#BEDM 15: Blog Chat

I'm here today to have a chat about my blogging experiences! I have only been writing this blog for a year and a bit now, so I wouldn't say I am yet a seasoned blogger just yet. However I have had my fair share of awesome blogging experiences, and I thought I would share them with you.

First off, back in the day when I wrote my Nail blog, I met the wonderful, Kerrie of Pish, Posh, and Polish, and we became fast friends! We met up a good few times since our first meeting, and we talk fairly often. One of the best experiences I have shared with Kerrie, is a Benefit Makeover, which I of course wrote about here.

Secondly, I got to go to an Amazing halloween party that was organised by my Favourite blogger, Becky Bedbug! I was actually luck enough to meet Becky before the party, and we went for a cheeky dinner, however I was lucky enough to meet SO MANY amazing girls for the Halloween Party... you can read my post on it here. However I also made a vlog for the party, which you can view below.

My favourite blogging experiences, are the ones that I have shared with other bloggers, and I hope to meet more of you in the future!

Let me know in the comments, what your favourite blogging experiences have been!

#BloggersHalloween

Last Thursday I made the trek to Aldershot to attend the Bloggers Halloween party hosted by the wonderful Becky. It was actually my first blogger meetup and I certainly wasn't disappointed.

To start things off we all went and had a meal at Nando's, I stuck with my standard chicken breast pitta, with corn on the cob, and sweet potato mash. It was certainly very scrummy! After that we all split up to go and get ready, so I returned to the hotel with Beth and Nadine.

The party itself was awesome, the venue was decorated spookily, and there was an awesome playlist which was put together by Leona! After several hours of dancing, Becky announced the winner of the costume prizes, and it turned out that I won 'Scariest costume' for my take on a Weeping Angel from Doctor Who:

Seeing as everyone (apart from myself) voted for me, it also meant that I won the overall vote for Best Costume, and my prize is a Zombie Experience for two, which I am desperately looking forward to!

The next day I even managed to go shopping with a few of the girls, and we were all encouraging each other to spend money that we really didn't have!

If you want to see more of what I got up to then I actually put together a Vlog of the whole experience, you can check it out here:

             

Hope you enjoy!

Blogger Meetup and Benefit Makeover!

So yesterday I met up once more with the lovely Kerrie of Pish Posh and Polish, and we went and had our makeup done at the Benefit counter in Debenhams! I also brought my sister Tish along who writes Hello Old Friends.

 Tish looking beautiful with zero makeup!

 The lovely Kerrie!

 First off we had a sneaky McDonalds, and Kerrie gave me some beautiful nail polishes that she had cleared out of her collection (she has around 500 I think)! Then we headed off to Benefit to have our Makeover! I'm only going to include pics of my makeover, mainly because Tish and Kerrie will probably blog about their own over on their blogs!

First off here are some horrific pictures of me with NO makeup! FYI I am pulling a horrible face in these pics because I was facing into the sun:

I know what you are thinking. 'DAMN she looks bad without makeup', and my reply is... I know! So I was super excited for my makeover, and in particular to try out the 'Fake Up' under eye concealer! Let's just say I wasn't disappointed! Here are some pictures of my transformation:

 She did one half of my face first to show me the difference then did the other side!

 She was teaching me how to do my eyebrows!

 I wasn't too sure about the eyebrows to be honest..

 This is me blending out the brows!

So here are the final pictures of my transformation! FYI I think the eyebrows are TOTALLY wrong for me, but at least now I know how to do them, and I bought myself a blonde eyebrow pencil so they'll look more natural!

Here's a list of everything she used on my face (obviously they are all Benefit Products):

Triple Performing Facial Emulsion

It's Potent Eye Cream

The POREfessional

Hello Flawless Foundation in Ivory

Browzings in Light

They're Real Mascara

Dandelion Blusher

Fake up in Light

Neutrals Eye Pallete in Easiest Nudes

Us with the lovely ladies that did our makeup!

So I know you are all dying to know what I actually bought! I wish I could say my purse came away unscathed, but it did not. I bought a Fake Up concealer in Light, and a Primping with the Stars kit! I have the foundation in my sights, the POREfessional is definitely up there, and there was a lip product that both me and my sister loved that I'm also hoping to snatch up before it is discontinued!

All in all it was an awesome day, and it was actually the first time I had worn Benefit products! It was lovely to see Kerrie and I hope that we can meet up a lot more now I have moved back to Berkshire! Also I'm hoping to attend a few more blogger meetups now I am available!