So at the start of May, myself and Lee went to Paris for 6 days and although it was raining and there were thunderstorms, we made the most of our time there and we both really enjoyed it. We also spent a bit too much money in the shops!
We took several trips to Sephora as this was one of the shops I was most excited about going to when we booked our Paris trip (can you tell I live in the UK?). Here are the things I bought, some skincare and some makeup bits.
I firstly bought the Clinique Moisture Surge Hydrating Cream. I already have the concentrate of this range and I absolutely love it and have nearly finished it, so I thought to try out the pot cream version. So far, this product is amazing and really hydrates the skin. It's also great under make-up and doesn't leave your face feeling uncomfortable. Clinique products are a lot more expensive on average than other brands but you definitely get what you pay for.
I then picked up two of the Sephora own brand masks, the açai smoothie mask and the grapefruit peeling mask. I have used the açai one a few times and it smells amazing, and leaves my skin feeling so smooth. I've only tried the grapefruit one once since buying it, but it was lovely when I used it, and again it smells amazing. These were really cheap and I'm just sad you can't get these in the UK.
The Sephora Instant Moisture Water Gel isn't something I thought I would've picked up, but when looking at the face masks, I saw this and had to buy it. I'm a little bit obsessed with face moisturisers and gel ones are definitely my favourite. I think this gel was around €18 and you get 100ml, so it's really good value for money. You also only need the tiniest amount when you use it so hopefully this lasts until I purchase another one.
Finally for skincare, I picked up the Pixi Glow Tonic which is something I've wanted to try for a while now, but have always been scared to buy the big bottle incase my skin didn't like it. I will say, the smell of this isn't my cup of tea, but I really feel it works wonders for my skin so I will ignore the smell for now. Pixi is a brand I haven't tried much of so I would love to try more of these after buying the Glow Tonic.
When I was at the make-up stands in Sephora (there's a LOT of them!), I just wanted to buy everything. However, I knew I couldn't because I'm sadly not a millionaire. But, I did spend quite a bit of money on the make-up section.
The one thing I knew I wanted to get was the Tarte Shape Tape concealer. I know you can buy this in the UK from places like QVC but I didn't want to pay the prices they had on there. The first shade I picked up was porcelain beige, which to my absolute surprise, was too pale for me. If you know me, I am the palest of pale people so this was a massive shock to me. I got the other one in the shade fair which is my perfect colour so I now have 2 colours that I can mix together so it didn't actually turn out too bad. These concealers are AMAZING and I can most definitely see what all the hype was about them.
I also managed to pick up a mini size of the Laura Mercier Translucent Setting Powder. This is something I've wanted to try for a while but never wanted to spend all the money on the regular size incase I didn't get along with it. But so far, I love it. It makes my undereyes look so smooth and sets my concealer really well.
I picked up two mini Becca Shimmering Skin Perfectors in the shades Moonstone (on the right) and Opal (on the left). Moonstone is my shade for when I'm less tanned (fake tanned obviously), and opal is slightly darker for when I am tanned. Both of these are so nice on the skin and I will definitely be purchasing the big versions of these as I love them.
Benefit Mascaras are hyped up so much, yet I had never tried ANY of them. So, I made it my mission to pick some minis up to try. So far, I've only used Bad Gal Bang but my eyelashes were so long, and so dark, it's an amazing mascara! I've heard so many good things about They're Real too so I'm excited to give that a go too.
From the Longchamp boutique in the city centre, I picked up some more of the Le Pliage bags (I already have 2 and love them!) I picked up the small handbag in the Khaki, and the backpack version in Black which I haven't stopped using since I've been home! More expensive bags than others, but they are so versatile and I love them to death!
That's everything I bought in Paris!
Daisy x
Benefit Mascaras are hyped up so much, yet I had never tried ANY of them. So, I made it my mission to pick some minis up to try. So far, I've only used Bad Gal Bang but my eyelashes were so long, and so dark, it's an amazing mascara! I've heard so many good things about They're Real too so I'm excited to give that a go too.
From the Longchamp boutique in the city centre, I picked up some more of the Le Pliage bags (I already have 2 and love them!) I picked up the small handbag in the Khaki, and the backpack version in Black which I haven't stopped using since I've been home! More expensive bags than others, but they are so versatile and I love them to death!
That's everything I bought in Paris!
Daisy x
