FACTORY BRUNCH: your golden ticket to Christmas

A Christmas brunch at the Eurobio Lab cosmetics factory.

Remember Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? A boy finds a golden ticket in a chocolate bar and gets through the gates into a world of real wonders. After that film, many of us wanted a peek into such a factory. We found our own, just for adults: a factory where creams, shampoos and masks are born. And there are real golden tickets here too.

On 5 December the Eurobio Lab cosmetics factory opens its gates again, this time in festive style. For one day the production floor becomes a winter fairy tale, worth dressing up for.

We take a tour of a real factory, which becomes a Disneyland for grown-ups. Instead of a chocolate river, real production lines run, producing funds for brands such as Organic Shop, Ice Professional, Organic People, Natura Siberica and several others you probably already have in your bathroom.

Organic Shop runs a masterclass on making a Christmas scrub to take home. Ice Professional brings aromatic oils so that each guest can make her own hair mask with her favourite scent.

The guest speaker is Meelis Krik, one of Estonia’s best make-up artists, founder of the studio and school GlamEst. For more than twenty years he has worked with faces, won international competitions in Scandinavia and the Baltics, and prepares models for Tallinn Fashion Week season after season. You can learn more at his make-up school’s website, glamest.ee.

At the brunch Meelis shows how to create festive make-up yourself, to feel beautiful at every New Year’s party and in every photo. He also goes through the most common mistakes women make when doing their own make-up and shows how to avoid them. He does it all live: volunteers are chosen from the guests, and Meelis does their festive make-up on the spot, explaining each step, so one of you may leave the brunch looking runway-ready.

The host and organiser is Elena Solomina, a TV presenter, speech coach and founder of the public-speaking studio “Speaker at the Peak”. She becomes the mistress of the Christmas factory and guides us through the whole programme, from the first cup of coffee to the final prize draw.

Every guest receives gifts from the factory and event partners, and the scrub and hair mask you make yourself go home with you.

At the very end, following a good Christmas tradition, there are prize draws from the partners, including one special prize. Every guest receives a golden ticket, but only a few are winning, and their lucky holders take home an advent calendar from the factory so the Christmas magic lasts every day until the holiday.

Early-bird ticket price: €59. Places are limited, so book early.

The project “Mul on midagi öelda” (“We have something to say”) is a space for honest conversations, new friendships and a chance to look where doors are usually closed.

We have something to say. And you?

When: 5 December, 11:00.

Where: Eurobio Lab, Leiva 3, Tallinn.