Mecca Maxima – Carindale

Mecca Maxima, the monster version of Mecca Cosmetica, has opened in Carindale and I couldn’t be more delighted. The store brings a range of hip and brilliant cosmetics and skin care products like Kit, Stila, Smashbox, NARS, Mario Badescu and Too Faced to the ‘burbs, so I no longer have to make a trek into the city (or shop online without the opportunity to cover my hand in testers) to get my killer make-​up fix.
I dropped in to Mecca for the first time recently when I decided to be indulgently lazy and see if I could get my face done up for an event that night. I didn’t have a booking, but they managed to squeeze me in. Apart from the girl who reacted with a bit of a «1−2−3 NOT ME» attitude when I asked about a makeover, the girls at Mecca Maxima Carindale are all really friendly and personable — a couple of them kept coming over to check up on my «work in progress», and I was given a bottle of delicious Schweppes Agrum to drink while I was in the chair. When I’d first entered the store I was greeted warmly by one girl in particular, and I complimented her awesome eyebrows. She ended up being my make-​up artist, so I was more than happy with how my eyebrows turned out! We had a great time and she did an excellent job with my insane eyeshadow.
The deal with in-​store makeovers is that you then have to spend a minimum of $ 90 on any product/​s. I was more than happy to do that, picking up a couple of the products that Emily had used on me — if anyone sees me out and about in the next few weeks, I’ll probably be wearing a Stila sparkle liquid eyeliner because I just about lost my mind over how brilliant they are. So I guess the deal works in reverse, too — if you go into Mecca Maxima and spend over $ 90, do yourself a favour and see if they can fit you in for a makeover while you’re there! Or if you have plans to do a bit of spending, call ahead and book in to get done over while you’re in there. It was a heap of fun, I felt like a bombshell all night, and I have some shiny new products that I know do a good job.