Makeup By NeaLove: IMATS NEW YORK- THE EXPERIENCE!

Almost a week later and I still have no words to describe my experience at IMATS New York!

I guess it's best that I start from the beginning. At 6:30am, I was up and ready to start my day. keeping in mind that I wasn't from New York and was unfamiliar with the parking situation, I wanted to be at Pier 94 (where the IMATS was held) by 8:30am.

After a 20 minute ride to the venue, I was pleasantly surprised to see about 100-150 people ahead of me in line. This was good because I knew I would be able to enter the venue as soon as the doors opened at 10 am.

I can honestly say after registration and being given the IMATS wristband it was all a blur. Everything was happening so fast. I knew that the two booths I was interested in visiting first was Lime Crime and Sigma. As you enter the venue, Lime crime was basically directly in front of me. I attempted to get in line there but when I was told by security that they would have to start a new line which was so long that it extended outside, I decided to pass. Some people waited for over an hour just to see the products! I knew what I wanted but wasting time standing in that line was defiantly not it.

From there I went to the Sigma booth. That line wasn't too bad when I got there. Not even five minutes later, I looked back and the line was beginning to wrap around the building. It was truly insane. I was a little sad because all of the eye shadow brushes that I wanted were sold out but I was able to get my hands on some amazing face brushes (which I will show in my IMATS Haul blog). For such a long line, it moved extremely quickly. The ladies there were super efficient; you got your product, paid, and were done in less than 15 minutes.

From that point on, I went to a variety of different vendors. I stopped at Alcone, Makeup For Ever, Royal Langnickle, NYX, Graftobian, OCC, and Nigels Beauty Emporium just to name a few. I also stopped at a few other booths that I didn't get their names. It was just so much fun looking at and trying so many amazing products all around me.

Once I had done my damage, I decided that I couldn't come to IMATS and not take pictures with my favorite youtubers and makeup artists from Instagram. Every person that I was able to meet was so kind and welcoming. They took the time to talk and take pictures with me and their many other subscribers. I cannot express enough how great it felt to meet the very people I watch and use as inspiration.

Here are some pictures of the amazing people I meet (I apologize as some are a bit blurry):

Amazing makeup artist. If you don't know him, well you really should! His instagram is @kilprity. His work is unreal and I promise you will not be disappointed in what you see. I would LOVE to site down to pick his brain and maybe even work with him someday!

I did not get this lady's name but when I saw her at this booth, I knew I had to take a picture with her. So was so beautiful and sweet as well. The booth I saw her at was Glamorous Chicks Cosmetics.You can find them on their website at: www.glamorouschickscosmetics.com or their instgram: @Glamorouschickscosmetics. They carry eye shadows, blush, mascara and so much more.

Alba

Pictures with the beautiful Alba. She has wonderful youtube videos and she is also on instagram. Check her out at: Instagram- @SunKissAlba and on Youtube- SunKissAlba. Anything makeup and natural hair related, you can find on her page.

Kelsey and Kendra

These two beauties were absolutely gorgeous and not to mention they were so sweet. I caught them as they were entering IMATS and they seemed to be trying to get things in order but when I asked to take a picture with them they did not mind at all. I was happy to meet them because I watch their videos all the time so it was great to finally chat with them for a little bit. Check out their youtube page: glamtwinz334 and their instagram:@glamtwinkels1 and @glamtwinken2.

All in all, IMATS New York was a success. It was something I will never forget and cherish forever. Thank you New York! You were really good to me.

Here are some other pictures you can check out:

Pre IMATS Selfies

Body Art

Ice Queen

Did not want to wait in line but had to take a picture in front of Lime Crime

GlamorousChicks Cosmetics Booth

Eve Pearl during her talk. Took a picture with her but when I went through my camera I realized that it did not capture it. It was great meeting her none the less.