Community meetup and Tatcha Masterclass - Houston

[Cyncynn]

Back in June @TeamBic posted about a Houston community event that would take place in July. While I am not currently local to Houston and some may be familiar with me attending the NYC events, I will be moving to Houston soon. My husband and I, “coincidently",  ended up taking our house hunting trip at this time! 

At first, if you were familiar with the thread, we did not know what the event was going to be, but after a few weeks Team Bic contacted us and revealed that it would be the very 1st Mobile Sephoria Masterclass with Vicky Tsai from Tatcha PLUS a very special lunch with @CarolBT  and @KatieBT! The masterclass took place in a theatre and the place was nicely decorated in the reception area. Beautiful (and delicious!) drinks and bites were being served. There was a super cute photo op that we of course took advantage of.

Delicious - I think it was lemonade!Mini Donuts!#cameforthefood #JKWith these beautiful BIC babes!More treats!

Upon, entering the room where the masterclass was to be held we were given a beautiful train case in a lovely shade of green filled with goodies. BIC members that attended the event also had reserved seats on the very first row.

#It's a paler mint green in real life, but I forgot to edit the temperature of the photo!

So excited for the new Satin Skin mist!

How cute was this water bottle?

@JeffreyBD  (He's so nice ❤️ ) came to the stage and gave us an introduction about Tatcha and talked to us about Sephoria(I am beyond excited!), before Vicky Tsai took the stage.

My first impressions after seeing Vicky in person on that stage was WOW: a) she is stunning, b)she looks like a fairy, c)she has the most beautiful voice and sounds like a disney princess (like, I wouldn’t be surprised if she started singing)!

The session was about “Skincare as Self Care” and it lasted for about an hour or so. It will be impossible for me to cover every single thing, so I will summarize my takeaways from it:

Aging is a gift and not everybody gets to do it, so embrace it. It is not about fighting the clock.

(I thought this was beautiful and my main takeaway from the session.)

• Skincare is selfcare
• Wash your face - It is very important to throughly wash your face of makeup and pollution. Pollution is naturally inflaming and inflation is the heart of all aging for any organ.
• If it burns, it’s bad  - A tingle it’s ok, but if you feel something burning your face you should wash it off.
• Wear sunscreen - Protect your skin from UVA and UVB rays. It ages, burns and as we all know can cause skin cancer.
• Listen to your skin, it is talking to you - Your skin is the largest organ of your body. Your skin will talk to you and sometimes let you know that something is wrong. Vicki mentioned that she has eczema on her neck and that while she used to hate it in the past, she came to appreciate it. It flares up whenever she is stressed, not eating well or lacking sleep, so now for her it is a reminder to re-evaluate what she is doing and it resolves as soon as is able to identify and address the root cause. 

Vicky talked about how every Tatcha purchase help fund girls education. She announced on the masterclass that to date they have funded 3 million days of school for girls in Asia and Africa in partnership with Room to Read. This contributes to the daily lives of these girls and for the future of their families and generations to follow. “A generation of educated girls can lift an entire community of poverty in 2 generations, because educated girls become educated mothers, who have educated children, lower mortality rates, lower birth rates, invest in their communities and help everyone around them flourish.”

She proceed to perform an experiment to demonstrate how an essence (she mentioned she can only speak about their essence of course) can improve the hydration of your skin by about 143% and the penetration of the skincare products you apply following the essence. Needless to say, that will probably be my next skincare purchase once I run out of my current essence.

After the masterclass we had a chance to meet and take a photo with Vicki. She was absolutely lovely and here is our picture together. (I haven’t worn these jeans in years and forgot how low waisted they were, so I showed a lot more skin than I originally intended when I lifted my arm, sorry I had to address it since I am posting the picture here lol).

From the theatre where the masterclass was held, we walked to the nearest Sephora store for a “mist-stop” - they had Caudalie mists on ice and it was deliciously refreshing! We browsed for a bit, swatched 265354 products of course and then made our way to the restaurant.

We had a beautifully decorated private room for our lunch with customized menus to boot. Lunch was delicious and it was amazing to be able to hang out fellow BIC members and the BIC team in real life.

It was truly special and we had so much fun, talked about all things beauty, pets, made plans for Sephoria - it was really grand.

By the time we got to dessert we found out it was Katie’s birthday and we had special and crazy delicious vegan chocolate cupcakes for her among other treats!

And if all those great things were not enough, we also had custom BIC Texas t-shirts and a fantastic goodie bag.

We had name cards with our profile photos ❤️Community favorite products ❤️

Also included in the gift bag (I missed it on the other photo), Smashbox Be Legendary lipstick - Legendary

Before finishing my recap of the event I would like to thank @TeamBIC , @KatieBT  and @CarolBT for this fantastic opportunity. Everything was perfect and far exceeded my expectations. You guys are awesome and I throughly appreciate your efforts in making BIC an amazing and welcoming space where we can talk about everything. I move a lot and I am at a certain point in my life where it is really hard to make friends in a new place, BIC definitely helps with that and I’ll forever be grateful. (I’m getting a little sappy, so I’ll stop!)

CarolBT ❤️Jeffrey and Katie ❤️

I am sure I am missing out on a few details about the event, but I trust the other BIC members (now friends!) to fill the gaps!

Tagging the other amazing ladies that were at the BIC event: (Hope y’all had a safe journey home!)

@Mcakes @faeriegirl @Tamara76 @Luvstravel @Anonymous @chantiy 

Couldn't wait to wear my t-shirt ❤️

Thank you so much for reading ❤️

[Mcakes]

OMG I am crying, I love my honorary lil sis I had the best time with y'all! We have such an amazing community here and it was a treat to have @TeamBIC put together something so special just for us! 

See you so soon 😉

[Tamara76]

Yes!  Kudos again to @TeamBIC , Carol, Katie, @VickyTatcha and the Sephora events team for such a wonderful and special day!

And I cannot wait to see you soon!💗

[Tamara76]

Also tagging @Anonymous @Swiftangelplus1 @chantiy @minivan100  since I could only tag 10 people in my original post.  It was amazing to meet all of you lovely ladies and your guests! ❤️

[Tamara76]

@Cyncynn 

1. First of all, it was incredible to finally meet you in person!  @darkiceis has been singing your praises and while I am super sad you have to move cross-country, you have us Texas BIC Babes to keep you company here! ❤️

2. You take seriously amazing notes, girl!  I am super duper impressed and I love your pics - you captured everything so beautifully!!! ❤️ 

[Cyncynn]

@Tamara76 

Thank you so much!!!

It was so lovely to meet you - y'all made me feel so welcome too ❤️

I can't wait to see you again at Sephoria 🙂

[Tamara76]

@Cyncynn I cannot wait for Sephoria!  We are going to have sooooo much fun!!! ❤️

[blackkitty2014]

@Cyncynn Thank you for posting.  I absolutely love this.  You all look beautiful!!! BIC babes for sure!!! And i agree Vicki looks so elegant.  I love her dress.  Happy birthday @KatieBT !!! 

[Cyncynn]

Thank you so much @blackkitty2014  🙂

[Mcakes]

It was so great finally meeting you @Cyncynn  I am SO excited I get to see you again soon at Sephoria, VIP party here we come woot woot!

P.S. Texas is happy you're moving back 😉 

[Cyncynn]

@Mcakes I LOVED meeting you - Sephoria won't know what to do with us lol

I am starting to get happier about it too 🙂

[itsfi]

Awww @Cyncynn, thank you for sharing your amazing time in Houston with us! So much fun to see your pics and hear about your experience. Smashbox Legendary looks stunning on you! ❤️

[Cyncynn]

@itsfi Thank you so much, I am glad to hear ❤️ .

The lippie felt super comfortable on the lips too!

[MlleCC]

@Cyncynn , how to be as beautiful -- both inside and out -- as you?!  I'm so sad that you will be leaving NY, but also excited to see what TX has in store for you.  🙂

The event looked absolutely amazing -- I love the attention to detail (purple snacks as a nod to Tatcha!), the BIC branding everywhere, and the welcoming atmosphere.  Thanks for sharing with us!  

[Cyncynn]

@MlleCC Are you trying to make me cry? Because you are doing a great job! 😞 I will try and visit and you'll have a place to stay if you ever come down south ❤️

It was definitely an A+++ event. I am on a 50 shades of purple phase now 😄

[SportyGirly125]

@Cyncynn thank you for sharing your experience and pictures with us. Looks like you had a great time. 

[Cyncynn]

@SportyGirly125  Thank you - it was great ❤️

[GG84]

Hello Supermodel @Cyncynn

You are a beauty!!!

It looked like a wonderful meet up! Thanks for the recap! 

[Cyncynn]

@GG84 You made my day with the gif and your comment - thank you so much ❤️

(Sorry for the delay in responding - I've only been looking, talking and breathing about houses since I started the thread. We will hopefully make a decision by the end of the day 😮 ! )

[faeriegirl]

@Cyncynn We had such an amazing time and it was so great to meet you! 

[Cyncynn]

@faeriegirl It was lovely meeting you and your daughter and I really hope we can get together again in the future ❤️

[ShortErica]

@Cyncynn I so appreciate your photos and review of the event. You were so detailed and I'm glad to hear it went so well. Thanks!