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meghan Avatar
meghan

MAC! Even though it is one of the lesser expensive brands in the high end realm it never goes on sale. At least high end things at Sephora go on sale. It would be nice to be able to stock up on my MAC essentials on a sale!

Sam Avatar
Sam

MAC! I personally don’t think they’re ridiculously priced (although I do think they are slightly expensive), but I find it quite arrogant that they never offer specials or ANY kind of sales EVER. Even when Macy’s has storewide sales, and all the other counters participate, their counters don’t. Personally, I don’t want them to do it for the prices, but more for the offering to their loyal customers.

Marcela Avatar
Marcela

I totally agree! MAC should do it for the loyal customers. Their 1 perk is the free shipping they offer every week if you’re on their email list.

Fieran Avatar
Fieran

At Nordstrom about two weeks ago they had this deal where you could get 3 Mascaras (from the same brand) and one would be free. I got 3 MAC mascaras – that’s not a bad deal for me at least. Felt like a sale 🙂

vivian Avatar
vivian

i agree with you about both chanel and guerlain! i want some chanel glossimers but i can’t justify paying $27 for them. i also want to try guerlain’s meteorites but again, it’s just too expensive. i regret not purchasing them with the sephora friends and family sale ):

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steph (fanyechka)

cle de peau!

guerlain and chanel like you mentioned, definitely. I wouldn’t mind if Lancome goes on sale with their mascaras and eye make up remover too 😛 OOOOH. Make up for ever! A sale would be so good, I want to buy all the aqua eye creams 😀

Mar Avatar
Mar

I guess La Mer or La Prairie…
Just to check out what all the fuzz is about and to see if these products really live up to their absurd price tags 😉

Amanda Avatar
Amanda

Probably high end brands known for their great mascaras – Dior and Lancome, for example. I can never justify spending that amount of money on a product that has a shelf life of 3 months. ;(

Lulee Avatar
Lulee

What is everyone’s definition of a sale? Chanel goes for 10% off during the lord nd Taylor FF sale (happened in may) so look out for that. Anyway I’ll just be lazy and say the whole of bergdorf’s beauty section. Have you seen that place??????? Hoity toity heaven

Danielle Avatar
Danielle

MAC for sure, since they NEVER go on sale. Atleast I can get my other fav brands like Bare Escentuals, Benefit, Urban Decay etc at a sale atleast a couple times a year at Sephora.

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Carrie Ann

I wish MAC would go on sale, so I could buy the things that have been on my wish list for a while. They used to have a friends & family discount once a year and that’s when I’d stock up. I already took advantage of the Sephora and Beauty.com discounts.

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AnGeLwInGz

Agree it would be great if Chanel would go on sale. What I learned in their training seminar is that it’s actually against their company philosophy to have sales/ free gifts. In their words “we want our customers to come back to us because of the quality of our products”. It’s highly unlikely they’ll ever have a sale 🙁

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melissa

I get bummed that MAC doesn’t have their friends & fam sales anymore, a few other brands used to do that as well, but it always seems like its shortly after the high end products are out of stock…like UD, usually when they have their sales, most stuff is sold out long before the sale, or there is nothing I need…Sephora kills me when they have theres, because I buy things AS they come out and have no patience to wait till something goes on sale….by the time they have their sale, I cant find ANYTHING that I want or need… I force myself to find something though…cant pass up ANY discount!

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