Your most pretentious beauty buy?

[DameDoom]

After going to a v posh Michelin star restaurant for my birthday this week, I have gone in to full on beauty wanker mode by dashing out to buy far too many Aesop products. I will have exfoliated myself to a skeleton at this rate and have even bought the post poo drops and animal wash just in case my elderly cats want a pampering... they definitely won't.
I need to be stopped.I am a proper twat.

I’ve never heard of Aesop - what’s so good about them?

Clinique Bottom lash mascara.

I have no idea what came over me. I never wear mascara, any mascara.

It was a Sali Hughes recommendation in the Guardian, back in the days when I was still young and trusting.

Aesop stuff smells incredible though! You won't regret it.

Don't go there Didius. I knew about them but hadn't tried. Every woman who I spoke to in the loo was desperate to buy the handwash and balm. It's so bloody good.

Hey @ChardonnaysPrettySister - I fell for that mascara one too! And i've never heard of Aesops either. You must live somewhere very posh @DameDoom
My main one is Creme de la Mer....ridiculously expensive and I really didn't enoy the rigmorole you were supposed to go through applying it. Didnt feel in the least bit luxurious. (Although i have to say their facials were without doubt the best I've ever ever had )

Sadly not posh in the least.
Creme de la Mer is a hoot. The woman on our JL counter is caked in foundation and doesn't look like I think a Creme person should. I do a bit of a scoop on the ole CDLM when I go past the counter whilst muttering that Botox is cheaper.
Aesop has a literary blog which screams absolute tool. The post poo drops are beautiful though - unfortunately haven't had a poo yet to try them properly but the pan is smelling great.

Now I want some Aesops post poo drops. Sorry, not want, need!

Post poo drops smell like classy, award-winning architects' bums (not that I'd know). It's making this sink estate teacher's life a little richer.

Never spent any money on pretentious beauty products preferring to spend it on Michelin star food ! Have a great time and a happy birthday!
-Where are you going?-

Strike through fail :)

Ha, I've got that mascara too, although I used Boots points to pay for it as I couldn't justify cash. It's great for getting to the tiny lashes at the outer edges of the eyes. But I rarely bother with it.

Blimey, so there is three of us on a Fred of barely 12 posts who fell for that.

The Aesop 'Resurrection' (I know, right?) handwash is absolutely amazing. I ask for it for Christmas/Birthdays and a bottle lasts about 3 months. Their Fabulous Face Oil is also lovely. I got quite hooked on the rosemary facial exfoliating paste for a while but gave up on the grounds of cost as it is basically St Ives face scrub X£20
Their blog is Arty Wank in the extreme. They do give a lot of samples if you go in the shop and look like you're falling for it, however. 

Their shops are lovely though. All dark wood and moodiness.

And the packaging.

My husband went to a posh restaurant and came back insisting that we have Aesop soap in the bathroom. I couldn’t countenance having it as our regular soap when it costs £30 but I always buy it him for Christmas and birthday. He still loves it.

I want in! It's so elitist and exclusive that I've never heard of it. Bizarrely, that appeals to my pathetic consumer ways. I'll never live the high life, but I'll buy a piece of it in the form of some hand wash.
I also bought the Clinique bottom lash mascara 😂, but as part of a present for someone.

I used to live in Melbourne where Aesop was founded and so knew a few people who worked for them. The people who work at head office aren't allowed to use Tupperware and famously the staff in the shops aren't allowed to talk about the weather. I couldn't go in because I was too conscious of not talking about the weather. I'm British. I have to talk about the weather!

I've never heard of Aesop but now I want the hand wash 😀

The Aesop mouth wash comes with a little brown glass beaker, very retro like something from my school science lab.

Aesop isn't pretentious, it's essential 😂

Wow Aesop’s website is fantastically wanky. I’ve never heard of it before so had a look, and I’m simultaneously shaking my head, and dying for a go of some 😂😂

Do Aesop have more than one hand wash? I bought one online after seeing internet hype about it but was MOST disappointed because it was sooooo lavendery. My least fave scent in the world. Felt nice tho.

I LOVE Aesop! I basically own everything in there whether I need it or not! Very tempted to try and start a conversation about the weather next time I'm in there!

Ok I totally need the reverence handwash then! And also... that oil burner  sold out. Boo hoo

Oh god I LOVE Aesop. The resurrection stuff in particular smells amazing. I have the hand balm/cream but I find the hand wash is hard to justify when you are literally washing it down the plug hole it’s all somehow so appealing though!