Tuesday 26 August 2014

What I Bought - Barcelona

Barcelona Haul

While I was in Barcelona (read my post about it here!) I knew I wanted to do a bit of shopping, and I knew I wanted to check Bobbi Brown and Bourjois since I usually can’t see them in person.

As soon as I went to Plaça de Catalunya I headed to the huge Sephora that can be found in the shopping centre El Triangle. It really is huge and beautiful, with a huge Make Up Forever corner. After a quick look around I spotted Bourjois, so I headed there and immediately began swatching the Rouge Edition Velvet liquid lipsticks. I was undecided between at least four shades, but in the end I went for 05 Olé flamingo!. It swatched beautifully and was also gorgeous sheered out, so it won over the others. If I end up loving the formula I can always order a couple of other shades online!

Then I immediately went to the other shopping center, El Corte Ingles, which has a lot of wonderful beauty counters. Again, after a quick look around I immediately went to Bobbi Brown. There were a lot of gorgeous things but in my head I knew it was a foundation what I really wanted to try. I settled on the Skin Foundation Stick but since it wasn’t available in my shade I went for the Long-Wear Even Finish Foundation, which was the other one I wanted to try. Being a huge foundation lover I’m so excited to try this!

In a pharmacy I then spotted Korres. It was once available in my city but the selection of products was limited, and the thing I really wanted to try was their Lip Butters. So obviously I went for the Pomegranate Lip Butter, since it was the most appealing to me color wise. Finally I got my hands of one of these!

The other beauty buys were all done at the airport. I got a Travalo to carry around Roger&Gallet Gingembre which I love but have a really big bottle of. It was pretty cheap too, and the sleek silver look of it was too good not to get. Then, when my boyfriend spotted the travel exclusive Coca-Cola minis by OPI we immediately knew they were coming home with us. The colours are all gorgeous and the Coca-Cola Red is simply stunning! The last thing I had in mind to check was The Body Shop. I wanted to get a Body Sorbet but it was to big for my carry-on luggage to buy in a shop, so I bought it at the airport and when for the gorgeous Mango one. The texture of this is really amazing, I love it!

It’s always good to buy things on holiday, they get a little bit more special for that reason!

Have you bought something on holiday this summer? Are you interested in hearing my thoughts on something in particular?

Durante il mio soggiorno a Barcellona (potete leggere il mio racconto qui!) sapevo di voler fare un po’ di shopping, e sapevo di voler assolutamente dare un’occhiata a Bobbi Brown e Bourjois visto che non li posso vedere di persona di solito.

Appena arrivata a Plaça de Catalunya mi sono diretta all’enorme Sephora che si trova al centro commerciale El Triangle. È davvero grande e bellissimo, con un enorme settore Make Up Forever. Dopo una veloce occhiata in giro ho visto Bourjois, quindi mi sono diretta lì e ho immediatamente iniziato a provare i rossetti liquidi Rouge Edition Velvet. Ero indecisa tra almeno quattro tonalità, ma alla fine ho scelto la 05 Olé Flamingo. Sulla mano era bellissimo ed era anche stupendo sfumato, quindi ha vinto sugli altri. Se la formula mi piacerà posso sempre ordinare qualche altra tonalità online!

Mi sono quindi subito diretta all’altro centro commerciale, El Corte Ingles, che ha un sacco di magnifici counter. Di nuovo, dopo una veloce occhiata in giro mi sono diretta immediatamente verso Bobbi Brown. C’erano un sacco di prodotti meravigliosi ma sapevo già di voler provare un fondotinta. Mi sono decisa per i Skin Foundation Stick ma visto che non era disponibile nella mia tonalità ho deciso per il Long-Wear Even Finish Foundation, che era l’altro che volevo provare. Essendo una grande amante dei fondotinta sono davvero impaziente di provarlo!

Ho quindi intravisto Korres in una farmacia. Un po’ di tempo fa avevo accesso a questa marca ma la selezione di prodotti era limitata, e la cosa che ero davvero interessata a provare erano i loro Lip Butters. Quindi ho ovviamente scelto il Lip Butter in Pomegranate, visto che era quello che mi attirava di più per il colore. Finalmente provo uno di questi famosi Lip Butters!

Gli altri acquisti sono stati fatti all’aeroporto. Ho preso un Travalo per portare con me Gingembre di Roger&Gallet che adoro ma indosso poco perché ho una bottiglia davvero grande. Era anche abbastanza conveniente, e il colore argentato era troppo bello per lasciarmelo scappare! Quindi, quando il mio fidanzato ha intravisto l’esclusiva aeroporto della collezione Coca-Cola OPI abbiamo subito saputo che sarebbe tornata a casa con noi. I colori sono tutti stupendi e il Coca-Cola Red è semplicemente meraviglioso! L’ultima cosa che avevo in mente di guardare era The Body Shop. Volevo prendere un Body Sorbet ma era troppo grande per il mio bagaglio a mano per comprarlo in un negozio, quindi l’ho preso all’aeroporto e ho scelto il favoloso Mango. La texture è davvero favolosa!

È sempre bello comprare qualcosa in vacanza, diventa tutto un po’ più speciale!

Avete comprato qualcosa in vacanza ultimamente? Siete interessati a sapere la mia opinione su qualcuno di questi prodotti in particolare?
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23 comments:

  1. Ahh you went to Barcelona! Jealous! That's one of my favorite cities ever! That OPI mini set is amazing! I saw one with 4 shades, but I seldom paint my nails so I had to let it go. I've heard great things about the Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvets as well :)

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  2. Barcelona is so beautiful! :) The OPI set was too good to be left there, I love it! The Bourjois Rouge velvet is literally flaking off my lips though, not sure it's a good thing... The colour is beautiful though! ;) xx

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  3. Ouch I'm so sorry to hear that! The Hourglass formula also flakes on me after food. I think the oil breaks the formula down in a bad way.

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  4. Hey Gyudy! You got the mango sorbet! And I love the opi minis

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  5. You picked up some great stuff. Duty-free/Travel Exclusive items are so fun. Our stores at home carry them because we are considered one of those jurisdictions, but we never get new stuff. I feel like it's the same travel items for years and although some of it is nice, it would be so awesome to have access to things the OPI set you picked up. Actually, I think I am going to start a new series of Duty Free/Travel Exclusives sometime in October. What do you think? Anyway, it's so cool that the Sephora's in Europe carry Bourjois! Though I see from your comment below that it's flaking off your lips so not cool. Finally, yes, I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on the Bobbi Brown foundation! Not tried much from that brand either.

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  6. Body Shop, Body Shop, Body Shop!

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  7. Some lovely purchases there! Good thing you got yourself a Bourjois rouge Edition :D Ole Flamingo is a gorgeous shade, that's for sure! Curious to read up on your experiences with the products soon ;)

    x

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  8. Lovely haul! I love the shades of the OPI polishes!

    xprincessjas | ♥

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  9. SO many lovely items, what a fab selection! I would love to try the Korres lip products :)


    www.stylesunrise.co.uk


    x

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  10. Those Korres Lip butters are SO Incredable! I love the one I have so much!!
    Allison from www.mercuteify.com

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  11. It was too good not to get! I loved it straight out of the tube! ;) xx

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  12. Totally in for the Travel Exclusive series, I always see beautiful sets but I'm never really sure if they're worth it! I'd love to hear your thoughts! I wish Sephora in Italy did the same with Bourjois, we're slowly getting better (Nars and Marc Jacobs in less than a year has been a miracle, and then Formula X! I couldn't believe it!) but there's still space for improvement ;) Yeah, the lipstick literally flaked off my lips in the center, it was after a few hours but without eating or even drinking as I'd been busy around... Let's see how that goes in the future! The foundation behaved well, I'll try in a couple of different views and then a review will come! ;) xx

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  13. Thank you! :) The shade of the Bourjois is amazig, though I have to play with it a little bit more because the first wear didn't went so well! Maybe I just need to practice the application ;) xx

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  14. They're all beautiful, and it's rare for me to like every single one of a set that contains so many! Can't wait to try them ;) xx

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  15. Thank you! I carefully selected what I was taking home with me ;) I loved my first try of the Korres lip butter, wearing it again today! ;) xx

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  16. I'm loving it too! I was so happy to find it! ;) xx

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  17. I love those body shop sorbets, must try the mango one!

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  18. Oh those OPI shades really do look lovely! I have spotted some nice autumn ones there :)
    Amy x

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  19. Barcelona is beautiful, I really think should be visited at least once! That Sephora was really amazing, it was huge! ;) xx

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  20. The smell is simply amazing! I'm loving it, it dries in seconds but moisturizes so well! ;) xx

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  21. I'm going to do a post to show them better as they're really stunning, the more hidden dark one is such a wonderful colour! ;) xx

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