I went to the workshop this morning and i would highly recommend it. There was 7 of us and 4 volunteers so very personal and hands on.
Workshop was for around 2.5 hours but we did finish a little later as we took a while with out makeup :)
We each were given a little makeup station area where we systematically used the products and then when finished we took all of them home.
So we started with cleansing, toning, the importance of wearing sunscreen, foundation, eyeshadow, eyebrows, mascara, blush - we were all ready to go out on the town after we were done.
Its fantastic to also see all the products that were donated. We each ended up with Cleanser, Toner, Sun Screen, 2 foundations, 2 lipsticks, blush, eye liner, eyebrow pencil, mascara. Id say there was at least $200 - $300 of value in the products alone as many were high end brands such as Clinique, Estee Lauder, Loreal, Benefit
Some things i took away was
1. using a cream cleanser than foaming or gel ones as they are less drying
2. the importance of sunscreen, high SPF, to be put on after cleansing and before moisturizing
3. Benefit who are know for their products for Brows, have a great kit which has stencils, eyebrow gels etc for when your eyebrows need some special attention
After our makeup section we had morning tea.
Later we were shown creative ways with scarves and hats and given pamphlets on where to buy them.
The last part of the morning was a lady coming from Creative Wigs to explain the different styles of wigs and a few ladies volunteered to be models, which was a little fun to see whats possible. All wigs she had were synthetic and they did look very convincing. She felt that synthetic wigs had come a long way in the last 10 years and that there was no need to spend the extra money on a real hair wig.
Id highly recommend it, even if your not a makeup person, its a nice few hours of "Me" time and having a chat and meeting some ladies that are going through the same thing as yourself.
