Where to buy Makeup in Australia

Australia! One word. EXPENSIVE! It is the sad truth that items we buy in Australia are double or more the price you find elsewhere. We also do not get the same brands as overseas. Yes we get the usual drugstore and high end make up but for brands like Urban Decay and Smashbox we are very limited and it is very expensive. I have compiled a list of websites I use when searching for overseas or cheap products. These websites often have cheaper deals than in a pharmacy or department store.

Adore Beauty
It is a Aussie website so prices are similar to what you will find in store yet they have great sales and FREE SHIPPING. Some brands they sell are Becca, Benefit, Opi, Clarins, Inika, Napoleon Perdis, NP Set, Lancome, Philosophy, and Laura Mercier.

Adore Beauty stocks Napoleon Perdis

Fashion Mecca
Another Australian website that mainly sells NYX. The prices are more than what you pay in the US. The shipping Australia wide is $7.99 or FREE with purchases over $40!

Cherry Culture
Cherry Culture boasts cheaper NYX products as well as MILANI, Bloom Cosmetics, Jordana, and the Beauty Blender. Shipping starts at $12.04 for below 4 lbs  and will to take 8 -17 days to get to you.

Feel Unique
I found this site extremely frustration because more than half the products are unable to be shipped to Australia. That means the benefit they sell is not available to us. We are left however with the following brands. Elizabeth Arden, Kardashian Beauty, New CID Cosmetics, Real Techniques, Rimmel and theBalm. I find I like to buy my Rimmel here as it is cheaper that the stores. FREE SHIPPING on all orders.

Look Fantastic
Another annoying site where not everything is available to Australians is Look Fantastic. Despite this some major brands are available even if the prices are not as cheap as the USA. Brands available for FREE SHIPPING to Australia are bareMinerals, Becca, Elizabeth Arden, Maybelline, Natio, RMK, Real Techniques, Stila, theBalm, Urban Decay and Too Faced.

Beauty Bay
A Beauty Gurus go to site is Beauty Bay. The site only restricts the shipping of a few brands however you are left with a great selection such as bareMinerals, Eyeko, Pixi, RMK, Rouge Bunny Rouge, Stila, Too Faced and Urban Decay. FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING on all orders.

Beauty Joint
This is one of my favourites because they sell NYX products at low prices. Here you can get a NYX Round Extra Creamy Lipstick for just $4.00. But what about the shipping? They ship worldwide by using USPS First Class International (available for up to total 4 pounds of shipping weight). That means it is weight based and to give you idea I 3 Rimmel lipsticks to my cart and the postage was on $5.14. That meant the total for 3 Rimmel lipsticks would be $26.50. The website also hosts brands like e.l.f, Jordana, Wet N Wild, Milani and Physicians Formula.

Kiss and Makeup 
I have not used this site before but from what I can see it offers Flat $9.95 shipping. That means you could buy a NARS The Mutliple for $39 and still come out better than the $58 charge in stores in Australia. Smart shopping. The other two brands available are Laura Mercier and Smashbox.

www.theblonderoom.com 
Sells Tarte. Not the current Tarte products but they are Tart products. Shipping is $5.50.

Crush Cosmetics
Coastal Scents, Beauty Blender, China Glaze, e.l.f, Hard Candy, Jordana, Crime, Milani, NYX, Prestige, Real Techniques, Sleek, Too Faced, Wet n Wild.

www.glossi.com.au
Almay, Covergirl, L'Oreal, Maybelline, Max Factor, Revlon, Rimmel, Pysicians Formula.
Flat Rate Shipping for orders under 500g anywhere within Australia
Parcel Post with signature on delivery = $7.65
Parcel Post without signature on delivery = $7.95
Express Post = $9.55 

ikatehouse
NYX and e.l.f cosmetics at dirt cheap prices. Yep you can go crazy here and get a massive haul of cosmetics. Shipping starts at $9.95 for total up to $9.95. $12.95 for totals ups to 19.95. $14.95 up to $29.95.  $16.95 up to $39.95.  $19.95 up to $49.95.  $24.95 up to $199.

Cosmetics Now
Jane Iredale, Dior, Laura Mercier, Youngblood, Chanel, Estee Lauder, Lancome, YSL, Shiseido, MAC, NARS, Korres, Guerlain, Clarins, Amarni, Bobbi Brown, Elizabeth Arden, Pixi, Stila, Anna Sui, Benefit, Bourjois, theBalm, Urban Decay, Smashbox, Make up For Ever, Becca, Bloom, Clinique, Tom Ford, Too Faced, Dolce and Gabbana. Shipping in Australia is made via Australia Post eParcels and in New Zealand by Post Haste. FREE DELIVERY is available for all hair care, skin care and make up items. Shipping for fragrance items to Australia and New Zealand is charged at 10% of the order total to a maximum of AUD $10. 

www.facialcompany.com.au
Brands that are worth mentioning are Clarins, Napoleon Perdis, NP Set, Youngblood and Jane Iredale. FREE Shipping over $30 otherwise you pay $7.

http://www.ry.com.au
Becca, Benefit, Clarins, Jane Iredale, NP Set, Napoleon Perdis, Youngblood, Essie. THe shipping is a $6.95 flat rate or FREE for orders over $99.