BlogYorkshire Meetup Leeds | The Inelegant Wench

I know I promised posts about my Harry Potter party and my holiday and Rich coming home from Afghanistan, however on Saturday I went to the #BlogYorkshire meetup kindly and wonderfully organised by Carrieanne and Faith and held at Revolution in Leeds so I thought I'd better write about that first!

It was festival themed, and a very hot day, which caused me a bit of a dilemma. My usual go to festival outfit (as discussed in my Festival Tips post) is hoody, tshirt, denim shorts, black tights and wellies. I have never been to a festival when it was as warm as it was at the weekend! After much umming and aahing, and lots of variations, I finally decided to brave shorts without tights in the UK for the first time in my life and put together this outfit.

Please excuse the paleness of my legs, I was on holiday recently, with very little suncream on them - they just don't ever change colour! My Hogwarts t-shirt is from New Look tall section, denim shorts are very old Topshop ones, and my Converse are my custom ones designed by Rich for my birthday last year.

It was brilliant to see the Leeds bloggers I'm getting to know again, and to meet new faces. The addition of the lanyards with people's Twitter pictures on was genius, as I know I tend to recognise people from Twitter mostly! 

Now onto the brands, who all had made such an effort and helped to make the event truly fun!

First up was Quiz who had brought a lovely array of dresses, shoes and handbags with them for us to be dazzled by, and who held a style competition for us to have a chance to win a Quiz voucher. I took part, naturally, and lost, inevitably as I am about as far from a style blogger as you can get! I love Quiz dresses, and got to live my short girl dream putting the outfit together, as I struggle to find things in there which aren't indecently short on me.

Next up were Country Attire who gave us the most amazing goody bags, and had Hunter Wellies everywhere which I was lusting after, adding to the general festival theme of the day. They arranged a game of Hunter Croquet for us to compete to win a pair of Hunters, which was great fun, even if I was rubbish at it! 

ESPA were doing skin consultations and giving out their amazing goody bags again, trying to make everyone smell better after their festival experience perhaps?

Very generously, Pastille were offering free dash manis to bloggers, but unfortunately the queue was never ending so I didn't get to have one, even though I went to the event naked nailed just in case! The quality of the manicures was incredible from what I saw on other people, and I think I might have to visit soon to treat myself.

Allertons were there, along with Rock Pamper Scissors doing festival hair on lots of bloggers. I have been hearing a lot about them on twitter, as they seem to be taking Leeds by storm, making lots of ladies very happy! 

The stunningly gorgeous Georgina from She May Be Loved was trying out her MUA skills on us, and I very eagerly volunteered, as I am clueless at makeup as I wrote about in that post. I was after something natural that made me still feel like myself, just a bit better, and oh boy did she deliver! Georgina was delicate handed, and gave me an amazing makeover which I was still comfortable wearing, and looking good in hours later. I highly recommend her to everyone, she will make a brilliant MUA.

Even with all of the other activities going on there was a huge raffle in aid of the British Heart Foundation, with the most amazing prizes, including Hunter Wellies, Illamasqua makeup and Zatchels bags! Even though I bought lots of tickets, I was very unlucky and didn't win a thing, but it was brilliant seeing the delight on the other girls faces when they were winning their prizes. 

All in all it was a fantastic event, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. The Leeds bloggers are such a lovely bunch, and I count myself very lucky to be a part of the "scene". I'm already counting down to the next meetup, whenever it may be! I will be doing a blog post on the goody bags soon, I promise!

Rachel xx

Wrote by The wonderful Rachel @ theinelegantwench.blogspot.co.uk click the Link to check her out!

Blog Yorkshire Blogger Meetup- Festival, Fun and Frollicks | Lozzy Loves Lippy

 Think I must be among the last to blog about this *raps self over knuckles* but I have just been a bit meh this week- forgive me my trespasses!

So for anyone who doesn't know- I attended a new blogger meetup on Saturday (12/07/2014) which was the first in hopefully a long succession of blogger meetups from what appears to be the beginnings of a Yorkshire blogger network and boy did I have a good time!

Gorgeous Cupcakes made by Carrieanne

The event was organised by the lovely Carrieanne from Beauties Unlocked, Faith from Music and Eyeliner and was helped by Keli from Kels Kurls. It was held in Revolution on Call Lane in Leeds (first time in there sober!) and was festival themed.

My attempt at 'festival'

Faith and Carrieanne (mentioned above)

I was typically anxious about going (stupid anxiety!) but the ladies made sure that everyone was connected on twitter, arranging a twitter chat and linking us with the brands that would be attending and sponsoring- This was really helpful as it linked me up with some people I hadn't met like Tilly from Papercrowned and that really put me at ease.

On arrival we were treated to lanyards with our twitter pics, blog names and names on them along with a very festivaly wristband which I thought was so cool and such a good idea and the lovely people at House of Fraser provided us with mini goody bags featuring brands like Dior and Elizabeth Arden

House of Fraser Goody Bags

In attendance, alongside us bloggers, were some lovely brands:

Allertons Salon, who offered quick hairdos;

ESPA, who offered skincare consultations using our olfactory system (sniffing) and giving beautiful goody bags;

Quiz who gave us really cool dress shaped biscuits;

Country Attire who gave us a really cool festival themed canvas goodie bag containing festival essentials like lipbalm and sunglasses;

Wynsors Shoes who gave us a lovely foot themed goodie bag with nail decals and gel cushions and

The absolutely gorgeous Erene from Pastille was offering dash manicures and I had to jump in first, technically before the event started- oops!

At this point i've noticed lots of words so some pics are in order!

My Gorgeous Dash Mani From Pastille- mind my sausage fingers

The Dream- A table of dress shaped biscuits Country Attire's Stand.

Jenna From Hepcat Blogs getting her nails done

Fruit and Sweeties

The gorgeous Georgina from She Might be Loved was on hand to give makeovers to the lucky few, her debut of this kind of thing- she did very well!

Georgina's Kit In addition to the cupcakes and biscuits, we had some snacks from Urban Fruit and Jelly Belly which went down a storm (what diet? lol)

As well as the brands that attended, we had lots of brands donate prizes for the draw in aid of British Heart foundation like Illamasqua, W7 etc. And although I didn't win, I was really happy for others (yeah right! lol) who did!

Prizes for the Draw

We had some fun and games along the way with a recreation of a challenge I have seen on Youtube- where Sally from Wheeling Along 24, Ellie from Miss Ellyre and Hayley from Teaparty Beauty were blindfolded and had to transfer cotton balls from one bowl to another (on their head) with a spoon. As you can imagine it was very fun to watch.

Sally having a go at the cotton wool challenge I cannot believe that on my first edit of this post I forgot to mention the actual Blog Yorkshire goodiebags, they were huge! We were truely spoilt! was fun getting all this home on the bus! Probably the worst Pic ever on a blog lol!

 There were so many other things on the day and as I was trying to vlog and also enjoy myself, I didn't take as many pics as I would have liked.

The event was so well organised, it went by so quickly but at the same time wasn't so Jam packed that we had no time to mingle! It was so lovely to meet so many people with the same interests as me, to meet people I had chatted to on twitter and see people I had met before. Really, it makes me feel like I'm part of something, a community, for the first time since I moved to Leeds 2 years ago.

So thanks so much to Carrieanne, Faith and Keli, to those who were so lovely (all of you) and I so look forward to many more!

This Post was wrote by Lozzy @ lozzyloveslippy.co.uk please go and check her OOTDs and Reviews out.

Blog Yorkshire July Meet | Kels Kurls

Yesterday it was finally time for Blog Yorkshire's first event at Revolution in Leeds.

I've been helping Carrieanne from Beauties unlocked and Faith from Music and Eyeliner out with the planning and other little bits and bats for the past six weeks and it was fab to see it all come together yesterday. It couldn't have gone any better.

I'm not going to go into too much detail as this could end up being a very long post but I've included all the best bits for you below including the goody bags!

Brands that attended on the day were, Espa, Pastille Beauty Bar, Country Attire, Quiz, Wynsors Shoes, House of Fraser, Allertons & Georgina Grogan from shemightbeloved.com doing makeovers - click on the links to find out more! I may have forgotten some there but forgive me, it was a very fast day!

Towards the bottom are just a few general shots i got throughout the day, i'm no photographer haha.

Enjoy!

I have no idea where i'm going to put all this stuff, let alone use it all! We were absolutely spoilt by all the brands that offered products for the goody bags.

Little goody bags were available as you walked into the venue from House of Fraser. Mine included the above which are all amazing. Chuffed!

Country Attire were one of my fave's that attended and their goody bags were so cute!

Espa - I had never heard of Espa before but was lured into their beautiful little area. We were asked to pick out a scent we were drawn to and apparently the scent you choose is what your skin needs. The scent i picked was for combination/oily skin and just look at all the goodys ready for me to try! I'm really excited to use these so i'll be doing another review on this little lot when i've got more to say.

Cute little goody bags from Wynsors shoes were given out as well. I'll certainly get my use out of all these! 

This Post was wrote by Keli @ kelskurls.blogspot.co.uk

Go check out her amazing beauty blog and her journey to tame her lion like mane. 

Blog Yorkshire Goodie Haul | Katherine Rosie

Blog Yorkshire was definitely the thing I was most looking forward to this July, which I attended last Saturday (July 12th). A while ago my friend Phoebe from FlawlessFlares and I booked our tickets to attend the Yorkshire Bloggers meetup hosted by the lovely Carrieanne from BeautiesUnlocked and Faith from MusicandEyeliner. Since the event has been announced their have been #blogyorkshire chats from their twitter page in which so many lovely bloggers have been involved which made me feel so much more at ease and less nervous to attend the event. It was my first blogging event which I was over the moon about as I have only been blogging since February, so it definitely made me feel like I have achieved a lot with my blog and come far in only a short space of time. 

There were some amazing brands at the event on Saturday which included Espa, Allertons, Quiz, Country Attire, Pastille and Wyndsors. ESPA was a brand I was especially excited to try as their products are completely 100% the natural. The girls who were there representing the brand were completely lovely and explained how ESPA is completely British as it is manufactured over here in the UK - I especially love this as its nice to keep some tradition when it comes to the beauty industry. There were different goodie bags depending on your skin type, of course my skin is dry so therefore I ended up with the goodie bag with the products which aimed to remove dead skin and also smoothen it out, which I can't at all complain about. I am so surprised at how much ESPA gave to us as their products don't retail the cheapest..

ESPA were kind enough to give me their Exfoliating Body Polish (100ml), which a review will be coming shortly as its so far the only exfoliator which hasn't irritated my skin and brought up an allergic reaction. Also in the little goodie bag was their Energising Shower Gel and one of their Pro Serums, both of which are aimed for dry and sensitive skin so I cannot wait to try this products out. 

Inside the ESPA gift bag was also a smaller little gift set which had various samples of their products such as their Pro Serum, 24 Hour Replenishing Moisuriser, Eyecream and Toner. They gave us so much to try which is amazing considering it was all for free and we got a lovely skin consultation at the same time. I especially love the 'Love Your Skin' tips which came inside the smaller bag..so cute.

The goodie bag we received at the end of the event had even more skincare products in store for us. I was beyond excited to see the Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream in my bag as I have been wanting to try it for so long as it seems to be hyped up all over the beauty community, another thing I was so pleased about was the Hand It To Me Dreamy Handcream - I adore handcreams and my hands get especially dry in summer so its nice to have a new one to try out. 

Aaaah makeup products! In my bag was an AKA Eyeshaow Duo which I'm excited to try as I don't tend to have many blue or navy shadows in my collection. I also received the Oriflame Wonderlash mascara which I used today and its amazing for lash separation and length. I was too happy when I saw I had a makeup brush in my bag, I nearly missed this as it was wrapped in its little bag but when I saw it was a blending brush ( I was so pleased. I've wanted MAC's 217 Blending Brush for so long now, so its nice to have a new good quality blending brush in my collection and I'll now be able to see whether I really do need MAC's 217. 

As you know, myself and fake tan don't tend to get on very well. However I've used 'Fake Don't Bake's Natural Look Tanning Cream before and its similar to the Dove Summer Glow which really suits my skin time as its a build up of colour rather than a strong instant fake tan which I really like, so I am glad I have one of these back in my summer skincare collection.

Woooow, I love Lee Stafford products and have always said how I've wanted to try more, and what's even better is that they are from the Argan Oil collection which is an amazing ingredient for your hair.

These are just a few extra bits and bobs which we got in our bags such as gel cushions for heeled shoes, which will be perfect for me as its all I wear, a nail file and a perfume sample. 

Blog Yorkshire was such a good day, Pastille Beauty Bar from Leeds were there to supply free manicures to any one who wanted and I got my nails done in the Essie shade 'Chinchilly' and it was so therapeutic and lovely to have my nails done for once as I don't ever get them done. Also, Georgina Grogan from SheMightBeLoved was available to give makeovers for just £5, it was so lovely to meet her and talk to her about her makeup kit and she even let me try out some of the products on my face for free. 

I am so pleased I went to the Blog Yorkshire event and will definitely be attending some more of their events in the near future which I am looking forward too, thank you to everyone who I met for being so lovely and I hope to see you again soon.

xxxx

Post wrote by Katherine @ katherinerosie.blogspot.co.uk please check out her beauty and lifestyle blog she has some lovely wish lists