Gorgeous Star PR clients joined forces for Caroline Monk's charity, Caroline's Campaign, to provide seven ladies battling
Breast Cancer a Valentine’s themed make-over day of a lifetime.
After
being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, cancer campaigner, Caroline Monk
knows all too well how devastating the effects of losing your hair, eye brows
and eye lashes can feel for women. Caroline Comments ‘It was a dreadful experience, the chemotherapy left me looking like a
bald alien, and feeling very unfeminine
and depressed.’ So in 2007 Caroline, recently awarded, London
Personality of the year, set about helping other cancer sufferers by organising
free pampering days, worth over £1,000 to help restore the confidence and lift
the spirits of women battling the disease.
Since
launching the campaign, Caroline’s helped dozens of women all over the UK.
Caroline’s latest event was held in London on February 6th, with a
Valentines theme to help seven ladies look and feel amazing in time to
celebrate the most romantic day of the year with their loved ones. Unlike other
charities, Caroline doesn’t ask for any money to help the women involved, but
for local people to kindly donate their time and services for free to make a
real difference to people’s lives.
This year
the make-over event was held at our clients premises, Denise Lebar, a specialist London hair loss
boutique, whose team provide the most innovative and advanced hair loss solutions
for women experiencing any form of thinning or hair loss issues. Working together
with Caroline’s team of volunteers they gave dramatic new looks to seven very
deserving ladies, whose lives and confidence had been shattered by cancer. The day saw the
women pampered with manicures, make-up sessions and even tattooed eyebrows by
Karen Betts as well as the hair make-overs from Denise Lebar’s expert hair loss
team and wigs styled and donated by Trendco.
When the
women had been glitzed and glammed they were whizzed in a limousine over to our new client, the swanky Rydges Hotel to Gloucester Road for a star studded showbiz after party
where they rubbed shoulders with the likes of Vanessa Feltz, Nicola McClean,
Bobby Sabel, Lizzie Cundy, Sam Fox, Lorraine Chase and Zoe Hardman to name a
few. Top Kensington hotel Rydges provided the venue, drinks, staff and food
free of charge all evening so the ladies could end their special day in style.
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| Lizzie Cundy |
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| Zoe Hardman |
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| Two of our brave ladies with the glam squad! |
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| Kitty from X-Factor |
Entertainment
was provided by sexy Crooner Matthew VanKan and even an impromptu performance
by Kitty Brucknell who belted out ‘Born This Way’.
Debenhams
generously donated all the clothes and shoes for the ladies fashion make-overs
which saw them dressed head to toe in red and black in keeping with the Valentine’s
Day theme. When the ladies walked into the room to reveal their new looks to
their friends, family and celebrity guests, there was not a dry eye in the
house.
Caroline
explains, ‘You cannot fail to be moved by
what a difference this event has made to the lives of these ladies and their
families. Restoring their appearance that had been ravaged by chemotherapy
helped the women to regain a sense of their femininity and confidence giving
them a real feeling of hope for the future. It means so much to these women to
realize that total strangers are prepared to give up their time and services to
give them a day to cherish and remember.’ ‘I can’t thank everyone enough who
helped to make this event happen, and would urge other people around the UK to
help run similar events to help women in their local communities.’
Through-out
the evening the ladies were spoilt by delicious canapés,
yummy cupcakes donated by Cute as a Cup Cake Ltd, bubbling Champers and danced
the night away. Looking gorgeous, glamorous and best of all- Happy.
Hayley Sparkes, Gorgeous Star PR quotes, 'We were delighted to involve two of our fantastic clients in Caroline's Campaign latest event. The team at Denise Lebar and Rydges worked tirelessly to ensure the ladies taking part had the day of their dreams, and I can't personally thank them enough for supporting such a worthy charity campaign.'
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