IMATS: Sydney 2012 HAUL

Note: All products will be individually reviewed very soon so keep an eye out! 

IMATS Pros:

• Heaps of things were on sale, INGLOT had a 30% discount, MAC had a 15% discount
• Very organised 
• Great selection of speakers and informative presentations 
• Some brands allowed for EFTPOS transactions including Royal Brushes and PM Studio

IMATS Cons:

• We waited 1 hour for 3 products from INGLOT. Their service was amazing but there were too many people lining up and it was chaotic. The purchases made up for it though :)
• Some brands stated which were supposedly meant to be at IMATS were not. NYX was unfortunately not there neither was Illamasqua which was a huge disappointment! Hopefully that doesn't happy again!
• If you didn't show up early enough, many things were gone before my eyes! Showed up at MAC to find out one of the things I planned to purchase was sold out

IMATS Advice:

• Before attending, be sure to know what you want to purchase and the estimate cost of each product.
• Set a budget! While also adding your purchases you expect to buy, also add a little extra within the budget in case of impulse purchases! 
• Get there early so that the products you want will still be there

So..

Okay, so smashbox was there but I didn't exactly purchase the primer at IMATS (it was purchased on the same day @ MECCA) and neither was the too faced shadow insurance (it was purchased on the same day @ Kit cosmetics). Also since the MAC stand ran out of the brow pencil I wanted, that was purchased at the MAC stall at MYER.

Although what I did purchase was.....

Inglot (30% discount) - Total: $106

• Freedom system 10 eye shadow palette + 1 more refill: $91 incl. palette magnetic plate
• Inglot primer/eye base: $15 (or was it $20?)

Scotty's makeup - Total: $50

• Ben Nye Powder Rouge DR-162 Pink Bliss: $10
• Ben Nye Powder Rouge DR-61 Victorian Rose: $10
• Ben Nye Powder Rouge DR-12 Pink Blush: $10
• Ben Nye Powder Rouge DC-01 Contour No.1: $10
• Ben Nye Pressed Eye Shadow ES-302 Vanilla: $10

Ben Nye - Total: $0. Zilt. Nothing. :D

• Ben Nye LX-100 Ultra Bright: free sample

Royal Brushes: $50

• Kabuki brush: $15 (best brush purchase ever!)
• Royal & Langnickel Crease C430: $5
• Royal & Langnickel Revolution BX-95: 5
• Royal & Langnickel LG Stippler C251: $15 (terrible!) 
• Royal & Langnickel Pro LG Taklon Foundation 152: $10

What I wanted to purchase

• NYX blush in desert rose, pinky and mocha
• NYX round lipstick in tea rose and thalia
• OCC Lip Tar in Demure
• MAC blot powder and MAC careblend powder 

Final Comments:

I had a great first time at IMATS! Take into account we went fairly early, not as early as other people though. My best purchases made at IMATS were my amazing kabuki, INGLOT palette and my ben nye blushes and the contour no.1. Although I did set a budget, again I didn't follow it. I did pretty well at IMATS but since some of the products I desperately wanted at IMATS weren't there, I decided since I was around the city, I should go to MECCA, Kit or MAC in MYER to purchase them (lots of products were sold out within 5 hours).

These products are going to last a lifetime!