There are blogger perks, and then there are blogger perks. On the scale of blogger perks, going to an event for COLAB Hair to test out their products, drink free champagne, get your hair done by a pro session stylist, and discuss the logistics of Wagamama versus Yo Sushi with Ruth Crilly of A Model Recommends has to be right up there.
Last Thursday, after an intense catch-up dinner at TGIFridays, Little Bones and I headed to the Superdrug Beauty Studio in Cardiff's St David's, which was by now completely closed off to the public, and surrounded by a whole troop of security guards. Having given our names, we were ushered on in to the comfortably familiar venue, given a glass of champagne and instructed to enjoy ourselves. We spotted Ruth almost immediately and rushed over to congratulate her on her baby bump, and were so pleased to learn what a sweet, genuine person she is in real life. We talked about baby names and pregnancy hassles as Ruth sipped her non-alcoholic glass of Shloer, while a photographer took some snaps of us chatting.
After getting to know everybody we were gathered round for a demonstration of the new Extreme Volume Dry Shampoo, and shown all the different ways it can be used besides refreshing a greasy fringe; even Ruth got a beehive, and Little Bones got a Dita Von Teese retro demi-wave. After getting our makeovers, and our own sample to take home and play with, obviously it was time for selfies. By this point I'd had quite a bit of the free champagne, so naturally some of the photos will never see the light of day. But I had a blast, and that's what counts.
