The other day I found myself on 6th Avenue and popped into TJ MAXX. I like to have a browse in their toiletries/cosmetics aisles and always seem to come away with a couple of items, this time it was body lotions and hand lotions. The Royal Apothic hand cream was part of a set with the shower gel. I adore this cream and always pick them up when I see them. The Crabtree and Evelyn 'Lily' hand cream smells divine and is a good size to slip in my handbag.
I've never tried a Weleda product, but these Swiss made, all natural products have a great reputation, I picked a 'Pomegranate' body lotion. I bought the 'Au Lait' body butter because I liked it's scent and I can never have enough body lotion.
Across the street is a fairly new branch of Harmon Face Values - I love this drugstore! In addition to the usual suspects they carry some more unusual brands and imports. The Skin Quench 'Hemp' Lotion smells divine in a sun tan lotion-y kind of way and I look forward to trying it out.
I'm a huge fan of Real Technics brushes and when I saw the limited edition set of duo fiber brushes I just had to throw them in my basket. I've yet to use the contouring brush (middle) but the large face brush (top) works wonderfully with my Hourglass Ambient Lighting powders. The eyeshadow brush is really rather wonderful, it looks odd as the fibers are very long yet it picks up a perfect amount of powder and blends it so easily - it's really rather miraculous!
I've been looking for a cheaper eye make remover alternative to Chantecaille's Rose Eye Make Up Remover to decant and take with me when I travel so I picked up Rimmel's Just Let it Go. It's not oily, it doesn't sting and whilst it's not as good as, it almost is and it's about a tenth (!) of the price.
For my new brushes I nipped into Sephora and bought their daily brush cleaner. It's great for keeping them germ free between proper washes.
In CVS to use up some extra bucks I restocked on Baby Lips Sunscreen and grabbed a Maybeline Dream Bouncy blush in he shade 'Coffee Cake'. I have been after a browner blush for the summer and this fits the bill. The texture of this is such fun - it's like Play-doh - I really like the colour and the way it applies. I had to have the Rimmel nail varnish as it's part of their Kate Moss range and the shade is 'Punk Rock', it's a little dark for summer so I'm saving it for an Autumn mani. I also grabbed a Brown Rimmel Scandaleyes, it has a slight coppery/amethyst tinge to it that I like... I'm still wondering how I managed to lose it's lid on the way home!.
Finally Space NK had their Try Something New promotion recently - $25 off any $75 purchase, well, it would be rude not to don't you think? Laura Mercier's Cream Eye pencil in 'Slate' has filled the "Where's my grey eye liner?" gap in my make up bag. The 'Jean Queen' by Lipstick Queen lipstick is a repurchase, I love using this under 'Jean Queen' gloss for a casual everyday look. Caudalie Vinosource sorbet is a new Caudalie product for me. I'm going to use it as a night time moisturiser after my serum to seal everything in and combat dehydration.
Have you bough anything new recently?
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