In regards to different q-parts, bricks and plates are easiest to find, it's best to filter all bricks by most expensive and then check if that colour was used. In my experience 1x3s and 1x4s have so many q-parts but check the other variations of the brick to see if the variation had the colour. For instance the 1x4 (3010) has glitter trans-purple bricks fo sale, these seem good as they never appeared in set's but 3066 did appear in set's with that colour.
The only UK store I've found is spectrum-bricks, I've ordered from them many times and there bricks are great. Fantastic bricks is another great one, although there not UK. I always find it useful to check there q-parts so you know what parts appear in different colours which you can then buy from a different place.