So I've been really busy with school and haven't posted in months, but I'm really gonna try to keep up with this. Finals are this week and after finals, I'm going to try to get at least two posts up a week. Anyways, I decided to go to IMATS this weekend, and for those of you who don't know, IMATS (international makeup artists trade show) is a makeup show that goes around the world (LA, NYC, London, Vancouver, Toronto, and Sydney). It was a three-day event. On Friday, it was for pro's only, and then Saturday and Sunday were open to the public. I decided late last week that I wanted to go so the tickets for Saturday were already sold out. I got my ticket for Sunday for $45. That is the first "con" about this event. In order for me to make me feel like going to IMATS was worth it was that I needed to buy enough stuff to makeup for the ticket. Does that make sense? I honestly do not feel like all of the stuff I bought with the discount was worth the $45 entry ticket. It probably averaged out, if not, I probably ended up paying more money than if I were to buy the stuff outside. Many people go to IMATS for the brands that you don't normally see, but most of the stuff I ended up getting were from Sigma, Crown, Stila, and Bobbi Brown. Granted, the deals I got were amazing, but I just don't think I saved enough to justify going. It was a great experience, and I probably will go again for INGLOT and BHcosmetics, OCC..etc. but just to buy a Bobbi Brown corrector and a Stila eyeliner..I'll pass. I will probably go again because it was really fun to meet/see alot of gurus like eleventhgorgeous, lovemelisamichelle, makeupbytiffanyd, ilikeweylie..etc.
I'll be posting a haul/review of all the things I got at IMATS hopefully in the next two week because these couple days are going to be hectic with finals and projects due. I just wanted to get my honest thoughts up before that haul.
If any of you went to IMATS, I wanna know your experience and thoughts on it!
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Great honest post. I live on the East coast and want to go to IMATS so bad! Partly for the deals but mostly for the experience of just being there. However, with the price of a flight and the entry ticket I wouldn't be getting much of a deal on products. Did you like the experience?
ReplyDeletewell if you live on the east coast, you could go to the NY IMATS. I liked going for the experience of being there. I just don't think I'd be going every year. If you go with the intention of buying a lot of makeup, then it is worth it because I got products that were 40% off! As for the flight ticket issue, I wouldn't recommend booking a flight just to go to IMATS. If you happen to be in town, then check it out, but if not then it's probably not gonna be worth it. I do know the NY IMATS is coming up in April though!(:
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