Heathrow shopping

Airport shopping is my ultimate weakness. Everything is suddenly justified because it is cheaper, and with the heathrow rewards card, the excuses and justifications just keep growing.

*you can collect points for most transactions, including boots, Starbucks and even currency exchange at travelex. It is 1 point per pound spent (except at travelex) and every 500 points equal to £5 rebate!

I dropped by World Duty Free and picked up a few things.

Initially I picked up the Dior Iconic Overcurl because of the rave reviews from Tati of GlamLifeGuru and a few that I have read here and there. I did not end up purchasing this because I picked up a travel pack of the Givenchy mascara.


Givenchy Phenomen'eyes mascara

The travel pack came with 2 mascaras for £33 which made it quite a Bargain. Top that with this mascara being one of Gossmakeupartist's recommendation and I just knew I had to get it.

The applicator takes some getting used to, but so far so good.

I will be writing a post dedicated to this when I have had enough usage.

Shiseido eyelash curlers

I also picked up an extra pair of eyelash curlers.

I think the shiseido ones have refillable pads available for purchase, unlike the shu uemura's.

Jen from frmheadtotoe uses shiseido eyelash curlers so I thought I would give this a shot


Chanel coco rouge in 19 - Gabrielle

I tried bob's lipstick and knew I really liked this. I was only allowed one lipstick and it was between this and the Chanel Rouge Noir, which I still plan to get at some point but for now, this is love.
It is my first Chanel lipstick which is not in the Chanel Allure range!

I then went off to Beauty Studio, which is another beauty shop.
They had Mac Cosmetics, Benefit cosmetics, Bare Minerals, Ren skincare, Elemis and many more!
I wanted to grab a few Mac eyeshadows but they only had it in the full packaging, and I wanted to put it in my palette.

They also did not have the Ren ClearCalmClay, which was the only thing I really wanted to get since I have ran out of my cleanser.





Instead I picked up the BareMinerals SPF 30 natural sunscreen Powder in medium.

I have had my eye on this since I heard Lisa Eldrige recommending the Peter Thomas Roth SPF Powder. I wanted something easier to locate and the BareMinerals seem more accessible.
This cost me £20.40 and is an excellent top up powder because it has SPF protection.

The brush is retractable and removable for cleansing. You can also buy the powder refill, always a bonus, and really a selling point for me.

I picked up some more points with heathrow rewards when I had a sandwich at Pret A Manger.
I an really excited about my purchases and will be doing a review on most of them with separate blog posts since they are high-end purchases!