WOW!!! A night to remember

Heather (left) and Tammy - Park Lane

Ladies Night Out, A Red Carpet Affair was an evening that catered to women... And what an evening it was!! The first 50 ladies to arrive were lucky to get blinged out by Park Lane Jewellery with Tammy before walking the red carpet to the flashes of our many photographers!

The smiles were enormous and some of them really strutted their stuff! We used the excuse that we were organizers to walk down the carpet but in reality, we just wanted to join in on the fun!!! Stay tuned for some of our favourite images generously edited and provided by our volunteers.

The room was the picture of elegance and buzzing with excitement. All of the attendees were shining in their red carpet wear and making the rounds to see all of the wonderful items on offer from our fabulous vendors and silent auction contributors. It was all we could do to tear the ladies away from the shopping and schmoozing to be seated for the big program!

Kim Woodbridge

Jen and Rita on the Red Carpet

Kim Woodbridge from Fresh FM was the perfect MC for the event - truly dynamic. Her introduction set the tone for the evening with her bubbly personality and winning smile. It was such an honor to have Kim in attendance and in support of such a worthwhile event.

Saidat

Saidat showed us how she lives her message: One Person Can Make a Difference; Together We Can Can Change the World.

She encouraged, challenged and uplifted the room with her thought-provoking and positive message through speech and song.

The night could have ended there right? Well of course it didn't! 10 beautiful women hit the fashion runway modelling clothing
from Jockey P2P, Carmina de Young, and
Juniper Dress Boutique.

Wow, they looked amazing. 

And of course, we had to walk the catwalk ourselves. Too much fun! But we couldn't leave the stage just for the models! All of the women attending looked absolutely gorgeous and deserved to be celebrated, so they walked the catwalk too!!!

And the winner of the grand prize $2,500 diamond necklace from Poag Jewellers? You won't believe it when I tell you!! None other than one of the mothers who are supported by Single Women in Motherhood. Serendipitous no?

Each lovely lady went home with a rose and a smile from this special night in support of SWIM.

There is so much to say about all of the amazing people who were involved in this spectacular event so stay tuned for more, including updates from our fantastic vendors, sponsors and volunteers.

To all of the lovely ladies who joined us to celebrate and support this night, we thank you. Comment below with your favourite part of the evening. And we want to see all of your pictures too! Head on over to the Ladies Night Out Event Page to post and share.

How about a Makeup Tutorial?

{This post is being shared on both this site and 100Things2Do.}

I'm not even going to start this with before photos - you've seen me drawing on eyebrows and colouring my hair…

The before is NOT good.

But I had Part II of my Pink Ink makeover which was a makeup session!

I'm not really a girly-girl;  I've gone the last 41 years au-naturel.
No foundation, no concealer, no moisturizer and only a line or two of eyeliner and lipgloss.

It's not that I didn't want to be more sophisticated - it's that I didn't know what to do with everything.
And truthfully, I thought that girls with freckles couldn't wear all kinds of stuff or it would make our freckles look pasty.

There or gone - can't have pasty.

Jen and Rita came over for Part II, and it didn't start well:

During the inventory of my current makeup stash, I learned that makeup has an expiry date…

and it's less than 10 years.

Considerably less.

I guess some of my stash isn't even in production anymore. 

Garbage it goes.
Sniff, sniff - that's my wedding makeup!
(although I will admit that the mascara was kind of like peanut butter - and Jen pointed out that lipstick will "smell" when it's off).

(Mary Kay ladies - you'll laugh at this if you've been in the industry awhile)

Once the inventory is done, the ladies brought out their "spackle kit" to resurface.

They give you a tutorial on three different looks.

Rita did one side of my face and I was supposed to replicate what she taught me on the other.

They selected colours that would compliment my skin tones.

This is the tutorial on how to apply concealer; from the corners of your eyes down (between Rita's thumbs and forefingers).  This will bring light under the eyes and contouring the cheeks will give them depth and definition.
Great for chubby cheeks like mine.

  
Given enough time, this would also work as a nose straightener (mine's crooked). lol

There's the "5 minute look";  a quick look that you can do when rushing out the door.  Very natural, very clean - but still with highlights in all the right places.

Who knew I had eyelashes?!

Then there was the business/professional look.  This one uses a few more products to give you a more polished look:

Finally, they taught me an evening/glamour look.  This is one you'd use on a fancy night out, or for photo shoots (because I have SO MANY of those lol) or for public speaking.

I promise the only photo editing I did on this was whitening my teeth and hiding a few creases in my neck.

The rest of the magic was all Pink Ink!

Wow - who knew there was a woman underneath all those freckles?

Thank you Jen and Rita!

Ladies, schedule your own makeup session asap!

You could join me at "Diva on a Dollar" and learn the same way I did!

Alternatively, sign up for "The Face of Pink Ink 2014" contest and let Rita and Jen do your makeup for you, Wright Hair & Co. style your hair and Angelic Images Photography do a professional photo shoot of the new you!

More information here.