Mecca Maxima in Melbourne

Ok, I finally made it to the new kid on the block - that being Mecca Cosmetica Maxima (try saying that fast!) at Melbourne Central. And ya know what - I'm just gonna put it out there - I thought it looked on the small size ! I don't know if I had too high expectations, or all the press hype was misleading, but I swear it looks bigger in photos & on tv. I actually prefer the ever evolving Bourke Street Myer - in the midst of it's renovations & full of future promise.

That being said - the staff were lovely. Super friendly & helpful. I was disappointed to note that at mid-day on a Tuesday, the store was missing quite a bit of display stock, along with actual products - like from the Too Faced range, general make up brushes etc. It looked a bit slack & lacklustre in that respect - being so newly opened & all you'd think they'd want to be out to impress from the start. I also wasn't surprised to see the HUGE price tags still. I'll be very interested to see if they introduce sales etc to drum up business further down the line.

Anyway, I gratefully handed over my email sample voucher & was given the below - SCORE! :D

 A little 7.1 ml smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer to try out & a mini Nars 'the multiple' stick thing in the colour south beach. This has RAVE reviews on Makeupalley so I am really looking forward to trying it out. Pretty chuffed with that - Thanks Mecca!