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Hey There,
After the success of the last Southampton blogger meet up, I was very excited for the weekend of the 25th October to come around. It meant catching up with some of my lovely blogger friends, and meeting new ones, talking about beauty, and fashion eating cupcakes and drinking cocktails, is there any better occasion?
A lot of time had been spent organising this event, and unfortunately the original event host couldn’t make it on the day, but luckily Alice stepped in at the last minute and the blogger meet up still went ahead. I had to work until 3pm, so of course I just arrived fashionably late.
The event was held at Orange Rooms again, an ideal location with good food, and great cocktails, and this time there was a few Beauty brands for us to talk to, including Espa, Lush, In Situ Cosmetics, and Merumaya. As I was arriving I literally crossed paths with the Espa girls, but as I was on one of their spa days the next day, I got over it pretty quickly.
My first stop point was a Passion Fruit Dacquiri, a quick catch up with the blogger girls, and then straight over to the Merumaya table. I had only heard about this skincare brand very recently, so knowing that they were at the Soton meet up, had me very excited. Being a bit too keen, a few of us, interrupted Tanya‘s chat, (But I’m sure she didn’t mind) . I love trying and hearing about new skincare, (Part of the beauty blogger territory) and after reading up about this brand prior to the event, I was looking forward to hearing more about the range. The Merumaya representative, Lekha, was so lovely, she was extremely passionate about the skincare, (Obviously knew her stuff) very freindly, and even introduced me to my new favorite cocktail the Pornstar Martini, (If you haven’t tried one, you need to). The blogger chat afterwards was definitely focused on Merumaya, and my skin has been loving the samples so far, (Full review up soon).
Unfortunately I didn’t get around to the In Situ brand, but by the sounds of it they offer online, personalised skincare products, down to whether you prefer a gel, balm, or wash formula. I was too busy over at the Lush table, smelling and touching, all the Halloween and Christmas products, chatting about what I needed to go in and buy, (I think I actually found the secret room the event was in, just by following the Lush scent).
It was such a nice afternoon, I could of stayed there all evening talking about beauty over cocktails, but I had an evening with other friends involving eating a lot of sushi and drinking wine which was calling me.
Now I’ll give you a sneak peak in to my goody bag, but you’ll have to follow me to catch the full reviews.
So excited for the next meet up!
Lots of love,
KBxx
P.S Getting a little bit carried away, I didn’t take any photos, so I do apologize for the lack of pictures in this post, I promise I will for the next event.