Haul: Make Up Shopping In Turkey!

I couldn't go away without having a look to see what the local make up situation was like! The make up on offer was interesting.

Golden Rose seemed to be the most popular, with stands in pretty much every pharmacy I saw. And there were a lot of them! I could walk down one street and pass maybe 4 "Eczane" on one side of the road. Right at the other end of the street my hotel was on, there was a make up and beauty shop. I must admit, I only braved the walk in daylight twice! It was getting to 40C during the day so most of my shopping got done at night.

Familiar drugstore brands were very expensive in Turkey. L'Oreal foundations were about 57TL each, which is getting on for £25. The mascaras worked out to about £18.

Ignoring familiar brands, I had a good look at Turkish drugstore brands. Along with Golden Rose, I found Pastel, Orkide and Cecile. There wasn't much between them to be honest. Prices and products were very similar. There are a lot of baked products in each line, called "cooked Terracotta". Prices weren't too bad either. A Golden Rose baked blusher was 25TL, so just under £12.

Nail polish colours were pretty "safe", with plenty of reds, pinks, plums and browns. I saw a few holos and glitter top coats, but very few blues and not any greens! I hadn't planned on bringing back any nail polish, but the ones I found were very cheap and I needed to use up the last of my coins.


I had to stop myself buying loads of blushers while I was in Bodrum. There were so many gorgeous baked blushers!

-Golden Rose Terracotta Stardust "102"
-Cecile Cooked Terracotta "07"


I went back to the Pastel stand a couple of times, I think I liked that one the best!

-Pastel Metallic Duo Eye Shadow "Showgirl"
-Pastel Metallic Duo Eye Shadow "Forest"
-Pastel High Gloss "Bronze"
-Orkide Flower Terracotta Eye Shadow "108"
-Golden Rose Metallic Eye Shadow "318"
-Blue Heaven Kajal


For some reason, all the times I found nail polish, they were all just in a big bin. It took some digging for me to find some colours I liked.

-Golden Rose "106" - sapphire blue
-Alix Avien "205" - jewel toned red
-Alix Avien "194" - charcoal

I will be doing a haul video this weekend and I'll include my make up and non-make up items.