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Eimear Geelon from Berry Hair Salon and Sophie Linwang from Kris Morton have added their names to the Grand Finalists who will be competing at TRIBE08 in Battersea Park in September.

The pair wowed the esteemed judging panel of Stacey Broughton from Staffords, Jo O'Neill from Toni & Guy UK and Maeve O'Healy Harte at The Dublin Tripod during the inaugural Irish RAP.

Style Innovators

Four Style Innovators - David Murray and Sophie Linwang of the Kris Morton Group and Sophie Linwang and Ciaran Purcell of Peter Mark - were choosen from an earlier mood board judging round.

Each had five minutes to show off their High Fashion look as seen and interpreted from the runways of New York, but Sophie's on-trend fringe stole the show.

Colour Genius

Themed 'METALLIC GLAM' after Redken's latest colour collection, COLOR GENIUS contestants focused on shimmering titanium and chrome-injected reflections which were glamorous and sophisticated with a clear vision of what reflected this seasons catwalk trends.

The finalists, who all came up with stunning creations were:

H20 Salon- Niall Bennett

Berry Hair Salon - Eimear Geelon

Dannys Hair Salon - Lisa Brennan

MIZU hair salon - Irene McGee

Eimar and Sophie will now face competitors from the North, the Midlands and the South trying to win fantastic prizes including a photo shoot of the winning colour look, a fantastic A1 banner of the winning shot and a personal coach day with a key style expert.