Beauty Thesis

Warehouse Sale Tickets

I found out on Thursday that there was a warehouse sale this weekend, and I was determined to get there. It’s not open to the public, an invitation is required to access the venue. With this in mind, I started checking out some different avenues. It seems quite a few people buy their tickets, and I saw them range in price from $25-$50 on kijiji. I sent out an inquiry to one of these ads as a backup, before I went to my local counter. I just asked about the event at the counter, and if there was some sort of criteria to get the tickets. There isn’t, they are given out to employees who can use them for themselves or pass them on to family, friends or customers as they see fit.  It so happened that the makeup artist I spoke with wasn’t going, and was kind enough to give me her entire envelope which had tickets for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  To say I had a private squeal of joy once I got back to my car would be an understatement. The only downside is that I couldn’t find anyone that could make use of the Saturday tickets, which is a shame.

Friday morning saw me up early, I picked up a friend (who was willing to put up with my makeup shennannigans) and we headed out to Markham.  The drive was relatively uneventful (thank you 407) and the fairgrounds were really easy to find with ample parking.  There was a lineup when we got there, but it moved relatively well and it was probably only a 30-40 minute wait.

Warehouse: Waiting In Line

Once inside it was not packed, which I appreciated.  It was set up strangely though, since there were tables in three different buildings. There weren’t any particular brand sections, rather there were product sections such as: perfumes, bags/totes, foundations, face powders, eye shadow/base, palettes, lip products etc.  Moving through the buildings was slow going just because of the sheer volume of products available. I remember laughing at the spending limit before we got inside, and then once I saw everything, it didn’t seem so laughable anymore. I felt like a kid in a candy store, especially with some of the limited editions and discontinued items that I had previously missed out on.

Warehouse: Crowd

Unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to take many photos inside, because my hands were very quickly full with bags. But obviously when I got home I sorted through everything, and this is what I came away with.

Warehouse Haul: Fafi Tote

Warehouse Haul

My favourites of the day included: mini bottle of Fix+, Fafi tote bag, matte2 eyeshadows, mineralize skin finishes, kohl power liners and cremestick pearl liners.

Yes, I realize that it’s a lot of stuff.  I still haven’t decided what to do with all of it.  Obviously some of it will be staying in my collection, and some of it will be gifted or passed on to people that didn’t get a chance to attend.  I think I’ve officially entered into the ‘I’ve got lots of new in box makeup’ stage.  It’s almost surreal, since my collection has always been very functional.

It was a great day and a wonderful experience, and I will definitely be sending a thank you note to that particular makeup artist for being so kind. I also hope that I’ll be able to attend another time with some more advanced notice, so it can be better planned and budgeted for. I definitely regret not being able to pick up some more lip products and the traincase, but there’s always next time.