Showing posts with label blogger meetup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogger meetup. Show all posts

TOWIB February 2012

Sunday, 12 February 2012

First of all apologies for the lack of FFF this Friday, I'm working on a pictorial request for this Friday though, so I hope you look forward to it!

On to the TOWIB post then! For those who don't know, TOWIB (the only way is blogging) is the blogger event organised by the lovely Hayley aka London Beauty Queen
Me with the LBQ
I missed the last TOWIB meetup and was glad it was being held in a hotel this time (being Muslim, the idea of bars makes me uncomfortable) so it was exciting for me to go to a larger scale blogger meetup and see who I could find!
My name badge <3
This TOWIB consisted of a blogger bonding session, PR panel, Ebuzzing, Annabelle's Wigs and Blogger Q&A's all at The Montague Hotel near Russell Square.
Unfortunately I missed most of the blogger bonding session as I ran late, but I did get to meet some lovely bloggers and found some fans too including the lovely Epiphannie! Of course my lovely blogger friends from the last blogger meetup(s) where there too:
L-R: Numera, SamRam, Abeer, Me!
There were definitely some useful tips noted particularly from the PR panel, such as how brands see bloggers and how to get noticed.. 
PR panel with LBQ Hayley

The Ebuzzing session was a bit longwinded though.. I think it would have been more interesting if the bloggers were fed just before as most of us seemed to lose concentration there and for those of you on Twitter, you may have noticed a bunch of very hungry tweets!


I did have to leave after that unfortunately due to a dinner at the inlaws, but would have loved to stay for the Blogger Q&A with bloggers such as Get Lippie and A Model Recommends which was the last part. I wasn't too fussed about the Annabelle Wigs to be honest.. it would have been fun taking pics but for a hijabi (scarf wearing person) like me it would have been plain weird haha!
Here's two more pics at the Montague:
Aneesa & Saman of weareveryday with Numera
Me & Numera messing about!
All in all, it was great to meet up with my blogger friends and meet new ones too and I managed to pick up on a couple tips that I hope will help with my blog!
Next time however, I do plan to work the room a lot more so I can talk a bit more longer with bloggers as I only managed to get a flying hi and bye with some of them, particularly Aysha & Annabella of Skinscrubs!

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Blogger Meetup

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

[picture heavy post!]
Last Sunday a few fellow beauty bloggers and I organised a meetup, to share views on beauty products and blogs as well as hold a beauty swap. We each brought a couple products - whether old, new, inappropriate or simply unwanted and met for lunch at Shepherds Bush Westfield.
We ate at the lovely Malaysian restaurant Jom Makan where the food was delicious and looked lovely!
Of course, I took some pics..
 my weird "black pearl" drink with bbloggers in the back.. now for some desserts:
 
 Sam Ram clearly enjoying her coffee
Hafsa of Muslimah Beauty also gave us a preview of her lovely upcoming body products.. (shh)
We then shopped around a bit coming to a stop near the village, to sit down and do our beauty swap. Having worked up a thirst, we ordered lovely mocktails and got down to business.. it was a messy sight and the poor waiter had no idea what was going on!!
Table 1:
 Table 2:
It started off quite orderly, but then we all ended up laying our products on the table; hence the chaos, but it was exciting having a look at the other bloggers items, especially those that you'd never seen before or have wanted to try but have never got to. I loved it!
Here's my favourites that I got to choose from the swap; I tried to choose one thing from each person so I could blog about them!
L-R: Kiss Ever EZ lashes in 02 from Muslimah Beauty
Daniel Sandler Jumbo Jet mascara from Pyari Beauty
Botanics Instant Glow Tinted Moisturiser from Evoke Modesty
Sleek True Colour lipstick in Peaches & Cream from Chocoholic Hijabi
MAC Studio Sculpt concealer in NC42 from Sam Ram

Can't wait to try these out properly.. the lashes with the strings is something I've never actually seen before.. I'm intrigued!
I've read about Daniel Sandler cosmetics but never tried any so when Aaliyah from Pyari Beauty brought it, I knew I had to try it!
I don't know if the Botanics tinted moisturiser is the right shade for me but I'll defo find out soon. 
I deliberated over the Sleek Peaches & Cream lipstick as I thought it's way too light for my skintone.. It looks like a nice peachy colour though, so if it doesn't suit me, it'll be added to my makeup kit ;)
Finally, the MAC concealer was swapped for my UDPP; I did go up two shades this year after the two holidays, so I thought I'd swap.. again, even if it doesn't suit me I can use it in my kit!

Before leaving we took a group pic (or two).. 
L-R:
ME =D

Go follow these lovely ladies!
I absolutely loved this meetup, I've never met fellow bloggers like this before so it was nice to chill and talk about what I'm most passionate about - beauty!
Can't wait for the next one, hopefully some time next year =D

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