On Friday I went to SummerMBeauty event in Maribor. It was the second year that this event was organized. Last year I had fun meeting Slovenian beauty bloggers, so I was excited to go again. It's not just a meetup, it's also meeting new beauty brands, learning their philosophy behind the product, debating with other successful bloggers and of course meeting some old and new faces. I thought you might be interested in what these kind of events look like. Plus I also have photos of some of the products that we got and I'll probably have a review of a lot of these on my blog as well.

The event was full of beauty enthusiasts and beauty brands. Location called Vetrinjski dvor, was a whimsical backyard with hanging paper flowers and indoor rooms. In the beginning we all got a sniff of Calvin Klein perfumes. We learned about Croatian natural skin and body care brand called Biobaza. Makeup artist Barbara Visket showed us some newest makeup trends from Milano with the help of Nee Makeup. She also advised us on our own beauty concerns, like the shape of the brows, that seems to be one of the most popular concerns these days. How come we only now noticed that the brows are the frames that can make or break the look?! We also learned about Karbonoir, a natural activated charcoal teeth whitening from coconut shells.

In between, we had breaks out in the sun, catching up with each other and sipping on refreshments. I met some new faces in person. It's so fun to meet someone, because usually, you're just commenting on their social media and blogs. Now you can add the voice to those comments. Thank you all for speaking a word or two with me, it was lovely to meet you all.

Our breaks were full of fun drinks, ice cream, pop sickles and instagram worthy looking food. We also had so called beauty market, were we met other beauty brands and people behind them. I found out about some new brands, as well as meet some lovely PR ladies from the brands that I already know. 

At the end we also debated about blogging, YouTube and owning your own business with blogger Neja Stoilkovsky, Everly store owner Fiona and YouTuber Lea, better known as Lepa Afna. It was a great positive end to a great day. 

I have to thank the organizers of SummerMBeauty for inviting me. You definitely did it again. The locations was perfect, informative debates, good drinks and food and the day was almost too short, which always means I had a lot of fun. Thank you Sindi Kustec, Nina Novak and Ajda Volovšek.

Big thanks to all the sponsors of the event:

Elite MB Catering

Barcaffe Black&Easy

Sladolednica BUM

La Popsi

Pullus

Fructal

Everly

Rosies Store

Essence

Lush

Ličila.si

Glina.si

Malinca

Yanumi

Karbonoir

Ziaja

Avon

Soraya

Annemarie Börlind

Paese

Ikona

Perfect Body MB

Keune

Calvin Klein

Nee Make Up Milano

Galerija Spa

Vetrinjski Dvor

Luft

I leave you with a few photos from the event as well as photos of the products from all the goody bags that we got. I am so excited to start testing. Most of the products are new to me, so you can probably expect review of it on my blog, when I test it out well. 

Oh, I almost forgot. We got these cute prints of one of our Instagram photos. Such a lovely souvenir from the event to remember it by. 

Hey Beauties!

I sometimes get invited to blogger events, but don't attend, because well, I'd have to drive two hours in one direction to attend an hour or two long event. It's not cots worthy and it can be time consuming. When I got invite to SummerMBeauty (btw, love that word play they created), which was happening in Maribor (hallelujah!), I was excited and definitely wanted to attend.

Photo by Miša Margan

Let me just say that I didn't expect anything as good as it turned out to be. Event was located at bar Luft, which is apparently a new hot spot in Maribor. I can see why, I'd say it's kind of fancy (I love to use that word a lot these days). It has an amazing view of Maribor, all glass walls and a nice ambient. We also had our group photo shooting on their terrace and it's just as spectacular as you'd think.

Photo by Matjaž Malenšek

It was my first huge blogger event and I was trying to match faces with blogs. Looking back at it, I am kind of sad, I didn't talk to more bloggers. It was a fairly big group and we paired ourselves into mini groups since most of them already knew each other. It was definitely a new experience spending day with fellow beauty lovers and learning beauty related stuff.

Our organizers spoiled us with products all through the event and thanks to amazing sponsors we were in beauty mood all the time. We all got a few bits from Oriflame, Essence and Catrice in the beginning. A very cute personal touch came from Majuška and it was hand made summer themed necklace with our names and blog name. Such a nice memory from the event. On the sofas we're already some super cute Babushka notebooks and De Le Roi products. While we were admiring the view from terrace and making selfies, some brands were lining up their products for us to try out, chat with them and again get rotten spoiled with some free gifts. Beauty market was full of different types of brands, something for everyone. Some smelled amazing, others looked amazing and it was refreshing to get a first hand information from brand representatives.

Pomurje gang from left to right/top to bottom: me, Tatjana, Sabina, Larisa and Neža

Photo by Ajda

We also got some very photogenic refreshments called Luftarca. I definitely recreated these at home. To switch things up and get us to be a bit involved and social, we also had a few contests going on. We had certain props and were asked to create unique and fun photos representing that brand. It was fun to create something at the spot and I actually won in one of the categories and got Brutus Clothing shirt. Yay! The idea came up, when I was trying to get a selfie with the beard prop and Sabina was photo bombing my photo. I think Neža said that this looked super funny and Tatjana joined the photo. Group effort success.

Photo by Ajda

In the beginning we had makeup workshop with Sabrina from Many loves by Sabrina. She showed us how to contour and highlight, since this is still very popular technique. I was more interested in the products that she was using, because the technique I already saw before. At the end Nives from Kozmetični salon Beauty told us more about permanent makeup. I was actually surprised in what ways it can be used, but didn't find it attractive enough for me to ever try it, since I love to change my makeup really often.

All through the day we also had an official entertainer (as I would call him) and it was Tim Kores Kori. I'm sure Slovenian readers know him. He was actually a bit lost in all the makeup galore and it was kind of funny. I also think he was definitely trying to light up the room, when we were getting a bit tired and was great ice breaker in the beginning.

Last, but definitely not least, we have to talk about the organizers of the event: Sindiana from Sindiana Jones, Aleksandra from Aleksandra Rose, Ajda from Nyx's beauty blog and Nina from LunxxChi Beauty & Lifestyle. My hat goes off to you for organizing such a big event for a big group of bloggers. From my personal experiences, I know how hard it is to organizer any kind of event and what small details you have to cover and think of. Many wouldn't even organize it, because it would be too much work. So kudos for your organization and I definitely hope that I'll see you all again next year.

From left to right: Nina, Sindiana, Kori, Ajda and Aleksandra Photo by Matjaž Malenšek

At the end organizers bombarded us with more goody bags and it was definitely a bit overwhelming. Let's just say that we have more than enough products for future reviews.

Thanks to all the amazing sponsors: 1001dar, 4kidsandus, AlpStories, Aroma Herbal, Avon, Babushka, Brlogarka, Brutus Clothing, CD, DashBox, De Le Roi, Dvorec Trebnik, Essence/Catrice, Essentiq, Etre Belle, Everet, Guerlain, Henkel, Herbio, LCDM, Ličila.si, Luft, Mala Črna Oblekica, Malinca, Many loves by Sabrina, MediForma, Nivea, Nives Versa Šorli, Paula's Choice, Rosena, Sanolabor, Skin Truth, Soraya, Super Obrok, Tim Kores, Union (Nula), Venera Kozmetika, VilaVita/Vital Market, Zelišča Cvetka, Zisha, Fotograf Matjaž Malenšek, Miša Margan, Glina.si.