All Things Sephora

shontay07108 said:

I think I'm gonna give Cover FX a shot for the sale. The custom drops, infusion drops and illuminating primer. It feels like it's taking forever for this sale to happen and it's annoying b/c I want to try this stuff now.

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shontay07108 said:

That insta is just an inspiration photo, though. Not the actual lipstick.

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Vineetha said:

The site updated with this shade! no name yet though!!

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Prettypackages said:

o hated the drops. But want to try the infusion drops. That's a cool concept

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Vineetha said:

The site updated with this shade! no name yet though!!

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shontay07108 said:

Hey, how come you didn't like the drops?

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Sabrunka said:

American prices seem cheaper but aren't. My minimum wage when I lived in Ontario was 10.25, and now my minimum wage here in the US is 8.65 (actually, I just got a raise of 50 cents so it was 8.15), so you need to think of it this way.

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DMcG9 said:

They don't really care so much for their Canadian roots as they make out. I remember when they started up and were hustling their product in Toronto but as soon as they could set up a lip lab in NYC they've pretty much ignored the Canadian market apart from this years Maple Collection. Their focus was and is success in the American market as shown by their exclusive lip lab in NYC even though they still make the majority of their lipsticks in downtown Toronto. As for their pricing, it could be kinder for the Canadian dollar but it has remained the same for four years. The strength of our dollar is almost always a factor in price differential.
Yeah, for sure. Like even with exchange rate, it still just seems a big difference. Like laura mercier will charge 50something dollars for a product in the US and like 70 in canada. I definitely think sometimes it's more related to the dollar but the dollar changes so frequently that's not necessarily a reason to charge more or less. Inflation is annoying.

shontay07108 said:

I went to Sephora today and saw the Bite Discovery set and the Rewind set. Both skippable for me, unfortunately. The one thing I want from the discovery set is Cava, but they were all out. I'm obsessed with getting it now so I might go to another Sephora and get it or wait until Wednesday and order some other stuff and throw that in there.

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I recently bought the discover set, and the luminous creme lipstick in it is actually in pepper. I recently bought cava and cannot recommend it enough. Super moisturizing
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There's a saying in the music biz here, "to make it in Toronto, you've got to make it in the States". It pretty much applies in this case, too. The Canadian market simply isn't large enough to sustain such a niche company on a large scale. They pretty much have to focus on becoming successful in the US before they can really think about throwing us a bone. I remember Drake had an old lyric that went something like " I apologize to my fans that be super conscious, just wait until I ball " basically referencing the same economy of scale scenario I mentioned. He couldn't cater to the niche market without sacrificing overall success, so he had to go the mainstream route and then eventually 'go back for' everyone who was there in the beginning (in Bite's case, their Canadian customers). Lol can you tell I'm a former music blogger/radio host with all this music talk?

but for real, it's hard to make it as a Canadian out here, especially in Toronto the screwface capital.
A lot of times, Canadian prices actually are cheaper though, despite being a higher dollar number. For example, Caudalie Beauty Elixir 1oz is $18USD and $19CAD. In Bite's case, they charge $24USD or $28CAD although $24USD is actually presently equal to $31.41. We don't always get the shaft, when you do the math.

And, can I just say, I LOVE Cava on you. Such a pretty, fresh look!

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Bronwyn said:

Yeah, for sure. Like even with exchange rate, it still just seems a big difference. Like laura mercier will charge 50something dollars for a product in the US and like 70 in canada. I definitely think sometimes it's more related to the dollar but the dollar changes so frequently that's not necessarily a reason to charge more or less. Inflation is annoying.  I recently bought the discover set, and the luminous creme lipstick in it is actually in pepper. I recently bought cava and cannot recommend it enough. Super moisturizing Like, I think it depends on how the dollar is doing, but since that varies, sometimes it's a more fair price than other times. Awe thanks! It's super moisturizing. I love these taupe nudes

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shontay07108 said:

Oh. On the display they had Cava instead of Pepper. People making a mess of the display again, I suppose. That means I definitely don't need the Discover set b/c Pepper looked like a lot of nothing on my skin.

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Bronwyn said:

Yeah, that's weird they put the wrong one on display

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shontay07108 said:

Everything in the Bite section was messy. All the shades for the pencils were mixed in together and one of the glosses I wanted to swatch was completely missing. This was at store open, too so someone had a field day on Sunday and no one recovered that area.

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Sabrunka said:

American prices seem cheaper but aren't.  My minimum wage when I lived in Ontario was 10.25, and now my minimum wage here in the US is 8.65 (actually, I just got a raise of 50 cents so it was 8.15), so you need to think of it this way.

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shizzelly said:

Wow that's so late! Thanks for the info.

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singer82 said:

How's the bite lip mask? My lips are dry and peeling like crazy. Is it worth the price?

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