Last night Nic and I attended the 2nd ever Rodial 'Beautiful' Awards.
Rodial say 'These awards recognise and celebrate women of style, beauty and elegance - women who embody the Rodial philosophy. Rodial Founder Maria Hatzistefanis was keen to emulate the success of the first Rodial 'Beautiful' Awards in 2010 and added additional categories for Best Beauty Pages and Best Beauty Blogger.'



The Awards were held in the Billiard room of the exquisite Phillipe Stark designed Sanderson Hotel just off Oxford Street in London.
The room itself features a winding staircase that passes a beautiful stained glass window/wall (nothing to do with the awards but look how beautiful it is!)

Guests in attendance included Tess Daly, Jade Parfitt, Top make-up artists Mary Greenwell and Charlotte Tilbury, Nicola Roberts, Jo Wood, Sadie Frost, Amber Le Bon, Bonnie Wright, Emilia Fox, Jasmine Guinness, Julien McDonald and Bella Freud who's Hoping charity was being benefited.
Calum Best presented the first award to Liz Hambleton from Grazia for the Best Beauty Pages.
Maria Hatzistefanis presented the next award for Best Beauty Blogger to... PIXIWOO.

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Other winners included Tess Daly (Daly Beauty for M&S) for Best New Make-up & Perfume Brand and Amber Le Bon for Freshest New Face.

Nic and I had a wonderful evening and we only have you guys to thank for that, so a massive thank you for taking the time to vote for us.
I drank a raspberry martini for each and every one of you... well not quite.

Cosmopolitan Blog Awards, Collection 2000... and toilets.

Up at 5.30 and on the train an hour later, we started the morning with a croissant and coffee followed by an hour of applying make-up on the train. The trick to MVMA (moving vehicle make-up application) is to apply all the easy bits while the train is moving but save the technical bits like liquid liner and brows for when the train stops at stations. 

  

The first ever Cosmopolitan Blog Awards were held at Sketch in Mayfair, London. 
The venue was filled with major talent of the blogging world. We chatted with the lovely Fleur de Force and GemsMaquillage while browsing Collection 2000 cosmetics.
Surprisingly, the range is really good quality especially considering that 95% of their products are under a £5 each. 
Perhaps a lot of the success and direction can be attributed to Collection 2000's Creative Director and Top Make-up Artist Athena Skouvakis. 
Athena and I have known each other for many years so it was absolutely lovely to bump into her and catch up as the last time I saw her I had just had Lily (6 years ago).

The winner of Best Beauty Blog went to a very deserving Lollipop26. Nic and I were thrilled to get a highly commended mention which means that we had the second highest number of votes. Thank you to all those that voted for us.

Winners in other categories were:-
Best sex and relationships blog – Fairytale Beginning 
Best fashion and style blog – WishWishWish 

Best e-tailer blog – ASOS 
Best lifestyle blog – Diary of a Vintage Girl 
Best gadgets and technology blog – Girl Geek Chic 
Best news and current-affairs blog – Uplift Magazine 
Best celebrity and entertainment blog – Kickette 
Best new fashion blogger (in association with Catwalkqueen.com) – What Emma Did

Congratulations to all winners.  Strangely, I will leave you with pictures of the toilets in Sketch. We were astounded by the design and sheer sparkliness. Be sure to click on the image of the Swarovski crystal woman to appreciate just how spectacular she is.

NOTE: I can assure you that I don't usually hang around toilets taking pictures.