IMATS 2010

So hello to you all! It's been a long time since my break, but I finally decided to get off my lazy butt and make a post. To be honest, I have been really busy as usual but I'm sure you are all tired of hearing that from me. I am taking summer school until the end of the month, and because it's so fast paced I need to be producing work 3 times as fast. I didn't expect it to take up so much of my time. I am definitely looking forward to finally resuming my summer in 2 weeks though.

As I already stated in my previous post, I attended IMATS in Pasadena once again this year :). It being my second time around was definitely a little more rewarding since I knew what to expect. There were so much more people this year compared to last year. The exhibit hall was so packed!

I arrived around 8:30AM at the Pasadena Convention Center with my bestie, and we had to wait a good 30-40 minutes in the Will Call line to get our wristbands. I didn't expect that, because last year I just walked up to it. When we finally got in, I decided that this year I will go line up in the crazy Makeup Forever line. I was a little bit hesitant at first because it's notorious for taking a couple of hours to get your stuff, and this year was certainly no different. We waited for 3 hours! My feet were so tired by the end of it! However, I was happy I got my stuff and saved 40-50% on all of it :)


This was when I was just around the 2nd corner before the register. It still took an hour to get there! There were so many people huddling around to swatch the products.

My bestie and I were starving so we went off to grab lunch at the Island's at Paseo Colorado across the street before resuming. I didn't buy much after because I didn't want to spend too much. I mostly just went around looking at stuff. I did pick up some brushes at Crown though.

Saw Enkore up on stage talking while I was trying to get through the large crowd of people trying to buy brushes. It was like a battle field. You had to keep your eye out for empty spots so you could slide your way in.

Here are some other random pictures I took while I was there. I didn't take much. I was tired, and I kind of forgot about my camera in my bag. Excuse the quality also because I did not take my dSLR. I did not want to lug that thing around with me while I was carrying everything else.

So we left IMATS at around 4:30PM and....

In the end, this was my haul!

• MUFE HD Foundation in #118
• MUFE HD Microfinish Blush in #5
• MUFE Star Powder in #922 & #947
• Parian Spirit Brush Cleanser Set
• and some Crown brushes

I am most excited about the MUFE stuff I got. It was the biggest thing I was looking forward to, and even though it took 3 hours, it was definitely all worth it!

Overall, I was pretty satisfied. I did forget to pick up some things that I originally wanted to (next year I must make a list), but that's okay. I am looking forward to next year's already! I am hoping next year I will be able to attend both days and the classes too. I didn't get to this year because there was just no time, and I only had one day. I couldn't go the 2nd day because I had some other things to attend to already. Until next year!

Shout outs to Lillian and Gloria! They kept telling me to post XD