NYC IMATS

A week ago today a few friends and myself had just arrived in NYC for the IMATS.  Sadly not all of us had tickets for the first day so the rest of us shopped around for a good part of the day.  The next morning we finally got inside, and it was nothing like i had expected.  Luckily my friend who went the day before knew exactly how to get everywhere so we didn't waste anytime wondering aimlessly.  When we got to the floor with all booths it was insane.  You pretty much had to fight your way to the tables to even see the products.  Lots of of items were sold out, but were available online minus the discount.  I had originally planned on buying lots of product but didn't come close. 

What i ended up getting was:

12 eyeshadows from Yaby (palette by Nigel Beauty Emporium)

Brushes from Cici Fashion Brush

2 Mehron Celebré PRO-HD cream foundations, face smoothie

applicator, and retractable lip brush

Overall, it was a fun experience especially getting to visit New York for a weekend.  I would go again but maybe only go for the first day.  My favorite part of the whole event were the seminars they offered.  I was expecting the seating to be much more crowded but the stage and screens were placed so  everyone could see.  We sat right up front for the seminar Valenté Frazier held on a red carpet makeup.  He was great and answered tons of questions from the audience but i personally wasn't crazy about the look he chose for being "red carpet".

Lastly, was a Saturday Night Live panel discussion with Louie Zakarian (head MUA for the show) and his team.  I really enjoyed hearing their stories about the craziness that goes on behind the scenes. Then as a suprise they brought out Kenan Thompson to show the audience how fast they could do a bald cap application. After that they turned him into a bearded character(not sure what they called him) then into Whoopie.

xxoo Michelle