Surabaya Beauty Blogger's 3rd Anniversary

Hi y'all!

Yes yes, my beloved community, Surabaya Beauty Blogger just turned 3!

(Most) of Surabaya Beauty Bloggers members, friends and followers at our celebration last Sunday

Actually the anniversary was at September but due to various technical problems *LOL* and crazy schedules, i am thankful and super happy that it finally happened, with 2 months delay and all hahaha.

Maybe you're wondering, how come you never heard of our 2nd Anniversary celebration? Well folks, that's because it never happened *LOL*. Our first anniversary was handled by literally 4 personnel (Redha, Gita, Olin and i!) from scratch, with our schedule and busy lives we just couldn't handle throwing out events like that ourselves anymore. That's when CMM scooped in and took responsibility from us, so without CMM the whole thing wouldn't have happened like, at all.. So if you ever find yourselves in need of an event organizer (wedding, birthdays, exhibition, and other important events) you can contact CMM - do tell them you find them from me and you might get a discount (hey, i said might, i'm not promising anything :P).

Our celebration was held in The Localist Cafe (i reviewed the cafe before, simply type in The Localist in the search bar on my side bad and you can check it out). I am also beyond thankful to Ria (The Localist's GM) who opened her door to us widely and gave us full support, they even closed their cafe for pretty much half a day T.T i am so touched and blessed i can't even.

Cool or what?

Greeted by this sweet decor once i stepped in :

Vibe is very pink, very girly, a bit like a wholesome Sweet 17th birthday party, i never had a proper sweet 17 (it's sweet 16 for US i guess :p) so lemme have my moment okay!

Ommooo i matched the decor so well, dress code was pastel colors btw!

OOTD. Got so many compliments and inquiry about this dress, got it at a wholesale market in Bangkok alright. It was cheap AF, like... even for my standard it's extremely cheap :))

Didis snapped so many nice pics of me that day, thank you Didis you're always so helpful and funny :)

Yes, let the party begins!

Oh, did you catch that beautiful 3 tierred (it's a mock one ofc haha) cake? It was kindly provided by Parisienne group (Parisinne has  Parisinne Wedding, Parisienne Pasty and also Parisienne Restaurant too!)

Pwettty, innit?

Still reliving that sweet 16 dream that never was *LOL*

Parisienne Pastry also provided us with eye catching, mouth watering pastries to sweeten up our day!

Psssst, if you want to have a tea time with your girls without breaking your bank account, i recommend you to go to Parisienne Resto where you can choose and build your own pastry tower at a very affordable price! I had a fun tea time with my gurls once at Parisienne Resto and i totally plan to return!

As this is Surabaya BEAUTY Blogger's anniversary, we gotta have some beauty related brands too ofc

Our beloved main sponsor is Althea Korea which you know i have been loving and supporting from the very beginning 

I will show you in more details on the products that i received from the goodie back in a separate blog post!

Our event is also supported by Bioderma Indonesia and Ultima II

Let's touch a little bit about The Localist and what addition they had since the last time i went there :

The fact that they are always well-lit, friendly and nice to take photos are is always a plus ofc

I think we've established that they are a very kid and family friendly cafe (is one of the pioneer in providing a special play ground in a cafe!) but now they even up their games by collaborating with an international children's book publisher so you can even buy your little ones (doesn't have to be your own kid, i know some of my readers are pretty young, maybe you have a little one in your life be it your little bro/sis, cousin, nephew/niece and you are looking for something special that is also has educational value) English written books that are high quality at an affordable price.

Anddd back to the event! Even though not every single one of Surabaya Beauty Blogger members attended, more than half of us were present and we were very excited!

Already elated before the event even started

In this Anniversary, we wanted to keep everything casual, intimate and close. Other than 21 of our very own Surabaya Beauty Bloggers, we also sold tickets for 20 of our followers to come join and celebrate with us. FYI, our tickets were sold out within an hour or so of publishing >.< and there were TONNES of other followers still contacting our CP getting upset that they did not get a slot! Thank you dear readers and followers for the enthusiasm, maybe we should start thinking of throwing events that can involve our followers without waiting for another year haha!

I am also super grateful for the fact that i can count on my members whenever i need them, super special thank you for Chelshea who took the helm of the MC for the entire event and did such a wonderful job keeping the spirit up!

I had to forgot my introvertness for a day as i was constantly called to the stage :)).

Welcoming everybody and introducing them to Surabaya Beauty Blogger's Comittee, the faces behind everything related to SBB minus Dyta who currently resides in Jakarta and couldn't make it 

Because a good team work is always crucial

Then we're also welcomed by Ria, The Localist's GM who told us a little bit more about The Localist.

Then we had a session especially for Althea Korea as our main sponsor.

We invited a few of Surabaya Beauty Bloggers members who are also Althea Angels to share more about Althea

As you probably already know by now, Althea Korea is now not only an online shop that sells K-Beauty products but they also have their own brand and beauty line now (they are called Althea Exclusives). As Althea Angels we are very familiar with their products, from their first products collection called Bare Essentials to their newest launch A'Bloom and we had fun sharing our love for them during this session. 

We also gave our testimonials of our fave products from the goodie bag, i am personally a huge fan of the Sunrise & Moonrise palette because it's super pretty and high quality!

After Althea Korea's session, it was time to enjoy lunch provided by The Localist!

Time to mingle and chit chat too!

After filling our bellies, CMM team rearrange the seats for our next session which is our sharing session about Surabaya Beauty Blogger.

In this session, our followers are brought to get to know us better both as Surabaya Beauty Bloggers and as individuals too

During this session, a lot of the followers participate in the Q&A's and i am very pleased to know that they have so much interests about SBB and what we do, i sure hope that this session brought us all closer together! I also hope that the tips and tricks given by our members were enlightening, i totally feel like we should do workshops now so we can share more!

Btw, CMM also came up with the idea of each member of SBB to prepare a little personal gift for our friends and followers who bought the event's ticket as a special thank you from us to them.

These are all the pressies we prepared, it sure feels like a real bday hahaha (a table full of presents is a very familiar sight as i spent my childhood having and attending endless birthday parties :)), the era is slightly different now and this really brings me down the memory lane so bad!)

So all of the participants were asked to grab a present without knowing what's inside and which blogger prepares for them

Then they were asked to do a live unboxing in their IG stories :D

Not only that, they then also asked to find the blogger whose present they got and take a selfie with the blogger - for more prizes!

Didis grabbed my pressie and that bow she had on her head was one of the pressie inside :)))

No celebration is complete without cake cutting, right?

So SBB comittee represents SBB to do the cake cutting ceremony!

Wedding style, no less hahaha

So many photographers that day we were spoilt for a choice of the angle we want hahaha

ANDDDD Parisienne still got another surprise for us in the form of a real cake so we can make a wish and blow a candle for reals!

Must take a pic with Parisienne Group's rep ofc hehe

Thank you Parisienne Group for making sure our Anniversary's sweet and special!

The Regal Cake from Parisienne that we later devoured happily haha

We were having fun and couldn't stop taking silly pics to commemorate the day

LOL this pic

Yeah, don't take us too seriously... Unless it's deadline season and you're running away from us!

Then it's time for more presents! Our Anniversary was decked with pressies okay hope everybody's happy when they got home with their loots!

Shelvi is giving the pressie for Best Participant (no other than Ochie who actively asked questions during the event hehe)

And best IG posts!

Anddddd, thanks to CMM's creativity, there's actually a special award that day! It's Surabaya Beauty Blogger's Blogger of the Year!

Ofc, Ms. President got to crown the winner, i mean... i chose the winner and all!

Sekar is one of the most senior (if not THE most senior) beauty blogger in our community, and despite her high demand and busy job she still manages to consistently blog and share about her passion. If that is not a quality enough to be the Blogger of the Year, i dunno what!

And with that, we've come to the end of our super special event! What's left is... Take more pics!!!

With all the present SBB members (minus Tephie who had to leave early)

With my pretty gurls

Seriously this pic is everything!

Thank you once again to all of our sponsors, to CMM, Althea, The Localist, Parisienne Group, Bioderma and also Ultima II without which our Anniversary will not happen or at least, will not be anywhere nearly as sweet!

I had tonnes of fun in this event, so much more than any regular event as it is OUR event, i hope everybody who were present that day feel the same way.

We are so blessed. Thank you, thank you, thank you ^^.

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