I haven’t traveled in so long, so I haven’t really had the opportunity. I think if it was a hard to find brand or one I wasn’t confident buying without testing/seeing in person, I would!
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I almost always do but on this most recent trip (to Japan), I honestly didn’t have the time and the language issue was a REAL barrier (heightened because I really didn’t have the time to ask, to use Google translate, etc.). But one of the things I always liked about travel generally and hopping over the border to the US was getting brands or products I couldn’t get here in Canada.
I try to do it as some products reviewed here on Temptalia may not be available in Europe, so in the past I tried to shop some specific products when I traveled or asked friends to buy them for me
I have tried but have mostly been unsuccessful! While traveling through Europe in 2018 I did pick up a few things at French drugstores. I primarily use Nuxe Reve de Miel lip balm and it is getting harder to find it even online. While in Paris I picked up several pots, a cleanser, face oil and mask and enjoyed them all. French pharmacies are really interesting and I could have spent a day there had we not had a tour planned that day. In Italy I tried unsuccessfully to find a place to buy a brand, (I must not have needed it badly as I can’t remember the name!) but could not find it anywhere. It was a brand I had seen repeatedly while on IG and I contacted them several times before leaving and they didn’t respond to me. I tried one last time while in Europe and they responded, words to the effect, that they were everywhere. I never saw them. I picked up a lipstick in every country and found one in a London boutique that was a brand I have never heard of read anything about. I actually decluttered it recently as it had started to turn and smelled quite bad. It likely was a clean brand and didn’t have any preservative. While in Amsterdam, I came across Ilia and while it is available everywhere now, it wasn’t then and I got a lipstick from them. It was 99 balloons which I still have and love. Needless to say, you cannot buy much due to airline packing rules so I purposely didn’t buy much.
Travel? What is this thing called travel that you speak of? JK! 😂
About the only time I do any sort of traveling is when we have either an Circuit Assembly or Regional Convention in Casa Grande (we used to go to Tucson for the Regional Convention).
If I need to go back to the East Coast for any reason, I might try to go to the huge Sephora in NYC? Or to the major outlet mall near there that has a freestanding cosmetics company store.
Quite a few countires in the world have different makuep brands that are inaccessible to me in Aus. If it were a brand that had been reviewed here or I had heard great things about it elsewhere, then I would make a purchase – probably a lipstick or even a blush to test the waters.
There are some brands that are not sold in Canada. When I travel I bring a list and hopefully find what I am looking for.
I haven’t left the States in over 15 years, and I don’t think it ever occurred to me as a kid to shop for makeup while on vacation ha ha
I travel a lot for work and in my rare free time when away I’ll go to Sephora.. I’m more likely to try something new or buy spontaneously with just travel makeup/skincare with me.
Occasionally I’ll pick up local indie brand lip balm, lotion, or fragrance from a gift shop.
I absolutely love exploring stores, including beauty counters when I travel. I like seeing and trying new stuff. I never purchase for me because I prefer to stick to my tried and true products I can repurchase any time; but I buy them as gifts for other people sometimes. 😀 My mom especially loves beauty products from out of the ordinary places.
Yes! If I’ve researched beforehand I’ll definitely purchase new brands, especially in Korea. I like trying new things if my face can tolerate it and sometimes it’s easier to pick up other brands in a different country.
When I go to Europe I look for brands not available here.
Like you I haven’t traveled in a while, but when I did yes. Not necessarily a new brand, but I’d buy something (often a duty-free purchase).