Step into spring TBB meet up 2011

Ok so I've been procrastinating for a few hours now but it's time to blog about this amazing event!!

I'm pretty sure most of you already know about the TBB community (Toronto Beauty Bloggers) that started a lil' over a year ago and keeps growing and growing. Every now and then the amazing founder of this group Farah, organizes a meet up, some times it is for brunch or drinks and some other times it's a much bigger event when she gets cosmetic companies and some other Canadian companies to sponsor by donating products and making the whole experience much more fun; even some companies send their PR people which makes it even better!! So we have swag bags, raffles and lots and lots of makeup, hair and general chatting (for me tho, I'm very shy so I never really get to talk to every single girl in the room, but I keep trying :P)

This time the location was a great salon / spa called Loki Salon, and let me tell you it was amazing!! Too bad for me I left my camera at home because I was rushing out of the house to meet up with Jenn at Bay station :( so I really didn't get any pictures of the event but it was super fun!! Thanks Farah for organizing such amazing event as usual :) 

I was very happy to see familiar faces like Jenn Aqui, Jenn (spiced beauty), Ande (Make me over Ande), Anjali (Rock that Look), Davida (Davida Gragor), Rica (icyswirls), Naomi (styleyes), Arianne (GlitterGeek), Meredith (et tu and you), Jill (JilloJello) and of course Farah (Faces by Farah) and I was also very happy to come out of my shell (even if it was a little bit) and get to know new people like Joyce (Sparkly playground) finally got to meet Lena (Listen to Lena), Amelia (In the Pink of things), Michelle (Ruban x Rose) and Sarah (Allure Makeup Artistry)

So now on to  the freebies!!! Farah put together such amazing swag bags but let me tell you first that for a second year in a row I won the Cover Fx prize in the raffle!! yay!! 

(Click here for my review on the SkinTint fx by Cover fx)

ok and this is the swag bag, I was amazed at all the sponsors that we had!! and not only Canadian brands but also international like Biore, L'oreal, Hard Candy, The Body Shop... ready??

crazy huh?

Physicians Formula, Dermaglow and Biore (click here for a review on the pore strips)

Annabelle & Marcelle Cosmetics (love!!), Joe Fresh and Balmshell (click here for a review on these yummy glosses)

Hard Candy and L'oreal

Bodycology, Prada, Nina Ricci and Diane Lai

Cargo, Vasanti, The Body Shop, Agape & Zoe Naturals, Udderly Smooth, Face Atelier (click here for a review on Revenge lipstick), Nanovive

Girlnola (such yummy truffles) and Burt's Bees

I had a lot of fun and the fun will continue as I go through my swag bag and discover new favourites; stay tuned for reviews coming up, but just so you know I like to try the products for a little while before I write a review on them ;)

xo, Mar