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I’m back from Texas with some new friends, new insights on the latest and greatest in beauty, and even a little twang in my talk. Okay, that last part isn’t true… still have the loud, excited, happy Amy Stran voice that you know and hopefully love lol!

So you know I’ve been posting up a storm about BeautyCon on my Facebook and Instagram. (PS: If you didn’t know I’ve been posting up a storm that could only mean you haven’t followed me yet... Subtle social plug lol). You may be thinking okay we get it you’re in Dallas for BeautyCon, but we don’t know what the heck that is!

If that’s the case, don’t worry -- You’re not out of the loop. To be honest, I really didn’t know all too much about BeautyCon until I was invited to go, and even then I was still totally surprised by all of the magic involved in the actual event.

In a nutshell, BeautyCon is a giant community of creators and influencers redefining what beauty truly means. It goes far beyond what shade of blush matches your skin tone, or how to get the perfect beach wave; it’s a place for girls of all ages to talk about culture, trending topics, fashion, beauty, and important issues. The overall mission is to align these influencers and beauty bloggers with their fans to create a fun and safe environment where it’s cool to be yourself. Sounds amazing, right? It was!

Each week I’ll be sharing a fun beauty how-to video involving all of the QVC vendors that attended BeautyCon. Some brands you may be more familiar with, but if I’ve learned anything from this trip, is that the best is yet to come! We have so many new and exciting products coming to the Q from brands like EGO, tarte, FormulaX, Algenist, and Vita Liberata! Keep your eyes peeled for more blogs, videos, and FB posts to come concerning all of these fab brands!

As for the trip – who doesn’t love a little photo diary? I wanted to share a couple of photos so you can get an idea for the event and all the fun we had!

Most of our Public Relations team and production crew left Thursday to get all set up for the event on Saturday. Trust me, there was a LOT to be done, and all of their hard work paid off… you’ll see in the pictures! Any who, I ventured out to Dallas on Friday morning accompanied by these two gals.

(Me, Our girl Meg, and Lauren from our QVC Social Team!)

As you can tell, I’m all about the snacks, the magazines, and the pillows when it comes to a plane rides! PS: How cute is this pillow that the tarte team gave me!! Love them!

Can you guess what we did when we touched down in Dallas? Well, that’s actually a boring question… we just took a cab to our hotel, but can you guess what we did the second we got to our hotel?? We grabbed some lunch in the hotel restaurant, which would eventually become our favorite spot for the weekend. We felt boring all ordering the same thing, but we couldn’t help it. Meg, Lauren, and I all ordered the tacos. THEY WERE DELICIOUS and super spicy!

I timed my meal and next event quite perfectly… I look my spicy-taco breath (ew that sounds really gross when I type it) back to my hotel room where a very fab gal named Laura would be getting up close and personal to do my makeup for the BeautyCon party that night! Laura is one of brand managers/ representatives for Laura Geller Beauty. Besides being a savy business lady, she also doubles as an extremely talented makeup artist and really awesome person!

Laura did an amazing job on my “night look” for the BeautyCon party that night. We have some great how-to’s with Laura that I will share with you in the next couple of weeks in honor of something special coming from Laura Geller

(Before Makeover -- obviously! PS: Do you recognized my head band philosophy girls?)

(After with Laura!)

Next it was party time! We were off to Gilly's, a fun Texas bar where we would get to meet and chat with some of the biggest beauty bloggers that would be attending BeautyCon. The band was great and we had such a blast! 

(Left to Right: Lauren, Bev, Meghan, Me)

   (Is it really a party if there isn't a selfie taken lol?)

After the party, the QVC gals all congregated in my room for a wonderful girls night in consisting of pizza, wine, and spray tans…. You’re probably thinking, “SPRAY TANS?!” Yep! One of our FABULOUS new brands at QVC, Vita Liberata, offered to come set up a temporary spray tan booth in my hotel room. All in all the night ended with full bellys, lots of laughs, and fabulous spray tans!

(Bev and I eating pizza and gearing up for our AMAZING spray tans!)

The next day was the main event!! We were rocking awesome tans and ready to mingle with the biggest beauty influencers out there. On the main floor I handed out samples, interviewed fine ladies, and got to grab some great photos with beauty bloggers and beauty blogger fans!

(A little girl talk with Leigh from tarte!)

     (Getting to hang out with some of the fabulous attendees!)

(Two of our favorite bloggers from the event! Left: Kandee Johnson Right: Nikki Phillippi)      

A photo opp with our tarte girls and one of the most well-known beauty bloggers out there, Bunny! 

(Left to Right: Leigh, Bunny, Me, Jen)

At one point I even had some time to Facetime with Bree LOL!

Oh but wait I forgot to mention the greatest part of all. QVC was a sponsor for this giant event and therefore you know we had to go big! We had an entire Talent Lounge for the top 100 VIP Beauty Bloggers! So what was in this lounge you ask….

 There were couches to hang out and meet all of the amazing bloggers...

A red carpet for photos

A photo booth… for more photos lol!

Hair, make up, and nail touch up stations thanks to Laura Geller Beauty, EGO Professional, and Formula X

There was even a place to get spray tan courtesy of Vita Liberata and fun booth to score yourself some Algenist goodies!  

At the end of the day we were exhausted. The heels were kicked off and we all crashed once we got back to the hotel… Just kidding you know exactly what we did when we got back to the hotel… Changed our clothes and then grabbed some grub!! We laughed, told stories, and me and Meg spent 15 minutes speaking passionately about our love for EZ Pay haha! I’d say it was a successful way to end a fantastic trip!!

Be sure to keep your eyes peeled on my Facebook page for some more how-to videos, a very special something from our friend Laura Geller and more! To find all things BeautyCon in my collection by clicking HERE. Oh and I also documented our entire trip on my Instagram, so if you're on insta and want to see some behind the scenes photos find me at AmyStranQVC!