Shape Magazine Meet and Tweet

You guys, I’m back from Mexico (for good this time, fingers crossed) and just in time to have attended this amazing event last week.

The setting was on the beautiful Santa Monica beach. It was a cool morning, but it became a warm and sunny afternoon. #WestCoastBestCoast

There were various speakers giving us fitness and blogging motivation, but I was most excited by this panel regarding skincare – Dr. Rodan from Rodan&Fields (creators of Pro-Active) and Sonia Dakar, famous facialist to the stars.
That’s Mimi Dakar to the far right-Sonya’s 40 year old daughter. FORTY YEARS OLD and not a wrinkle on her plump and dewy skin. She swears by their company’s Organic Omega Booster, so I was thrilled to find it in the goodie bag at the end of the day.

Here are some things we learned at the skincare panel:

• Dr. Rodan recommends treating your entire face, not just spot-treating. She’s also looking to Korea for innovative beauty treatments, including overnight patches for expression lines
• Sonia and Mimi Dakar like facial oils
• And they all agree that sunscreen, sleep, and exercise are great for your skin

Then it was lunch time!

At the end of the day, all the attendees collected our goodie bags.

The gifts included these awesome gym shoes from Ahnu

And this pair of rain boots from Bogs. It’s supposed to be an El Niño year in Los Angeles…I might just use out of these rain boots yet.

I may or may not have been most excited about the gifts from Rodan&Fields and Sonya DakarRodan&Fields’ gift is Acute Care – patches you wear on your expression lines overnight (inspired by k-beauty), and Sonya Dakar gifted us with the Organic Omega Booster that Mimi loves.

I’ve already started using some of the products in the goodie bag and I’m planning reviews of them now. There are some gems in there, let me tell you.

Thank you so much to Shape Magazine for inviting me to such an amazing event, and thanks to all the sponsors for the incredible gifts!