All I have to say is that IMATS were so much fun!!!

My step-sister, the Boo, and myself all piled in the car and made our way up to LA area. Man... I still can't get over LA drivers. A picture to show that we made it in one piece.


I would really recommend it to anyone that is interested in anything doing with makeup. And its not just beauty makeup! There were a lot of people that were also showing special effects makeup as well. They brought in some of the effects that were using in movies. The props and latex pieces were really interesting to see. They had a bunch of demonstrations also on how to recreate certain characters or how to work with latex pieces right there on the convention center floor. Its amazing to see how all of the creatures that you see on the big screen are brought to life by some of the artists. I believe I saw a couple from Batman and also Planet of the Apes. Also, tons of body painting going on. MAC, I believe, had four total; two on Saturday and two on Sunday. MUFE was also doing some body painting. Even the person who was doing the body painting for the MUFE had some fierce ass lips going on.

I felt kind bad for the people getting body painted...

They had to stand there for hours.

I want those lips!!!

I did get to see Josh and Suzy there but no Leesha. Josh said that she was in a class. But anyways...

Myself, Josh, and Suzy

Here are some pictures of what I got.

Micheal's scrapbooking tote for 15 bucks!

My MAC that cost me $700 >:(

Crown brushes and clutch and some extras for the tote!

If you got to go then good for you but if you guys didn't get to go this year YOU NEED TOO!!! There was so much to take in and only one day (for myself) to do so. I wish I had gotten there eariler and I wished that I had brought a credit card. The only bad thing that happened that day was that MAC didn't take cash. I KNOW, RIGHT? So the Boo gave up the card but they didn't know how to ring up a business credit card so they ended up charging him about 5 times that day. We ended up getting a bill from them that was 700ish dollars. So far we are still trying to clear these transactions. I also recommend taking a small notebook and if you are looking to branch out some business cards. I spaced and forgot to print some out but oh well. Also though wear comfy shoes!!! I wore some really cute flats but even for me I was dying at the end of the day.


Talk to you all soon!