Do you remember the first Beauty Board I attended? Well the 5th Beauty Board was once again a huge success. ย So many products to test out, great tunes, amazing food and so many people to mingle with…so much so that I was so distracted and didn’t take as many pictures as I wanted to ๐
The Beauty Board is put together by none other than Stephanie Daga of Blush Pretty and the Fresh Beautiful Skin Studio. ย This girl is unbelievable – she is so talented, has such amazing vision and ideas, a business woman to look up to, a complete family girl (amazing husband AND TWO kids!) and a great friend ๐ ย Really!!! And no she didn’t pay me to write all that LOL! ย I am truly in awe of everything this girl accomplishes!
So on to the Beauty Board!
This year there were so many great brands. ย Joining the Beauty Board again were Vasanti Cosmetics, Consonant Body, Dalish Cosmetics and Cheeky Monkey. ย Items from Olay, Covergirl, Secret, Butter London were available for testing as well!
Olay and Secret
Cover Girl
DaLish Cosmetics
Consonant Body
Photo Credit: Meredith of Et Tu And You
New to the Beauty Board was Revolution Organics, Stella and Dot, FeatherBand and I was representing Avon and Mark cosmetics!
Revolution Organics
FeatherBands
Photo Credit: ย Meredith of Et Tu And You
My Avon/Mark set up
Stephanie even organized a scavenger hunt! Those that completed it were entered into a draw for some HUGE prizes!
Oodles and oodles of swag!!!
Since I was so busy eating, bopping my head to music and talking, I failed to take a picture of the mouthwatering food prepared by Stephanie’s awesome family and of DJ Bloo who, as usual, was playing some AMAZING tunes. ย If you’re in the Greater Toronto Area and are planning an event, he is your man! ย (Please don’t forget to invite me!)
So who do I blame for distracting me? ย Well, the reason I was so distracted at this Beauty Board was because the last time I attended the Beauty Board in November 2010 I didn’t know anyone except the friend I attended with. ย Blogging and being on twitter has opened so many doors for me and I have formed so many friendships, including Stephanie. ย But here is a list of the other bloggers I was catching up with:
Alicia of Funny Face Beauty
Meredith of Et Tu and You
Fiona Famous for the Product Wars Series
Anjali of Rock That Look and Gen Y: Don’t Bite
along with some other non-bloggers that I met through Stephanie! (This girl knows EVERYONE!)
And a couple people I met but feel like I’ve known for years:
Leesh of The Blarkness Chroniclesย whom I’ve been tweeting with for a while!
And Kat of Vodka and Soda who I randomly started talking to and we just sort of hit it off LOL!
For some odd reason, I DID NOT get to meet Donna Marie of Makeup By Donna Marie…we must have just kept crossing paths and not even realizing it!!!!
So…can you see why I had no time to take pictures?!?
All in all a huge success, and I want to thank Stephanie and her family for putting together such a great event. ย It brings together beauty lovers – bloggers and non-bloggers together in a great casual and exciting environment.
My wallet however wants to BLAME Stephanie since many of the vendors had deals going on that were just too good to pass up. ย (She’s also known on twitter as an enabler, so if you ever have the pleasure of meeting her in real life – you’ve been warned!)
CANNOT WAIT until the next Beauty Board!