Pink Petals: June 2017

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This past weekend was the second year where Generation Beauty came to Toronto. If you're unfamiliar with Generation Beauty, it is a beauty convention hosted by Ipsy and its co-founder Michelle Phan. I wasn't able to go last year, but I was lucky enough to go this year with a few of my blogger buddies - Nancy, Melanie, Steph and Zaibii (click their names to check out their blogs!).

GenBeauty was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in the same room that IMATS was hosted last year. Tickets ranged from $80 to $170, depending on when you purchased it or used a coupon code. This year, you could also purchase an early access pass for $40 where you could enter the event an hour earlier than those without. The event ran from 10am-5pm on Saturday and 11am-3pm on Sunday. I went for the full time both days and came early to line up before the doors opened, alongside the many eager GenBeauty attendees.

I initially thought that it wasn’t that busy and the event could be done in one day based on everyone waiting for the event to open, but I was so wrong. The lineups were ridiculous for some booths, and a lot were constantly closing and opening. I won’t go into details about the booths in this post, but know that the event was basically lineups upon lineups. Did I mention there were lineups? No, seriously.

Due to the long lineups, it was basically impossible to meet your favourite YouTuber(s) while attending all the booths available due to timing and congestion. With that said, I think it would have been better if there was a stage set up similar to IMATS, where the Meet and Greets would be held. Instead, they were held at different booths at different times which contributed to congestion at said booths.

Now onto the Swag Bag! Here’s what was included in this year’s GenBeauty Toronto Swag Bag:

Full Sized:

Absolute New York Cotton Candy Liner in Lemon Drop ($13.00*)

Covergirl Melting Pout Gel Liquid Lipstick in Raspberry Jelly ($10.00)

Dirty Little Secret Cosmetics Lipgloss in Bare ($18.20*)

Essence Get Big Lashes ($4.00)

Goomee Hairloops 4 Pack ($9.10*)

Luxie 237 Blending ($15.90)

MAC Satin Lipstick in Babes and Balls ($21.00)

Moda Pro Makeup Brush Complexion ($10.40*)

NYX Butter Gloss in Creme Brulee ($8.00)

Physicians Formula Multi-Finish Eyeshadow Palette in Natural Nude ($15.00)

Pixi Endless Silky Eye Pen in BronzeBeam ($15.60*)

Pop Beauty Kajal Pen in Inky Purple ($13.00*)

Pur Contour Blending Sponge ($15.60*)

Soo Ae New York Purifying Charcoal Black Mask ($3.25*)

THEFACESHOP Dr. Belmeur Soothing Gauze Sheet Mask ($6.00)

Sample:

Briogeo Rosarco Milk Reparative Leave-In Conditioning Spray (0.75oz, $3.90)

Benefit They're Real! Tinted Lash Primer (0.1 oz, $10.33)

Ciate London Liquid Velvet Lipstick in Pin Up (2ml, $7.08)

Derma E Vitamin C Concentrate Serum (7ml, $3.97)

Eva NYC Mane Magic 10-in-1 Primer (1oz, $2.60*)

GlamGlow Volcasmic Matte Glow Moisturizer (0.5ml, $6.40)

IGK Rich Kid Coconut Oil Gel (15ml, $3.31)

Marc Anthony Hydrating Coconut Oil & Shea Butter Volume Hairspray (53ml, $1.77)

Skinfix Daily Lotion for healthy skin (3oz, $5.70*)

Smashbox Be Legendary Liquid Lip in Crimson Chrome (NA, ~$8.00)

OGX Nourishing+ Coconut Milk Shampoo (3oz, $3.86*)

Pur-lisse BB Tinted Moist Cream SPF 30 (10ml, $11.38*)

Total Swag Bag Value: $246.35

*Prices were converted form USD to CAD at 1.30

Last year, GenBeauty gave two different swag bags – one for each day. This year was a lot more organized where only one swag bag was given to you after you registered and made your way in. This made it really convenient for the event because it gives you an initial bag to put all your goodies in and it benefited those who could only attend one day. The swag bag alone covered the cost of the ticket - there is just so much product, especially when you consider the products received at the booths too. Since I received more than I can ever use, stay tuned for an upcoming giveaway!

Have you ever attended Generation Beauty? Where and how was your experience?

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Located in Quebec, Maison Jacynthe is a Canadian brand founded by Jacynthe Rene. Maison Jacynthe's recently launched their makeup line, formulated with only 100% natural and active ingredients. Their products are free of chemicals, petroleum by-products, preservatives and synthetic fragrances. The best part is that Maison Jacynthe is also a proud member of PETA's Beauty without Bunnies program which can be a huge deciding factor for some makeup lovers.

I was given the opportunity to pick a couple of their products to test out and I'm pretty amazed at these products and their quality. Keep in mind, the powders from Maison Jacynthe are pans and do not include the case which is sold separately. I like to keep all my powders in my Make Up Forever Metal Palette. I chose to try their Eyeshadow in 07 Frappe, Blush in 01 Romeo and Powder Compact in 02 Medium Beige because I use these products the most on an everyday basis. I'm currently spending my Summer in Ottawa and brought a pretty minimal amount of products with me and all three made the cut! :)

Eyeshadow in 07 Frappe ($22) - On the website, Frappe looks like a bright peachy pink which made me a bit apprehensive to choose it, but I'm so glad I listened to my gut. Frappe is a lovely shimmery peachy pink that works well on the middle lid, inner eye and even as a highlighter. I personally like to use it on my whole lid for casual days ie. when I'm going to school.
Blush in 01 Romeo ($26) - Currently, there are two options for blush - Romeo, a rosy red and Juliette, a light pale pink. I chose Romeo because I figured Juliette would be too light for my Light/Medium skin tone, but after testing Romeo, I think Juliette would have been equally as good of a choice. I say this because hot damn, this blush is PIGMENTED. It's the most pigmented blush in my collection right now, dethroning my Smashbox blush. With that said, it's SOOO easy to over blush, so one tap of the brush is more than enough.
Powder Compact in 02 Medium Beige ($29) - There are also two shades of the Powder Compact - Light Beige and Medium Beige. I chose Medium Beige and surprisingly it's a bit dark and yellow toned. For reference, I'm between an NC20-25 and the Medium Beige would be better suited for NC30-35. I received this in February when my skin was lighter and can pass it off now that I tanned a bit this Spring/Summer. The powder itself feels light, provides medium coverage without looking cake-y and so far hasn't caused any breakouts.

Since Maison Jacynthe products have 100% natural ingredients, the powders have a faint herbal scent to them. I can only compare this scent to Physician Formula's Organic Wear BB Cream, but it's a lot less strong. I really liked everything that I tried and am really impressed with the pigmentation for all three products, especially the blush. I would definitely recommend Maison Jacynthe products if you're in the market for organic cruelty-free products, or just something new!

If you're interested in trying Maison Jacynthe products, you can order it from their website here (free shipping over $130 or a flat rate of $9.50).

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