If you don’t already
know, October is the official month for Breast Cancer Awareness. A lot of
companies and organizations hold charity events while everyone wears a pink
ribbon or dresses in pink to show support. Last night Sassy Hong Kong held a
charity event, “Sassy Pink Hour” to support this cause as well. This is the
first Sassy event I’ve ever attended even though I’ve been reading their blog
since I’ve came to Hong Kong. It was free to attend the event, but there was
raffling and the money that went to the raffling tickets were donated to charity.
They also had a lot of free (and really girly) activities at the event!
The event was
scheduled to start at 7pm at the Palm Court at the Langham hotel in Tsim Sha
Tsui. It’s basically an opened bar area next to the reception. The hotel’s
style is very elegant which completely fits the theme. There was a big display
of lilies in the middle of them room and a large chandelier on the high ceiling.
Because there was goodie bags handed out to the first 100 girls that showed up
and is on the RSVP list, by the time I arrived at 6:45pm there were already
almost 100 girls waiting. I’ve never seen so many girls gathered in one room,
all dressed in pink! (Everyone wearing pink gets a complimentary Bellini) The
whole Sassy team was there as well to take photos, sell raffles and just mingle
with everyone.
The goodie bag was
actually very decent. It felt like a Glambox or Birchbox kind of combination. There
were several full size Benefit products. Apparently Sassy has a very unique
relationship with Benefit Hong Kong and that’s why they were able to get such
good sponsorship from them. Here is the list of what’s in the generous goodie bag:
Benefit: Push-up liner (Full size) US $24
Benefit: ThePOREfessional (Full size) US $31
Benefit: FirstClass Gloss (Travel Size) Full size US $26
Victoria’s secret:Night (Perfume sample) Full size US $52-$68
Tacha: Polished,classic rice enzyme powder (Sample) Full size US $65
Penny Price, Memoire: SPF LipBalm (Sample)
After entering Palm
Court, there were 4 different booths where you can receive free services. There
was a photo booth from Venture
Studios HK, Smokey eye makeup booth from Hollywood Hair, Brow waxing booth
from Benefit, and a Manicure
Booth from Sense of Touch.
I first lined up
for the Smokey eye booth since I’ve never really tried a smoky eye. They were
very professional and explained everything really well. I’d say the experience
was pleasant! But smoky eye isn’t really my style. Different kinds of bite-size
snacks were also served, like macaroons! Every time the food came out, it would
disappear within 30 seconds. I really wanted to try the manicure booth, but
since I already had gel nail on and they wouldn’t be able to remove it, so I
went for the to the brow waxing booth to accompany my friends.
At around 8:30pm,
the raffle winners and Instagram were announced! I’ve never seen such an
amazing list of prizes before! They were ranged from HK $500 up to HK $14,000. To
name a few, you could win a photo-shoot session, skin care set, makeup brush set, spa
package, hair salon voucher, happy hour for 10 at a restaurant, and 6 bottles
of sparkling wine! (See the full list here)
The raffles were $20 for 1 or $100 for 6, and all the money goes towards Cancer
Fund Pink Revolution. Unfortunately I didn’t win, I am really unlucky when it
comes to these drawings or raffling things. But regardless, it feels good to
support charity, and plus I got free drinks, snacks, and a makeover!
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