When any friend of mine travels across the pond they know a Sephora trip is inevitable. American Sephoras rule and with no state side plans in the near future I enlisted my best friends help with my well considered lust list, thankfully she came up trumps so I thought it was about time I shared my black and white bagged goodies with you before I went beneath the packaging.

 Anyone into their skincare will know Carolines blog and more importantly Kate Somerville. I can't tell you how long I've dreamt of owning the infamous Goat Milk moisturiser and now it's all mine. I'm currently working my way through an Elemis moisture giver so I promise to report back with all my goat shaped findings but the expectation bar is set pretty high. Next up was a Sephora X nail polish in my favourite kind of milky taupey shade, officially known as Thrilling. I adore the minimal packaging and while the brush is a little thin compared to my favourites from Essie and Nails Inc the colour is practically opaque in one swipe. Impressive.

 My next pick may come as a surprise as you can technically buy them here but I think I must have been experiencing a when in Rome moment as I asked Gem to pick up the First Aid Beauty facial radiance pads. Now while every blogger under the sun raves about the magical powers of Pixi Glow Tonic I personally found it too much for my skin and have since given AHAs a wide berth but something about these pre soaked exfoliating discs appealed. Lets hope my skin enjoys the extra attention.

 Saving the very best until last is the thing I love most about Sephora, there throw-all-the-best-brands-together sets and in particular this Give Me Some Lip collection. Now originally I bought this as a gift but on arrival I was instantly wooed by its charming lip sized packaging and the I-need-to-try-that contents. With mini lip products from Tarte, Bite, Marc Jacobs and Fresh I'd be a fool to give this to another home. Right?

 Are you forever wishing Sephora would come to the UK?