LA and San Francisco Haul

Hi everyone,

Whilst I was on holiday in LA and San Francisco, I of course had to make sure that I fitted in some shopping time. I actually was very restrained this year and kept my shopping to a minimum compared to when I was in New York as we had a lot to squeeze in and I didn’t have as much time. However, I still bought a few things, especially from shops like Sephora and Bath and Body Works which we don’t have in the UK, and I thought I would share these with your guys in a haul.

Sephora was my first stop on the first day but I decided to try to not go mad and spend loads on products that I was never going to use. I told myself that it was better to get a few choice items that I really wanted, even if they were a little more expensive, rather than a ton of cheaper things that would get lost at the back of my makeup drawer. With this in mind, I wandered over to the Hourglass counter as I had wanted to try some of their products for so long and ended up with the Strobe Lighting Blusher in Iridescent Flash in my basket. 

Kat Von D products are a little harder to get hold of in the UK and I had heard a lot about her Everlasting Liquid Lipsticks so I bought one of those in the shade Lovecraft and then ended up going back later in the holiday to pick up the shade Mother as well.

Whenever I get to visit Sephora I always pick up their glitter nail polish remover as this stuff is seriously amazing. I have been put off wearing glitter polish in the past as I just can’t stand trying to remove it but this product makes light work of it so I always stock up! The Bite Agave Lip Masks are some of my favourite products to help with my dry, cracked lips and I usually always pick up a tube when I can but as I still have a full one at the moment I decided to try the Agave Lip Balm instead. 

And that was it from Sephora! Can you believe how restrained I was??

 I could seriously spend an absolute fortune in that shop so I thought I did quite well not to go mad, even if it did require a lot of willpower!

I can’t say I was quite as good in Bath and Body Works as I always get sucked in by the offers that they have on! As we had just gotten engaged in a rose garden I decided I wanted some rose fragrances and luckily they had a really nice range of rose champagne options. I bought the shower gel, body lotion and body mist.

I also bought the La Fleur body mist which is just gorgeous and genuinely smells like a fresh bouquet! It might not be for everyone if you're not a fan of overly floral fragrances but for me I find it really refreshing and perfect for summer. 

Lavender is one of my favourite scents so I had to pick up the Lavender and Sandlewood body mist and body lotion and I also added the Wildberry and Camomile body lotion to my basket as well which I have already used up!

I usually buy the Vanilla scents at Bath and Body Works but this time I just stuck with a mini Warm Vanilla body mist which I thought would be really handy for chucking in my handbag for a quick freshen up throughout the day.

Finally, I couldn’t leave without these cute little hand creams and of course the hand sanitisers and I also picked up a few of these for friends back home.

 Crest 3D White Dental Whitening Kit is one I have used before and I was really pleased with the results. I know other people that have used them and not seen much of an improvement but for me they worked really well. I also wanted to get one of the EOS lip balms and went for this cute shimmery pink one.

Aside from makeup and beauty products, the only other things I bought was this cute rabbit bag from Forever 21 and a Hollywood keyring. Having two little bunnies at home myself, I couldn’t resist the bag although my fiancée thinks it is hilarious.

I hope you enjoyed this haul and please let me know if you have tried any of these products and what you thought of them :) I will also have reviews for you soon once I have given them all a proper try!

Thanks for reading,

Hannah xx