Marks And Spencer's Beauty Hall

This week I went to meet a colleague for a coffee near to her home as we are currently undergoing some training together and it's handy to be able to check in on each others progress ya know? Check that your not feeling left behind and swamped down with work!

We decided upon a Marks and Spencer's cafe for our little rendezvous and after wandering through the huge building right to the middle to get to the cafe part we sat down to warm our tums with some hot chocolate for my friend and a hot lemon concoction for me! Toasty and warm and feeling rather smug about being spot on with our work and the progress we'd made we happily parted ways to go to our cars, my friend left to go out one exit and I went the opposite direction to an exit near to my car.

My exit route was of course delayed when I saw the signage happily pointing me towards the Beauty Hall and I remembered that last year sometime the Marks and Spencer's beauty sections had all been revamped! Chomping at the bit with curiosity, it's not often I go to Marks and Spencer's you see, I power walked as fast as my little legs would carry me to sneak a peak!

Wow! I was so pleasantly surprised, well lit counters with staff on hand to help you with their own brand make up which also includes a mineral line, there was a wall of perfume displaying all their different scents which incidentally are normally what I go in for! The small 100ml bottles are just right for air travel yet reasonably priced so you wouldn't be devastated if it broke in transit! There is of course all the old faves like Royal Jelly for your Nanny at Christmas but there's also a huge range of other brands as well!

Suddenly I was faced with a sizeable display of Leighton Denny nail varnish! The top coat is to die for by the way! There was a good range with everything from colour to cuticle treatments!

Turning around the corner I revelled in shelves full of Ren skincare and Nuxe products topped off with a further display for hair care housing the likes of Philip Kingsley's Elasticizer!

It took all my self restraint not to pick up some goodies on my journey through these aisles, there were so many lovely products but I knew I had to be good for on Saturday I was visiting the Estée Lauder Factory Shop! You need a friend or family member that works there to get a ticket and I'm lucky enough to come buy one a few times a year so my hard earned and saved pennies stayed in my pocket!

A little late to the party but I loved browsing this little slice of beauty heaven and next time my mum wants to go to Marks and Spencer's instead of getting my dad to take her I may just pop along with her and let her leave me in the crèche...ahem, sorry, Beauty Hall!

Have you been to your local Marks and Spencer's Beauty Hall lately and loved it?

Coming up next I'll be telling you what happened when I was let loose in the Estée Lauder factory shop...

Hope you had a lovely weekend!

Much love,

SJ xxx