Pretty Lovely Bloggers Santa's Grotto Event

I am finally starting to get excited for Christmas, and have done so by watching plenty of Christmas films this afternoon. I have shared a few gift guides on my blog, including stocking filler ideas, quirky cards, my top picks from Boots and some last minute gift ideas. I love Christmas!
Today is another festive themed post; featuring a lovely blogger event I attended recently, which was put together by Pretty Lovely Bloggers. It took place a few Saturdays ago at the Rose Villa Tavern near the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham. It was a Christmas themed event called Santa's Grotto, I was super excited about wearing a Christmas jumper before December and I loved the decorations and the Christmas songs that were playing in the background.

The event was a lot of fun. There were quite a few brands at the event who gave talks and showcased their products, it was great to hear more about a variety of products and talk to the team behind them. Brands that attended the event included: 

 Friction Free Shaving

The Gourmet Chocolate Pizza Co.

Viridian

 Pure Potions

 Lipivir

 DryU

Skin Sincere

Pretty Lovely Bloggers had also arranged a raffle, with money being donated to the charity Mind. There were lots of things to get involved in and plenty of people to talk to. We also received a very generous goody bag with lots of brilliant products, I will be featuring those on my blog in the future too. A big thank you to all brands involved as I really do appreciate it.
I had a lovely time at the event and it was great to talk to bloggers; some I had met before and some I hadn't. I loved the venue and it is somewhere I have never visited before, but I am hoping to go back soon.

Thank you to both Adele and Kirsty for organizing the event. You can really tell how much time, effort and hard work they both put into all of their events and I had a brilliant time.

*Images belong to Clare*

West Midlands Blogger Meet September 2015

Photo belongs to Adele 

Last Saturday I headed into Birmingham to attend the West Midlands Blogger Meet, arranged by the lovely hosts Adele and Kirsty. I was really looking forward to the meet as I knew how much hard work the girls had put into organising it all, but I was a little nervous going alone and not really knowing anyone there. Rest assured - everyone was lovely! The event was held at the Rainbow Pub in Digbeth, Birmingham. It was a great venue and I will definitely be heading there again; I loved the decor and the vibe of the place.
The meet was great! The girls thought of everything.

The brilliant Elizabeth from Rosalilium gave a speech about Pinterest which was really helpful and informative. Lovely blogger Chelsea also gave a talk about bloggers and brands working together and gave us some great tips too.
The girls had organised for some great brand reps to be at the meet up, who were sharing their products and it was really nice to talk to them and really get a feel of the brands and what they do. Brands that were at the event included Early Bird, Get You Seen PR and Skin Sincere.
As well as the brands, there was also a lady at the event representing the charity Coppafeel - a cause which is close to my heart. I would like to talk about it on my blog in the future in some way, so watch this space.
There was also a raffle to raise money for Mind (another amazing charity!) which was great and I was lucky enough to win a prize - a lovely gift set from Nourish. There was also a quiz questionnaire and the classic 'guess how many' in a jar - so lots of fun to get involved with.

We were able to munch on lots of tasty treats and drinks while we were at the event too and we were very well looked after. We were all lucky enough to receive a very generous goody bag too when we left - thank you to all of the brands involved; I am super appreciative and cant wait to start trying all of the lovely items! I am hoping to get some posts up on the blog of the lovely bits we were gifted soon.

A huge thank you to Kirsty and Adele for the fantastic afternoon you organised! It was a lot of fun and I can't wait for the next one!

Birmingham Blogger Meet Goodie Bag

I had a fantastic time at the Brum Blogger Meet Up on Saturday, the girls did an amazing job! We were all so kindly given goodie bags to take home too, which was such a lovely and kind thing for the girls to organise for us!
Thank you Sara, Hayley and Chloe :)

Cant wait to use all of these lovely things!

Lovely little name tag on the bag! Cute touch!

Lovely goodies given to us after the talks by Benefit, Bodhi Skincare, John Lewis and KrisXChi

I won this beautiful set of Paperself eyelashes on the raffle!

Special Thanks to all of the companies involved! 

Benefit, Bodhi,  KrisXChi,  John Lewis,  

Paperself,  Ginvera,  Crystal Clear,  Macadamia Natural Oil,  

Apivita,  Mohdoh,  Elemis,  Watch Warehouse,  

Vitage,  Impress Press On Manicure, Liz Earle, Batiste, 

Headmasters,  Vo 5, Granny Sally's Soap Kitchen,  Green People, 

Skinetica, Yardley, Oriflame, Yves Rocher, 

Kiss, Dr Hauschka, Weleda, Balm Balm,
Smooch Cosmetics, Kukee, Tails.   


I really hope I haven't missed anything off, I don't think I have!

I have tweeted all of the companies to say thank you personally as I really do appreciate the kindness of them sponsoring the Brum Blogger Meet :)
I will be using and reviewing these lovely things very soon so do keep your eyes peeled!

BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE LOVELY COMPANIES!

xxx

Birmingham Blogger Meet!

Last Saturday (20th April) I attended another Blogger Meet Up in Birmingham, organised by Sara, Hayley, and Chloe. The girls had been organising the meet up since the end of January, and they pulled out all the stops! 

We met at Starbucks at 12.45, where the girls then gave us a little quiz to fill out through out the day. It had a variety of beauty questions and a few general questions about Birmingham. I thought this was a really fun thing to do and got us all thinking!

We then split up to grab something to eat, meeting back at Selfridges for a guided fashion tour around the clothing brands inside Selfridges with a bit of background information on them. It was an interesting talk and I was surprised at how many clothing brands were in Selfridges - I've never really looked at the clothes! Thank you to the two ladies (Apologises I didn't catch their names) that showed us around .

After the fashion tour around Selfridges, we split into little groups to go shopping. Our group ended up going into Superdrug, Lush and Topshop, and with it being an absolutely gorgeous day, we decided we would sit by the fountains in the fresh air for half an hour or so afterwards to chill out and chat. Me and Clare had met up beforehand and realised there was an event going on near the fountains for ST Georges Day by Heart FM, with live music, entertainment and attractions, so it was a nice add to the day. 

The lovely Tasha

Lovely girls Sarah and Clare

Me and my buddy Clare

At around ten to four, we then head off to meet the other girls at Bar Room Bar located in The Mailbox, where the girls had organised talks from Benefit, John Lewis, Bodhi Skincare and also KrisXChi Jewellery to get lots of information on their product lines which was great. Each of these companies very kindly gave each of us some of their products which was so, so kind of them! I am so grateful and appreciative of that.

Benefit They're Real and Fake Up

KrisXChi Alice In Wonderland Pink and Gold Detail Tea Pot Necklace

(The jewellery pieces were personally chose to suit us - how absolutely lovely is that! Spot on with me - I love anything cute, ditsy and girly)

Bodhi Skin Care Products

Lovely samples and a Liz Earle Body Lotion from John Lewis

    

       

A few of the bloggers at Bar Room Bar

Strawberry Daiquiri

After the talks, we were each given raffle tickets to hold onto until the end of the night and handed in our little quizzes from the morning! The people that answered the most correct won some amazing prizes! 

We all received something lovely from the raffle too, mine being these beautiful eyelashes. I love them, they have little bows all around them and they are adorable!

Paperself Eyelashes

We munched on yummy food (mine being the 6" Americana Pizza!) and sipped on cocktails, Sara's mum even made a cake! How lovely is that! I don't have a picture of the cake but it was in the same design as the Brum Blogger Meet Logo! I thought it was a lovely touch ontop of all the other lovely things the girls had planned it literally was the icing on the cake!

We were also very kindly given a goodie bag to take home full of oh so many lovely things.... I cant believe the amount we were given, I cant wait to start trying everything and share with you guys here on my blog all of these great things.

A big Thank You to all the brands involved and off course Sara, Chloe, and Hayley.

I had a great time on Saturday, I chatted to a few bloggers I had met before and some I hadn't so it was great to meet new people! It was a gorgeous day (not a rain drop insight!) and I really enjoyed myself. So much thought, hard work, time and effort went into planning and organising and lots of kudos to the girls as it was a fantastic day!

Birmingham Blogger Meet Up - The Goodie Bag

If you have seen a previous post where I wrote about the Birmingham Blogger Meet Up in January, you will know I mentioned we all received a pretty hefty sized and amazing goodie bag full of lots of lovely treats.

I thought I would share with you all the lovely things we were given.

As you can see, we were very very lucky to receive such amazing goodies!

Below I have included a quick run down of what I received, along with links to each Brands website :)

The Porefessional Primer from Benefit

Glamglow Treatment Samples 

Xen Tan Weekly Self Tan (Dark Lotion)

Paul Mitchell Forever Blonde Shampoo and Conditioner

Outback Organics Bush Balm Sample

Blend Collective Hand Creams/ Hand and Body Lotions

Premae Skincare  Face Tonique

DHC Deep Cleansing Oil

Skinetica Anti Blemish Lotion

Rimmel Gam Eyes Lash Flirt Mascara

Revitalash Volumzing Mascara

Macadamia Deep Repair Mask and Healing Oil

Herbalife Strengthening Shampoo

Jamela Under Eye Masks

Elemis Revitalise Me Shower Gel

Neal & Wolf Volumzing Lotion

Mohdoh Headeez 

We also received pure argan oil from Gemma's mum I believe! How lovely is that!

Tender is The Night Massage Bar from Lush - Valentines Range. This is their first soft scented massage bar - i have used a little bit and can say its fab! (they kindly sent these to us all individually after the meet up as they didn't get to the meet up, how kind and lovely is that?!)

I think that is everything - I hope I haven't missed anything off!

We recieved a lot of information on all of the products too which is great - I have started using a handful of these goodies and they're really good! Cant wait to use them all - I am sharing them with my sister as I felt greedy having all this stuff to myself! We are both enjoying the products so far, I will let you know how they go.

I forgot to include pictures of these in my previous post, we were given cute name badges for the meet up groups and also a place card for the table at the meal :-) so much thought was put into everything.

Big Thank You to Gemma, Sara and Clare for making it possible for such a great goodie bag (I didn't expect anything so was so lovely to receive ad so kind of them all to organise for all of us) and a huge thank you to all of the companies involved :)

xx

Birmingham Blogger Meetup

Last Saturday, 26 of us braved the snow and awful English weather to attend a wonderful blogger meet up organised by the lovely Gemma, Clare and Sara. 

We met in a Starbucks in Birmingham City Centre, I was very nervous going over and I think we were all a little nervous but it was fine! All the girls were so so lovely.

We were then given badges with our names and twitter @s and put into four groups to go shopping! Our little group headed for Selfridges, Forever 21, Urban Outfitters, Lush and Muji. I only picked up one thing on the whole shopping trip but I will save it for a future post!

Once we had been shopping, we met back at Starbucks and headed off to Rodizio 

Rico, where the girls had arranged a free cocktail or two for us! Which off course was lovely! The bar was beautiful and somewhere I would definitely suggest going again!

We then went for our meal at Red Peppers in The Mailbox, where the girls had covered our table in pretty decorations and little name place cards. I ordered Enchilada for my main which was delicious! 

The ladies that organised also arranged an amazing goodie bag for everyone, with lots of products I cant wait to try! They even organised twitter competitions with lovely prizes!

A special thanks to all sponsors and brands involved!

Victoria from Victorias Vintage Cakes even baked a delicious beauty bloggers cake - it was beautiful and tasted amazing - check out her website as she has recently started her own cake business. 

I didn't take any photos myself but a lot of the other ladies did I believe so do go and check their blogs out!

I have linked everyone that attended below.

It was a great day, was great meeting everyone.

I've popped a few of Gemmas photos on here from the day!

The beautiful cake Victoria made

Here are everyone's links and twitter below - go follow them :)

Clare @abotat90
Gemma @gemmabutton
Sara @xPrettyInPinkxx
Carmen @carmsbabes

Laura @Lauraxamyx.

Amy @amylovesdaniel
Terri @hello_terrilowe
Sophie @sophie_mellish
Charlotte @misschar
Charlotte @lilmisschickas
Chloe @itsschloeeee
Feyi @UtUblog
becca @becaboosmakeup
Hayley @xhjw

Vanessa @TheOtherVW

Tasha @wand_included

Tereza @cityscapebliss
Victoria @victoriajane6
Erica @ericahenderson
Robyn @Robyn_Akerman
Laura @lolaandbehold
Sophie @pocockins
Heidi @Heidi-likes
Jessica @Kaviargauche
Natalie @nataliegarland
Andy @pamperedprince

SO much effort was put into this met up, I cant thank the girls enough they worked so, so hard! They deserve all of the great recognition they will get :)

I am looking forward to attending another Blogger Meet Up! again soon!

#BirminghamBloggerMeetUp

xx