Hi all,

Im a newbie here so forgive me if this has been posted...

A friend oh mine (a cosmetics junkie) claims she has a pass for the Estee Lauder/Mac office.

Has anyone ever been? If so, what are the prices like?

60% for staff, 20-40% for visitor passes.

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yippee! whats it like? i heard they have other brands like bobbi brown is that right? what kind of mac range would they have?

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Sometimes there is a lot of stuff, other times it's pretty much empty. There usually isn't much MAC stuff, and what's there is fairly picked nover. You might be lucky though.

http://www.elcompanies.com/our_brands.asp - A complete list of Estee Lauder companies. A third of them aren't available in Australia, but it'll give you an idea of what the store might have.

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Where abouts is this place? And how can you obtain one of these passes?

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for a staff pass - you have to be a staff member (der). for a visitor pass, you need to know a staff member.

(grumble. want. cheap. EL.)

EL are not doing too shabby in the business side of things I see!!

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This place actually exists? I thought it was a myth! Who wants to lend me their pass?

PS Hi i am new too

ooh my friend is going and she's offered to help me look out for stuff!! Has anyone been recently? Do they have any brushes at all? (like the CCOs in the US?)

Foundations? MSFs? Paints? Quads?

Anyone?

damn it! why the hell aren't there anything like that in melboune!

Im pretty sure there is definitely one in Brisbane, Syd and Melb at least if not other states

There is actually one in Melbourne... at least, as far as I know, and was last informed by Estee Lauder, which was yesterday

Yup. There's one in Brisbane too... and of course, Sydney.

However, they all require the pass for entry, and there's a security guard to check that you have a pass before you enter.

What I want to ask is... I actually HAVE a pass now. I'm really confused though. I have a pass in the form of a plastic card, and then two others which are on white cardboard. The same barcode is on all three of them.

I know that (probably with the white cardboard ones) you have to hand them in when you purchase stuff... but what's the deal with the plastic card? I'm not complaining of course But I want to know if I can possibly reuse that one!l

The plastic one is the 'Staff Shop Invitation'... anyone have any ideas?

^ Yep, the plastic one will be returned to you after they process your purchases. The paper ones are to be used once. They will keep those.
Have fun!! I went on Tuesday & bought a whole heap of stuff

Here's what I found:
bought a MAC pack which had in it:
Pinked mauve pigment (full size but not in box)
Shock & Shine glimmershimmer
Embelish glitz gloss
MAC Face & Body Bronze FX Foundation
plum-like lipstick

also bought from there:
Provence pigment
Saturnal e/s (moonbathe)
Cranberry e/s (moonbathe)
Solar plum lipsticks (moonbathe)
eclipse l/s (moonbathe)
2 x EL Pure Color Crystal gloss in Plum wine
Orchidazzle lipstick - (Strange hybrid???)
EL Fan brush
2 x purepop glosses
Clinique liquid facial soap - mild
Clinique anti-perspirant

where is it in melb?:S

i wish i could get my hands on one of those passes.

redjellybeans - that's an awesome haul

Wow! Which store did you go to?! I thought the Sydney one didn't currently have much stock in it... according to my friend who went last week, but it might be worth a trip afterall hehe.

I hear they usually have the most stock around/after christmas too- any ideas on that?

As for the Melb one... this is the address I'm given on my invite:

Suite 11, 4th Floor Illoura Plaza
424 St Kilda Road, Melb 3004

Hope that helps you guys