‘At this rate I'm going to have a buzzcut', says Muireann O'Connell as she shares ‘singed' hair nightmare
IRELAND AM star Muireann O'Connell has shared her "singed" hair fiasco and claimed that her next move will be a "buzz cut".
The
hair
journey over the past year after chopping off her locks due to heat damage.
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Muireann O'Connell chopped off her hair due to heat damage
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Muireann has revealed the same issue has repeated itself again
The 41-year-old told followers that she decided to cut off her hair in January after the top layer was "completely and utterly singed" from using a straightener every day.
The popular presenter revealed that the same issue had repeated itself as she joked: "At this rate, I'm going to have a buzz cut and I don't have the ears for it."
The
star
added: "Before you say it, I may as well as have a condom on my head with all the heat protector I use."
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Muireann then confessed that she found inspiration from Irish influencer Sabrina Hill, who uses a
The Irish host decided to give the hair tool a go
this morning
as she emphasised: "I will try anything to stop the damage."
After trying out the Airwrap, Muireann joked: "Okay I know Sabrina Hill's hair looks like a God damn goddess, mine is more of a mushroom head."
However, she gushed: "My hair actually felt like hair today and not a Brillo pad so, result!"
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She finally joked: "We move forward in trying to stop the singe… wigs, right?"
And fans all thanked Muireann for the hair tip as they flocked to the comment section.
Muireann O'Connell shares glimpse of home
Lily wrote: "Thanks for the hair tip, I want to stop using heat on my own hair."
Tanya said: "
You look great
@muireann.o
not like a mushroom head at all
."
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Carolyn added: "You did a great job on your hair, it's beautiful."
While Rosanne remarked: "Okay maybe I do need a
Dyson
Airwrap."
This comes after Muireann revealed the
STAR'S STRUGGLE
The Virgin Media
star
and her fiancé, who she got engaged to in 2021, were on the hunt to
for four years
before getting the keys to their new home.
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The
After blood, sweat and tears, the popular presenter
POSITIVE MESSAGE
The former
radio
star posted a
Muireann opened up about the stressful journey saying: "For anyone going through it, I know how s**t this is.
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"It was years. The personal stress. The
relationship
stress. I can only imagine the stress if you're looking when you have
children
.
"I hate the 'what's for you won't pass you by' thing/ It used to get to me so much, even though people were just being lovely.
"Everyday, I expected a call saying the house had fallen through. I didn't believe it until I had the keys in my hand but all I could do was be positive.
"Even if I was absolutely lying to myself and downing a bottle of
wine
of a Friday to keep the sanity. Much love to all the hunters."
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