If you have ever been to Battuta mall in Dubai you will know that there is not a lot going on down there. Sure there's a supermarket that keeps me stocked in eyelashes and a Forever 21 that offers a consistently decent stock but there's no Zara and no Sephora. From a retail perspective, this makes it pretty much dead to me.
This weekend though something momentous happened. Sephora opened. If that's not a cause for celebration I don't know what is. I christened the store with a mini haul and secured three hard to find things.
Once again I am channelling my inner Liz Hurley and wearing my white jeans on a pretty constant basis.
This time however I am in a pair that I am going to bravely declare as being of holy grail status. Perfectly cropped, full of stretch and a competent disguiser of knickers. They are the full package.
When this package arrived from the UK my husband thought I was a total nutcase. Why would someone, who gets sent makeup by PR companies on a regular basis, "waste" money on buying more?
Because darling, these products are NEW.
Now I am not so blindsided by makeup addiction that I can't see that he has a legitimate a point. I could well get sent some of these in a couple of months time (when Dubai finally gets the collection) but I had a packaging crush and felt a rush to invest. Here then is my MAC x Charlotte Olympia collection haul and a whole bunch of first impressions.