Selfridges Beauty Event

So last night was very exciting! I got invited (by my friend Leanne) to go to a Selfridges Beauty Event. I wasn't exactly sure what to expect as I'd never really been to this sort of thing before, although when I was asked did I want to go I jumped at the chance as I've always wanted to go to something like this.

When we arrived there were guys handing out mini bottles of Prosecco & also holding grey slates with mini lip shaped chocolate on (all for free!). We had a wander around, just to see what was going on really. We decided to get into the queue to see a beauty talk with Sali Hughes (a journalist/beauty expert). The talk we were in was all about Foundation & different types for different skin, I must admit I thought I was pretty up there on knowledge about make-up, especially foundation but apparently not! I definitely learnt lots of new tips and techniques which I found really interesting.

If you ever get to listen to a talk with Sali Hughes I recommend you do so as I enjoyed it.

After the Sali Hughes beauty talk, myself & my friend Leanne went for a wander around the different make-up brands, testing new make up and basically just seeing what is out for autumn. I noticed a lot of dark/berry lip colours, these are a must have for autumn. We also had a look at some Bobbi Brown, Illamasqua & we decided to have a foundation consultation with one of the girls that worked at Mac.

Leanne had her face make-up redone completely & it looked so lovely. We asked the girl at Mac to advise us on different things to do with how we do our own make up & the girl was really lovely and very helpful. I decided to also have a foundation consultation but in this case I just wanted her to tell me my skin tone and get me a foundation that would suit me well. Turns out that me and Leanne have completely different skin tone, Leannes is number 25, this is due to her olive skin whereas I am right down at a number 15 due to my pale/red cheeks.

One of the things I really liked about the event was the 'selfie printer' we uploaded a photo to instagram with the hashtag #SelfridgesBeauty and the picture popped up on a screen where we could view it and print it. Very cute!

After a few too many mini bottles of Prosecco and chocolates, we decided it was time to go home. We headed for food & got a taxi. All in all was a very fun night, looking forward to a few more of those evenings! Thanks Leanne!