Receiving My (Very Fashionable) Red Bull Wings

             We are soon to enter the February edition of London Fashion Week as Cupid draws his arrow on February 14th, making the event the sweetest and most stylish Valentine that you have ever had. Until its end on the 18th, London Fashion Week promises to be perpetually high-paced and fully charged. This is why a pre-Fashion Week pampering is an essential calm before the storm, and what better place to hold such an event than Red Bull Studios? We all know that a few of their energy drinks will be replacing our typical accessories as an outfit staple during the hectic comings and goings of the week.

             Hosted by The Show Space, a production company that focuses on events management, fashion show production, and casting and scouting, the Re-Treat all-day event on the 3rd and 4th of February proved to spoil and pamper us to perfection. The staff was friendly and attentive and director Nikki Sheldon was darting around in true professional form to both oversee the event and offer warm greetings. Elemis, ORLY, Browhaus, Sleep MakeUP, SP Men, SP Luxe, Nioxin, and Sebastian Professional all offered complimentary beauty treatments for guests. French Connection was also displaying their new fashion and home wear ranges and a digital photo booth served as a fun distraction, silly props optional!

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             During the event, I acquired a luscious goodie bag full of survival items and various vouchers to help soften the blow of a stressful week, containing absolute must-haves. I later received a Sleek MakeUP treasure trove of gems to experiment with and some Scaramouche and Fandango products for “the man in my life!”

             The Red Bull smoothie bar serving raspberry and blackcurrant and mango flavors plus an energy kick was enough to make me believe that Red Bull really does give you “wings!” There was no shortage of food nibbles and we were all very well looked after with pastries, popcorn, and later on, pizza. The relaxing atmosphere accomplished what it set out to achieve with its laid-back and breezy vibe and softly flowing conversation.

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             I had booked myself in for an Elemis Stress Away shoulder and back massage, which was heavenly and left me floating my way over to the Sleek MakeUP counter for an eyebrow master class. There, the very lovely Olivia helped to straighten out my eyebrow ineptitude as she showed me the basics of filling them in to best flatter my face shape.

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Showing off my impeccable eyebrows thanks to Olivia of Sleek MakeUP

             A select gathering, invitees were permitted to come and go as they pleased. After pre-arranged treatments, we were welcomed to stay a while longer and mingle with the rest of the group, cheekily grabbing a few Red Bulls or taking advantage of the ping pong table. The trendy milieu was devoted to its assembled guests through and through, and in turn, those guests were very grateful (myself included)!

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             After speaking with a few of the models, staff, and representatives of the brands, I was able to connect with them outside the reigns of London Fashion Week and talk to them solely as people who were just as down to earth as the rest of us. London Fashion Week need not be about the superficiality that is aimed at us through media and news reports, but more about the subtle undertones of everyone bonding through a shared love of fashion. Therein lies the genuine source of what brings us together, but more importantly, keeps us together.

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             I would like to give a big thank you to Nikki Sheldon for allowing me the opportunity to attend this event. Visit The Show Space website here, and for more information regarding London Fashion Week, see here. To read about my experience from London Fashion Week last September, have a look here, and for London Fashion Weekend, here.  

Photo courtesy of The Show Space