True Life: I Got Glam and Went to the Grammy Awards

A car service picked me up from my apartment around 9:30 a.m. to take me to The London hotel in LA, where Glam Squad was equipped to paint my face and transform my hair. Alix, my makeup artist, was gentle with my skin but gave me exactly what I was looking for: a dewy, glowing complexion with a warm bronze color palette.

She used Olay Regenerist eye and face creams to hydrate and then had her pick of various CoverGirl products to give me a golden glow.

Martin, my hairstylist, added a little bend to my hair to create slinky waves using a Hot Tools iron and finished the 'do off with Herbal Essences Wild Naturals Dry Oil Spray ($8) to smooth my ends. My favorite part of my makeup look was my lashes. It was my first time using CoverGirl's new Full Lash Bloom mascara ($9), and I had multiple people asking me if my lashes were fake!

This Sachin & Babi number was comfortable and added a hint of skin with the sheer paneling, which wasn't too over-the-top.

I posed here with my gorgeous editor friend Alina Gonzalez from Byrdie Beauty. We loved how my nails (white with gold accents) matched her dress and her nails matched mine.

After lunch and before heading out the door, Martin and Alix gave me a few touch-ups.

Olay, CoverGirl, and Herbal Essences loaded all the reporters, bloggers, and editors into a giant party bus, complete with a light-up floor, to take us to the show. LA was pretty gloomy most of the weekend, but the sun was out in full force when we arrived!

The show is held at Staples Center every year, where people like Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Justin Timberlake have hosted sold-out shows.

We had pretty sweet seats, although my phone's camera was lacking. Doors for the show opened at 3 p.m., and Ellen K requested everyone take their seats around 4:45 p.m. We were on the right side of the stage about three rows up, which was a prime spot, since we were able to see all the artists walk to and from their seats.

As we walked into Staples, we were handed these light-up horns for AC/DC's performance.

The Grammys staff wanted to remind us to take them off throughout the rest of the show. It wouldn't have been cute to see Beyoncé sing her hymn at the end of the show and accidentally pan to a crowd of light-up horns.

Rihanna strolled in late, during the first commercial break. She looked like a gorgeous confection.

AC/DC kicked off the show with pyrotechnics.

The Grammys are one award show where you hope the artists choose to sing live. I saw Ariana perform at iHeartRadio, and she, without a doubt, didn't have a backing track (like most artists). Same was the case here. Her voice belted out each note of "Just a Little Bit of Your Heart," a song cowritten with One Direction's Harry Styles, with ease! Side note: I heard that during her rehearsal, she asked for her backing vocals to be removed because you couldn't hear her voice.

Kanye West made plenty of headlines last night! During the commercial break before his performance, dancers with what I can only describe as embellished reindeer masks lined the sides of the audio/video booth. I presumed they might be for Kanye, but it turns out they were for Madonna's performance, which immediately followed.

Here's Tom Jones with Jessie J! During commercial breaks, artists would walk around and mingle. We saw John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Nick Jonas holding hands with his girlfriend, Olivia Culpo; Nick's presenting partner, Meghan Trainor; Weird Al; and Mary J. Blige.

Beyoncé appeared humble and somewhat nervous giving her speech for best R&B performance. After her win, she walked by us and stopped to hug and shake hands with Grammys-goers on her way backstage.

Pharrell Williams's remix of "Happy" was the most lively performance of the night. After his performance, my phone was near death, and I was starting to get hungry, so we decided to move locations — up to the StubHub Suite to enjoy the show from there.

On our way up, no electrical outlet was left unused. Artists and fans were standing awkwardly against the walls waiting for their phones to charge.

With my phone recharged and some food in my belly, it was time to enjoy the last hour and a half of the show. To be honest, the viewer at home really gets the best end of the show. Sure, watching all these performers — Hozier and Annie Lennox, Ed Sheeran with John Mayer, Herbie Hancock and Electric Light Orchestra, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett — is once in a lifetime. But you don't get to see everything clearly! And, truth be told, because the audio was formatted for a TV broadcast, I feel like I missed out on how great some of the performances really were.