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The Travel Beauty Thread

(January 2023) Thought I’d resurrect this thread, now that there’s a bit more possibility of travel these days! I would love to live vicariously and learn from fellow BICers, so please post any tips, pics, and/or your fave travel minis or routine!  I’m still not doing a lot of travel these days, but may post some pics and notes from past trips.  💗💗💗

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Since the old travel thread sadly got lost in the switchover (😢😢😢) it was suggested a while back, and I’ve been meaning to get a new one started. If there is one already for this, let me know. I travel a bit for work and for fun, and I love checking out beauty stores and seeking out exclusive or hard-to-find items in different places around the world. Some of my favorite makeup destinations have been the Face Powder and Perfume Museum in Torino, Italy (a surprise find) and the Les Merveilleuses Laduree in Tokyo. I have relied on great tips from other BT/BICers on many of my trips, especially Toronto and Tokyo, so I would love to keep this updated as a resource for BIC.

 

Please share your discoveries, store reviews, pictures, purchases, and travel tips, and I’ll try to keep and update summaries here in the main post for future reference. If you don’t have a chance for much travel, feel free to share your favorite beauty destinations in your home city. I plan to update with photos below from various trips as I have the chance to organize my archives and update. What do you guys think? Feel free to make suggestions on how to organize this thread, too, it might be a bit of a work in progress. Thanks and happy travels BT/BIC!

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It is amazing how that works @sister13. It's just a horrible truth for me that humidity makes me insanely cranky. 🙂 

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So good to have this thread in the new community! 

 

After a good 9 months of hemming and hawing, my mother just recently booked a trip for her and I to go climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in September. Apparently it's been on her bucket list (the list in itself was news to me as she'd never mentioned it).

 

I'm so pumped. 

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Wow!!!! That is way too cool @etscore1!!! Have a good trip with your mom and dont forget to post pictures when you get back 😉

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Have fun @etscore1!! 

 

It's funny how parents don't like to tell us these things.  My dad just mentioned that he's wanted to go on a safari for years.  

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@sister13 Aaah thanks for restarting this thread!! ✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️

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@sister13 How fortuitous! I just got back from a quick London jaunt for business and forgot how much fun it is to get away (even if it is just for work). I take hilariously awful pictures (if I remember at all) and they're usually of inane things like the supermarket. I love reading about other people's travel experiences, especially for places I've never been, so I'm bookmarking this thread asap 🙂

 

I'll post a better recap later, but for now, I'll leave you with my two most random photos from London: Me in front of the National Gallery next to a giant thumbs up sculpture (and I think the Canadian embassy?) and scotch eggs from M&S.

 

Oh Canada!Oh Canada!London is the land of prepared foods! Whatever your heart fancies, they've got it!London is the land of prepared foods! Whatever your heart fancies, they've got it!

 

 

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@MissPuff - I love London so much!  There's just something about that city.  I told my boss that we should open up an office there and that I volunteered to go over and get everything set up and be the point person there.  It shouldn't matter that we don't have international business. 😉

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@MissPuff I’m happy you had a good time in London!! Uuuggghhhhh I love London so much. It is the Canadian Embassy! I was there last summer with a friend from Toronto and she was so excited to find the Embassy. She was like “I’m home!” and took all sorts of pictures to send back to her family. Those galleries are amazing aren’t they? You can spend hours there and just lose yourself. It looks like London greeted you with their lovely weather too 😉

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I was hoping you’d post! Um, that thumbs up sculpture looks like something else up, from that angle, lol! My favorite foods from London were always: sausage rolls, Cornish pasties, curries, and the most amazing chips (fries) at every pub. 

 

Why does every other country have THE BEST train station food, and in the US, we have the worst of the worst!  @MissPuff

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I love the big English and Irish breakfasts. Those things keep you fueled for the whole day! @sister13 @MissPuff

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Oh yes! And I did forget to mention the lovely teapot you get with every breakfast, and I’m obsessed with those brown sugar lumps that are not perfect cubes!! @jozkid @MissPuff

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Oh yeah @sister13. I love the homemade brown bread they serve in Ireland when you stay at a B&B with that super rich butter... heaven!

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@sister13 Haha, I did not see that till now and my mind is usually in the gutter...

 

I was a huge fan of the grab-n-go foods all over the place, my day and a half to myself was spent alternating traveling to a destination, then traveling to a meal, with of course food during travel 🙂 

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Scotch eggs are so delicious!  I equate them to bar food!  I have never seen hem in a grocery store!  How fun!  @MissPuff

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@heartsmyface There was every permutation of pub food available as ready-to-eat in almost every market that I walked through! Meats wrapped in pastries, pastries wrapped in meats, and of course, meat wrapped in meat 🙂 

 

I did have an amazing scotch egg in a pub though, put every other egg to shame!

 

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Oh my gosh my mouth is watering just looking st that😫 @MissPuff. I’m thoroughly jealous! 

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Oh man!!! This does look delicious.  Enjoy @MissPuff!!!

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Innsbruck Austria is one of my favorite places in the world! I spent several weeks there almost 20 years ago, and was recently back for a conference. While I did not have a ton of free time, I tried to make the most of what I had. I was mostly in the Old Town (Altstadt), which is so charming, everywhere you look is a postcard! Innsbruck is not too big, walkable, with stunning Mountain views  and beautiful promenade along the River Inn. Surprisingly, there were some real gems for beauty destinations, as well, AND EVEN A MERMAID SHOP! Sadly it was closed and my last day, but When I get back, this’ll be 1st on my list!

 

I also considered buying a real Dirndl but wavered in the end out of an abundance of practicality (where would I wear it?), a decision I regretted before wheels up for home! Next time!

 

Anyway, on to the photos!

 

(Note: Decided to do this in two parts, because of BIC‘s notorious penchant for eating posts!)

 

Iconic scene along Mariahilfstraße on the River Inn.Iconic scene along Mariahilfstraße on the River Inn.Beautiful sunset!Beautiful sunset!

Mermaid Tails and Fins! Whole racks of them!Mermaid Tails and Fins! Whole racks of them!More mermaid-y stuff!More mermaid-y stuff!D3C937C6-07DE-4133-A427-6BF4A1AE802C.jpeg

Beauty shops:

Lovely shop Grüne Erde, with Natural Beauty and housewares.Lovely shop Grüne Erde, with Natural Beauty and housewares.Lovely skincare and cosmetics section.Lovely skincare and cosmetics section.The whole place was lovely, I especially loved the bulk herbs at the cashwrap! Sehr schön!The whole place was lovely, I especially loved the bulk herbs at the cashwrap! Sehr schön!Bought a makeup remover and gentle balm cleanser, got samples and a free lavender sachet.Bought a makeup remover and gentle balm cleanser, got samples and a free lavender sachet.

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Thanks for all the beautiful pictures @sister13.  Australia and New Zealand are definitely on our bucket list.  I found couple cheap flights several times in the past but never the right moment.  It's always have some spare changes and no times or have times but no money or both. lol We're definitely looking forward to travel more in the future though.

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Yes, i totally understand and I can’t believe I haven’t been to NZ yet! My husband has family there, and I have many friends from there. One day! @blackkitty2014

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Ooooooooooouuhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!   This place looks heavenly and out of a storybook!!! @sister13

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  • Beautiful sunset!
  • Iconic scene along Mariahilfstraße on the River Inn.
  • Mermaid Tails and Fins! Whole racks of them!
  • D3C937C6-07DE-4133-A427-6BF4A1AE802C.jpeg
  • More mermaid-y stuff!
  • Lovely shop Grüne Erde, with Natural Beauty and housewares.
  • Lovely skincare and cosmetics section.
  • The whole place was lovely, I especially loved the bulk herbs at the cashwrap! Sehr schön!
  • Bought a makeup remover and gentle balm cleanser, got samples and a free lavender sachet.
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  • This Weigano Perfumerie and Kosmetik surprised me. Tiny store front but a long narrow store inside packed floor to ceiling with prestige fragrance, cosmetics and skincare. I could have spent hours here. They had a wonderful German perfumer featured Lengling, and I’m hoarding some samples until I get back to Germany/Austria next time.
  • Weigano.
  • Weigano, the store went back like 3x this length. Heaven!
  • Nägele & Strubell (Nails & Brushes) is another high end Austrian shop/chain. They carried Annick Goutal, and some Middle Eastern fragrances that were new to me. Lots of variety.
  • Oh Canada!
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