Beauty, Bargains and Beyond

I have just returned from my holiday in Orlando and had a great time.  As well as visiting Walt Disney World and Universal Studios I couldn't resist doing a little (😏) shopping while I was there.  Sephora is my weakness in America and I may have made more then one visit to the shop while I was there (now it's in Disney Springs it's so easy to pop in regularly throughout your holiday).  Anyway onto the important stuff, here's what I bought. Peter Thomas Roth Mask-A-Holic cost $75 plus tax / retail value $241 The set contains: - 150 ml Cucumber Gel Mask Extreme De-Tox Hydrator - 50 ml 24K Gold Mask Pure Luxury Lift & Firm Mask - 50 ml Irish Moor Mud Purifying Black Mask - 50 ml Pumpkin Enzyme Mask Enzymatic Dermal Resurfacer - 15 pairs (30 patches) 24K Gold Pure Luxury Lift & Firm Hydra-Gel Eye Patches S ephora favorites Sun Safety Kit cost $26 plus tax / retail value $87 The set contains: -  100 ml Supergoop! Super Power Sunscreen Mousse SPF ...

One of my favourite things to do when I visit America is go to the nearest Sephora store and shop my heart out.  Why oh why do we not have Sephora in the UK?  I know we can order online for delivery to the UK, but up till now I have avoided placing an order, due to the crappy exchange rate and also the added pain of customs and delivery charges.  I was finally tempted to place an order when they recently came out with some great value Sephora Favorites box sets. I decided to order Sephora Favorites Give Me More Lip & Soko to Tokyo.  I chose these two sets as they were great value and there were lots of products that I wanted to try out in each set.  The total cost including customs charges and delivery was £111.41 (products - £54.31 & £31.94/customs charge - £19.16/delivery - £6). The Sephora Favorites Give Me More Lip box set costs $68 (£54.31)  and is valued at $254 (approx. £202).  It contains 15 lip products of...