I Died and Went to Makeup & Nail Polish Heaven, All in the Name of Doggies.
9 Feb
Close your eyes, ladies. Go ahead. Close them. (Then open them in order to read the rest of this post.)
Now imagine a world where you have SO many beauty products that you don’t know what to do with, that you actually need to give them away!
Sound wonderful, doesn’t it? Well, if you have a rocking blog called All Lacquered Up like my friend Michelle, it’s a total reality. I could only imagine…
Her nail polish focused beauty blog allows her to get connected with some top beauty brands. And she’s nice enough to share her swag. Not only does she share it, she hosts an annual private party to her personal, blogger and Twitter friends and sells all of the samples she received throughout the year and donates all of the proceeds to a charity.
This year, all of the money raised went to Friends of the Cleveland Kennel and Second Hand Mutts, two wonderful organizations that provide shelter and a second chance at a good life for animals in need.
So I’m buying make up and my money goes to animals?? I immediately sprinted to the ATM.
This was my first year attending. With that being said, I made some pretty amateur moves. A) I didn’t bring NEARLY enough money, B) I didn’t bring a shopping bag, C) I waited to be the last person in the room (of about 25 other ladies) to go through all of the stuff. Lessons learned. I will be fully prepared for battle next year.
I snapped a few pictures just to prove that this actually happened, and swimming in a sea of makeup, beauty products and nail polish wasn’t a dream.
Table 1: Nail Polish galore
Table 2: Liners, Glosses & Hair Stuff
Table 3: MAC, n MORE!
I would say Lisa’s face pretty much sums up how all of us felt.
So for $20 (because that was all I allowed myself to spend,) I got four awesome MAC products! Two lip glosses, bronzer and some blush.
SCORE!
I’m not kidding when I say some girls’ bags had $200 worth of stuff in them. But I couldn’t be happier to walk away with my four amazing products!
So, yes, this would be my Heaven. And Michelle gets to live it everyday. Lucky (and a very generous) girl. And because of our crazy makeup obsessions, Michelle raised $1300 to go to the dogs. Way to go Michelle and ladies!
What a great, fun idea! And Lisa’s face is awesome in that pic…
Next year, bring your check book lady!!
Let’s get together soon with the boys.
So good seeing you last night!!! Additionally let’s triple date with me you and Alana!!
Yes, girls! Let’s do it!