New York Day 1

Just wanted to do a quick post about my first day in New York before I go crash (still getting over the jet lag). Think this is my fourth trip to New York but I still find the noise of the streets overwhelming. Of course, that is more than made up for by the abundance of shopping delights, including several Sephoras and countless drugstores. I love browsing the drugstores even though I don't usually buy much there as I like to check out the new products and collections, many of which are not available in Singapore. In the drugstores, I haul mainly the mascaras.

Above is the Sephora on 5th Avenue. I always get overwhelmed on my first visit to a Sephora in the US, so I usually end up having to visit at least three or four times over a couple of days.

I vastly prefer shopping in Sephora than in the department stores in New York as the SAs in the department stores tend to be so eager that I don't even dare to make eye contact! Too bad one can't get brands like Armani, Chantecaille, Trish McEvoy etc in Sephora. Below is the Saks on 5th Avenue with Dolce & Gabbana in its window.

I saw the Dolce & Gabbana makeup line in person for the first time at Saks. Fell completely in love with the blue and green themed summer makeup collection, especially the eyeshadow duo and quad but as they were very pricey at US$36 and US$59 respectively, I'm still undecided over whether to splurge on them.

I also met up with the Muse from Musingsofamuse.com and had the most delightful evening with her just browsing Sephora, Lush and then chatting the night away at Starbucks. We have been online buddies for more than four years but this was actually the first time that we were able to meet up in person. She totally overloaded me with a wonderful array of makeup goodies!

She was incredibly spot on in guessing what I would like as I have been lemming the Hard Candy summer collection badly ever since I read her review of the new Moon Glow powder. She also got me the Welcome Matte powder, a Blush Crush Baked Blush #125 Living Doll, two Plexi Glosses and a Ginormous Lash mascara.

Bath bars

Lip balms in various flavours.

And tons of gorgeous stationery, some with my favourite floral and butterfly motifs!