Beach in the City – Nordstrom Beauty Gift with Beach Bag

Beach in the City – A seasonal feature about bringing the beach to the city even when you can’t take a vacation.

Around this time, Nordstrom.com always has a beauty gift with lots of summery product samples and a beachy tote which is usually remarkably useful. The minimum purchase has not changed in years — it’s always $100. This year, the samples are:

Anastasia Brow Gel
Anthony Logistics for Men® Self-Tanner with Anti-Aging Complex
Clarins Sunscreen Soothing Cream SPF 20 (0.28 oz.)
Cover FX ‘Skin Prep FX’ Treatment & Priming Serum sample
Elemis Papaya Enzyme Peel (0.1 oz.)
Freeze 24.7® IceCrystals™ Anti-Aging Prep & Polish sample
Hanae Mori ‘Butteryfly’ Eau de Parfum (0.04 oz.)
John Varvatos Eau de Parfum (0.05 oz.)
KORRES Natural Products Guava Body Butter (0.85 oz.)
Lancôme Hypnôse Custom Volume Mascara (0.07 oz.)
Laura Mercier Eye Colour in Sandstone (0.03 oz.)
Origins ‘A Perfect World™’ White Tea Skin Guardian (0.17 oz.)
PHYTO Phytodéfrisant Botanical Hair Relaxing Balm (0.5 oz.)
TanTowel Self-Tan Towelette (1 application)

The LM eye shadow in Sandstone is a wonderful summer accent color, the perfumes included are light florals, and Korres body butter is rich and all-natural. If I was not still working through the samples from Nordstrom gifts of the last couple of years, I would probably consider it as it includes good-sized samples.