Tophats and Trousers: Professional Beauty 2012

As part of our college course, this year we got taken to Professional Beauty 2012.

My ticket. We had to get scanned everytime we entered the main room.

What can I say about the show? Well, it was truly amazing. I've never seen so much makeup, nail polishes, fake eyelashes, beauty tools, etc in my whole life!

A snapshot of Professional Beauty 2012.

It was incredibly busy and the room was buzzing (excuse the cliche but it really does fit the atmosphere well). There were so many stalls, most of which were selling various things (including a few selling various machines for fitness and weightloss which were cost £2000 upwards. I dont know whether they actually sold anything because it was students day and I cant see many students having the money to buy them!) but there were several purely advertising and information booths.

My classmates Kayla and Elle on fitness machines. They wobble and where your muscles have to engage to keep you steady, it gives you a workout. They do make you feel weird, with all your body moving side to side really quickly. I don't think anyone went on it and didn't come off it giggling.

It was interesting seeing what the world has to offer.
And the brands! I thought I had a fairly large knowledge of the different makeup/nails/other product brands within the beauty therapy industry, but now I know that it's very incredibly limited.

Less than 1/4 of China Glaze's nail polish stand. O.P.I.'s was even bigger. So much choice, so little money.

I think that I most enjoyed looking at the nail polishes. Despite the amount of different brand nail polishes there were, I was most drawn to O.P.I. and China Glaze.
Why? Because they're the two brands of polishes that I've always wanted but never been able to afford. But at this show, they were all heavily discounted so I treated myself to three different polishes:

- "Jade is the New Black" - OPI
A lovely green colour. I picked up the last one before I totally decided whether I wanted it. But after I put it in my basket, there were people asking if there were any more left...which there weren't. So I bought it, because I knew that if I didn't and I had decided that I really wanted it, I wouldn't be able to get it. And I'm glad that I did, because it really is a gorgeous colour!

- "In My Back Pocket" - OPI
A gorgeous bright orange that is just a few steps off being neon (although if I wanted neon, I could've got it. Neon seems to be the current "in" nail colour!) I have no clue as to the reasons behind the name, nor do I know why so few people had bought it, because it's lovly.

- "Ruby Pumps" - China Glaze
My absolute favourite colour that I bought that day. The name is so relevant: they look as though you have taken Dorothy's shoes from The Wizard of Oz, liquidised them and turned them into nail polish. So, as you can guess, theyre a sparkly shiny bright red! Lush.

My Haul:

Nail art polishes x2, fairy nail art stickers, tweezers, hoof stick, wax heater pot, wax kit, OPI nail polish x2, China Glaze nail polish. Spent about £65.