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I’d love to see some of the Asian brands come to the U.S., or at least more readily available!
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Sleek
you can actually purchase sleek products from their website (http://www.sleekmakeup.com/EN/index.aspx). i’ve purchased 2 palettes from them already and i live in canada. they ship worldwide, though so you should be ok 🙂
Brands like Urban Decay, and Covergirl don’t come here (Taiwan) so it’s annoying, what Asian brands do you like Christine?
we don’t have nars, bobbi brown, benefit, urban decay here in sweden. sucks 🙁
NARS has a web shop for Europe and they do shipping to Sweden as well as to other EU countries. http://www.narscosmetics.eu
You can shop Benefit cosmetics from their web site,shipping to Europe is very cheap with them.I bought a bunch of stuff last month and shipping to Denmark was less then $8.
That is really bad!!! I hope that they will get there soon.
Definitely more Asian brands! There are places that sell them, but I wish they were more available at larger retailers, rather than small little shops. Larger retailers stock up more, and some provide samples. Most of these little shops I went to didn’t have many samples, so I’m weary of trying them (those BB creams!).
Also, I heard the Art Deco eye primer is amazing! They have it in Europe, but I have yet to come across it in California/US! In addition, I wish certain hair products were more readily available at B&M (brick and mortar) stores, but I often have to end up buying it online or a exclusive beauty supply stores. For example, TIGI Bed Head’s Hard to Get texturizing paste. I love it, but it really IS hard to get! And it’s quite pricey too ;/ Good thing I have connections *wink wink*
If you want to, I can get the Art Deco Eye Primer for you (we have it here in Germany).
Aww thank you for the offer :] I really want to test it in person though -along with other cosmetics in their line!
I’m really thankful for what I do have access to though. I wish products could have universal pricing, such as all Mac makeup with standard prices across countries! I know there’s shipping costs and all, but damnnnn some of it is ridiculous! I’ll never understand why Mac is more expensive in Canada, or how Shiseido is cheaper in HK than Japan….
Art Deco’s eye primer is great indeed!
becca,by terry,dolce&gabana,burberry and ellis fas.you can order them online like any other brand but its hard to guess what color you like cause the swatches online are terrible.i am all about texture and finish,gotta look at them in person.
2nd on Becca and Dolce & Gabbana! i would LOVE to sample the colors/products from these lines in stores. I always want the Becca foundation but don’t dare to guess what color I’d wear to order it!
Call your local Dolce and Gabbana counter. They dont give us premade samples but I’ve found a way to make homemade ones. Its not the most beautiful thing ever but its a great way to try a few products.
Le Metier de Beaute! We don’t have that in Canada… sadly.
Also the Japanese brands! I buy them online but it gets really expensive, and most of the time we have no idea what we’re in for so sometimes it doesn’t turn out well at all.
illamasqua!
illamasqua!! my sephora doesn’t carry it 🙁
Same, I wanna see it in person before I buy.
I live in Southern Ca. and would love to see an Inglot over here 🙂
Here! Here! I TOTALLY Agree. What’s up with it only being in NYC? GRRRRRRR!
They also have a store that just opened at the Forum Shops in Caesars Palace Las Vegas.
Thirded!
Sleek 🙁
I live in Brisbane, Australia and I wish that I had local access to Urban Decay and MUFE!
Living in Australia, I’d love to see Urban Decay (shadows and liners), Cle de Peau (lipstick + Concealer), Jill Stuart (Jelly Eyeshadow N), Caron (for the beautiful perfumes and powders) and SkinFood (Skincare!)…
Have to stock up whevener I go overseas!!!
I’m from Victoria and would love to have local access to Urban Decay and MUFE. I wish Geelong had a MAC counter, myer here sucks.
I want Cle De Peau, Make Up Forever… Edward Bess, Le Metier de Beaute, Urban Decay… Kate Somerville.
Inglot for sure! And I definitely wish I had access to the full Illamasqua line, rather than what is in Sephora.
MAC!!! OMG! i don’t know how i survive!!
Bobbi Brown
Nars
need i say more…. its every possible brand!!!!
Suqqu, Beaute, the complete line of Illamasqua products (Sephora only carries some), Sleek, Burberry!
Kesalan Partharan – I fell in love with this line when studying abroad in Japan.
Also Inglot & Barry M
Fyrinnae…The colors look different online.
I wish Fyrinnae was sold in stores… I know it’s a really small brand, but I’d love to try it and I hate ordering online. Oh, and I’d love to get my hands on some brands they sell only in England, especially their drugstore brands.
Barry M I got some dazzle dust and I love them but the shipping was way to pricey
there are a lot of UK based brands that i would love to have access to: illamasqua (not currently sold in canadian sephora stores), no7, barry m, to name a few.
I wish I’d have access to US brands a lot more. Urban Decay, Too Faced for example, or a Sephora store. And brands like GlamourDollEyes, Fyrinnae and m*a*d minerals.
I wish Sephora was in Switzerland, especially Urban Decay 🙂 But there is a whole bunch of brands that you can’t get here!
Quite a thoughtful question indeed..
Me being in India, would love to see Bobbi Brown, Benefit, Urban Decay, Laura Mercier and many more here in the local market 🙂
Le Metier de Beaute, Serge Lutens, and Edward Bess.
lush, though it’s worth the trip.
Edward Bess! Great products but only available in a few US locations.
Lunasol, intergate, Suqqu, RMK, Kate, I love japanese makeup, and I stock up mascara from intergate and Fasio whenever I go to Asia.
gosh where do i begin?! ill start with living in australia can be quite frustrating!
illamasqua…urban deacy…too faced…and there’s probably more that i cant think of… oh and on another note…i wish sephora shipped internationally too 😉 my parents got a card when they went overseas and shopped for me…but now i have no use for it! haha
if you live along the east coast illamasqua is available in myer stores!
As an Indonesian currently being stuck in Aussie, I’d say I understand how you feel completely! The prices of make-up here is INSANE! Everything DOUBLED at price, at least. A US$26 NARS blush is AU$62 at Myer, while AU$-US$ ratio is generally 8/9. So not funny. o_O;
I always thought international shipping fees are pricey, but it’s much, MUCH cheaper for me to get my fiance to get me make-up in the US and have him ship them here. >.<
you can definately get illamasqua and too faced in australia.
Illamasqua is coming to Myer ^^
oh thats exciting!! i might have to trek to melbourne myer to see if its there! thankyou!! =)
Sorry they currently only have one in Myer in Sydney. i think are they trying to eventually have them all over Australia.
They are opening an illamasqua (saw the giant promo photos in the new city refurbishment in the past couple of months!) in Melbourne, and Too faced is already there 🙂
Illamasqua, MUFE, Benefit …and sometimes Nars. Oh and Burberry, Chantellica ( I forgot how to spell it), UD and sometimes Stila
Illamasqua!
I live on Maui and we’re lacking a lot! I’d love to have a Sephora and Ulta on the island, or at least more Counters at our Macy’s.
Jill Stuart <3
Well, here in Germany, I’d love to have NARS! You can order it online via the UK and so on, but you still can’t take a look at it, before you buy it…:( So I’m really relying on your swatches here 😉 Thanks so much for your hard work!!!!!!!
I wish more Sephora’s had Illamasqua.
i forgot inglot too.
I wish I had local access to a Sephora!
illamasqua and inglots. Definitely.
NARS, Urban Decay, Illamasqua (did I spell that right?, Burberry… We people in Malaysia only have the *sigh* common ones like MAC, Clinique, Chanel, Dior, Estee Lauder, Bobbi Brown etc…
MAC Pro Store. My mac only gets 70% of stock
Illamasqua for sure! I only have a dinky Sephora in JcP in my town so a real one, and an Ulta, would be nice.
Nars
we just got a MAC counter in our macys…. IT’S ABOUT TIME!!!!!! thank goodness for that. I’d love to see more lush and skII around…
I live in Greece and unfortunately we don’t have here Urban Decay, Illamasqua, Nars, Inglot, Barry M, Benefit, Smashbox. All though we have Sephora and they bring MUFE, Too Faced, By Terry the range is ridiculously poor!!! :(((
I wish I had access to European skin care lines that make good sunscreens like Vichy and La Roche Posay. I could order it but wish a store sold it here. I also wish drugstores here would sell ELF and NYX, ordering and paying shipping is a pain! would also be nice to have the full Illamasqua line available in the US, Sephora only has part.
i really wish i could by make up forever und urban decay in germany!
illamasqua, ysl, sleek, milani and nyx (we do have these 2 lines but the selection is really limited), neutrogena mu line (heard their face stuff is good), Jill Stuart, and definitely Asian mu, they’re pretty awesome, most are sold at lower price point but not at all shy on quality.
Skin Food – Korean
Laniege – Korean
Vidi Vici – Korean
Etude – Korean
Kind of biased though since I’m 1/2 Korean… 🙂
Oh and that Chanel would carry some of their products that they only distribute in Korea and Japan in the US 🙁
Lastly, some European brands!
Inglot, Sleek, Barry M, and Gosh
I’m in the UK and would love to see MUFE and Covergirl here
In Italy we miss every american brand.
At Sephora we can find italian brands or very expensive brands as Yves S.L….
I would totally love to have more access to Asian makeup brands especially KATE! They’re part of Shishedo and I love it! There is another branch off of Shishedo that I really like too but it’s more between Shishedo and KATE so a little more pricey. But I would also love to have an ULTA here in Hawaii 🙂
I think Australia is getting better access to brands – we can now get Illamasqua and Smashbox, but unfortunately MUFE is still hard to come by 🙁
I just wish things weren’t so much more expensive in Australia compared to the states. Sure, our market is smaller, but paying 3 or 4 times the US RRP is just too much!
DOLCE AND GABBANA! omg so many of their stuff looks so nice and we dont get it in asia- pacific. dam.
Majolica Majorca! AMAZING! It’s a part of Shiseido but only available in Asian countries!
& Menard! I think it’s a Japanese brand, or maybe french! Their lip products are perfectttttttttttt
Let’s see Illamasqua, OPI and Aromaleigh. I love their eyeshadows but they haven’t been shippin to Italy for the last two years.
MAC, for sure! We’re in a town which has an Estee Lauder counter, but not MAC 🙁 It would also be nice to have NARS and Illamasqua
Mac, in Slovenia you can’t find it
MAC…We don’t have it in my country
Bobbi Brown, Nars, MUFE
NYX
And prices like in America! Here in Europe, everything is more expensive…
I just wish we had Sephora here 😛 It would be great to have MUFE, Benefit and Urban Decay!
Oh, and I wish we had Sleek here in Denmark too 🙂
Lunasol and Shiseido Majolica Majorca (asian brands)
and MUFE since i live in Aus.
I’d love to have NARS, Illamasqua, MAC Pro, Inglot and Barry M here in Singapore. I always end up having to get it online!
Nfu Oh polishes. I could use a few of their holographic polishes that aren’t available online anymore. 🙁
I’d love me some sleek, gosh, barry m, and the rimmel products they have in the UK but not in the US
Illamasqua, Nars, Urban Decay and Shu Uemura
Smashbox
illamasqua
Brands like Urban Decay, Covergirl, illamasqua, Sephora ….the list is quite long. We don’t have these brands here in Germany ;o(
NARS, urban decay, too faced, jill stuart, burberry and smashbox are the first to spring to mind! thanks for being so small, south australia!
Majolica Majorca, Lavshuca, Canmake, Dollywink, Candy Doll, Jill Stuart, Lunasol. I know I can order these online, but to be able to have them available locally would be amazing! Then I could see everything in person instead of ordering based off of misleading company swatches! Plus…no shipping costs hehe
Hm…nearly every good brand. We have only one counter of MAC which does not even carry pigments, one Sephora that carries way overpriced Too Faced and MUFE; no UD, Illamasqua, Stila at all. Lovely, yes.
Latest would be BURBERRY BEAUTY…My Philadelphia Nordies don;t carry the brand. Also ILLAMASQUA section in my Sephora is welcome!
Oh yes, EDWARD BESS too…
First brand to come to mind is Inglot. Then UK brands like Sleek and Barry M. Then asian cosmetic brands, because they always have something really innovative about thier makeup. Very smart makeup, i’d say.
And just to add, I’ve got access to Illamasqua products at my local Sephora, but I SO badly want an Illamasqua free-standing store. So badly! Especially with that new, gorgeous Art of Darkness collection coming out. Sigh, it would be so cool to walk into a place like that every once in a while.
NARS in Germany
I’m in Perth, Australia and I’d love to get Urban Decay. Sephora stores would be awesome too. When I was in the States this year I sephora shopped like crazy!
Mecca Cosmetica has alot of brands that Sephora has, and they have a store in Perth 🙂 http://www.meccacosmetica.com.au/storelocator/
illamasqua in Italy 🙁
Asian brands like Banila Co, Etude House, and VOV. I wish Nubar wasn’t only available online ag such a ridiculous price. NYX is available in the US, but I wish it was more readily available in drugstores everywhere!
Nearly every possible brand…. We don’t even have Sephora in Germany! 🙁
Rouge Bunny Rouge!
Also Inglots, Burberry, and more Illamasqua.
Oh my, too many! I am currently in Australia where all make-up is too pricey, but I will return to Indonesia soon.
I would LOVE to see some Sephora brands over there (Too Faced, Urban Decay, Stila, Philosophy…) We have MAC (pretty recent addition) and MUFE but I’d also love me some Bobbi Brown as well, which we don’t have. Umm…
Perhaps some Asian drugstore brands would be nice, too (Majolica Majorca, Sana, Palgantong, Kiss Me…). We have quite a few Asian department store brands, but they tend to be cutting quite a few lines and products. We don’t even get Anna Sui’s shampoo! Such heresy! D:
It’s pretty unfair that our neighbor Singapore seems to have everything, though. >:
OH! And NARS. How could I forget NARS?? Doh!!
Maybe Ellis Faas too, if they don’t jack up the prices too much… I know I’m greedy, don’t judge me! D:
We don’t have Becca nor NARS here in Italy and that’s a pity.
Also BB that I love so much has very limited distribution (only in two big cities like Rome adn Milan)
Ugh.. Don’t get me started!
I would love to see Urban Decay, Illamasqua, MUFE, Nars, Benefit, Bobbi Brown, Aveda here in India.
Stila and Sephora used to be in Hong Kong but they pulled out, sadly 🙁
In addition to those, I’d love to have access to UD, Too Faced, Tarte, Milani, NYX, Cargo, Wet ‘n’ Wild, R&R, and UK drugstore brands (Sleek, Barry M).
Which asian brands would you like to have more access to, Christine?
I would like it if sephora Canada carried illimasqua in store.
I also would like to find Armani easier in store in Canada
Giorgio Armani is availiable at Holt Renfrew Department stores in all the major cities in Canada (Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal, etc).
🙁
Urban Decay
Too-faced
I wish there was a local Sephora.
We have Sephora stores in The Netherlands but they have quite a small selection. We only have one really good store in Utrecht; wish I didn’t have to travel over there to get my makeup fix…
I miss Urban Decay. It was sold once by Douglas (our local chain of perfumeries) but they quit selling it :(. It’s sad; I really like the palettes!
Urban Decay, Too Faced, Bobby Brown, Nars and much more OPI!! Hugs from cold Norway 🙂
Dubai dont bring Urban Decay and illamasqua :o(
I’m leaving the UK soon and when I get home to Malaysia, I wouldn’t have access to Sleek, Barry M, Nars and Urban Decay. It sucks!
i would love to see a sephora in ireland!!
i found a huge nyx stant recently so that was handy but i would love to be able to get covergirl because i only want lash blast really should have got more in new york last year 🙁
i may start a petition to get sephora over here:)
Since we have almost nothing here and if we do, the range is very limited, my list would be very long. Mostly I would love to buy nail polish from brands like Zoya, Misa, Color Club, CND, Catrice, Models Own, American Apparel and cosmetics from Illamasqua, Make up for ever, Burberry, Shu Uemura, Inglot and more.
I’d love to be able to play with OCC Lip Tars in person and not just order them online.
I would love to see Barry M., Inglot, and Sleek.
NARS TO SINGAPORE!!!!!!!!!!!>>>>>>>>>>:9
I second this!!!! No use for them putting Chanel or Dior or Lancome in Sephora when there are other counters of these brands in other major departmental stores!
I would have to agree.. more japanese/korean makeup.. and more access to asia exclusive products… and return of shu uemura to stores..and anna sui to sephora :).. although they are both online
For me it’s not really that there aren’t brands that I want, it’s that I live in the boonies and I don’t have some of the “good” stores close. There is an Ulta and MAC counter (and Clinique, Chanel, Dior counters, etc.) at the closest mall, but the closest Sephora, Bobbi Brown counter, and others are over an hour and a half away for me.
I just realized that could sound negative. I feel bad for all the ladies (and guys!) that don’t have stores like MAC and Ulta in their country. I’m definately thankful for what I do have.
urban decay, edward bess,le metier de beaute, givenchy, ysl. I am from Korea. 🙂 (Actually, I always had been longing for Nars. Fortunately, Nars has launched in Korea this month!)
NARS and Illamasqua.
here in Brazil everything is sooooooo expensive! Its like three times de price u get in US! Absurd… anyway we do have access to a lot of things even if it comes more expensive! I´d really like to see Illamasqua, Inglot, some other english brands, maybe Urban Decay and Make Up Forever!!
Some UK brands– Barry M, Ruby and Millie, Sleek…. Oh, and I wish I could find Roja Dove fragrances in the US!
Illamasqua, Bobbi Brown (which is available in Holt Renfrew but those are so few and far between) and especially KATE SOMMERVILLE are hard to come by in Canada. They restrict all three from Canadian orders from Sephora.com and it drives me nuts. But when most brands have major sales on their website, they won’t ship to Canada at all (UD, Stila, Philosophy, Tarte…) Whew, I needed to vent!
Burgeoius …i know i just murdered that spelling. At my local Sephora they stopped carrying it
Burberry and Dolce and Gabbana. I can buy D&G online, but I’d like to actually try them beforehand.
All those US and UK brands which aren’t available here such as Illamasqua, Covergirl, Lime Crime, Nars and many more. Aww Asian brands would be very interesting as well, I’d love to know what’s hot on the market.
Trust me, you’re not missing anything with Lime Crime.
U.K. brands like Barry M , Gosh & Sleek palettes !
I wish I had a Chanel counter by me. We have Macy’s and Dillards here, but neither have Chanel. It is one of my favorite brands and I wish I could try it all out in person!
sephora and ulta!
And similarly I would love other brands asian exclusives to be more readily available over here, I’m thinking specifically of OPI’s Japanese le, they’re always gorgeous and so hard to find!
NARS, urban decay, smashbox, revlon (the makeup line), shu uemura… There are too many makeup brands missing in Portugal…
Inglot
I have to agree I would love to have better access to Japanese brands of makeup!
We don’t have Illamasqua here in Canada. You have made me fall in love with the brand!
Where I live we only have Chanel counters in The Bay which don’t get a lot of the collections. I’d love to have a chanel store or expanded counter.
pro brands like MUFE, MAC (I know, right?) and smaller ones like graftobian and so on aren’t available in my area. I would swap MUFE for urban decay in a heort beat
The closest Sephora and MAC are 4 hours away. I do most of my shopping online. I wish I had access to the stores.
Definitely all those UK brands!
Most of the things I want I’m able to order online even if we don’t have a store here in Nebraska. But some things I don’t want to order without testing or smelling first. I wish we had Bobbi Brown (maybe my Sephora will get it!), Jo Malone, and Lush.
NARS, Armani, Bobby Brown, Sephora, Urban Decay, Too Faced, Shu Uemura, Benefit. None of these brands has a corner or shop in Tenerife Island (Spain)
NYX and Lush!!
I’d love to see more of the Asian brands like RMK, Kanebo and some of the European brands as well. It KILLS me to pay such high shipping charges for things I have to buy blind!
that’s a good question!
i wished there was LUSH, CLARISONIC, MARIO BADESCU, DR haugbasch (is that how you call it?)
I wish we had an real life illamasqua shop. I wish we had givenchy and I wish OPI wasn’t so expensive here (like $22 a bottle)
I live in New York we have a lot of places to shop but one brand does come to mind Sleek I wish they had a place here that we can buy from, I alway wanted to try
I wish they would build a MAC store where I live! The closest one is two hours away. The weird thing is we have a CCO here but no MAC store 🙁
Sooooo many! here in Italy we don’t have a lot of brands as Nars, Stila, Inglot, Suqqu, Illamasqua, Bobbi Brown…
I would love to get my hands on some Asian brands, as well as local access to Bobbi Brown, and everything else that isn’t Estee, Clinique or Lancome.
It sucks to live in a “smaller market” area.
Butter London
Inglot! I wish they had a site where I could order online.
Have you tried contacting the site and inquiring about ordering from them?
Illamasqua. I’d have to drive so far to get to a Sephora that sells it.
Hi im frm Kuwait…we do have most of the major brands but sadly no Urban Decay,Illamasqua,Nars,Burberry :)….i hope these companies read this post and take prompt action.
So many! Laura Mercier, or Illamasqua come to mind… Asian skincare brands too.
Urban Decay, MUFE, Sephora, NARS, Bobbi Brown, Benefit, E.L.F., Rimmel, D&G, Illamasqua, EcoTools, EDM, Cover Girl, Max Factor, Barry M, Gosh, Too Faced, Inglot, Burberry… Here in Brazil we don’t have any of that and more and pay high taxes for everything IF all the products arrive and IF they have all the colors (Revlon Colorstay is like 4 colors here and none of them is light enough for me). MAC lipsticks costs US$ 41 here.
GOSH and BYS are knocking it out of the park with their latest nail polishes (British and Australian respectively, I believe). I wish Nfu-oh was sold in a store; their website is a headache. Shu Uemura pulling their wares from Sephora made me incredibly sad.
I also would like more Asian and European brands. Paul and Joe, Becca, Anna Sui, Illamasqua and others.
Barry M, MeMeMe, Sleek
Illamasqua, Dolce & Gabbana and Edward Bess.
I’m just waiting for my Sephora to get Illamasqua – our stuff is so limited in Canada because of the “din” number requirement.
I’m waiting for Dolce & Gabanna at my Holt Renfrew as well. Apparently my Holt Renfrew is on a wait list to get them into our store (although I don’t know how Burberry + Tom Ford got in before Dolce & Gabbana), =(
Hey Rosanna are you in the GTO region??? Happy to hear they have Burberry AND Tom Ford cant wait for Chrismas and pay a little visit at HR!!! 🙂
I’m actually from Vancouver, Canada.
If Vancouver has it, I’m sure one of your THREE Holt Renfrews will have it, LOL. According to their site, Burberry is only at Vancouver & Toronto-Bloor Street location. Tom Ford has two additional locations to those two – Tornoto-Yorkdale & Montreal.
Nyx! Nyx, Nyx, Nyx. There’s an Ulta relatively near me that has a tiny selection, but Nyx has converted me from being a high-end-only snob and I would love to see their entire stock spread out before me. I order it from Cherryculture.
Inglot and Urban Decay…
NARS, BarryM, Sleek
Sleek and Barry M and Nyx. I can never find Nyx locally, only Ulta carries it here and they are always out of stock.
Sleek and Inglot
Eyeko and Red Earth!
I would say Barry M and I wish Zoya was sold at more stores (Ulta and sephora) and not just upscale salons
ahhhh I WANT or say WE WANT
bobbi brown , benefit , urban decay , nars and le meteir to come to INDIA
plsssss and how about SEPHORA
the day it arrives indian land we gonna pour our all love to them 🙂
NARS, Shu Uemura, Ana Sui and Shiseido.
LUSH! There’s a gazillion of them in the L.A. area, but none in San Diego. Purchasing for scent alone is hard to do over the internet.
Inglot, Illamasqua and Ben Nye.
There is no MAC or Sephora where I live. I have to go way far away to get any, or order it. All we have in this town is CCO or Bare Escentuals 🙁 It’s very sad. I wish we would just get one already!
illamasqua! their products look gorgeous but its not available in canada 🙁
I have nothing!
Any brands would be appreciated, but my first pick would be MAC/
Illamasqua & Barry M!
Paul and Joe and Edward Bess – this is the reason why a yearly visit to Bergdorf’s is a MUST for me!
Illamasqua
NARS & Urban Decay
If by locally you mean in my town, then it’s Sleek, Guerlain, Bobbi Brown, Mac, Laura Mercier, YSL, Givenchy, Chanel, etc., etc. There’s only a small Debenhams here that only has Benefit, Clinique, Estee Lauder and Clarins counters. I do have all the above mentioned brands within 10 miles from me though. 🙂
If you mean in the UK, then I would have to go for Asian brands too, they’re always so pretty! Also some American brands like Milani and NYX. Plus would love to have Sephora as there’s always Sephora exclusives (like Urban Decay, Too Faced, etc.) we don’t get. 🙁
Illamasqua and Inglot for sure!
I’d love:
– for Illamasqua’s full line was available here.
– for MUFE to have more than one boutique in the US
Also, I know there are some great brands in the UK and I’d love to get the Asia exclusives that some brands do, like Chanel or MAC. Oh and Becca, I just now found out I could’ve found it at the Duane Reade near my hotel on vacation.
MAC, Nars, Urban Decay, Shu Uemura, Illamasqua, MUFE, Benefit, Smashbox, Too Faced…
I so tired of all these common European brands. Lots of Lancome, Dior, Estee Lauder, Chanel here.
We have MAC here, but only in like 4 cities and none of them are close to where I live. 🙁 It’s probably a good thing, though, I would be completely broke if I had easy access to all these amazing brands lol. Everything is crazy expensive here as well. A single MAC e/s is $32 and a Chanel e/s quad is $80! 😮
Burberry and D&G 🙁
One word: INGLOT!!!!
Oh and Illamasqua and Kryolan would be nice too for us folk who don’t have a way to pay for stuff online. -_-
barry m and sleek. omg I would buy sooo much stuff!
I shouldn’t be complaining since I live in NYC, but I also really wish Asian beauty brands were available here in stores as well, like Kanebo, Majorca Majolica, and Etude House. 🙁
well the downside to living in portugal is that there are a *LOT* of brands that i can only get my hands on online… it makes me sad that i can’t buy urban decay bobbi brown, laura mercier or nars in person… benefit started being sold in our sephoras last year, so i hope they embrance more brands 🙂
Pretty much any brand that isn’t drugstore. But that’s small college towns for ya.
Laura Mercier – sadly the department in Copenhagen closed recently.
Would love to have Urban Decay and Nars here too!
barry m and illamasqua
Illamasqua! Why can’t they be in Canadian Sephoras? I only own one blush from them that I bought in NY and I love it.
I would be happy with just about anything! I can get to counters for Lancome, Estee Lauder, Clinique, Arden, and Shiseido within 30-40 minutes BUT anything else is 2.5-3 hours away. We used to have Origins and Clarins, but they closed those bays. I actually think a MAC counter would do very well here because the price points are so lower than a brand like Clarins, but that is wishful thinking.
D & G…I think only sold @ saks. Also, NARS. The closest Sephora is an hour & half away…:-(
Laneige, Burberry, Dolce and Gabbana, Cle de Peau, DHC, Hakuhodo,Chanel, and other Japanese/Korean/UK brands that aren’t available locally here. Wishful thinking!
MAC, Sephora, OCC and Coastal Scents. Ya I want physical stores as opposed to the online experience. I really like to play first and commit afterwards. Also being able to talk to a (hopefully) knowledgable sales rep face to face is verrrry nice too. Plus easier returns and not having to wait for shipping.
Becca, Laura Mercier, MUFE, Inglot, Illamasqua, Nars, Urban Decay, Bourjois, NYX, Orly, China Glaze, O.P.I. Online-Store would be ok, but preferably some real stores, so the colours and textures can be swatched. Some of the abovementioned brands I can purchase online from the US but it always takes two-four weeks and parcels may end up with the customs, where then they need be fetched from – gigantic waste of time and long wait overall.
forgot: Smashbox, Too Faced and the Asian brands.
Urban Decay, Sleek, Nyx, MUFE and all those cute asian brands like Etude and Kate… also there are a few Canadian brands I miss having access to such as Annabelle and Quo (especially for brushes!)
On the other hand, in Canada I never had access to Too faced Shadow Insurance, so at least there’s that…
too faced, urban decay, rock and republic.
An Inglot store here in Los Angeles would be amazing.
I second the Asian brands, especially when it comes to skincare, and some makeup. Like BB creams, Laneige, Missha, Red Earth, etc.
for me its burberry. living in canada, the only place to buy burberrys cosmetics is at the Holt Renfrew downtown Toronto. The Holts closer to me dont carry it…SO frustrating. I hate walking in the downtown toronto because if you are dressed like a normal person, no one wants to help you!
PLUS you cant even buy Burberry’s makeup online….so it looks like I wont be picking anything up unless I make a trip to the US.
more Japanese brands for NY plz! Canmake, Kate, Majo…
I would KILL for an Inglot store.
We don’t have Makeup Forever here in El Paso…online yes but I like to see the products in person before I buy.
Illamasqua, hands down.
Too Faced and Urban Desire. I wish they’d ship to Asia!
Too Faced and Urban Desire. I wish they’d ship to Taiwan!
GOSH
I agree with Illamasqua for sure. Would love to try it. I also wish I could find Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics, Lime Crime, and Sugarpill in retail stores. Also would like to find Visiora, Kryolan and other makeup artists’ favorites in stores around here (Northeast Ohio).
I’m from Rome, Italy.
I wish we had Nars, Bobbi Brown, Becca and some asian brands like RMK, Lunasol, Kate, Impress (their foundations are the best).
We do have Urban Decay but not for the whole line :-/
Suqqu & Burberry!
Eyeko! Anna Sui more though. they’re at urban outfitters online now but i want to be able to look at the products first!
NARS!!! And more NARS!!! So disappointed that we have 3 Sephoras and one more opening soon but we still have no NARS.
Illamasqua! I wish Butter LONDON was available in stores, as well as Becca.
Honestly? ANY OF THEM!!!!! I live in a teeny tiny town with no mall, no anything. The closest mall is 45 miles away and…IT HAS NONE OF THESE. The next mall is an additional 40 miles away from THAT. And while it has a MAC counter, that is IT.
Ok ok, to be completely fair, there is most of it available only 40 miles away. IN CANADA. And I don’t have a passport. *sigh*
revlon, sleek, barry m., N.Y.C.
and nyx
I wish I had access to Gosh and Sleek…as well as, Illamasqua.
Bobbie Brown -but she’s coming to Sephora soon, so that’s one down.:)
And I ‘really’ wish Fryinnae had a store-front location local to me…or even just a stand in Ulta. That would be awesome!:D
Oh yeah, and DEFINITELY Nfu-Oh polishes!!!
And I forgot to mention BarryM.
Too many to name! I just wish I had access to a Sephora so I could just go in and handle my business!
Urban decay. I live in Nova Scotia. I hate buying anything online, and there’s definitely no stores here where I can find it. Every once in a while I see some random tampered UD products at my local Winners… 🙁
A decent, high-PPD sunscreen. Arrrgh!
Most of the brands reviewed here… 😛
And also Urban Decay! I wish I could get some of their products here.
Annabelle!
And Becca is super HTF in the eastern USA
Any high end make up brand!! I live about 30min away from sephora and mac and I always hate ordering and waiting for it to arrive.
Urban Decay, Too Faced, YSL, Nars, Bobbi Brown, Illamasqua, Zoya. I have to go to the States to buy Bobbi Brown and Zoya, and for the rest I have to make an hour drive to buy them. Which kinda sucks.
Sleek, Zoya, Beaute, Majolica Majorca, and the new MUFE Lab Shine Glosses. Oh, and a Sephora in my neck of the woods would be nice.
Jill Stuart!!
I wish we had a Sephora here in Israel. I won’t be greedy and get into the impossible to find items, simply a Sephora will do 😛
Illamasqua! I stocked up in NYC and LA, but here in Philadelphia, it’s a no-go (for now, Sephora told me). I can order it off-line, yes, but I hate waiting! I definitely wish my dear Illamasqua was closer.
Nars, Urban Decay, Korres. Other than those I’d really like to have access to more drug store brands like Rimmel, Revlon, L’oreal hip and such. The selection for drug store makeup where I live sucks!
Illamasqua, Urban Decay, Too Faced, Sugar Pill, Inglot. A lot of brands actually and I do hope they can set up stores here in the Philippines. A Sephora or CCO would be nice too
illamasqua @ my sephora first and foremost in towson md! Burberry and hakuhodo brushes because I hear that they are super soft and amazing!
I agree with Hanny. Here in Malaysia we do not have access to many of the brands most of you (very) lucky girls are acquainted with. No NARS, Stila (although we used to), Too Faced, Urban Decay etc.. well at least we have MAC, Bobbi Brown, Smashbox and Laura Mercier. We do, however, have Lunasol, Kate, Majolica Majorca and lots of the other Asian brands that some of you seem to like.
I would like to have more access to lioele products, it’s a Korean brand, because i really want to try more of their products. in general i qould like for them to expand to the US.