Birmingham Blogger Meetup | 20.04.13

By Obviousleigh @Obviousleigh
Hey everyone, so i was lucky enough to be invited to the Birmingham Blogger Meet up, Its the first ever meet up i have been to, so i was super excited. It was organised by Sara from Pretty In Pink, Chloe from Unwritten Hollywood and Hayley from Strangeness & Charm. I met up with Laura on the train to  Birmingham before we met with all the girls at Starbucks. Once everyone had arrived we were give a quiz to complete before we moved onto Selfridges. At Selfridges we were supposed to of been given a fashion show for all of us bloggers but it turned out to be just a talk about the brands on the women's floor. The talk wasn't that great mainly because the women doing it never made any effort to make sure we were could all hear and it just felt a little bit impersonal. Although it was quite good to see the new ranges in selfridges, and i didn't realize they now stock Primark in there too :)
Photographs above c/o Chloe
After the talk we all hit the makeup floor in Selfridges to do some shopping and browsing. We had some time to kill and get to know everyone so me and Chloe decided we would pop our Bubble Tea virginity, it was an experience and i wasn't too sure if i liked it or not. Maybe next time if i get a different flavor.
We then moved onto Bar Room Bar at the Mailbox for some talks and food. Once everyone had arrived we sat down and were given the loveliest goodie bags put together by Chloe, Sara and Hayley. We were then greeted by Shani from John Lewis who presented some goodies to be won and she also brought along the area manager from Benefit. Wendy from Benefit gave a talk about the latest raved about product 'Fake up' and to everyone's surprise she handed out Benefit goodie bags which included Fake Up concealer & They're Real mascara. Next Elijah the founder of Bohdi gave us all a talk about his latest products and we also got to sample some of the oils. 
Photographs above c/o Chloe
Next we all ordered food and cocktails, there was even a surprise raffle organised by Chloe, Sara and Hayley which was really nice as they made sure everyone got a prize. Carmen won the bag full of stuff from Benefit out of the raffle which was kindly given from the area manager. (I am so jealous!!!) Once we had finished the raffle and eaten some cake we set off home to catch our train.  I had an amazing day, meeting lots of lovely people which i hope to see all again very soon :) Below you can see a list of everyone who came.
I will do a more in depth post on what we all received in the goodie bag, expect lots of reviews!!
Checkout twitter for more posts about the meet up @brumbloggermeet #brumbloggermeet
Leigh xo
Sara - Pretty In Pink | Chloe - Unwritten Hollywood | Hayley - Strangeness and Charm | Carmen - Maiden of Wood | Heidi - Heidi Likes | Sophie - Sophies Boutique | Feyi - Uncover the Untold | Dani - Dani Johanna | Victoria - Victoria's Vintage | Amy - Cocktails In Teacups | Elizabeth - Rosalilium | Tereza - City Scape Bliss | Clare - A Teenie Bit Of This And That | Laura - Lola And Behold | Alice - Tea And Lead | Rebecca - Rebecca 4 Makeup | Beca - Beca Boos Makeup | Mish - Mishmerow | Robyn - Pooches and Cream | Shay - Shayy In Wonderland | Gemma - Buttons Blog | Zoe -  Zoe Lianne | Charlotte - Lil Miss Chickas | Seraphina - Little Miss Lifestyle | Sarah - Ohh So Glam | Laura - Lauraxamy | 
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