This past Friday night, we had an amazing time partying it up with Boston’s soon-to-be post-collegiettes at HC’s first-ever Girly Graduation Gala! We took over hot venue The Estate where hundreds of graduating collegiettes (and a few colle-gents!) stormed the doors at 6pm to get their hands on the incredible goodies and activities we had in store for them, and brought donations to help out local charity Cradles to Crayons. Couldn’t make it to our party? Here were some of the highlights–and we know we’ll see you at the next one!
– HC Nationals and Boston’s collegiettes are over-the-moon obsessed with BCBGeneration. The brand outfitted our team in fun party dresses that we wore to the event, plus we hosted a BCBGeneration sample sale that was not to be missed. Attendees left with hoards and hoards of new stylish duds to outfit them through the rest of the semester and the summer, and made purchases guilt-free since 25% of all sales are being donated to nonprofit Cradles to Crayons! Especially hot items were striped and floral bikinis, body-con dresses perfect for senior week parties, fun sun hats, stylish shifts for our summer jobs and internships, and more.
– Attendees got an additional dose of style thanks to chic brand London Times, which had a table showcasing their spring line. They hosted an Instagram contest so guests could win free dresses, styling challenges for girls to win other prizes, plus handed out $15-off coupons!
– Super cute boxer brand Paxton 1345 had a table showcasing their boxer shorts including Boston Strong embroidered shirts- so cute!
– Hip new Chestnut Hill blowdry bar Be Styled helped collegiettes at the party “look pretty every day” by sending stylists who gave girls mini-blowouts by curling, sleek-ifying, coiffing, and more so that everyone could say they were having an amazing hair day (or night).
– The pampering continued with hand massages and luxe samples from Bliss Boston (located in the swanky W Hotel) for attendees–after writing all those final papers, our collegiettes’ hands needed some love!
– Attendees’ nails got decked out thanks to manis from MiniLuxe and adorable nail decals from Jamberry.
– UNREAL candy gave us the hook-up with their fully stocked candy bar of delicious and healthier treats, complete with campus cuties doling out the goods to guests as they made their way in! Yum!
– Our attendees (all 21+) sipped on yummy drinks thanks to 90+ Cellars, who provided us with white wine, Moscato, and Rose Prosecco- mmmm!
– Collegiettes continued to get their drink on with Vita Coco, who set up a tiki booth (so fun!) to sample their various flavors plus offer the Vita Coco Skinny Colada (so delish) and hand out samples of Vita Coco Pure as guests were leaving as “hangover cures”.
– Tommy Hilfiger at Wrentham Village Premium Outlets supplied the fab goody bags that collegiettes toted around all night, plus sponsored the DJ booth so we had sweet tunes to rock out to thanks to Elements Events while we shopped and sampled.
– We were thrilled to score LUNA bars in each of the goody bags–the perfect snack for pretty much any time of day–and Svelte! So perf for jumpstarting the next morning, powering through our last finals or gearing up for a tough workout! The goody bags were also stocked with coupons from Modavanti, Wrentham Village Premium Outlets, Paxton 1345 and Viva DressUp.
-Our tummies were not left to rumble thanks to b.good, who hooked us up with a build-your-own-slider bar for a beyond delicious dinner, plus tasty chips from Food Should Taste Good.
– Some even luckier attendees scored giveaway prizes from LeSportsac (cute totes), HP Academy (a laptop!), Zotos (hair products), NYX Cosmetics (fun makeup), Paxton 1345 (boxer shorts), and Kickboard Campus (a scooter!).
All in all, our graduating collegiettes got the full-on VIP treatment at our Girly Graduation Gala, and we couldn’t be happier to send them off into the real world feeling fully pampered. Want to see even more coverage from our Girly Graduation Gala? Check out our full album of pics on our Facebook page, plus even more coverage on tagboard.com.
Congrats, grads!