Just to make my blog a little bit more lively, I've decided to blog about my shopping experience in Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara is actually a very nice place to shop. There is this main street called "State Street" and you will find shops from BillaBong to DearDiary (which is a very cute shop for clothes, although I must say I'm not big fan of it, cause its quality is not that good). But girls here are in love with this shop.
I am a lover of rave parties, in Holland we call it "festivals", but I've been taught that in the US it's called raves. A very good place to shop for clothes for these kinds of festivals would be
Urban Outfitters.
For the more preppy styled ones, there is Abercrombie, Gant and you also have a mall called Macy's where they sell all kinds of brands such as: Tommy Hilfiger or Ralph Lauren. These are all very standard brands as we all have in Europe.
The last couple of days, I have spend a lot on beauty products such as "pureology" shampoo and conditioner as well as AVA oil haircare and make up from MAC. I bought the hairproducts as we don't have it in Holland and for the make up, it's much cheaper.
I bought the hairproducts at this place called "Planet Beauty". They'd give you student discounts, which helps a lot as their products are kind of expensive.
The "Pureology" shampoo and conditioner are very concentrated and only made out of natural products. I have to add that it is used for colored hair. It actually works, my hair feels softer and thanks to the AVA oil, my hair shines. Even when my hair is damaged after colouring it, getting highlights and getting it permed...Using these products actually makes my hair feel like my own healthy hair again.
I also bought a hair straightener from the brand ghd. To be honest, it is very pricy ! But totally worth it.. it heats up in just one minute (very handy for the ones who are always late in the mornings) and the result is just spectacular.
