Sephora.com

Well I discovered Sephora a couple of years ago whilst staying in New York. I loved it! It's girl heaven! Sephora stocks cosmetics, toiletries, beauty supplies, skincare just about everything a girl needs to pamper herself. Online, the selection of products is great and availability is almost always at an optimum as a lot of things sell out in stores. I really like that they give you freebies with the Insider reward card and that sometimes you get sneak peeks at products/ collections just for being an Insider. Sephora and american drugstores are always my first port of call for any beauty supplies, so I can vouch that Sephora is a reputable, reliable ...  Read the complete review

Sephora is worth a visit but if you're setting out to buy a new expensive face cream or body treatment - read up on new products in the beauty magazines before you go because there isn't always advise on tap when you get there. If you're looking for a fun browse then just go for it! I first visited a Sephora a year ago and I was really impressed because I expected everything to be really expensive but there's a real range of prices from £1 to £100. So you can go in there and buy every-day ranges like Bourjois lippy for a fiver or you can get hold of a £20 Yves St Laurent lipgloss. It's up to you. When I found one had opened down the ...  Read the complete review

hmm...... - Advantages: Gorgeous products which you can find in uk shops - Disadvantages: useless for shopping as they dont ship to the uk

I'm walking along, the weathers depressing, my job's depressing - hell - today everything in mylife is depressing. I catch a glimpse of a store front. It's black. I recognise it immediately. I've been to places like this before, but previously only in the less well known areas of big American cities. I thought being back in England I'd be safe, but temptation is never far away. I'd done it on the internet before, and they'd sent me stuff, but it's not the same as really being there. I look around. There's no one I know, anyway, nobody's looking at me, they're all too busy whistling 'The Happy Wanderer' ...  Read the complete review

Great site & shops, but they currently don't ship outside of the US - so useless for UK customers. - Advantages: Ideas - Disadvantages: Unavailable from the site in UK