I can't believe I am actually typing this post up but YES! I went to BeautyCon 2017 in Los Angeles!!! This was my first year attending and I took my best friend for her birthday. We had no idea what to expect from the event so we went early and we went with open minds and it turned out to be such a successful day. The Los Angeles Convention Center was easy to get to and with only one missed turn (which is surprising in LA, because I usually average about 5 missed turns a trip) we got there no problem!
We are about an hour and a half away from LA so we left around 8AM to give us plenty of time to get there because we had general admission tickets (there are 3 types of tickets to choose from and they vary in price and what time they allow people to go into the convention center) and the time frame for general admission was 12-5PM. We were in a line outside by 10AM and it was already getting pretty warm, the line wasn't super long, which was great but we realized we were going to be standing in the heat for 2 hours before they would let us in...but NO! The organizers of BeautyCon are amazing because only about 10 minutes after we got in the outside line, they started letting people though the security bag check and we went through the lobby of the convention center into another roped off line area, but this was in an air conditioned, carpeted area and it was perfect! They must know makeup lovers can't just stand in the sun for hours because it will melt right off our faces. We sat in line for a bit, grabbed a coffee at the stand right near the line and talked and waited...and of course people watched because that is one of the best parts of events like this.
We got to go in about 30 minutes early and it was magical just stepping through those doors. It was so bright and colorful and just the feeling of seeing all of these makeup booths would make any girl giddy.
They have water stations around the whole convention and an outdoor area with food trucks and drinks. We didn't spend much time eating or drinking because there were so many more important things like eye shadow and highlighter but the options were there and that was nice.
Even with all the free merchandise we still ending up spending some $$, but that's okay because luckily we planned for it and I will say, most of the things are sold at a discount and they take credit/debit and cash too (some places only took cards).
By the end of the day our feet felt like they were about to fall off and we walked about 7 miles according to my apple watch but it was all so worth it! We also got a bunch of free bags for groceries now...WooHoo!
JoJo from the Bachelorette!
Makeup by Shayla...she's gorgeous in person!
Karen Gonzales (Iluvsarahii) slayed with the model's brows
I didn't get to meet Patrick Starr in person but she was so cute from afar!
The day was filled with free merchandise, YouTube star meetups, and so much fun! It couldn't have gone better for 2 BeautyCon virgins and we will definitely we back when it hits LA again!
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