Boots Clearance / Weekend Trip

This weekend I went to Italy for a short break (three days) with my boyfriend.
We left London at 6:30 AM, on Saturday morning and we got back at 11:30 PM on Monday night.

We had only hand luggage with us, so this time I had to really bring down the number of make up and skin care items. (See here what I packed last time for 4 days).

I already had in my mind a virtual list of what to take, including my Naked Palette and some skin care samples.
But on Friday, in my lunch break at Boots I see these on clearance:

Boots on clearance items

I bought all of these for 6£:

• No7 Age Defence Cleansing Balm (30 ml)
• No7 Time Resisting Day cream (15ml)
• No7 Protect & Perfect Intense Beauty Serum (5ml)
• No7 (for men) Protect & Perfect Moisturising Eye cream (3ml)
• No7 extreme length mascara (4.5 ml)
• No7 Smoky Rose Quad
• No7 High Shine lip gloss in Smile (8ml)
• No7 40 Khaki Stay Perfect shadow (1.5 g)

Additionally I brought with me:

Additional make up

• Eco tools blush brush
• MAC 217 brush: As you know this is my essential eye brush
• E.l.f Bamboo Blending Eye Brush
• Laura Mercier cheek brush and Laura Mercier double ended brush: These came with a set I bought, they are really useful for traveling!
• Shu Uemura Natural 18 foundation brush
• Sleek blush in pixie pin
• Clinique Even Better make up foundation: I get along really well with this foundation lately, and it is very easy to blend.
• Benefit high beam: I have the small one, and thought it wouldn’t hurt to have it with me!
• Benefit Erase Paste and Clinique Airbrush concealer: the erase paste is a bit too dark for me, so I use it as a “base” to cover the dark circles than I brighten the area with the airbrush concealer
• One black eye liner pencil (Laura Mercier) and one white pencil (2True)
• Revlon ColorStay 12Hour Eye Shadow in 05 Blushed Wines: I don’t really like this palette, but I brought it for extra options.

It might seem a lot but I fitted all the brushes and make up compacts into the pouch neatly. The skin care items and foundation went to a standard airport clear bag. The final result was something like this:

That’s all!

And that was it!

For three days it was exactly what I needed, plus at the airport I got free samples of Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair serum.

Finally, some images from Italy (sorry for the quality of some):

The shoes!

The chocolate

Street market

The buildings…

PS: I’ve been good and I didn’t shop too much!
How was your weekend?

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