Awesome makeup creation at IMATS

I'm back with an IMATS LA experience post as promised!  I went with a few of my good friends Jessica, Stacey, and Pascale.  We have been planning for this trip since the beginning of the year and it was well worth it!  To be honest, I expected this event to be HUGE and overwhelming, but it was not like that.  It was still a huge venue, but because of how spacious it was and how they controlled the traffic.  It was actually pretty comfortable to walk around.  I did not feel suffocated at all even with the amount of people there.  There were so much to see that I think if I had more time, I would go on both days!  I had such an amazing time that I know I have to go back, and hopefully, sometime soon!

On to my actual day at IMATS, when we first arrived in Pasadena, Stacey suggested that we go pick up out tickets in advance to avoid the line at the venue.  Let me reiterate: best decision ever (I said that like 5 times on Saturday lol)... and thank you, Stacey!  It really got us in so fast that we did not need to line up at all.  Since we got inside at around 8:30am, there was not a huge crowd, yet.  We were able to quickly shopped around at the places that we want to go to (e.g. Nigel Beauty Emporium, bdellium tools, NYX, Urban Decay, Naimie, etc.).  After we checked most of the things off our shopping list, we started browsing to look at vendors that are only in IMATS LA.

The bdellium tools guys are super nice!  They remember you if you interacted with them on twitter.  That's great customer service!

On my list: say hi to Edward and Daniel at bdellium tools and get some more brushes XD

AWESOME 3D makeup at Dinair!  I wish my camera has 3D glasses on to show you how cool it was!

Young Blood Cosmetics... Can't believe I forgot to get some foundation to try >////<

Continuing with my journey to LA, on the 3rd day of our trip, we met up with Sandra again and went shopping (woohoo)!  Before that, we needed to feed ourselves, so we went to IHOP, which stands for "International House of Pancakes", for breakfast!

The new creation menu at IHOP

The food at IHOP is not the healthiest thing in the world.  I remember one dish was 1500 calories + 470 calories for the pancakes... They call it breakfast, but I would just call it my daily calorie intake @@.  So I stick with the healthier choice and got some pancakes on the side =).

They got 4 different type of syrups!  But I only got to try old fashioned one lol.

Jessica, me, and Stacey <3

Sandra and Pascale <3

My Simple-and-Fit Veggie Omelet with Turkey Bacon... I LOVE the tomato... yummm

How can you not try the pancakes at IHOP?

yummmm....

This year's Father's Day, I did not have any plans with my family because they're 7000 miles away.  So I went to the Garnier pop-up tent at Luminato.  It's not the first year that Garnier had participated in the Luminato festival.  This year, they were offering hair colour diagnostics, skincare analysis, and hair styling!

Hair Colour Diagnostics Station

Skincare Analysis Station

Hair Styling Station

Nathalia from Garnier showed me around the tent.  My first stop was the Hair Colour Diagnotisc station.  Everyone who visited the tent was given a pamphlet to help them take notes and see what Garnier products would suit them.


The hair colour specialist used the hair colour diagnostic tool that you can also find on the Garnier website to help you identify which colour would go with your skin tone and eye colour.  For me, my natural hair colour is Level 200, and the lady told me I can go up one or two level (that's level 300 or 400) if I want to see result with semi-permanent hair dye.  Of course, if I was looking into permanent hair dye, I could go a little higher too.  However, I would like less damage done to my hair, so she recommended me to try the HerbaShine ones.

Hair colour diagnostic tool!  You can try it out here

Garnier hair dyes are my go-to when I used to dye my hair every 6 months.  I need to try their semi-permanent ones!

Today was the day that I have waited for so long... We went to IMATS LA!!! OMG!!!

I'm at IMATS LA!!!!!!!!!

I was so excited today that I didn't even feel tired at all.  We woke up at 6:30 in the morning, which is like 9:30 back home so it was all good.  Here's my little OOTD for IMATS:

Excuse my morning face...

Hello all from California!

IMATS LA at Pasadena Convention Centre!!!

I am currently in Pasadena, CA with a few of my girlfriends (Stacey from StaceyBrennan on YouTube, Jessica and Pascale from Beautezine).  We're here to attend the annual IMATS LA at the Pasadena Convention Centre!  We will also be doing some sightseeing and shopping around LA too.  I'm really looking forward to this weekend!

It is our first day in Cali today, and it did not start off great.  First, I slept in and woke up at 6am when my flight was at 6:25am.  It scared the crap out of me and got my girls worried about me too =(.  But things start to get better once I got on another flight and go to LA.  Luckily, there was an 8am flight to Chicago, connecting to LA.  I still got there at 12:45pm, which is only 45 minutes later than the original one.  I'm so glad that American Airlines have great services and frequent flights!  So glad that I am here now!  Anyway, then the day got better when we start browsing around the city.  Look at all the city views... clear sky, palm trees, loveeee!!

A little street mall near IMATS LA

macy's! Not that exciting, I know... lol

Chef's school