BeautyCon Swag Bag

As promised, here’s the BeautyCon swag I scored while attending BeautyCon NYC 2014! BeautyCon swag bag

BeautyCon Sunnies

The tote + these sunglasses + a shirt were the only things thatI knew for sure I would be getting. I knew the tote would be filled with products, but didn’t know brands, or quantities, or anything like that.

Primer

Contrary to lip products, I am not very adventurous when it comes to primer. I never really understood the different types. bareMinerals changed that. (There was also a bareMinerals booth and they gave out products + pointers. I didn’t get any additional products but the pointers were very useful. Also, I was not upset about missing out on the extra products because I had already splurged on all things bareSkin, their new liquid foundation…but more on that later, maybe.)

Maybelline

Maybelline was the first brand of mascara I’ve ever tried, and I still use it to this day. Why? Because it’s good. As is this lip color!

NYX + OPI

This NYX eyeshadow in Psychedelic is the perfect dupe for Urban Decay’s Thrash + I am a little too excited for fall to start rocking the heck out of this OPI is just perfect.

YouTube Mirror

Given that I have started to dabble in video, this was a nice little surprise from YouTube.
StyleHaul Sunnies

I collect sunglasses/shades/sunnies/whatever you call them. Thank you StyleHaul for the extra pair!

Bronze Booster

Really impressed by all the benefits of Bronze Booster!

Too Faced

You can never have enough bronzer! I use bronzer that’s a little too light for me as an illuminator. Too Faced in Chocolate Soleil

Snack

Who doesn’t love kettle corn?! So good + the bag is super cute!
Drink

I don’t like diet soda. I should not have expected to like this zero calorie soda. But I did. And I did not like it. I gave it to my mom to finish, she liked it. Then again, she likes diet soda.

Coupon

Thursday Friday designed the BeautyCon swag bag tote, so this coupon made perfect sense.

Me Undies

Me Undies tee shirts are my favorite! And while I don’t think they were at Beautycon, it was still cool to see a gift card from an upcoming brand that I love in the swag bag!

Elle Magazine

Elle was a major partner for BeautyCon NYC, and as an Elle Magazine subscriber,  I found this cover to be utterly flawless (I’m still not over the Jennifer Aniston + Brad Pitt breakup, but I can’t hate Angelina…She has ageless beauty and is an amazing actress)!

Three of these will be included in my next giveaway! Which three do you hope they are?

BeautyCon NYC 2014

I was very fortunate to be able to hit up NYC for BeautyCon!

BeautyCon Taxi

I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect, but after reading up on it, I wanted in.

And, thanks to the manfriend, I was able to snag a PRO ticket + some BeautyCon swag, along with my two besties.

BFFs

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BeautyCon NYC Makeup Application

What is Beautycon? Well, put frankly, it’s a beauty convention.

BeautyCon NYC Dance Floor

BeautyCon NYC Makeover Challenge

What does that mean? It means you get to stand in a lot of long lines to get to try makeup and beauty products from various companies, if you are 21+ you get free drinks, and you get to hear panelists speak on various topics such as social media and being a diva, as well as meet some of your favorite makeup and hair gurus, bloggers, vlogger, etc.

In other words, it is EVERYTHING!

BeautyCon NYC Beauty Store Line

BeautyCon NYC Stack Wine

BeautyCon NYC Cheers

BeautyCon NYC Panel

Was BeautyCon NYC worth it? I would say so!

Johnny Wujek selected me as one of his choices for the walk off contest! While I didn’t win, I werked it.

Not only did we have an absolute blast, but we are already looking forward to #BeautyConNYC 2015!

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wake up + social media tank

This past weekend was spectacular! First I got this rad wake up + social media tank…

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Second, I got to go to New York with my two best friends,  where we went to the first ever BeautyCon NYC!

The manfriend got me a Pro Ticket which included a tote bag filled with goodies (I’ll be sharing about that and all things BeautyCon NYC later) and this tank!

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Anyone who didn’t have a Pro ticket (there was also VIP and GA), was able to purchase a shirt for $25. What I found really cool was the fact that I was able to choose which shirt I wanted. Otherwise, I would have left with two shirts because I really liked this tank!

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Don’t know what BeautyCon is? Check out their website! Want to hear about my experience? Stay tuned!