I was lucky enough to attend Generation Beauty by Ispy in Toronto at the Toronto Convention Center, and I'm here to share my experience with you.
It was pretty last minute when I decided to go. A slightly long story, too, but mostly worth it.
I was originally supposed to go with my beautiful friend, April, but there was a scheduling conflict, so I was going to get a ticket for Wayne's daughter as a birthday gift and take her with me, but that didn't work out either. By the time all of this transpired, the original ticket price ($63) batch had sold out, as well as the next batch ($105). According to the website for the event, there was going to be a swag bag worth $200 of beauty products. The ticket price after the first two batches were sold out was $210. I live in Windsor, which is about a 4 hour drive from Toronto. At that point, it was totally not worth me going. So I had come to the sad realization I wouldn't be able to attend. This was in March sometime.
On Mother's Day, I was checking out some posts on a group I belong to on facebook, and I had noticed that someone posted a discount code from the Ipsy snapchat to make the ticket price go to $100. It was a 24 hour deal, and about 17 hours had already passed, so I had to move quickly. I needed to find out if I could borrow a car from my parents to drive up there; I needed to find out whether or not my cousin and his girlfriend were going to be in Toronto that following weekend so I could stay there; I needed to buy my ticket; I needed to see whether or not April could go with me, etc. etc. So I moved quickly and everything fell into its perfect place in the world for me.
And so I went!
I'll begin with the bad.
I was under the impression that everyone who attended was handed a big swag bag when you walked in the door. I was wrong. When I registered, I was given a floor map of all the vendors. Around the floor map were corrugated tickets for each vendor/brand. It was set up so everyone had to line up at each booth, and when you got the the front of the line, you handed over your ticket, and got a product from that brand. At the end of the day, that was considered your swag bag. I was pretty upset when I found that out. I was even more angered when I was told by some AWESOME girls I met while I was there that the swag bag I had pictured in my brain was actually going to be handed out at the cocktail party that night. And only people who were beauty creators were invited to the cocktail party. I was considered an attendee, not a creator. Pissed. Oh! Did I mention that beauty creators didn't even have to pay for their ticket to attend genbeauty? They were given them by being an Ipsy OS member. So not only was I angry about the ticket I had to pay for, I didn't get the swag bag I was led to believe I was receiving, AND I wasn't invited to the cocktail party where the swag bag was handed out.
Moving forth.
I met some amazing girls while I was there. I saw huge YouTubers and influencers. At some point in the afternoon, there were small swag bags handed out (with a ticket).
By the end of the weekend (the event spanned over Saturday and Sunday), I came out ahead in regards to the ticket price compared to what I ended up with at the end of it all. When it comes down to paying for gas and parking and food, I more than likely came out behind, but I got to see my cousin and his girlfriend, and I got a ton of new makeup out of it. Thank goodness I didn't have to pay for a hotel on top of everything.
So this is what I stood in line for.
Not bad, right? I will use most of it, but the stuff I've decided I won't use, I have already given away or put away...... for a giveaway..... ;)
I will try my damndest to be a beauty creator by the time it comes around again. I pray to have my YouTube channel up and running again by then. Wish me luck!
That's all for now. Sorry this is so late (like 2 weeks, but still).
Thanks so much for reading!
Talk to you soon :)
