London: IMATS, Snow and Shopping

 I have recently returned from a little trip to London over the weekend. Its my favourite city, with its mixture of historical buildings, masses of shops and quirky, hidden gems. I went over with Aoife for the weekend, and we spent our Saturday at IMATS. I was lucky enough to be given a press pass, meaning I didn't have to pay for a ticket and was invited to a little breakfast type-thing with other bloggers. Although I was quite the awkward turtle and shy, it was lovely to put names to faces and meet some of the bloggers whose blogs I've been reading for ages!

After meeting the other girls, myself and Aoife had a little wander around the tradeshow. Although we bought a few things, the queues (especially in MUFE, MAC and Illamasqua) were slightly off-putting; we loved seeing the amazing theatrical makeup that was being applied to models by different schools and brands. I really enjoyed the IMATS, but I'm not sure I would return if I had to buy a ticket, it would definitely be worth it if you were buying masses of stuff for a kit but if you just wanted a few things for yourself it could turn into quite an expensive day.

We also visited Buckingham Palace, wandered around Harrods (and felt like paupers), tackled Oxford and Bond Streets and went to Chicago. Our little adventure was interrupted by the snow arriving on Saturday and sadly our last day was spent in Stansted airport, paying our flight wouldn't be cancelled. After a twelve hour wait, many a Pret sandwich, multiple Hummingbird cupcakes, an hour stuck on the runway and a plane with a technical fault, we were home.

With my leftover sterling and with plenty of time to waste in the airport, I bought a few MAC goodies that I'd been lusting after for a while. After replacing my Harmony blush, I picked up Omega eyeshadow, What Comes Naturally lipliner and another 217 blender brush. Not much then! I really enjoyed our little trip to London and can't wait to go back soon.

A massive thank you to Make Up Artists Magazine for the press pass and the lovely people at Royal and Langnickel for the eco-brush set (review coming soon!).