Services
From makeovers to personalized skincare consultations
Sign In
Just thought I'd bump as a reminder!
If you take any fun trips this summer, share some pics and let us know what you loved! Although I always love hearing about and seeing pictures any beauty stores, travel beauty faves, and your looks for travel and different climates, anything travel related is fair game, whether or not it includes cosmetics & beauty content!
Or, if you have any trips coming up near or far from home, let us know where you're headed and feel free to solicit any advice or share your plans here.
Happy happy summer everyone!
I was back East in April for a couple conferences, so here’s a few pics from my trip to DC, Baltimore, Philly and New York. It was a whirlwind, so not the greatest pics but I figured I’d share anyway!
DC - I missed the peak cherry season, but a few were still blooming.
These are paperwhites from my mom’s.
I think this is a crabapple, I love it!
Made it to two Sephoras, Pentagon City and then Christiana mall in Delaware on the way up to Philly.
Driving to Baltimore, I could see the after math of the Key Bridge collapse!
Had dinner with my cousin at this cute creekside restaurant in Maryland, and had some amazing Maryland crab dip.
Philly skyline. I went to college here.
NYC skyline! I had such a packed schedule and I was in and out of here so fast, I had 0 sightseeing pics. But I was thinking of the SEPHORiA trip the whole time!
I also forgot to mention: these new Les Extraits had just arrived that day. They are single note, highly concentrated fragrances using Maison Guerlain’s top signature materials, Iris, Vanilla, Tonka, Jasmine, Bergamot and Rose. They are meant to be worn alone or layered. Pricy at $630 for 50 ml! You can customize the cap, cord and seal for these too. My favorites were the Tonka, Jasmine and Vanilla.
From the Guerlain website:
(I always forget how badly Sephora degrades the pictures. If you click on then, you can see more clearly.)
I had a conference in Vegas and my husband got his tattoo finished. I made it to the Guerlain boutique which is inside the Bellagio, so I got to see the Bellagio Conservatory and Botanic Gardens display, which was so incredible. It was Fall themed with real flowers and gorgeous fairies and glittery pumpkins and oh it’s with smoke coming out. Just super adorable and magical and smelled so amazing!
Anyway, on to the Guerlain boutique! Also Heavenly! I ended up getting a bottle of Angelique Noire, which I have been wanting for a couple years since that is only the 2nd perfume i have ever finished an entire bottle of! I was really wanting to try the new Tobacco Honey and it was tempting but Angelique Noire remained irresistible!
They don’t do engraving there but you do get to customize your bottle with a cap, cord and seal. I chose the new cap with a gold and silver flecked too, pink cord with gold seal. It’s so good, I’ve been wearing it every day. They also gave me a bunch of samples and shipped the bottle home for free so I didn’t have to worry about packing it. The salespeople were both really lovely and so knowledgeable with the best descriptions of all the fragrances which I wish I could remember!
We also went to Din Tai Fung for soup dumplings. I had DTF for the first time several years ago in Hong Kong with a friend from college, so I must go to Din Tai Fung if I I’m in a city with a location. So far, I’ve been to DTF in HK, Singapore and Las Vegas. We had the xiao long nap (soup dumplings), spicy wontons, and fried rice and the bok choy are delectable. I also had a perfect boba tea!
I almost forgot to mention that I was so sad to see that my very favorite Sephora in the world closed, which was the one outside of Venetian. It was such a lovely store with so many brands and the best natural light for testing and searching. Actually, someone I talked to said their rent was astronomical and they never usually made enough to cover how expensive it was. But, that was really sad to see!
