After driving us well and truly crazy by showing us an array of lust-worthy accessories, Selfridges and the Bullring decided to give us a serious pampering. I often joke that you can tell that you're at a fashion event because there's loads of booze, and very little food! This was definitely not the case. We were treated to an Italian feast at pizza restaurant Rossopomodoro which can be found on the bottom floor of Selfridges. I was yet to try this relatively new eatery, so was pretty excited (I get pretty excited about food generally). Pizza after pizza was bought out, and they were exactly as I remember eating them in Italy - fresh thin crust, real tomato base, cured meats, roasted vegetables, gorgeous stringy mozzerella. Oh my. This was all accompanied by bruschetta, olives, and other lovely nibbles. All the time our glasses were being topped up with fresh Prosecco (or iced water for the drivers!). There was so much most of us ended up taking home a doggy bag for the lucky people waiting for us at home. (Ok, I'll admit it, I did actually make the boyfriend share it with me.)
We were then all whisked up to the beauty floor where we all received a pampering treatment, which were drawn at random earlier in the evening. I drew an express makeover at YSL. I always love getting my makeup done, as I'm usually doing it for other people! It's great to see different products from the CMB ones that I usually use, and also to see the techniques used by the makeup artist.
My makeover started with an application of primer, then foundation, and then the famous Touche Eclat was applied to the shadowed areas of my face. A little powder was used on my T zone to set this, and then instead of a blush a radiance highlighting powder was used on my cheekbones. As I was already wearing full eye makeup which would have taken some time to get off and probably would have made a bit of a mess, my eyes were just defined with false lash effect mascara. The finishing touch was a mauve-pink lipstick to pick out the colours in my dress. This was a new lipstick from YSL and I have to say I was pretty impressed. It looked like a lipstick, applied like a gloss, then dried to a matt finish which still felt very creamy, not dry at all which can be an issue with some of the matt stains I've tried.
Overall the evening was a lovely treat and I'd like to thank Selfridges and the Bullring again for inviting me.
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