Best Beauty Gadgets 2015: Holiday Gift Guide, Round-Up

Best Beauty Gadgets 2015: Holiday Gift Guide, Round-Up

Tools Cosmetopia Digest   Wednesday, December 16, 2015

There is still time to get some last minute gifts - or well-deserved treats for yourself - in. These beauty gadgets may be spendy, but they are certainly great investments for your skin and help save on other skincare and treatment expenses. Plus, having tried all seven, I can tell you they WORK, and are therefore good value for money.

Scroll down for the lowdown on the top beauty gadgets out there, from cleansers to hair stylers.

Mid-year Makeup Haul from Selfridges, Boots, Sephora Italy and more

Mid-year Makeup Haul from Selfridges, Boots, Sephora Italy and more

Travel Cosmetopia Digest   Monday, August 10, 2015

Two lessons I learnt last month:

1. The time you spend away from your stash is directly proportionate to the quantity of makeup you buy. The longer your trip, the more you buy.
2. The quantity of makeup you pack on a trip (see what I packed here) is inversely proportionate to the quantity of makeup you buy. So the less you pack, the more you will buy.

Call them Cosmetopia's Universal Makeup Haul Laws.
I swear I did not mean to buy so much. In fact, I believed most of my shopping was completed after one trip to Oxford St. and two to Boots (four palettes, four foundations and nine lipsticks).
But Sephora in Rome had a whopping 20% flat discount sale for three days. The equivalent of the VIB sale - my bill only came up to three digits. What makeup addict would not want to plunge in?
To top it all, many high-end makeup brands are cheaper in Europe than elsewhere...

Here is my mid-year makeup haul - excluding hair/skincare and nail polish - from the UK and Europe.