Sydney IMATS 2011

For those of you who don’t know what IMATS is... IMATS is the International Make-up Artist Trade Show that travels the world giving normal people like us the opportunity to buy a whole bunch of overseas brands such as Makeup Forever, Ben Nye, Mehron and MAC at discounted prices!


In a nutshell, IMATS is a big makeup expo which took place at the Sydney Convention Centre on the 25th and 26th of September.

 Recommendations:

1. Go with a friend - so you can split up and buy each-others items while the other waits in line because not all stalls have EFTPOS and some (MUFE) write receipts BY HAND!!!
2. Get there early because there will be a line!
3. Pre-order your tickets online (They are cheaper and your ticket is guaranteed, $30 Online vs. $42 After Pre-sale)
4. Take a bottle of water because it does get hot
5. Make sure you have a list of things you want so you don't get distracted by all the pretty make-up (Not on your list)
6. Wear flats - it will take you at least 2 hours to get around all of the stalls
7. Take cash!!
8. Don't buy on first round - Walk around once and then buy on second round because someone else might have it cheaper!
9. Visit MUFE, Inglot and MAC first because they are the busiest all day...
10. Go for the one day if you just want to buy make-up, go for two days if you want to see the make-up artists do their thing.

This is ALWAYS never mentioned in blogs about IMATS = BUDGET

2011 was my first IMATS and I spent $450

Hope you enjoyed this post
xxx


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