Have you heard about the International Beauty Expo (IBE) 2013 held at KLCC? I attended the one last year, and it's as big (if not bigger) as ever this year. It's one of the most comprehensive exhibitions and sourcing platforms for beauty, hair, nail, cosmetics and spa professionals. I was invited by Canmake to attend their Spring 2013 workshop at IBE 2013 with several other beauty bloggers, and boy, was I glad I was there! .｡.:*☆ (⌒▽⌒)☆

The 2 Canmake marketing ladies from Japan, makeup artist sensei from Japan, and the first model :)

Canmake is a Japanese cosmetics company that was established in 1985, and is used by teenagers, office workers and professional makeup artists in Japan as all over the world. Their concept of "cute, high quality and reasonable prices" have made their products a hit in many countries, particularly Asia, and they have 831 outlets worldwide. In Japan alone, they have a few thousand outlets! Σ(゜ロ゜;)

Pink x Kawaii Style makeup points

Orange x Healthy Style makeup points

The makeup artist, Ms Toshimi, started by using the Smooth Skin Primer, Smooth Liquid Foundation and Marshmallow Finish Powder (all 3 are new products!) to create a flawless base for both models.

Applying the Smooth Liquid Foundation

Setting with the Marshmallow Finish Powder

After that, she proceeded to apply the eye makeup, followed by cheeks, and finally the lips. She demonstrated how to use the various Canmake products to achieve both Pink Sweet and Orange Natural styles, and the results are really pretty! :) The makeup trend now is the kira-kira (sparkly) 。.:*・°☆.。.:*・°☆.。eyes look, so both eyeshadow palettes used have shades that contain pink pearl pigments to give off that sparkly effect.

Pink x Sweet Kawaii style

Orange x Healthy Natural style

Most people believe that pink makeup is more suitable for those with fair skin, and orange makeup for tanned skin, but the Ms Kaori (the host) assured us that both looks can suit either types. So for us girls living in sunny countries like Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, etc, don't worry, we can play with colours too! (＾▽＾)

So many cute and pretty makeup items! Beauty blogger heaven~ :D

After the demonstration, we were invited to try out the products used during the demonstration. Of course, all of us wasted no time in 'molesting' and snapping pictures of all the pretty items there! (ノ＞▽＜。)ノ

Primer, foundation and powder

Canmake's famous and bestselling Cream Cheek blusher

Powder Cheeks to layer over the Cream Cheek

Gokubuto Mascara (bestseller) is a film type mascara that can be washed off using warm water

Canmake Eyeshadow Base

Eye makeup products

Stay-On Balm Rouge

Creamy Touch Rouge

There are also a few more items like the Shading Powder, Jewel Star Eyes and Powder Eyebrow that I didn't manage to snap pictures of, but are part of the array of products used to achieve both makeup looks. After the demonstration and testing session was over, I requested Toshimi-sensei to teach me how to do contouring, and she very kindly showed me how as well as let me try it out myself. :D

Canmake cosmetics display

I seriously cannot resist such pink and pretty makeup display shelves! They're having 20% off all their items at IBE, so it's a great opportunity to get some pretty makeup items. :P

All of the bloggers were given a door gift at the end of the event. Just a look at what they put inside! (≧∇≦)

Blogger door gift! So cute and pink, right?

So many awesome goodies inside the goodie bag to play with! (✿ ♥‿♥)

After the workshop at the Canmake booth, I took a walk around the expo hall to see if there were any interesting items or good deals to grab. XD

I came across this booth at the Korea Pavilion, and couldn't help but be attracted by their pop art design facial mask packs. The company is called SNP, and they have all sorts of skin care products in addition to the masks.
The masks in the top photo were RM9 each, while the 4 (different design) at the bottom were RM6 each. The lady at the booth told us (I bumped into a friend and we were walking around) that their masks were widely sold in Korea but have yet to enter the Malaysian market. I'm on a mask craze lately so I decided to grab a few to try. (◠‿◠)

IBE 2013 haul

Here's my IBE 2013 haul from yesterday! Bought some nail art stuff, a couple of nail polishes from Canmake, and 3 masks from SNP.


I'm glad to be able to visit the International Beauty Expo again this year as media (hehehe) and learn more about makeup and cosmetics. If you're a beauty junkie like me looking for some good beauty deals, or just a casual consumer interested in personal grooming, why not drop by the expo and take a look? Admission is free, and you'll be able to see lots of new brands and haul some bargains (masks, anyone?) from the expo. Tomorrow (21st May 2013) is the last day, and IBE is from 11am - 7pm at KLCC, so there's still time!

Thank you so much to Canmake for inviting me to the blogger event at IBE, and kudos to the Canmake representatives for their hard work, especially the cute and friendly Kaori-san! :D I definitely enjoyed the workshop, and look forward to reviewing the items from the goodie bag! (｡♥‿♥｡)