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NOW Foods 2018 Immersion Event

This post was sponsored by NOW as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.

Happy Monday, sweet friends! I hope you all had a lovely weekend and that your Monday is off to a great start. If you have been following along with me over on Instagram, you probably caught a glimpse of my travels during the past few weeks. I am so grateful to be able to travel and explore places through blogging partnerships and friendships the digital media world has brought me.

Just two weeks ago, I hopped on a plane to Chicago to meet 24 other bloggers from across the US at the NOW Foods 2018 Immersion Event! I was secretly a little nervous to be with so many amazing bloggers that I had never met before with such a long brand. However, I am so grateful to say that I truly had nothing to worry about. Before I jump into the event, let me share some points on NOW Foods:

  • NOW has over 1,400 high-quality products, natural and affordable products and is celebrating their 50th anniversary this year!
  • NOW’s Quality Control and Quality Assurance programs are A1! No, really, amazing and tedious testing goes into each and every one of their products.
  • NOW has more than 900 nutritional supplements that have clearly labeled ingredients that YOU can actually understand
  • YOU can win $10,00 with their 50th anniversary “Celebrate NOW” Instant-Win Game

So, let’s get into the event. When we arrived on Thursday, I had the chance to grab lunch with a few girls at the hotel restaurant. After lunch and a quick nap, we got ready for the evening iron chef event and dinner. Many of y’all know this already but guys, I’m such an awful cook! I love eating and dinning out with friends but I get super nervous in the kitchen when it comes to creating new recipes. So if I can say one thing about this cooking challenge, it would be that I was terrified! However, I had a great team and we were able to quickly put together a apple chai mocktail and a 5 ingredient bruschetta, both perfect and comforting for the holidays. After the cook-off, we enjoyed dinner, drinks and chatting with the leadership team at NOW. One highlight of this night was getting to genuinely connect with the NOW team on a one-on-one basis and learning more about how they got their start in this industry.

The next day started at 6am. After dragging myself out of the far too comfy bed, it was time to get up and ready for boxing. Before starting class, we had granola bars and BCAA Big 6 Powder to get us pumped up. This was my first time taking a boxing class, like many others there, but it was so fun. Everyone was so motivating and helpful when each of us wanted to give up. After the class, we met for a DIY smoothie bar and to learn more about the fitness products NOW has to offer. I was blown away by the amount of products NOW offered and the extensive testing each of their items went through before making it to the consumer.

After a quick shower, packing up and breakfast together, we headed over to the NOW plant for a tour. Now y’all, when I say we got geared up from head-to-toe, I completely mean it. We had glasses, gloves, shoe protectors, hair nets and more to keep us safe and to keep the products safe. To me, this showed how much NOW took quality and safety seriously in their company. We toured almost every inch of the plant and got to see the start to end process of supplements being made, essential oils getting bottled, testing of materials and more. I was so excited that we were there on a weekday because we got to meet so many more members of the team and see how much they enjoyed working at NOW and their dedication to the products being created.

Rounding off our trip, we bused over to NOW HQ for some beauty and skincare fun. We got to create our own hydrating facial spray using NOW products and a bath soak for those post-run days and long weeks. We learned all the new and upcoming beauty products that will hit the market soon and how much planning and evaluation goes into each beauty product before it is sold to consumers. We also had the chance to chat about how the beauty & skincare industry is cleaning up their products and how NOW is setting the standard for clean products all around.

By the end of the trip, I was so excited to have met so many amazing bloggers and connect with a brand I love — NOW Foods. This Immersion Event was the perfect opportunity to learn more about the leadership team, quality testing, inside scoop and how NOW has managed to be a cutting edge brand in the food, beauty, pet and wellness industries.

To keep up with all things happening over at NOW, be sure to follow their social platforms here:

Well friends, that’s all that I have for today! I am so glad that you stopped by the blog today and I hope you love the giveaway I’m hosting over on my Instagram this week! Have a lovely day -xo, Azanique <3

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Comments

  4. How cool that you got to create your own facial spray! I have used NOW products in the past and have always been so impressed by the quality. I look forward to seeing what they come out with in the future – I love the commitment to clean products!

  12. This sounds like such a fun and delicious event! I’ve never actually tried any of their products but you just peaked my interest so I’m gonna have to check out their website!

  19. This looks like such an amazing event! So glad to hear you learned a lot and had a great time!

  22. This sounds like such an amazing experience! I will definitely be checking out some NOW products after reading this! -Tonya Morris

  24. I had never heard of NOW products, but they seem like a great company with lots of options! Even though you don’t like to cook, it sounds like you had a fun time “cooking-up” your own products 😉

  25. NOW Foods is doing it right! This sounds like such an unbelievable opportunity, and I’m glad you had so much fun exploring their brand and meeting new bloggers! That’s so cool that they showed you the start to end process of how supplements are made, because quality is everything these days. I need to try their products out asap!

    xoxo Bryanna

  30. What a fun opportunity! I love when brands invite bloggers to get behind the scenes access like this and learn more about the company/products in an in-person setting. I saw that you met Kendall! She’s from my neck of the woods.

  32. This seems like a great event to attend. I’ll have to look more into some of the products.

    Xx, Nailil
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