Marissa Carter Masterclass in Bunratty Castle Hotel

Where do I begin...Well first of all to have an amazing event on my doorstep was fantastic. Dublin seems to be the hub of all things great,like fashion events or blogging events and for once I didn't have to travel. Marissa's Masterclass was held in  the beautiful Bunratty Castle Hotel in Clare just around 10 minutes from Limerick. I arrived to a queue of women waiting patiently for the doors to open!
We were greeted with a pink lemonade reception and could sit wherever we liked.
I had met up with Yonne and Aoibhinn fellow bloggers so we got three seats together.
The excitement began when we had some goodies on our seats courtesy of Cara pharmacy. I don't want to spoil it for people that might be going but let's just say you won't be disappointed with the haul you will receive!

The day began with Marissa giving her sister a makeover. Not that she needed it! She went through step by step tutorials of contouring, sun blushing, eye makeup tricks and lip application.

The above picture is a little tricky she showed us for doing a quick eye makeup. If you put sellotape on both sides of the eyes and apply your eye makeup as normal when you remove the tape you will have clean lines. She also recommended a few of her favourite products which included one of mine the Flomar Primer..The conversation flowed between her sister and herself and was very entertaining listening to their stories.
Marissa did some contouring using her instant bronze gel buy I'm still debating that one else as I know for a fact it would look like brown stains on my face!
Marissa had two other makeup artists doing demos and also a skincare specialist  showing the damage sun can do to your skin.
I was blown away by the amount to of spot prizes she was giving out. The one prize is would have loved was the pink dressing gowns as you all know if love my fluffy dressing gown aka the one I live in!
Michelle from Inglot did a tutorial using a few products i hadn't heard of. Duraline was one of them. It's  a waterless clear liquid that can intensify the colour of any powder and transform it into an easy to apply, water resistant liquid.

I was furiously writing all the products down as I'm trying my best to make more of an effort with my makeup regime. They had an extensive list of all of Marissa's favourite products on our table aswell which was great.
Between all the beauty talk and spot prizes they served us afternoon tea which was delicious. We had a mix of everything but my favourites were the meringue and goats cheese crostini.

I learned loads from the skincare specialist who showed us what sun damage can do to your skin and how I can take care of my skin  even going forward now. The key word was "double cleanse". Using a glycolic cleanser can help dissolve foundation and tighten pores. I went and bought two products that she recommended.

I'm trying these for a month or two and will review them after I've given them a good trial. Marissa did say that the Redermic is not for everyone and you would have to build up tolerance to the product as your skin can become irritated. So you would use it once a week for one month then twice a week for a month and so on. I loved this section as it was all about anti ageing and as I  am 37 I will try anything!
As my followers know I work in the pharmacy world and when I here a great product being recommended I whether excited. Marissa recommended Udos Oil as a supplement to help with skin. I love Udos Oil and we sell it by the bucket load!
I could go on  for days about all the different elements to the day but some people are going to the other  masterclasses so need to keep it short!
Danielle ended the day with a masterclass of makeup on Marissa herself. She showed us different techniques and loved the way she made her makeup look flawless.
Our day finished up with everyone getting their picture taken with Marissa but unfortunately as a blogger my phone went dead from  taking too many pictures earlier and didn't have a phone to take a picture.Huge sad face!!! Anyways always next time..
The goodie bag made up for it and the most fantastic day of learning and girlie chats.

I loved the day and hope Marissa comes back soon to our neck of the woods as her enthusiasm and friendliness was infectious. Thanks for a great day and best of luck Marissa with the rest of your Masterclasses.

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This weekend I will become a periscoper for the Coronas gig in King John's Castle Limerick and the Hermitage Green Live at the Big Top Limerick gig.
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Patricia xx