Monday, 25 February 2013

Bristol Blogger Meetup (#bbmeet) Pt 1 - The Day

Saturday was the day of the Bristol Blogger Meetup, organised by myself and the fabulous Alessia from Whispers from Angels. It was so surreal that after months and months of planning it finally arrived - it felt like it was never going to! It's safe to say that Alessia and I were nervous wrecks in the run up to the meetup!!

So many lovely and talented bloggers came along to the meetup and were a mix of fashion and beauty bloggers. It was so nice to meet everyone, although I flapped and flustered around a bit so I didn't quite get to talk to everyone as much as I'd have liked, or take as many photos as I'd have liked!

The day started in Frankie and Benny's in Cabot Circus, which gave everyone a chance to meet and chat while having a drink and a bite to eat. I have to mention the waitress allocated to our tables - she was absolutely fabulous! Before eating we kicked off the event with a giveaway to win two N-Spa beauty boxes, each containing a cleansing gel, hot cloth polish, serum and day cream. Alessia and I had brought along the list of attendees, so we put a number next to each name and the waitress randomly picked two numbers. Congratulations again to Jade and Roxy for winning!

Roxy and Jade with their prize!

Once the plates had been cleared away lots of the girls set about exchanging business cards and blog links, which was great. We then handed out our treats for the girls - a goody bag! I will do a separate post on the goody bag itself but you can peek at what's inside below.


Then we set about to do what we bloggers do best - SHOP! We all split up to do this as there were so many of us. Me and the gorgeous ladies I was with (Clair, Poppy, Becky, Carly and JJ) headed to New Look, Topshop, Superdrug, Boots, Lush and Debenhams. In Lush, Poppy was treated to some hand pampering, which resulted in quite a few of us buying the King of Skin Body Butter after feeling Poppy's super soft hand!! The sales assistant also generously gave us all a sample of Ro's Argan Oil Body Conditioner. 


After shopping quite a few of us met back up in Starbucks for a coffee, chat and to share what we had bought. The day went so quickly, but I enjoyed every single minute of it!

Me and Alessia!
Thank you to Roxy for letting me use this picture!

Thank you so much to everyone who came along! I'd also like to say thank you to:

- Alessia for being the most wonderful co-host and organiser!
- Frankie and Benny's for the fab customer service.
- Everyone involved in creating the goody bag (I'll list them separately in the second post).
- My boyfriend for putting up with me in the run up to the event!!

I'm so sorry if I've forgotten anyone!

Let's all do it again one day?

Beauty Bird xx

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  1. Unknown25 February 2013 at 21:18

    looks like a fab event! Wish I lived closer as would have love to meet you all x

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    1. Beauty Bird1 March 2013 at 08:15

      Aw same! Hopefully there will be another time and another place :-) xx

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  2. Sophie25 February 2013 at 21:30

    I wish I could go to a meet up! I'm in Bristol too, how do you find out about the events?

    sophie-lillie.com

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    1. Beauty Bird1 March 2013 at 08:17

      The best place is probably Twitter and through other bloggers. There is a Twitter account for South West bloggers @SWBloggers, which I would recommend following :-) xx

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  3. maliberry25 February 2013 at 21:34

    Thanks again for organising the event - it was so much fun and your hard work really paid off! x

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    1. Beauty Bird1 March 2013 at 08:17

      Yay so glad you had fun! Thank you so much!xx

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  4. Unknown25 February 2013 at 21:37

    Aw, such a lovely post :) I feel really nostalgic- saturday was so great!! xx

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    1. Beauty Bird1 March 2013 at 08:17

      Thank you hun! It really was, feels so long ago now doesn't it?!xx

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  5. Jetleyface25 February 2013 at 22:02

    Thank you again so much for organizing it hun & I am loving my prize! x

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    1. Beauty Bird1 March 2013 at 08:18

      Thank you so much for coming and so glad you loved the prize!xx

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  6. Clair25 February 2013 at 22:32

    It was such a fabulous day! Thank you for organising everything! X

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    1. Beauty Bird1 March 2013 at 08:18

      Thank you for coming :-) We will have to do another at some point!xx

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  7. Unknown25 February 2013 at 22:44

    I wish I could have been there! Maybe next time :)

    Hazel X
    http://whichhazel05.blogspot.co.uk/

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  8. Roxy25 February 2013 at 22:58

    Thank you for an awesome day :)
    Hope to see you again soon!!

    Roxy's Box of Tricks  
    xxx

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    1. Beauty Bird1 March 2013 at 08:19

      Thank you Roxy, hope to see you again soon too!xx

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  9. Gemma Etc.25 February 2013 at 22:59

    Great post! It looked like you had an amazing time :D xx

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    1. Beauty Bird1 March 2013 at 08:19

      Thank you, it was such a great day, it just went so quickly!xx

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  10. RICO and TINE25 February 2013 at 22:59

    Let's definitely do it again! It was so fab! You did good lovely :) :) xxx
    Vicki x

    missvlouise.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Beauty Bird1 March 2013 at 08:19

      Thanks Vicki! Was lovely to have met you!xx

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  11. Justine25 February 2013 at 23:33

    Looks like so much fun!!Hope you all had a fab time Justine xx

    fashionmixbag.blospot.com

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    1. Beauty Bird1 March 2013 at 08:20

      Thanks Justine, hopefully will meet you at an event soon :-) xx

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  12. Unknown25 February 2013 at 23:54

    Looks like it was a fab day Sasha, would have loved to have been there! Well done for organising everything, I wouldn't know where to start I don't think.
    Mel xx

    melswallofmirrors.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Beauty Bird1 March 2013 at 08:20

      Aw would have loved it if you could have come! We will meet one day :-) xx

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  13. Flo27 February 2013 at 01:51

    This looks like SO much fun, I wish I could live in Bristol x

    http://holaflo.blogspot.com.ar/

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  14. The Style Rawr27 February 2013 at 15:02

    It was such an amazing event, thanks so much again for being a total rockstar!

    Tara
    The Style Rawr!
    xoxo

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  15. Gemma Eales27 February 2013 at 15:17

    this looks like lots of fun! id love to go to a meet up, how do you find out about them? xx

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    1. Beauty Bird1 March 2013 at 08:21

      The best place is probably Twitter and through other bloggers. There is a Twitter account for South West bloggers @SWBloggers, which I would recommend following :-) xx

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  16. The CSI girls2 March 2013 at 14:12

    It was such a great day. Thanks both so much for sorting everything.
    M
    Xx

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