NICK APPEARANCES.....Nick Verreos Hosts First Annual "BlogTopia!" at South Bay Galleria Redondo Beach...The BLOG Recap with LOTS of Photos!

Nick Verreos--Hosts First Annual "BlogTopia!" at South Bay Galleria Redondo Beach California

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of hosting the first ever "BlogTopia!" event at South Bay Galleria in Redondo Beach, California. This was an event expressly catered to Fashion, Style, Food and Beauty Bloggers...

Nick Verreos Hosts BlogTopia! South Bay Galleria Redondo Beach CA

 Master of Ceremonies Nick Verreos--"BlogTopia!" South Bay Galleria

"BlogTopia!" was a fun-filled afternoon featuring: Lipstick Readings; Henna Art Tattoos from The Art of Mehndi from Ziba; Regis Salon showing Fall hair styles and a Braid Bar; Fall Beauty and Fragrance Trends from Nordstrom Cosmetics; Swarovski reps showing their new Fall accessories; Claire's showed three different ways of wearing scarves for Fall...

Green Screen Photo There was even a place where you could green screen yourself on the red carpet with photographers taking photos of you. Check out the photo I took, above (stop laughing!)...

Bloggers also received a "Swag" bag which included lots of fun goodies including a free copy of South Bay Magazine.



Here are some fun pics from "BlogTopia!" starting with the Fall Trends Fashion Presentation:

Fall 2013 Fashions from Banana Republic--"BlogTopia!" South Bay Galleria

  

Fall 2013 Fashions from bebe--"BlogTopia!" South Bay Galleria

Fall 2013 Fashions from Guess--"BlogTopia!" South Bay Galleria 

Nick Verreos at the Claire's Stand, where they showed three different ways of wearing scarves for Fall--"BlogTopia!" event South Bay Galleria

Swarovski Fall Demo: Nick Verreos and the Swarovski Demo--"BlogTopia!" South Bay Galleria

Beauty Demo: Nick Verreos and the MAC Nordstrom Cosmetics Makeup Team--"BlogTopia!" South Bay Galleria

And for the Foodie Bloggers...There were Food Tastings!

Food Samples from Crumb Cups--"BlogTopia!" event South Bay Galleria

Food Samples from California Pizza Kitchen--"BlogTopia!" event South Bay Galleria

"BlogTopia!" Meet and Greet:

Nick Verreos and the team and volunteers from Designing Women South Bay--"BlogTopia!" South Bay Galleria

Nick Verreos with Mary Hall of TheRecessionista--"BlogTopia!" South Bay Galleria

Nick Verreos with Chelsea of She Said He Said Fashion Blog

 

Nick Verreos with the South Bay Galleria/Forest City Mall gals--"BlogTopia!" South Bay Galleria

Nick Verreos and Brenda Lifsey (a life-long friend whom I used to work with back in my UCLA days!)--"BlogTopia!" South Bay Galleria

Barbie Fan: Nick Verreos and his "My Scene" Project Runway Season 2 Barbie "BlogTopia!" South Bay Galleria

Nick Verreos with Amanda Nguyen (left) of Feast.Fashion.Faves and Kimberly Luu (right)--"BlogTopia!" South Bay Galleria

Nick Verreos with Claire's reps--"BlogTopia!" South Bay Galleria

Nick Verreos with "Hod Dog On A Stick" gals--"BlogTopia!" South Bay Galleria

A HUGE Thank You to all the BLOGGERS--as well as all the sponsors, stores, South Bay Galleria, South Bay Magazine and everyone who participated in this First Ever BlogTopia! event