Finnish equivalent of Ulta (American cosmetics chain)?

ladygrey · Post by **ladygrey** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:33 am

To American expats that know the chain I'm referring to, is there something similar in Finland? It's a chain that has only cosmetics, salon merch, and body/hair care supplies. I know I can find these things in any department store, but I was looking for something more specific like Ulta.

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Jukka Aho · Post by **Jukka Aho** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:08 am

ladygrey wrote:To American expats that know the chain I'm referring to, is there something similar in Finland? It's a chain that has only cosmetics, salon merch, and body/hair care supplies. I know I can find these things in any department store, but I was looking for something more specific like Ulta.

The Body Shop? Click, click.

ladygrey · Post by **ladygrey** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:09 pm

No, they're different. Ulta carries a bunch of different brands unlike Body Shop which carries only the house brand to my knowledge. Plus Ulta's not as super-frickin'-overpriced as TBS. I'm basically looking for a place that has a huge selection of hair accessories like barrettes and headbands. Ulta was my go-to place back home for that kind of thing, and I've been underwhelmed by the selection at hypermarkets/department stores here.

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:16 pm

http://www.hairstore.fi/
But I'd guess that you won't find those thingamajings there either.

ladygrey · Post by **ladygrey** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:46 pm

Upphew wrote:http://www.hairstore.fi/
But I'd guess that you won't find those thingamajings there either.

Hehe..thingamajings >_>

Yeah I've seen this place in the Hansa mall. I think they carry only about 3 gazillion types of shampoos/conditioners/gels/sprays but little to none in the way of accessories. Thanks for the suggestions, guys, but I found some sufficient thingamajings at Stockmann today

EP · Post by EP » Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:56 pm

Hansa mall? Is that in Turku? In Helsinki and Espoo (and I bet also in Vantaa) there are shops named NINJA. They full of hair acessories.

Jukka Aho · Post by **Jukka Aho** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:01 pm

EP wrote:In Helsinki and Espoo (and I bet also in Vantaa) there are shops named NINJA. They full of hair acessories.

You can find their locations here. Sadly, they don’t carry shurikens or katanas.... Here’s a picture of one of their stores.

ladygrey · Post by **ladygrey** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:50 pm

EP wrote:Hansa mall? Is that in Turku? In Helsinki and Espoo (and I bet also in Vantaa) there are shops named NINJA. They full of hair acessories.

Yup, I'm in Turku. But Ninja does look like it's worth checking out next time I'm in Helsinki. Thanks for the tip

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:57 pm

If you come to HEL or Espoo there are also stores like Accessorize (Iso Omena and Sello) and Pieces opened in Iso Omena last week.

http://www.isoomena.fi/modules/system/s ... 93&C=46837

http://www.pieces.com/

http://www.monsoon.co.uk/Accessorize/Ha ... e,hairaccz

ladygrey · Post by **ladygrey** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:24 pm

HEL has all the interesting stores

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:47 pm

# Turku Skanssi
# Accessorize
# Shopping Centre Skanssi,
# Skanssikatu 10,
# 20730 Turku,
# Finland

Not sure if they sell the thingamajings (sic) though.

vee · Post by **vee** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:20 am

ladygrey wrote:To American expats that know the chain I'm referring to, is there something similar in Finland? It's a chain that has only cosmetics, salon merch, and body/hair care supplies. I know I can find these things in any department store, but I was looking for something more specific like Ulta.

Oi, Ulta! how i miss it. Your best bet for similarity is Antilla ... http://www.anttila.fi/ . They carry just about everything. However, if you take a stroll through the Forum and Kamppi youll find many more makeup stores, hair care, and more posh places that carry perfumes. Go window shopping

mike1234 · Post by **mike1234** » Fri May 06, 2016 1:48 pm

ladygrey wrote:To American expats that know the chain I'm referring to, is there something similar in Finland? It's a chain that has only Discount Makeup uk, salon merch, and body/hair care supplies. I know I can find these things in any department store, but I was looking for something more specific like Ulta.

Refer this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulta_Beauty

riku2 · Post by **riku2** » Sat May 07, 2016 9:39 am

Price wise there is nothing remotely like Ulta in Finland. I bought 1 litre bottles of Redken shampoo for about the same price as 300ml bottles in Finland. On top of that Ulta had a 3 for the price of 2 offer. So that made the price difference about 5x compared to Finland. Even the discount internet stores like http://www.gorgeousshop.com/ are more expensive (especially since they don't always have the 1 litre size).

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