During my layover in ATL I ended up sitting right next to Michele Probst the founder of Menaji. We shared a glass a wine while waiting for a our flight. She was a doll. I hope her brand did well at the NYC show.
I made it to NYC around midnight. Learning to use the subway at midnight with a 40lbs suitcase was intense. Luckily a very kind lady sitting across from me on my flight shared a taxi with me to the train I needed to take.
This was my first ride. I loved it. Such a variety of people.
I walked majority of the way to my Hostel.
http://www.jazzhostels.com/blog/chelsea-highline-hotel/
I was skeptical approaching my Hostel because of the crazy bag lady outside the door yelling at me about how they didn't have color tv.
The Chelsea Highline Hostel was exactly what I paid for a very uncomfortable bed to sleep on, a clean shower and a locked door. My first two nights I roomed with a girl from New Zealand. She was a very sweet. She was hopping from state to state on her way back home.
The Hostel had no AC but it wasn't needed because the weather was in the 60-70s the whole time I stayed. Although attempting to put makeup on in a warm room was a little difficult. Lets just say my foundation oxidized a lot quicker.. haha
Sunday May 13th, the first day of The Makeup Show was insane. The first 3 hours were like fighting to get close to a stage at a concert. There was just a barrier of people everywhere. You could see everyone's pores at this point.
The first Seminar on my list to attend was Kit Focus: The Makeup Show Artists: James Vincent, Jon Hennessy, Orlando Santiago, Esterique Aidan
May I just say Orlando Santiago is one of the sexiest men alive...
After spending my whole years saving in less then 45 minutes, I spent the rest of the day exploring the brands, sitting in on classes & seminars and meeting some great people.
I watched this look in progress all day. It was awesome!
Amazing Right?
Later that night I went to have diner at John Dory.
http://thejohndory.com/
I felt so ignorant to the food, I had no idea what anything was on the menu. I told the bartender to surprise me.
Well he certainly did, I ate octopus that night. It was...interesting.
Before I left for New york, I checked out ohmyrockness.com to see if there would be any cool shows in town. Just my luck Beats Antque was playing at the Brooklyn Bowl.
What a Show! I would recommend seeing them to anyone. I have never seen anything like it. Not only was the show great, the venue was a sight as well. Everything was carved cherry wood, split into a half bowling alley half music venue. Really cool place.
Right before I left, this chick at the bar insisted that she spray me with glitter. I noticed she was walking around with a bottle of Tarina Tarantino Shimmer dust. She was floored when I knew what it was. I explained to her I use to sell that useless bottle of glitter.
I cant remember her name for anything but she had a baby blue wig on down to her bum, a bikini top, belly chain and an obscene amount of glitter on. She was amazing!
I made it back to the Hostel around 2am. At that point I was so over wearing makeup. It felt great to get it all off!
Monday May 14th, I slept in and mentally prepared myself for the career fair that afternoon. I had lunch at Pastis.
http://www.pastisny.com/
The bartender was extremely friendly. However, the food was overpriced and tasteless...
I headed to The Makeup Show for round 2!
I had my heart set on seeing Ve Neil's Seminar.
Inside The Hunger Games – Ve Neill - Sponsored by Crown Brush
I got a spot right in front and asked a lot of questions!
She is such a pleasure to hear speak. She is extremely down to earth and just plain out cool.
Right after Ve, I ran up to the 5th floor for the career fair.
I stood in line with my hands shaking and my feet bopping up & down. I was so excited I could barely contain myself. The career fair was first come first serve. I got in the line with the first 40 people. They let about 20 in at a time to attack all the vendors tables.
My first stop was MAC, my interview went extremely well. She asked to setup a phone interview. I almost fell out of my chair with excitement. I'm crossing my fingers in hopes to actually get a call this week...
MUFE was my next stop, to be honest my head was still spinning from MAC I cant even remember how it went. It just went fast but good if I remember correctly.
I stood in line 35 minutes just to see Orlando Santiago...
It was so worth it. He gave me the best compliment on my portfolio ever. He told me " my only critique on your book is that its beautiful" I teared up a little.
After having my book torn to pieces by several other artists that weekend hearing him say that was just amazing.
I saw a few other vendors but nothing as exciting or promising.
The show was over for me. I walked the streets trying to figure out what to do on my last
night in NY.
A friend recommended I go down to the frying pan. A lightship doubled as a resturaunt and tourist attraction.
http://www.fryingpan.com/
Yet again, the food was over priced and tasteless. The beer was good...
For my last night in New York I wanted to go out and meet local New Yorkers. I went down to 9th Ave, which is apparently the place to go to party.
The first bar I walked into was the 9th Ave. Saloon. I quickly found out I was in a gay bar. That was fun. I was told I was considered one of them because I do makeup! I met some really great guys there and enjoyed myself!
I hopped around to a few more bars and great New Yorkers! Thank you guys for being so welcoming!
I flew out of NY that evening. On my last trip on the subway I saw "Kony 2012" painted on the the stairway.
The whole Kony 2012 experience is very interesting to me. I do not take sides on this movement, I've simply enjoyed watching people react to it.
I expected to see my hometown littered with Kony 2012 papers on "Cover the Night" April 20th. This is the first time actually seeing something that said Kony 2012 on 5/15/2012.
I had an amazing trip. Thank you to all involved!
No comments:
Post a Comment