I stayed near Manchester in a small town called Burnley. I did some shopping there but most in Manchester.
I only spent a night in London and went to Camden to party and do a pub crawl, but I so-so want to go back to shop in Camden. I do believe I would have so much more interesting stuff to show you guys then.
But I still got to do some shopping. And I must say right from the beginning, I was a little disappointed - but at the same time got a lot more stuff than usually from pretty much anywhere. My biggest goal was to find some make-up or at least beauty products. I mostly use organic products and I was so sure that a big consumer-y country like UK would be filled with those. That was the aspect I was disappointed in. I basically found nothing! They had huuuge drugstores, but none of them had any organic cosmetics and a very few, if any, organic beauty products. I finally found an organic shop, but they had almost no make-up, only they same brands as we have and and only some new and interesting beauty products. So I did not get so much stuff as I would have liked. But hey, better something than nothing, right.
And as I am going back to Camden some day, I will research for good organic shops in London also. Oh, dreams!
So, from the One-Pound-Shop I got a pair of Timotei Organics shampoo and conditioner. I have not seen them before and even though I have only used salon products for the past couple of years, I bought them and thought I should try. At least there was something with organic written on them!
But I have not used them yet, so no useful review. And I do think that it is almost impossible to suggest hair washing products to somebody, because hair react so differently.
Then two hair care products from a drugstore, I forgot my heat defense, so I got a new one in mini size and also a hairspray . TreSemme is the brand and I like them very much, they are not organic but have pretty good ingredients comparing to other brands. The heat defence spray is really really good, I did not even realize how bad mine was before that. Definitely have to find a better one if that one runs out.
Last is a pair of fake lashes from Primark. I got them because I was bored waiting in line. Nicely done, Primark.
I mostly got a bunch of basics for my girls as they are times and times cheaper than here. But they were all boring, so I am not going to show them. But I did manage to find some stuff for myself too. From Primark I got two pairs of pantyhose, a bra, a London-themed cosmetics bag (it's so not me, but I liked the pattern and decided to get it anyway) and also two tops. At first I was a little bummed that I got those tops after realizing how much many I spent, though they were really cheap, but now I am really happy because I use them a lot. They have ruffles and they are really cute under dresses with too big cleavage, they give out a hint of modern Victorian.
What made me definitely the happiest, was finding a LaSenza lingerie shop! I used to only shop in there but they closed up our shops a few years back and I still cry for them as it is really difficult for me to find good quality and pretty lingerie elsewhere. I actually wanted to buy two pairs but my card didn't go through and I did not have more cash. But at least I got one pair, so happy! I really love LaSenza.
And the last thing I got was a suitcase! Because I got so much stuff that I need another one. AWKWARD! Actually I went to UK with only a handbag as my hand luggage, so luckily I did not have to pay extra, just had this as my hand luggage.
