Where to buy in Israel?

amother

Thu, Jul 08 2021, 8:49 pm

I really really wish Israel had the convenience of Amazon Prime! While I dream, here’s some things I’m looking to buy right away and I’m wondering if it’s possible to find at a shop in Israel.

1. Puddle Jumpers - for my kids to swim safely

2. Contiga water bottles - sturdy water bottles, each kid can have their own color, that will last

3. Gel nail polish - to paint my own nails because apparently nail salons are so immodest that you can’t find them just walking down the street. There must be some back alley way to find a nail salon around here

Any help with any of these would be greatly appreciated!

Edited to add location: Yerushalaim

twizzlers1

Thu, Jul 08 2021, 8:54 pm

If you post your location maybe more people can help you. I live in RBS and there are a lot of ladies that do nails in their homes. I'm guessing that in every area there are plenty of women that do it from their homes. And honestly I still order from Amazon sometimes. There's just some things that are worth ordering. To get the shipping cost down I play with what's in my cart. If they are fulfilled by Amazon it's usually not that much more for shipping when you add more items. Obviously you need to stay under the $75 that you don't have to pay tax. I hope that more ladies can be helpful once you post a location.

essie14

Thu, Jul 08 2021, 9:05 pm

Amazon ships thousands of items to Israel. as long as you keep the total under $75, not including shipping, you won't pay extra taxes.

This Israeli site sells contigo water bottles

https://www.kitchenware.co.il/.....=null

Where do you live? A yishuv? There are nail salons everywhere in cities.
Anything here near you?
https://yullia.com/en/

There are also tons of home based nail salons, you just have to ask your neighbors.

Puddle jumpers are swim floaties?
They sell them everywhere at this time of year. Gas stations, supermarkets, toy stores.

https://www.google.com/search?.....58594

Rappel

Thu, Jul 08 2021, 10:08 pm

Puddle jumpers -- Kfar shaashuim.

You can get contigo in many stores. I find Kravitz sells sturdy water bottles of several different companies.

Gel polish at the pharmacy. As for beauticians -- where I live, my friends come to my house to do my hands and feet. But in the city there must be store fronts

essie14

Thu, Jul 08 2021, 11:16 pm

Saw your ETA: there are many nail salons in Yaffo area, in the small side streets like Heleni Hamalka. Just take a walk. But as I said before, just ask your neighbors. There are many home based nail salons in Ym.

Superpharm sells all types of nail polish as well.

DrMom

Thu, Jul 08 2021, 11:22 pm

You can get the equivalent of puddle jumpers in many "stock" or toy stores or sports stores or camping stores. You have to look around to get a feel for who sells what.

I don't know what "contiga" bottles are, but you can find many plastic, glass, silicone, etc water bottles sold all over Israel.

Don't get hung up on specific brands popular in America. You can find reasonable equivalents here -- you just need to look around and become familiar with what your local shops sell.

Elfrida

Fri, Jul 09 2021, 4:28 am

There are lots free advertising papers that are distributed weekly. Some are in english. Look through them, and you will probably find adverts for women who do nails in their home.

Water bottles are very widely available. There are almost certainly shops in your neighbourhood that sell them, but I also noticed a shop on Ben Yehuda that has a very good selection if you happen to be in that area.

Most places have a neighbourhood email list or WhatsApp group or both. If you post these questions there you'll get answers about local sources for everything.

amother

Tue, Jul 13 2021, 9:13 am

Thanks you all for responding, so helpful.

I haven’t seen puddle jumpers, only regular swimming tubes.
I’m looking for these styles

https://share.icloud.com/photo.....NBWPA

essie14

Tue, Jul 13 2021, 9:24 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Thanks you all for responding, so helpful.

I haven’t seen puddle jumpers, only regular swimming tubes.
I’m looking for these styles

https://share.icloud.com/photo.....NBWPA

https://www.he-she.co.il/%D7%9.....D_BwE

essie14

Tue, Jul 13 2021, 9:26 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Thanks you all for responding, so helpful.

I haven’t seen puddle jumpers, only regular swimming tubes.
I’m looking for these styles

https://share.icloud.com/photo.....NBWPA

https://www.decathlon.co.il/iw.....45672

zebra111

Tue, Jul 13 2021, 10:51 am

I noticed these in max stock the other week, no idea if theu have any left by now though