I got there at about 8:30am and the line was surprisingly moving, I ended up waiting outside for about 30 mins and then moved to the inside line which took another 30 mins.
The outside line behind me 2 minutes after I arrived... it wrapped the building.
The inside line... at least we were warm!
There are 3 rooms to filter through however in my opinion the first was a waste of time. The first room if I remember correctly had 1 eyeshadow palette to choose from I guess the others had sold out and some other items such as Clinque and Origins that I wasn't so interested in so I skipped that room and went to the next.
I didn't get the $75-$120 perfumes and candles... like really who comes to the Mac sale for that?
In the second room I picked up some brushes and 3 shadows and 1 pigment and moved right along to the last room. This is where all the lip products, blushes and $3 items were and it was line up after line up.
I didn't want to spend too much time looking at every single blush or lipstick because I didn't need much so I just got 2 backups of one of my fav blushes ($12 each), 1 lipgloss and 1 lipstick (2 for $10) and headed to the $3 line where I grabbed 2 mini fix+ sprays and half lashes.
All the ladies digging through the $3 bins...
Then it was time to pay and I gotta say I stayed under budget!! I got some charity bags which cost $5 each and included 1 makeup pouch, lip liner, lipstick and a dazzleglass lipgloss, got my free gift a mineralize skinfinish and left the building before I could do any more damage!
Here are all the goodies I got this time.
- 2x Mini Fix + Sprays
- Half lashes #20
- Half Lashes #38
- 2x 'Other Worldly' Shimmer Tone Blush
- 'Circa Plum' Pigment
- 'Wintersky' Shadow
- 'Talent Pool' Shadow
- 'French Cuff' Shadow
- 'Blow Dry' Lustre Lipstick
- 'Splendid' Lipglass Lip Gloss from the Dame Edna collection
- #272 Brush
- Set of Brushes #212se,#168se, #219se, #275se & #187se
- 'Perfect Topping' Mineralize Shinfinish (Free Gift)
- 'Get Rich Quick' Dazzleglass (Charity bag)
- 'Cedar' Lip Pencil (Charity bag)
- 'Fantasia' Lustre Lipstick (Charity bag)
- Mini silver makeup pouch (Charity bag)
Did you get a chance to go to the Mac Warehouse Sale? How did you find it? What did you get?
22 comments:
it's too bad we dont have sales like that at home :( MAC is WAYYYY expensive anyway! lucky you! :)
How fun! I wish we had that here! :D
I found it to be great, I was kind of out of the MAC loop for most of last year so there was a lot of things from previous collections I missed out on that I was able to pick up. And it really helps to get some kind of discount on the stuff. You got some pretty good stuff! :)
I guess I didnt go gaga too much cuz i have the pro discount card so the savings were that much different.
Wish I could go! Thanks for telling us your experience. Good to know what to expect and perhaps not have too high expectations
great haul!
we all "TBB" need to go next time :)
Nice Haul!
I went there on Saturday and it was my third time going. I expected more variety and new things as well...but was disappointed. I liked the lipstick prices though and the free gift!
Thanks for sharing! Glad you made it out of this unharmed (I've been to other non-cosmetics sample sales before where people really go wild, ha)
I'm loving the charity make-up case - the bag is so cute!
How much were the SE brushes? I've recently purchased a couple of SE brushes on ebay to keep in my make-up bag.
You got some great items - congrats!
The set of 5 SE brushes was $30 not bad :)
Thanks for sharing!! You got some great deals!!
I usually go every sale, and this time i wasn't impressed.
I did happen to get ALOT of stuff but you can never have TOO much makeup lol...
I don't think I really need to go again for the next one, if anything those $5 chairty bags are awesome...Mine are different from yours, I guess they ran out of yours by the time I got there.
The Pro card is the same discount if not better so I think I may just opt to use that from now on...
Great coverage on the sale!
=)
I went Saturday as well. It was my first time going so I thought it waas great and everything was new to me, though I've heard different from MELWS Veterans.
ohhh so lucky! I knew about the sale but couldn't get any tickets :(
Awesome haul though!
does this only take place in canada?? you got some good deals. It would have been an excellent opportunity to get a hustle on and buy a huge haul and make a couple bucks! loving this! love how everyone is wearing black. lol
From what I know the sale only takes place in Toronto.
You picked up some great items! I'm happy with what I bought & the free-gift was a nice treat too.
Hey Farra you got really nice goodies!! I agree that the first room was a waste of time hehe I did forget to pickup makeup bags for me and my friends :( they have such good deals on them. I saw the brush sets they were expensive!! last september I think I paid $15 for the same set you got, I was shocked when I saw the prices this time
I noticed they hiked up the prices for the brushes too...and the $5 set you got ws a $25 gift pack on Sunday! :S
What!!! Bollocks! thats insane but i can totally see it as they always change things around
Haha, bullocks! <3
Love the goods, Far' mama!! I went around that time too - wished we bumped into each other. I know what you mean about the quads; I was hoping to find more apart from the usual three that's available: Take Wing Eyes, Rose is a Rose, Shadowy Lady. I remember seeing all three of them in your kit, no? Anyway, miss you!
You've got great, great bargains - I would be over the moon to get what you've got -- the charity bag silver pouch was 2009 holiday brush sets, I think. And would've loved to get Blow Dry lipstick, and Perfect Topping freebie. Looks like it was all past seasons' stuff. Damn, wish I were in the US!!!
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