I'm on hols in US. What goodies shall I buy in the drugstore that I can't get at home?

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I'm thinking crest whitening strips so far. I have already bought that new Maybellline liquidy eyeliner here - marvellous!
What else?

I bought Banana Boat fine mist sunscreen last week, and its fab - no rubbing in, and its a wide spray, so you are covered really quickly.

Also CVS sleeping tabs or their combined paracetaomol for nighttime is great.

Stock up on hairbands and tights.

I also bought easter stuff like little plastic eggs you fill yourself.

I never go to the US without visiting CVS - tis fab

twinkies. lots of twinkies

If you have Botox, let me know how much it is. Where are you?

Dipping Dots are ice cream. Milk Duds are candy which are yummy on the tongue, terrible for teeth .

Melatonin. Cheap as chips there; need a prescription here.

Exedrin in a big bottle. Your migraine will be GONE.

Pretzl M&Ms.

yep, placenta conditioner

mmm, protein rich.

Beauty Scribbler swears by this 99cent face mask

www.beautyscribbler.com/2010/05/andrea-face-spa-revitalizing-peel-off.html

Mane & Tail conditioner. I miss that stuff!

worm you can buy hydrocortisone cream 1% over here.

Melatonin.

Espat You can get the wet and wild make up here from Tesco for £1 each. The liquid liner is brilliant!

Not up here you can't .

And it's a dollar there.

I have it all planned out. We now own 3 big suitcases from TJ Max. 5 tickets = 5 lots of 23kg of stuff.

Now, about half that will have to be clothes and shoes, most of it for the kids.

But the rest of it . . . :o

Expat Where are you from?

Houston, Texas.

I thought you lived in Scotland because of the username. Apologies.

I live in Glasgow and love that Tesco sell the Wet and Wild stuff now. And Asda also now have Hershey's kisses. :D

Yes, I do live in Scotland. I have done so for 9 years now.

I am in rural Western Scotland, however, so a ways from Tesco and quite a distance from an ASDA.

Aw well, if you go on any trips in Scotland in the summer you now know to hunt through Tesco and Asda.
And if you are ever in Glasgow or Edinburgh there's a line of candy shops called "Candy and Shake" That sell all sorts of American sweets and drinks like real Mountain Dew, 3 Muscateers bars, Tootsie rolls/pops, Marshmallow fluff and even Twinkie's!

We have Mountain Dew through here, but it really doesn't taste the same [sob]. The deli is owned by an American who's been here for well over 30 years, but he said that Mountain Dew here is slightly different formulation. But the A&W he carries is fine :).

I go back once a year, though, and generally stock up on some things.

Omg, you have A&W! < Jealous > I can't find any sort of root beer here unless I go to that candy shop. And the Mountain Dew they stock is the actual imported stuff, they even have the cherry voltage one.

We used to have an actual A&W restaurant here, it was brilliant but they shut it down.

The Kiss My Face range. I love it.
Cocoa butter moisturiser for hands in a lipsalve stick.
Advil, although I think you can get them here, but the USA versions seem much more effective
An anti-itch cream that not only stops itchy skin but also anaesthetises it for way longer than UK Germolene.
Last time most of my suitcase was toiletries from CVS and Wal-Mart, and my family are not allowed to use them. Only me.

Hmph wish I had read all this before I came back at the weekend!

Ooooh, yes, there's always A&W at that deli. :) I could go for some ICB, though, especially cream soda, too.

I love Whole Foods there for stuff for DD1, who is allergic to SLS-containing products and has sensitive skin. 'Jason' products are fab.

I have a tin of Burt's Bee's Miracle Salve in my bag always and usually stock up on Alba Un-Petroleum Jelly there, too.

I got a tube of Burts Bees stuff free with the tesco parenting Magazine yesterday. Is it any good?

And OP if you find Faygo buy it!

Yes, you can get 1% hydrocortisone cream here, but is is in eency-weency tubes and is quite pricey. There, you get huge tubes for a fraction of the price.

I always pick up:

-Hair elastics
-Tylenol for kids (paracetamol - they have many more iterations like chewable cherry and drops)
-motrin for kids )ibuprofin - same reason as above)
-maybelline mascara: cheaper
-bags of single reeces peanut butter cups
-band-aid plasters (they are the best)
-cetaphil cream for very dry skin (buy many tubs of this as this is the only cream which keeps eczema at bay for DS2)
-large containers of ibuprofin
-nalgene BPA free sippy bottles for kids
-Kiehls products
-Noxema sensitive skin shaving cream for DH

You can get melatonin over here btw .. (expat here too )
Biovea.com stock it ..
I would buy Bacitracin - antiseptic with antibiotic in it - brilliant stuff !
Also California Baby stuff for the dc's ..

:)