Friday, 13 July 2012

Pharmacy hustle

Before when I have went to Germany I did not give much thought to which cosmetics may be availiable to me there that are not in the UK. This time however I had an inkling that German pharmacies may stock many of the same products that the forever hyped french pharmacies have, given that they are neighbouring countries and all.

On my first trip to town I was proven right. Walking up to the pharmacy I seen sitting outside mini bioderma sets and other great try me kits. Inside was much of the same the walls covered in french skincare from caudalie, avene, la roche posey, phyto and vichy to name a few.

My boyfriend could not understand why I was so excited and even the staff were eyeballing me funnily. I only managed to pick up a few small bits on this first trip, as we drove to poland a few days later which is a complete other story about what I discovered there. However we are heading back to Germany tomorrow so that pharmacy and others like it had better prepare themselves!

What I managed to get was a try me kit of three bioderma minis from the hydrabio line for sensitive, dehydrated skin. It included-
20ml of the hydrabio H20 micellaire solution (the blue version of the popular pink lid solution).
15ml of the masque hydratant, a moisturising and hydration generating mask.
15ml of the creme hydratante, a light moisturiser for day/and or evening to be used after cleansing.
All of these came packaged in a cute little bioderma bag, and are great for travelling or just trying products without having to buy full sized versions.

I also picked up a 50ml can of avene's eau thermale thermalwasser. Which is a fantastic thermal water spray that can be used as a toner, to soothe irritations and has a ton of other uses. I however prefer to use it to set my make up and as a refreshing pick me up in the warm weather.

Do any of you guys have any products to recommend that you think I should try? Have you ever visited German pharmacies, what did you think?

Hope you are all well and having a great summer!


Kerry xo

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