My #FieldTripTour Experience & Haul

On Saturday, I found myself in natural beauty heaven. How? I was part of the #FieldTripTour organised by the brilliant blogging duo Mayah and Sabrina from Call It Vanity.

16 green bloggers travelled to London form across the UK with a very dedicated Liz from Smells Like A Green Spirit who travelled from Brussels! We were separated into two groups - Group A with Mayah at the helm and Group B with Sabrina taking the lead. 

I was in Group A along with Rach, Sarah, Hephzibah, Tania, Liz and Katie who were just the best! These girls made a great day even better.

We met in Marlybone tube station and were welcomed with delicious freshly baked vegan cupcakes which Mayah had magically baked that morning. 

Once assembled (like a group of superheroes) we hot footed it over to Content Beauty & Well Being.

I think I died and went to heaven. The shop was small but perfectly formed and full to the top with natural beauty brands. It was like a cave of wonders with floor to ceiling dark shelving packed with everything you could ever need - skincare, hair care, herbal remedies and make-up.

Special shout out to the staff who were so incredibly welcoming and who really knew what they were talking about.

I was very restrained with my purchases and just picked up...

Ilia Lip Crayon in Karma Chameleon 

Intelligent Nutrients Perfect Hold Hair Spray

One Love Organics Sample Set

Glass Nail File

Content not only gave us 20% off purchases but had a goodie bag for each of us. Just look at the contents! 

From Content we caught a bus across to Kensington High Street and headed for Nature & Co. 

Nature & Co had a very different vibe; it was super classy, open and breezy. We were welcomed with green tea and water which by this point was a god send as it was so very very hot out! 

I loved looking at all the Alima Pure eye shadows that were so neatly displayed and they had some incredible shades; lots of oohing and ahhing. Nautre & Co had a whole ton of brands I'd not heard of before so I had great fun trying everything I could.
What made me part with my money here though was...

Acca Kappa Green Mandarin Eau de Cologne

Kure Bazaar in Phenomenal

I split a gift bag with Mayah and picked the John Masters Lip Balm and some hair care samples were added to my bag too.

Tummies rumbling, we walked across the road to Whole Foods Kensington where we met up with Group B. We had a bit of a job getting everyone onto one table but managed somehow! I was sat next to Liz from Well Meaning Being and she was an absolute gem. I loved chatting with her. We didn't get much chance to mingle with Group B but I was able to chat with Amber and Ana during the time we had together. Group B had already eaten so were on their way out as we were still finishing our meals.

Whole Foods was a completely different experience and one I'll be repeating as often as I can. Three floors dedicated for natural living - food, drink, booze, beauty and lifestyle goodies. There was sooo much choice that it was actually overwhelming and I didn't know where to start. I needed a few things, coconut oil, Viridian multivits and shower gel so I tried to find those first.
While in the beauty section on the lower floor, I used one of those fancy computers that do an in-depth analysis of your skin - everything from texture, sun damage and wrinkles to redness and pollution damage. It was free to do and wasn't at all as bad as I expected, in fact I scored really well and the lady running the results was very complementary. Thank you natural skincare! The one thing I scored low on was sun damage and it really shocked me. I'll be upping my facial SPF 15 to at least a SPF 25. Let me know what you use please!

Onto the purchases...

Jumbo roasted and salted corn
Snapea Crisps
Love Raw Coconut & Chia organic bar
Pur Peppermint Gum
Viridian High 5 Multivitamin & Mineral
Tiana Coconut Oil
Lily of the Desert Aloe Vera Gelly
Bentley Organic Detoxifying Body Wash

Once we'd raided Whole Foods, Liz, Tania and Sarah departed for the day and the rest of us went over to Shoreditch to Beauty Mart. Beauty Mart had a great mix of high end and high street beauty but due to stocking issues, didn't hold that many natural brands. I did spy Prtty Peaushun though but by this point in the day, couldn't justify buying it. One for next time, I think!

As this was the last stop of the day, we said goodbye to our wonderful guide Mayah and went our separate ways.

I can't tell you how lucky I feel that I was able to go along to this fantastic day. Mayah and Sabrina worked their asses off to organise the trip and I just want to say a heartfelt THANKS to them again. I had the best time and I hope we can do it again!