Quick recap of the IMENA Beauty Extravaganza....it was a HUGE SUCCESS!!

Ok, just wanted to give a quick note on the IMENA Beauty Extravaganza. This will not be a long post because it is 3am and I need to go to bed. I will write again most likely tomorrow with more details.

I still have not come to the realization that it is over. Everyone seemed like they had a great time and I was happy with the turn out despite the rainy weather. I would like to say a special thank you to my wonderful staff of hairstylists, hostesses, manicurist and caterer. You guys did a fantastic job. The night would not have been a success without each and everyone of you.

The IMENA Team:
Desiree - stylist
Tiffany - stylist
Alicia - stylist
Cindy - stylist
Nadia - stylist / threading
Victoria - stylist / makeup artist
Michelle - hostess
Danielle - hostess
Ryss - manicurist
Amanda - caterer

To my guests who braved the rain and the subways to come out to support IMENA, thank you and god bless you! I so very much appreciate you. I was pleasantly surprised to see that most of the people at the event were people who I had never met before so they were trying our services for the very first time. So a special thank you to you guys. Remember, inside your giveaway bags there is a 25% off gift card for your next service with IMENA. It expires in December so be sure to put it to good use. I look forward to seeing all of you at the next event.

Now that the event is behind me all of the things that seemed to try to prevent this event from happening seem so small. I remember there were a couple of times when I just wanted to cancel the whole thing due to frustration or just getting nervous about how it was going to turn out. On those days I would read an inspirational quote I have stuck to my refrigerator. Every time I started to get afraid or nervous about pulling this thing off I would go to the refrigerator and read the quote. This is what it said:

"FEAR HOLDS US AND BINDS US AND KEEPS US FROM GROWING. IT KILLS A SMALL PIECE OF US EACH DAY. IT HOLDS US TO WHAT WE KNOW AND KEEPS US FROM WHAT'S POSSIBLE, AND IT IS OUR WORST ENEMY. FEAR DOESN'T ANNOUNCE ITSELF; IT'S DISGUISED, AND IT'S SUBTLE. IT'S CHOOSING THE SAFE COURSE; MOST OF US FEEL WE HAVE "RATIONAL" REASONS TO AVOID TAKING RISKS. THE BRAVE MAN IS NOT THE ONE WITHOUT FEAR, BUT THE ONE WHO DOES WHAT HE MUST DESPITE BEING AFRAID. TO SUCCEED, YOU MUST BE WILLING TO RISK TOTAL FAILURE; YOU MUST LEARN THIS. THEN YOU WILL SUCCEED."

I'm not sure who this quote is by but I'm glad they wrote it because it was reading this over and over that got me through the tough times of planning this event. And now that it is complete I am so happy to have done it. The journey for IMENA has just begun. The next step is to find a permanent location. We will be working hard to do that. I will be posting pictures of the IMENA Beauty Extravaganza in a couple of days. In a few weeks we should get the video posted up as well.

Well, I thought this would be short but once I get going..........
Good night. We'll talk again soon.

Blessings and luv,
Tami G.