Re: Long Island Estee Lauder warehouse sale
* Upfront, I'm letting you gals know that I am having a graphics card prob. which I'm going to finally rectify this week so you know why my typing is messed up; just read between the lines. And sorry for the run on sentences; just have so much to tell you & don't have the time to worry about grammar. If I did, this would sure be one fun post to annotate w/ smileys which you'll see I did at just the right places!!! r/o!
Hi Stacey131!
Thanks ever so much for the ticket!
Like global, I, too, had a terrific time. I need to go back to hit the CCO store 1 more time since I have buyer's regret for 1 item, want to get a dupe of another that I absolutely loved when I got home & did the research on 2 brushes they had -- so now, of course, I want them. So one more shopping jaunt will do it for me!
I didn't purchase any skincare or fragrance products as I have my 2 signature scents & I rarely wear fragrance everday, and I have sensitive skin with mild rosacea so I'm limited in the ingredients I can use.
Like global I,too, picked up the $10 MAC face powder which was only in the medium shade, but I think it's best suited only for medium-light skintones like mine.
I also picked up 5 MAC e/s trios. Granted, color selection is very limited & probably MACs least popular colors, but I did manage to find 4 different 3 packs (boy, did I dig) that had Retrospeck, Marked Beauty, Ricepaper & Stars 'n Rockets. One lucky woman found Goldmine. Basically, it's the same 10 or so colors repacked in different configurations; it's rare to find a pkg. w/ any different colors. So of the 15, there are 8 that I like or, at least, enough to try. The remaining, I'll swap.
If you are a skincare & fragrance junkie this is the place to be since 98% of the warehouse is dedicated to these. Some of these items are sold individually, but most are GWP configurations from past promos. The remaining 2% is the MAC e/s bin & 4' x 2' table, a table for men (mostly fragrances), several bins that had packaged lipglosses like Juicy Couture which were sets of 7 small travel-size glosses @ 2/$22, a table of empty EL collectible perfume metal cases, a number of bins w/ makeup bags & tote bags from promos & a section of small makeup cases by the likes of Bobbi Brown, a large selection of Bumble & Bumble hair styling products. Many of these items, like the lipglosses would be ideal for gifts.
The lady at the MAC table said that the items usually stay the same week after week until the stock is gone & then they replace with other items so unless you are a swapper or reseller, it would only be necessary to stop in periodically.
As far as the MAC table was concerned, they had the following which the lady said were pretty much basic staples at this point week after week:
-'Gilt Free' Richmetal Highligther - $10 (bought)
-The face powder mentioned above - $10 (bought)
-The 182 LE brush w/ the square handle - $15 (bought)
-Small plastic figurine from the Fafi Collection - $5
-A few other thing that I can't recall; guess just not interested
-When I got to the table about 45 minutes after opening (was late as usual), they had about 10 dazzleglasses in 3 colors left for $5 each so I bought 5. She said small items like these are hit or miss.
-1/2 dozen satin makeup cases - bought 1 for $5; also had 3-packs of 3 sizes for $12
But what blew my mind was that behind the table were 6 brush bin: 3 SE versions (eh!) and the 169 ($19) & 223 ($16) from the 2005 Raquel Welsh Collection. I bought one of each. Side note, 2 months ago, based on mua reviews I was lemming for the 169. Can you believe that my MAC store actually had 3 left after 4 years! So I bought it for $32, but was iffy about keeping it since it's not that versatile & $32 is not cheap. Last day to return, I returned it & have for the past month worried about whether I did the right thing; you know, returning regrets! So I bought the 169, 223 & a lone 116 sitting all by itself. The 116 is not on my w/l, but bought it on a spending whim, and when I got home I realized it was one nice brush, so not sorry, but no value here - retails for $27; 25%-off sale for $20.25; paid $19.
Now, for the
creme de la creme which you are not going to believe! There
was a plastic bowl of about 2 dozen 138s for
$20 each!
I nearly had a heart attack. (Of course, I just got mine during the sale for $39!-- sooo... returning!) Just getting the 138 at, literally, a
STEAL would have made the trip worth it! I was in 7th heaven; & still am! I bought 3!!!
There was so much fragrance in the air & I was so parched that at one point I almost started to cough; you know that dry cough you get when you can't get enough moisture in your throat. Thank God, literally, that I was able to catch myself 'cause if I started dry coughing I probably would have been a full blown attack!
I had a real blast from the past when I smelled the EL Youth Dew! HA!
So I hope I've given you ladies a real flavor of the Warehouse Sale.
Next post, I'll give you a little flavor of the 2 CCO stores I went to following the sale. Common on, need a coffee break & by posting twice I'm 1 post closer to the 20 necessary to get into the Clearance Bin section. I so want to get in there!