Tom Ford Arrives at Nordstrom Bellevue Square

It's here. The Tom Ford counter is installed and very very pretty.  This counter presents the entire cosmetics and fragrance line and presents it quite beautifully, I might add.  You can't help but look and feel beautiful under and in front of the lights here.  : )  The Tom Ford Illuminating Primer is especially nice.  It gives you that glowy-dewy look! Its super booty-ful!

We all know how much better it is to be able to buy make-up F2F instead of on-line so I am so glad to see a Tom Ford counter in the Pacific NW.

About shopping, yes, it's easier to shop in your jammies on the sofa with a nice cocktail at your side, but there is something to be said about in-person shopping.  ( I still like the looking-around part and also like saying hi to all the counter managers)

I prefer a combo-approach to shopping when I can; I research the item Im looking for on-line;
*  I find a lot of my new product scanning bunches of sites and trade & fashion mags (hardcopy and digital publications)
*  I google the product;
*  I look for the best price
*  I look for which on-line retailer has the item in stock
*  I look for which on-line retailer is offering an on-line shopping incentive or GWP
*  and finally, my biggest pet-peeve of them all - the shipping charge; if I can find FREE on-line shipping then that one feature will move an on-line retailer to the top of the pile - no joke (I really turn a frown when having to pay for shipping)

If I am not finding too much info on-line because the product is too new (hence, one of the reasons for my blog) then I find who has the item here locally then track it down and check it out F2F.

This kind of combo-shopping really helps me make a "science" out of shopping.  I consider it an art quite frankly.   What about you? 

Happy shopping!