Question for you American babes!

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Jul 21, 2013

Nissa S.

I live in Australia and a lot of our beauty products are ridiculously priced and I was curious how much you pay for the same items in America?
How much do these items cost in America:
• OPI nail polish
• MAC lipsticks
• NYX Jumbo eye pencils
• Urban Decay Naked pallet
• Sinful Colors nail polish

Just to use as some examples :)

Jul 21, 2013

Bobbie L.

OPI is around $8 I think, NYX jumbo pencils are a little under $5 and Sinful colors are really cheap. Like $2-$3. Idk about the others. :)

Jul 21, 2013

Melissa C.

Mac lipsticks are 15 and naked palette is 50 lol.

Jul 21, 2013

Bemnia L.

Opi 6-8$
mac 16$
nyx 1-5$
ud naked 50$
sinful colors 1.99$

Jul 21, 2013

Jareka B.

Opi $8
Mac $15
Nyx$3
Ud $50
Sinful colors$1.99

Jul 21, 2013

Lydia A.

OPI and Sinful Colors nail polish for me (I live in Wisconsin) usually range from $5-$8 dollars a bottle at my Walmart NYX Jumbo eye pencils I'm not sure but I think around $10? I might be wrong.. I don't have a Mac seller where I live and I haven't seen an Urban Decay pallet around. Sorry.

Jul 21, 2013

Nissa S.

That is ridiculous!

OPI nail polish: $20.00
MAC lipstick: $36.00
Sinful colors:$6.00
And in order for me to even get a Naked pallet it will cost me minimum of $80.00!!

That's heaps cheaper than I thought!

I can't believe OPI cost is $20 and MAC lipsticks are $36

😔

Jul 21, 2013

Shakera E.

Can you use amazon.com.

Jul 21, 2013

Nissa S.

I want to come to America just for the cosmetics!

Jul 21, 2013

Shakera E.

A good idea is to purchase a po box stateside thru a 3rd party and have them mail your stuff you you after you use a US address...

Jul 21, 2013

Daniela C.

Woe that's so freaking pricey! :o.

Jul 21, 2013

Nissa S.

Sure is Daniela :(
It's so expensive
I can only afford to buy one or two things a month. Sometimes I can't. It's hard affording things to be a makeup artist here.

Jul 21, 2013

Brittany C.

I also live in Australia and never really checked out the prices in America. We pay heaps for cosmetics here. I want the naked pallets but don't want to spend $80 - $90 haha.

Jul 21, 2013

Karen L.

But Australia uses different kind of money no? :o

Jul 21, 2013

GiGi G.

Totally overpriced I'm sorry babe.

Jul 21, 2013

Brittany C.

We do, but even with the exchange rate, $80 Australian dollars is $73 us dollars

Jul 21, 2013

Nissa S.

That's what I was about to say
Our dollars are pretty close to each other
At one stage our dollar was worth more than America. It's ridiculous
I don't understand the reason behind it!

Jul 21, 2013

Nissa S.

It's so expensive
Being a makeup artist my clients prefer when I use more high end products but in order to do so I have to charge way more than I should
So then a lot of my clients pull out
Or I just have to charge less.

Jul 21, 2013

Vielka R.

That's crazy! I wonder why cosmetics are far more expensive in Australia?

Jul 21, 2013

Ryan G.

I know the naked palette costs $50 in retail stores but you can purchase it for less on ebay or something sometimes :)

Jul 21, 2013

Nehal K.

I used to live in Sydney last year...N the whole time I did not get any makeup...Even drugstore items are sooo expensive...The only thing I did get was a Revlon colorstay whipped creme foundation which cost me almost $40...Its simply crazy...The Rimmel n Revlon lipsticks were itself around between $17-$21... The logical reason for such pricing must be the fact that Australia is so far away from the rest of the world so shipping products for companies must be expensive...It sucks :(

Jul 21, 2013

Dana M.

Woah.. that's so crazy.

Jul 21, 2013

Megan T.

:O Whaaaat!?! Thats crazy! I had no idea!

Jul 21, 2013

Nissa S.

I hate how it's so much more expensive.

Jul 21, 2013

Emma C.

If you look on eBay there are naked palettes going for~ $30 right now, or try amazon maybe?