If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you probably noticed that I spammed you with a heap of pics from the Bloggers United Brisbane Event a couple of weeks back.
I’d followed from afar when the Bloggers United events were held in Adelaide, Sydney and other capital cities and wished we could have them here … sometimes wishes do come true!
So when crazy cat lady blogger Sammy from Bargain Baglady, mentioned the Bloggers United Brisbane event was only 9 days away, I was like, “WHAT! HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS!”
Off went my email enquiry and the blogging gods were with me, because I. SCORED. THE. LAST. TICKET! I was going to hang out with a heap of other Brisbane bloggers!
So good to meet Sammy on the day!
As I walked into the foyer of the Fox Hotel, I was immediately struck by all the very beautiful, very YOUNG ladies … but fortunately there were a few other (ahem!) mature bloggers for me to “hang” with. (That’s not to say I didn’t hang with the young ones too … one of the first gals I met was the charming Olivia from Olivia’s Beauty Blog, who told me she was 18 – turns out we both live in the same suburb!).
My experience of “life on the older side” continued when I approached one of the market tables, to have the sweet young thing exclaim, “I know you! I went to school with your daughter – and she shares lots of your posts!”
Both of these young ladies knew Miss 19 from school!
Luckily they didn’t hold it against me 😉
FAQ About the Bloggers United Brisbane Event
I’ve had quite a few of you ask me about it, so I thought I’d answer your most frequently asked questions.
How did you score all those amazing goody bags?!
Yes, goody bags, PLURAL. I think I ended up with five to take home!
We were all laden with goody bags, just like Kelsey Sarah!
The event wasn’t free – tickets were $50 – but well worth it. Bloggers United is all about bringing bloggers and brands together; many of the brands are smaller ones with little to no marketing budget, so they are keen to work with bloggers in the hope that we will fall in love with their products and shout their praises across social media 🙂 .
A sneak peek inside one of my bags
What are your favourite products so far?
There were so many great products, it will take me months to trial them all – Miss 19 promptly claimed half I divvied up my loot with Miss 19 and she will help me trial and review them (if she knows what’s good for her 😉 ). However there are two I am loving already: the Skin Therapy Bee Venom moisturiser, and the Maybelline Colour Sensational matte lipstick in “Touch of Spice” (available at Priceline).
Funny name – great product!
With the lovely Jenni from This Glamourous Mess.
Did you know anybody at the event?
No! Sammy from Bargain Baglady and I had connected online over our shared love of op shopping and cats, but this was our first meeting in real life. I also suspected I would see some familiar faces, after all, I’ve been to my fair share of bloggy events … but nada. It was a totally different (younger!) group to what I have normally encountered.
I also enjoyed spending time with Kellie from Red Delicious, Katrina from Sista with Style, Jenni from This Glamourous Mess, and Candice from Candy Fairy.
Cheeky grins from Kellie (Red Delicious) and Katrina (Sista with Style)
What did you do there?
We had a number of guest speakers from different brands, doing demonstrations and teaching us about makeup, health and beauty. During the break for nibbles, we had the opportunity to check out the various displays and chat to brand reps.
What brands are you keen to collaborate with in the future?
Ah now … that would be telling! You’ll just have to wait and see for yourself. I have some ideas that I’d really like to pitch to a couple of the brands, that work with more mature markets. Now to get off my butt and contact them!
If you have any other questions about the Bloggers United Brisbane Event, feel free to ask them here!
Great event overview! We’re Bloggers United Au twins today Janet! I wrote about the Bloggers United 1st Birthday event in Sydney at Lush.
Ooo will have to head over and read!
Great review lovely, it was so awesome to finally meet you at the event 🙂
Sammy | Bargainbaglady.com {xx}
Thank you so much for letting me know about it – not to mention the fact that I felt so much better about going, knowing there was ONE person I knew (sort of)!!!
Great idea for smaller brands to be able to connect. Am choking about all the 18 year olds. It is like when hubby has a new employee at his office and I choke when I find out what year they were born in. Enjoy trying out all your goodies.
LOL I know right! How can somebody at work have been born in the 2000’s?!!
Looks amazing. I’ve always wondered if Bee venom was worth its weight – very pricey stuff #teamIBOT
I looked up the price and this one is quite reasonable compared to a lot of brands 🙂
I love Bargain Baglady too, being the enthusiastic op shopper myself! There are so many good ones around her way too. I have op shop envy.
Yes I love checking out her bargains 🙂
Looks like fun Janet, those goodie bags look amazing!
So spoiled!
Great write up! And it was so lovely to meet you too x
Thanks Jenni! Fab to meet you too x
I saw this and thought it would just be very young beauty bloggers but now I’m sort of kicking myself. Looks fabulous — really hope that you get to work with some of the brands that are a good fit.
It mostly was … but somebody has to fly the banner high for us oldies!!!
Looks like an awesome event and what a score with the goody bags. I haven’t heard of any of those bloggers. It must have been nice to meet some new people 🙂
It was really surprising for me 🙂
That looks incredible! I’d love to go to the next one when it comes on in Brisbane. Never even knew it existed!
Make sure you join the Facebook page or sign up for their newsletter so you know when they’re headed this way, next time!
I totally forgot to buy a ticket. I wanted to go because there are so few blogging events these days …but it slipped my mind. Was it all makeup based though? I want to go to blogging events but Bloggers United always looked far too girly for me 🙂
It was very heavily beauty-based Vanessa so might not have been your cup of tea though it would have been wayyyyy cool to have met you IRL!
Glad to hear the Brisbane event was also awesome! I can’t wait for next year’s. The girl I sat with for most of the Adelaide event ended up living super close to me too! That’s Adelaide for you though.
It was good fun! I’d love to fly around the country to go to ALL of them!
Looks like you had a great time at an equally great event. The goodie bags looked amazing too 🙂 I know what you mean about being a little on the ahem, mature side at these events. Still it keeps us young, hey?
It sure does Jo! Plus we show these young whipper snappers that getting older is nothing to be afraid of!
Love this post! Great thorough review of the event lovely lady! 🙂
Twas great to meet you – thank you for introducing yourself to me – it was a bit of a spin out for me, as you can tell!
Fabulous day! Great write up. Awesome products. It was like Christmas Day for beauty bloggers!! Loved meeting you too. xx
We were so spoiled weren’t we! x
Aw thank you for mentioning me! It was lovely meeting you for that brief couple of seconds! ?
Tee hee thank you for not minding me grabbing a quick photo. You just looked so cute with all your goody bags!!!
Great post!! Thank you for a little shoutout there 🙂 xx
Hope you are enjoying all the products!!
It was lovely to meet you Olivia 🙂 … you might be interested in my daughter’s latest Youtube video, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnSaqNRned8&sns=tw
That looks awesome! I’d love to go to something like that.
Funny how these events highlight that there are so many bloggers out there and we really have no idea about half of them! It’s a huge community.
Exactly – it was such an eye opener for me Jess x