Layla & The Bloggers: A Cocktail Party

Tonight's posting is more for fun.  While at Cosmoprof North America, the lovely ladies behind Layla Cosmetics threw a cocktail party for this awesome group of bloggers who attended.

We met up at the eyecandy sound lounge at Mandalay Bay, drank, shared stories, and got to see the new Layla goodies coming up for the rest of 2012 (and heard some secrets of things to come as well!)

Many many many thanks to the ladies of Layla Cosmetics, LUXCON, and Y! PR for the opportunity to relax and get to know each other!  Now it's time for just some fun loving pictures!


Our amazing hosts - Babila and Tatiana from Layla Cosmetics
More beautiful hosts - April from Y! PR and Paula from LUXCON
Claudia from Chromatic Misadventures, Gia from Bottles & Bottles of Polish & Connie from LUXCON
Lindsey from Neverland Nail Blog & Yasmin from Zadidoll 
Maria from Cult Nails, Claudia and Kimberly from Libby's Pink Vanity
Ria from Ria Loves Pawlish, Shelley from Polarbelle and Destany from Confessions of a Sarcastic Mom
This is how we roll.
Kelly and Drew from SparkleCore
Stephanie from Aquaheart, Bren from OMG! Bren and Alyson from The Gloss Menagerie
Ria, Shelley, Sinead from Self Tanning Queen, Destany, Carly, Babila, Colleen from Y! PR (front), Romy from RomyRaves, Lindsey and Yasmin

Judy from BeautyJudy, Destany, Carly from Lacquered Lover and the ladies behind Ninja Polish

Kimberly, Maria, Yasmin, Bren, Claudia, & Gia

Alyson, Shelley, Ria, Lindsey, Kelly & Drew
Please click to enlarge - photo courtesy of SparkleCore

So yes, there are pictures of me, I promise.

You have no idea how much I've missed Judy from BeautyJudy.  Like, if we lived anywhere near each other, she'd have to kick me out of her house because I just want to talk to her for hours.  She's been a rock for me, someone I can vent to, cry with, be angry with, gossip about polish.  She's the sister I always wanted.  And I had no idea she was making that face in the second picture.  Rock on Judy.


Romy from Romy Raves.  I really didn't get to talk to Romy much which is a dang shame because she is freaking fantastic.  I really hope to cross paths with her again because she was amazingly awesome.

(Same goes for Sinead who I got to share a cab with and it was probably the most hilarious cab ride I've ever taken.  PS: I want a "Put It Back Together" fund too.)


This is Brianna from Makeup Minutes.  She came up to me in the Press Room and introduced herself and I was so intrigued by her look and her presence that we exchanged business cards and I invited her to our party.  Do go check out her blog - she has some great posts going on.  Plus she has a fantastic middle name even if she does spell it with 2 L's.  (Michele for LIFE yo.)

Okay, so you may be asking what's up with my lashes.  Long story short, they are Ardell Wild Lashes and are actually feathers.  I'll write more about them later, I promise.
Photo Courtesy of @Ardell_Lashes

16 comments

  1. Awww I love this post! That was so fun...I miss everyone!!!

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  2. oh, I love your pictures!!!! oh man, what Lindsey said. I miss everyone!! That was such a fun and informative night.

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    1. <3 you too Shelley! It was really informative (cough cough Bubbles cough). <3!

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  3. That was fun. :) I'm still LOLing at myself when I kept thinking Eyecandy Lounge was Eye Kandy Cosmetics. LOL

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    1. Haha not hard to mistake when we live in a world of makeup!

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  4. Awesome! I didn't even realize there were so many pictures! It was a fun time and awesome meeting you! <3

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    1. Yeah I spent some loving time with my camera once I figured out how to take pictures in the dark!

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  5. Wow this looks like you ladies had a great time! Don't you love it when you make connections with people all over the world and some for life over something as silly and fun as nail polish and makeup?

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    1. YES! It's great to see people behind the blog and everyone had a unique story and lovely presence!

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  6. Awwww I miss you all so much. I hated this post because I wasn't there!!

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  7. What a fun post. I love seeing the pictures of all the bloggers I read.

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    1. Thank you! It was great putting faces to nails (hah)!

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  8. Bat those lashes, baby!!! I had a really fun time with you all. I hope I can get together with everyone again. I had a lot of star-struck going on being with such awesome beauty bloggers.

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    1. Girrrrrl you know it!!! I know I have them somewhere in my house too so I can wear them randomly to the grocery store. Muahaha.

      And whatever! We're all cool cats (meow). I need to get my butt to Florida again!

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