Monday 1 June 2015

New York shopping

Well, after all my planning & preparation, to say my shopping 'haul' from New York was a bit disappointing is a huge understatement!!

A lot of the makeup I was after was sold out in many (many!!!) Sephora stores & even though we went into pretty much every CVS & Duane Reade we passed (so yeah, a LOT!), the displays were nearly always empty so I didn't get everything from there either.

Here's the few pieces I did pick up....





From Sephora, I only managed to snag a mini Sephora mascara for $5 (from the Aisle of Temptation!  You'll know if you've been there!!) & an Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade, which was $18.  From CVS I bought two lipsticks from Wet n Wild for a couple of dollars each (which are surprisingly good & give MAC a run for their money!)  I also picked up a MAC lipstick in Call the Hairdresser from Macy's from the rudest sales assistants I've ever had the 'pleasure' to come across.

I desperately wanted to find the E.L.F. store but the address we had, after traipsing up & down this sodding street several times in torrential rain, we discovered had closed down, grrrrr!!!  So I thought that'd be a no-go but then I found a small display of products in Old Navy & picked up 2 each of the brushes shown here (one set for my daughter) & a BB cream.  However, apart from the MAC & one of the WnW lipsticks, everything else is as yet unused waiting to be reviewed so watch this space!!

I didn't find one single bag that I liked enough to warrant spending a few hundred dollars on & no clothes were to be found either.  Anything I found that I did like, I knew I could buy cheaper here so I left them!  To be honest, we spent most of our money on bits for the kids!

But the one thing I did buy that I really wanted & is now my pride & joy, was my Tissot watch.  However, this was bought from Duty Free at Heathrow so doesn't really come under the 'New York shopping' heading but hey ho!!  I googled the price of the watch in NY & it would've been significantly more to buy there so as I was going to save £70 off the price buying from Duty Free, it was a no-brainer!!


So I'm sorry I don't have more to show you but now that my computer is working again, I'll get reviews of the bits I did get up asap!!




8 comments:

  1. Gorgeous watch, Sarah, but how disappointing! At least you got s few bits dad pieces. Look forward to your reviews. Lynne xx

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  2. I feel your pain...the same happened to me in (several)Sephora Paris. But hope you had a great trip and looking forward to your reviews.

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  3. I feel your pain...the same happened to me in (several)Sephora Paris. But hope you had a great trip and looking forward to your reviews.

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  4. I feel your pain...the same happened to me in (several)Sephora Paris. But hope you had a great trip and looking forward to your reviews.

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  5. Your watch is amazing Sarah! Fancy the make-up being sold out in so many stores - rubbish! xx

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  6. Oh it's so frustrating when you have money to spend and a long list but you just can't seem to spend it! Your watch is gorgeous though, and I love your matching bracelets and nail varnish! xx

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  7. Still a good haul Sarah & whilst the products will run out all your fabulous memories will remain! Andrea x

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