Cross-Border Haul: Beauty, Fashion, and Fragrance Finds from the United States

If you’re Canadian or you live in Canada, you would know that one of the most exhilarating experiences in our lives is going to the United States of America simply to shop. I went to the US over the long weekend. Let me show you guys everything I got, starting with Ulta. Starting strong, I got the Kiss New Natural Lashes. As you can tell, I’ve already used a pair because I did have a makeup client yesterday. Then I just got the basic Duo Quick Set Striplash Adhesive. Juvia’s Place is not available in Canada, so I did get the Juvia’s Place Blush Duo in the shade Volume 2. I got the Touchland Hand Sanitizer Spray. I really didn’t need this. This is not worth $10, but I used the one that I have so much that I felt like maybe it is a necessity. Then I got the Good Molecules Hyaluronic Acid Serum. This is for $6, and I’ve been using the same Hyaluronic Acid Serum for the past 5-6 years, so I wanted to try a new one. I wanted to see if this is any good. This is what I’m the most excited about. I’m actually wearing it right now as my bronzer. I don’t know if you can tell, but I have a really shimmery bronze going on today because I’m using the Morphe Hotshot Sun Drops. I am so excited to use this. I’m going to make a whole video on how many different ways you can use this. And then lastly, I got the Colourpop So Juicy Plumping Gloss Balm. I’m really excited to use this. Moving on to Sephora, I actually wanted to get the Supergoop Tinted Sunscreen because it’s not available in Canada, but that tiny little thing was for $44. So instead, I got another product I was really dying to try, the Amikole Stick Foundation. We don’t have Amikole in Canada, and I’ve already used this multiple times because as soon as I purchased it in the US, I started using it. I am obsessed. Moving on to Taj. I got a massive Sonia Kashuk Blending Sponge. This is called the Body Blender. I used to use this a lot in 2016-2017, and I’ve been missing it. I got the Milani Cream Blush. I was actually looking for it in Ulta. I didn’t find it. Thankfully, I found it in Taj. This is the Milani Cheekist Blush in the shade Nude Kiss. I’ve been looking for a nice nude blush for a while. It’s very nude. Last thing I got from Taj are these white fleece lined Auden shorts. They are so soft and they seem super comfortable. Moving on to one of my favorite places in the world, Primark. I got these beautiful, massive earrings. I think they’re such a cute statement piece. I got a set of these beaded, elasticated bracelets. I’ve been looking for these for a while and I’ve not found the perfect size and the perfect diameter of beads. I love that these come in multiple different sizes. Then I was just a child, so I picked up these precision makeup remover cloths, but they’re like cloths that you put on your hand like a glove. It’s so cute, right? These were just extra add-ons, but the only reason I ever go to Primark is for pajamas and for bras. When I say bras, I mean like these seamless t-shirt bras. All of my t-shirt bras or seamless, comfortable bras that I can wear to work to the grocery store are all from Primark. Then I got this pajama set. I already have it in black. I got it on my last trip to the United States. I absolutely love it. I got a similar PJ set, but this one is a satin material and it’s got a leopard? Jigga? Jigga bread. These are the shards. This is the top. It’s a super cute sleepover pajama set and it’s really, really comfortable like all Primark pajamas are. Then lastly, I went to the Bab Swaminarayan Akshardham temple in New Jersey and I went to the shop over there and I picked up a bunch of attar. This is roll-on perfume oil and it’s pure fragrance. I can’t tell you how amazing my suitcase smells just by packing this. I also got some fragrance sachets to keep around the house. They smell like a temple. They smell like India. I stood there and smelled every single one of them and my favorites were white flower, musk and juhi and I got two of each of them. In the fragrance sachets, I got two of jasmine. And that was my haul.