Okay so first things first I am not much of a shopper! No seriously! Okay with the exception of jewellery but apart from that I'm not lol! Honest!
But I haven't done a haulage post in a while and these are a few bits and pieces I've picked up over the past few weeks or so when I've been out and about in Oman.
Oman isn't amazing for shopping. You definetly can't compare it to Kuwait or Dubai. I find that it's slowly developing it's consumer marker here in terms of fashion and beauty. I am in no ways putting Oman down just stating how I view the shopping scene here.
So there are 3 major malls I venture too and they are Muscat Grand Mall ( MGM), Oman Avenues Mall and City Centre in Seeb. The best one is definetly City Centre as it has a wider selection of shops and then in second place comes Avenues and third MGM. I wish MGM lived up to its name and had more shops like City Centre but also good quality shops too.
Anyways rant over on shopping! Lol!
I was actually looking for some other things in Carrefour and came across these 2 lip products from a French company L'action. One is a lip scrub pen and the other a lip enhancer. I've only recently used them so I'll wait a little longer before I decided to review them. Also whilst I was there I picked up 2 nail polishes from Essence, a matte coral and a shimmery white along with a repurchase of a gel top coat.
I've been doing my own nails as I am trying to grow them for a proper french manicure. They got wrecked my the acrylics I had on in December. I wish I never had them done now and don't think I will be getting them done again as they made my nails really weak.
It's not in the pic but I also purchased some plain fake nails from Elegant Touch and applied them yesterday so I don't keep on nibbling at my real nails. I know it sounds gross but this method usually works!
From New Look I picked up 2 canvas bags. One is for the gym which I loved and the other I just wanted a soft tote other than using my nicer Aldo and Dune bags all the time. I loved the print and wore it yesterday which went with my outfit very well!
Next up is Centre point which stock NYX. They stock a reasonably good selection of the products but I wish they stocked it better. I already have a butter gloss which I love and was tempted to try out the soft matte creams. I was undecided between Istanbul (soft but warmer pink) and Milan (a deeper blue toned pink) but went with Istanbul which is perfect for the Spring. I also picked up Sydney which is a paler blue toned pink almost like a barbie pink but it's pretty too.
On top of that as I've been experimenting with wearing eyeshadow more. I was looking for a dark base to apply beforehand so I bought a few of the Jumbo Eye Pencils in Black Bean, Dark Brown, Rocky Green Mountain and Peacock. I'm hoping they work well as I've read lots of good reviews but again I will experiment and feedback!
Last but not least is my mini jewellery haulage. I had a little mooch in Lovisa which I believe is an Australian brand? It has a sale on which is always a bonus so I picked up a statement silver necklace which will look great with black, a diamante grecian style gold headband and a pair of ethnic navy blue and lime gold earrings. Oh! I also picked ip this simple but elegant bangle from CentrePoint - it was a bargain at RO 1! The earrings are not something I would go for but I loved the lime green colour and they will really give an outfit a pop of colour.
So that's my shopping done for a LONG time lol!
My next posts will include a face of the day and all about Muscat Festival.
Love & Blessings,
Sara xx
Sara xx
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