Must have purchases in America!!!

Daisy2010

Hi,
Thought I'd start a thread on what people's must have fashion or beauty buy from the states is? What do you have to get,intend on getting,blag a friend to get or have got that's brill and why?

I love Victoria Secrets and 7's jeans.:D

Pythia

Juicy Couture, American make up brands like Mac, Estee Lauder, Clinique, Victoria's Secret underwear, random 'drugstore' stuff, Ugg boots. All because they are soooo much cheaper.

tan11ie

Mac everything, Guess handbags, crest whitening strips , shoes any kind....

Jaygee

MAC everything because its cheaper!
Make sure you hit Sephora
Check out the 'Drugstore' brands such as Wet and Wild because they do great eyeshadows!
Also EOS lipbalm, I have one of them and they are the Coolest things ever!

Daisy2010

Crest Whitening strips sound good. Can you get them here or just in America. Sephora is fab. There's a huge one in Barcelona too.:)

E.T.

Go Smile teeth whitening kits from Sephora. Brilliant. I can't use any of the strips, they make my teeth so sore, but this stuff works without the pain.
Bare Minerals - much cheaper in the US.
Gap, Victoria Secret pjs, so comfy.

lorebringer

Gap stuff, most designer handbags, make up (MAC is really cheap compared to here!), perfumes (huge price difference) and clothes in general - just make sure you have a high limit on all your cards!

Twee.

*Takes notes*

Off on a J1 so it looks like I'll be picking up a lot of cosmetics!

líreacán

Anthropologie is my fave store over there, now they have one in London too, but I love their stuff, even the stores are just so beautiful to walk around and explore in!!

I always stock up on Benefit cosmetics, cause it's all I wear and it's so much cheaper...

Hair products are always much cheaper over there too!

Carmex lip balm is ridiculously cheap compared to here, last time I was over I bought a whole heap of them from CVS pharmacy and the lady looked at me as if I was crazy, so I told her how much we pay for them here, and she was shocked!!!

Also, a bit of a niche subject and not particularly related to F&A, but I like to keep scrapbooks and they and the materials are so much cheaper over there too!!!

Converse trainers.

Their Urban Outfitters stores are great there too, and always have really good sale stock, even for men, it's great to get tee shirts, good quality for less than $10 a lot of the time!

Handbags and underwear in the department stores such as Macy's. (Little tip for Macy's, if you find the customer service desk and show your passport, you get a discount card that takes 11% off all items except cosmetics and perfumes I think)

Tommy Hilfiger Jeans.

But mostly Anthropologie!!!