Well it was a brilliant night. The Odessa Private Members Club is a gorgeous, funkily decorated, tall Georgian building in 13 Dame Court, opposite the Stag's Head pub in city centre Dublin. About 25 ladies arrived just before 7pm on Wednesday March 10th into the intimate space of the cinema screening room to the strains of lively, upbeat, feel good songs such as Perfect 10 by Beautiful South, Sesame St., Homely Girl by UB40, It's a Wonderful World etc., and got straight into mixing and mingling, savouring delicious nibbles and quaffing some very nice wine. Eva Lee from Eva Lee Counselling welcomed the guests and introduced herself and Ruth Murphy from Colour Me Beautiful/Positive Image, explained the format of the event and wished everyone an enjoyable evening.
Ruth kicked off the event with a riveting presentation on style personalities. The guests had been asked to fill in a questionnaire on their own style personality - were they a dramatic, a creative, a natural, a romantic or a classic? Ruth outlined the types of clothes to suit their personalities, demonstrated the colours that suit particular skin tones and passed fab contemporary glasses frames around to complement every face shape.
Eva then took to the floor and the group identified the strengths of a number of inspirational women before focussing on their own strengths and motivations. Each of the guests then discussed a current challenge in their lives and Eva highlighted the importance of making time for yourself in your life. The wisdom and life experience of all the guests in the room was tapped into and a wonderfully supportive atmosphere was created.
Susan Kennedy, photographer from http://www.lensmen.ie/ won the raffle for 6 yoga sessions with Cara Sothern of the Dublin Holistic Centre carasothern@hotmail.com
A number of the guests stayed around to chat with new friends and everyone was presented with a goody bag worth 300 euro before leaving, including products from Benefit, O2 and Mars and significant discounts on look good/feel good products from hairdressing to reflexology. It was widely agreed to be a wonderful evening - to be repeated in the Autumn!
