Three good things about traveling abroad*:

*There are other things but go with it

1. Culture

2. Plane food (haters going to hate, but where else can get free peanuts 40,000ft in the air?)

3. Sephora shops

As all beauty lovers will know, there's nothing quite like entering the Sephora 'stage' on holiday (FYI the sales floor is called a 'stage' at Sephora), picking up a basket and grabbing handfuls of miniature eyeshadows, lipliners and brushes you don't really need but have to buy in case of an apocalypse. 

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But, rumour has it that Sephora might be opening a new shop in Westfield Stratford, east London this Autumn which, if confirmed to be true, means there's going to be some serious elbowing action at the counters. 

Of course, beauty fans have come out in droves to celebrate the news on Twitter:

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Unfortunately, Sephora is yet to confirm the news so in the meantime, we're heading online to start our wish-list.