Sephora, M.A.C and Ulta Haul!
As all Australian make-up and beauty lovers know, the price of make-up and skincare is nearly double the price of America, so when I got the chance to buy these products at half the price in America, things got a little out of control!
First stop - SEPHORA! When I walked in I felt like a kid in a candy store, I was in make-up heaven! It was everything I dreamed of and more. I picked up my basket and just started picking up everything I had written on my list and of course a few others! One thing is for certain, if my money was unlimited I would've bought so much more. Here is my Sephora Haul! (Excuse the quality of the flat lays, I still haven't mastered them!)
Next stop - ULTA. Ulta definitely wasn't what I was expecting. I thought it would be similar to Priceline and only have drugstore products but I saw Lorac, Urban Decay, Stila and many more high end brands in the store, which of course was okay with me! Once again I grabbed my basket and my list and entered another make-up and beauty heaven! I made sure I picked up the Philsophy face wash as I have heard many promising reviews about it and also the Benefit eye cream. When shopping I still couldn't believe the prices on everything and how they where so low. In Australia the high end brands are quite pricey where as in America I was picking up the high end brands for the same price and L'Oreal and other drugstore products in Australia. Here is my Ulta Haul!
Last stop was MAC. There where only a few things I wanted to purchase from MAC but of course I ended up purchasing a few more. I watched a few YouTube videos about MAC employees being rude and unhelpful, so I was quite unsure on how my experience was going to be. To be honest I had no problems in a few of the MAC stores I visited. Every employee asked me for assistance multiple times to the state where it was getting annoying! The stores are laid out exactly the same as Australia although they do offer more products and deals that they don't have Australia. When I found out the price of the eyeshadow palettes and refills, I was so excited and couldn't help myself but fill a palette! The palette was $12 and each eyeshadow pan was $10! As opposed to Australia where the pans are $40+ and the refills are $23. Here is a peek at my MAC haul!
Thank you so much for reading!
Talk to you soon,
Ashlee xo