That's too good news! Can't wait for the opening in Brussels!!!

Where in Antwerp can I find the Shu, GA and other similar brands??? I have not been to Antwerp before (well once when I was younger as a tourist) but now Im living in Gent and would like to go and check out the beauty....I'll be coming from Ant. Central Station.

hi

All these shops are in walking distance of eachother (not more than 5 mins)
schrijnwerkersstraat 21 , antwerpen , belgium - Google Maps
Parfuma l Parfumerie & Beauty
Exclusive Giorgio Armani Makeup
Eiermarkt 31
2000 Antwerpen
"great store, great service and permanent GA make up artists to advice you, Aside from GA, they also have all the big brands"
Mac Store
Schrijnwerkersstraat 21-23
2000 antwerpen
"what can I say, always a favorite, always busy, and always something new and exciting"
Kiehls
Schrijnwerkersstraat
2000 Antwerpen
"50m accross from the Mac store"
Shu Uemura
Die Nieuwe Gaanderij W-59,
Huidevetterstraat 34,
2000 Antwerpen
"200m away from the Mac store in a small shopping mall that connects 2 streets"
More towards the south of antwerp, you can find this store:
volkstraat , antwerpen , belgium - Google Maps
Magnoliashop
Magnolia
Volkstraat 28
2000 Antwerpen
"new store that specializes in hard to find and exclusive brands. great place to explore new stuff"
From the central station you can walk to the "groenplaats" (20 min walk) or you can take the metro to the "Groenplaats"
From there you are in walking distance of all shops. For Magnolia, you can take tram 8 from the Groenplaats (5mins by tram)
Have a great time, and watch out for your wallet, Antwerp is a great place for cosmetics shopping,
I'm sure you'll enjoy it. Just mail me if you have any questions.

Winkelstraten in Antwerpen - openingsuren, adres, sluitingsdag, telefoon

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Thats a great help, thanx sooo much!

More than happy to be able to help. Have a great visit to Antwerp !! :-)

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just wanted to let you all know that Stylistics is available in Antwerp now.
However, they did not get the perfume (yet)... they were kinda clueless as to whether or not it would be coming in at all.
I passed on the collection myself as I found it way too expensive... 57€ for the powder compact+ refill, 27,50€ for the sparkley powders, I didn't bother to ask about the prices for the lippies & glosses, sorry

I was in the Antwerp store last week, and I asked the same question about the Stylistics fragrance. They told me it was cancelled... very disappointed of course, because it seemed to be the most eye-catching product from the Stylistics collection.... maybe there's still hope if there's some confusion :-) I hope they still get it, but judging from the delivery problems they had in the States we might miss out on it.

thanks for the heads up on Stylistics btw..

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Ooh I went to Antwerp yesterday

I didnt go last week as planned; too lazy to get out of bed!

But unbeknown to me, there was a train strike yesterday, so when I got to Gent station, I had to wait over an hour for a train to Antwerp. And my toes were so cold they were about to fall off!!

I wandered along, went in a few shops, but then I realised that it was past 3, and wanted to make sure I didn't miss out on MAC before it closed! So I bypassed all the rest of the shops, vowing to come back to them!

Got to MAC...busy, but bearable. I had a lovely freelancer helping me, really sweet. I didnt even go there to buy anything; just to look! But you know that never quite works out in MAC!

Im going to America in Feb so I was gonna wait till then to stock up on MAC, but I needed to buy something now, cos I just cant wait that long!

I spent ages in there...I mean, I dropped my MAC habit a couple of years back and have only bought foundation from there in the past year. So it was a new discovery journey for me...!

Stylistics was there, but nothing that interested me or would suit my skin tone.

I got lipsticks Viva Glam VI and Shitaki

I got a 4 pan palette and Antiqued, Bronze, Amber lights and Patina. My first palette! Im very happy with them.

I kept looking around, the MA was asking if I needed anything else, I told her that of course I don't "need anything"!! And she told me that "MAC is an addiction!!"

I also got Fix+ and Plum Foolery Blush.

I wasnt keen on the holiday sets, and the brush sets were scratchy! I'd rather have the full size ones....

I left there 117 euro poorer but so much happier! And I still haventdone my proper Christmas shopping!!

BTW, Antwerp is fab! The last time I went we didnt see that much (tourist coach tour) but the shops and the atmoshpehere is awesome!

"of course I don't need anything...".... hehe, I like your sense of humor.

- waw, kicking the habit, and leaving with just 117 euro of stuff. I'm impressed. Also confused about how the hell we could kick the habit. After all the creative collections we had this year, and the holiday buzz, I thought MAC would give us a break. But no way, then you read about the collections they have planned, and we are on the edge of our seats again.

- btw, I was apprehensive about Stylistics too. I have the Mystery Powder (in Model Chic), and now I've used it, I realize it's not just a day to day powder. It's unbelievably sheer and comfortable and it gives a matte glow that is very natural. It was absolutely worth the gamble.

so, what was your secret when you were kicking the MAC habit :-) ?

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With all these nice comments about the MAC store in Antwerp, I got this crazy idea.

The store's one year anniversary in Antwerp is coming up. So how about this: are there any people in this thread interested in making an online birthday card to say congratulations and thanks for everything. I'm sure the staff will appreciate it.

What do you think? Crazy enough? :-)
take care

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sorry to say this but need to get it off my chest:

it bugs me that i was the one that opened this thread ages ago and somebody changed the title from BELGIUM to Belguim

it's so annoying to find spelling mistakes in thread titles! specially in sticky ones...

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another update: MAC Antwerp has the Originals collection available now. Sculpt and Shape will be coming end of Jan, as will Of Beauty

PS: I changed the titel back to the correct spelling of BelgIUm

edit: unfortunately it does not correct it in the sticky

thanks for the update... time to go shopping :-)
..
but regarding "of beauty", does that mean that the beauty powders (loose) will be available again? (I remember that they had the Of Beauty collection for one week during December, and that they disappeared from the shop because they got so few products ...I assume) .

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