornia spray tan done by the lovely girls in Sandy’s Secrets Maynooth (had to make sure I was bronzed standing next to Charlotte!).

Before the interview Charlotte got a gift from Irish designer Fionnuala Bourke, it was a fab little phone cover. She loved it, and you can order your own personal phone cover from fionnuala’s facebook page ( I love them, there so cute!)

You can check out the Interview below.
Untill next time,
Aoife X