Ahh blogger events. They’re fun to attend, aren’t they? Back in the day when I started blogging, it’s unheard of that bloggers are invited to press events. Okay, it wasn’t that long ago but still, press event invitations were only extended to, well, the press.

These days, brands are inviting bloggers to such prestigious events that even other bloggers would be jealous of. Think helicopter and boat rides, gourmet meals and rubbing shoulders with celebrities. Heck, even journos would be jealous! 😛

The very first beauty event I attended was PRIMPED’s Look Book back in August 2010. It wasn’t even an event specially for bloggers yet I was mighty chuffed to be able to attend. I met several bloggers (most of whom I wasn’t familiar with) during the evening and it sure was a lot of fun.

I’m grateful to say that I’ve attended my fair share of blogger events since then. I was even lucky enough to be flown to Sydney twice for blogger events (this one and that one), which were such amazing opportunities for me. It’s been 2 years and blogger events are still something I don’t take for granted. If I get invited, good for me! If not, oh well no biggie. What’s the point of kicking up a fuss?

In time, I came up with my list of dos and don’ts for blogger events. It’s a mental list I go through for every event I RSVP yes to. I even mind-mapped the dos and don’ts on a piece of paper when I was writing this post. It looks really messy so I won’t turn you off by showing you what it looks like 😛

Here it is, my 10 dos and don’ts on blogger event etiquette:

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You know, the day cosmetics companies stop making beauty products that smell like oranges will be the day my love for cosmetics will end. It’s true. I love any sort of lotions or potions that have the heavenly aroma of the citrus fruit and I’m not afraid to show it!

I can’t remember when my love affair with oranges began. It could be the delicious fragrance of shampoo my mother used to use over 20 years ago. It could be all the oranges I had almost every evening after dinner. Either way, my love for delicious scent has transcended the mere fruit to cosmetics and I couldn’t be happier.

Today I’m going to show you 4 body/hand creams that smell so citrusly delicious, you’ll want to lick your own skin.

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I was just reading Xin’s review of the Laduree rose petals blush over the weekend and realised that I had one too! This is what happens when one has way too much makeup, especially blushes. *facepalm*

This has been a long coveted blush of mine ever since I saw pictures of it on the Internet at the start of the year. It’s just like the Japanese to come up with something so beautiful and pretty bloody unattainable on my side of the world. When Val did a shopping spree on cosmetics from Japan, I knew I had to add this in to my shopping cart. 😛

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