So finally I went to Sephora Delhi. OMGGGGGGG!!! Girls, you have to go there to believe how insanely huge and out of the world it is. It’s like sabzi mandi of makeup. lol!!! You enter there and you get confused about what all you want to pick. You suddenly get greedy and wat to pick up zillion things. Then you realize, oh! Sephora is here to stay and you can come back and repurchase the stuff. 😛
Now the brands that are there – Burt’s Bees, Sephora, MUFE (yet to come) , Benefit, Forest Essentials, Soap and Glory, NYX (lots of NYX 😛 ), Stila, Dior, Guerlain, Shiseido, Oscar Blandi, The Face Shop , tons of perfume brands for men and women, Crabtree and Evelyn..umm hope I am not forgetting others. They are not sure whether Urban Decay would be coming or not.
What I wasn’t too impressed were the prices. Everything is super expensive as compared to the prices that you’d pay if you pick them from abroad.
I think they’d still need more time to settle down. First is that they’d need more staff. They are still making bills with pen and paper.
But I LOVED it. It’s like makeup lovers dream come true. 🙂
I also happen to meet a very sweet IMBB reader. She came up and said Hi to me. both of us were super excited about our Sephora purchases. hihih
It was all in all a good day. 🙂
Sephora brand products
Here is what I bought. Was too confused to pick up stuff. So started with just 4 products. 🙂
Soap and Glory Hand Food ( Rs 390) : Review HERE
Benefit High Beam( Rs 1860) : Review HERE
Stila Convertible Color in Petunia(Rs 1600) : it is a dual lip and cheek cream
Burt’s Bees Lip Balm with Pink Grapefruit (Rs 400): Review HERE Don’t think I’d be repurchasing this. Insane price for a lip balm. But I had to use it once. 😛
wooooaaah!!!!!! its actually a makeup fantasy land!!
it isssss 😛
i still havent gone 🙁
would love to buy lots of soap and glory stuff! this cream seems decently priced? how r the other S&G stuff priced? and what about stila ? i want to buy stila’s eye pencils!
n burt’s bees lip balm… definitely one lip balm is a must 😛
I wouldnt reme the prices like this poorva. 😛 i saw stila eye pencils but there was so much rush plus super busy shop attendants .. I just picked up what I liked and got out of there. 😛 S&G products are more or less similarly priced as the crabtree and evelyn – mid high range. But this hand cream smells sooo good. Loving it!
oh yeah i can understand that! everyone’s going crazy for sephora 😀
i already feel my parents’ pockets feeling sooo light after ive shopped at sephora 😛
btw Rati, what’s the size of the hand cream ??
OMG!! Rati its like a heaven for makeup lovers… I wish I could go there buy some stuffs. But I have to wait bt don’t know how long 🙁 but yes all products seems pricey!
i hope you get to go there soon. 🙂
Wish I was in Delhi !!! 🙁 …….. m really getting tempted after i read your line “It’s like sabzi mandi of makeup”
hihihi!! I think they’d be opening soon in kolkata as well. 🙂
I know the feeling and i remember first time i visited sephora here in KL..i felt as a child in candy store! wanted everything! i have heard the prices are insanely expensive.. 🙁 i am gonna grab burt bees coming weekend..its same expensive here too but i have to try it once!
parita, i have been to dubai and singapore’s sephora, this one in Delhi is HUGEEEE!!! It’s juts big and you are spoilt for choices 😛 yeah burt’s bees would be worth a try/ i would be giving their products a try myself. 🙂
I have been waiting for this post since the 22nd 🙂 Love how you described it ” sabzi mandi of makeup” 😀 😀 so apt
OMG…lovved the piccies………I could stay there for days without food 😛
hihihh jomo I will get you food everyday. come to delhi. 😛
Yippiee Ratiii…. another haul :-).. s&g hand cream… must for winters 🙂 me loving evrything and droolin over high beam hehehe :-)…i agree.. it was very crazy chaotic… restless people as if everythingz gonna sell out..i am not at all impressed with the prices :-)..
hihih I know.. I also went mad as soon as i entered there. Then I calmed myself down and thought that Sephora was not closing down today. I can some back. 😛 But suuuper happyy.. 😀
awwww now i dont want saphora to come in kolkata.. i will soon become a beggar roaming around the street 🙁 😛 😛 today i fell in love with a flat top kabuki brush from dior :D. omg omg how soft it was… 🙁 🙁
hihih I wanted to pick dior lipsticks but there was no SA around so i lost interest… not that I mind it. 😛
in shopper stop dior lipsticks were 1800 🙁 so i just dropped the idea but i cannot take out the brush from my mind 😛 sooo softtt it was 😉
hihih I would check out out the next time 😛
yeah there is.. guess all the crazy customs and duties are for us only. grrrr….
sephora!!! i’ll be coming soooooon :)) …why no bobbi brwon 🙁 …budget bohat zabrdast hilne wala hai ..gonna do my calculations again!!
no bobbi brown.. that is sister company of estee lauder group. Dont think they’d bring it that easily to india… happy the shoppingzzz 😀
m trying too hard to resist going to sephora…. saving for a new phone…. gosh! the pics r killing me! Helpppp!
hihi… m so going there around the weekend…lol
nice pics 😀
hihihihihi… I really liked what you said Rati about going insane one moment and then thinking that its here to stay. It happens the same way with me when I go to Delhi after months or even to Port Blair.. I have developed a tendency to hoard things.. mere haal to zyada hi bure hain 🙁
But happy Sephora-ing.. 😀
my god benefit & soap n glory have finally arrived here!!!! waiting for them to open in mumbai!! ill pounce on the benefit counter! i’ve already made my list ready! cha cha tint,watts up (i’ll end up calling it watsapp 😛 ) creaseless cream eyeshadow in birthday suit, badgal lash mascara & oxygen wow foundation! phew! that’s a lot of hard earned money :S n oh di did you happen to see a tinted moisturizer in SnG that is supposed to have miniscule bronzing beads which burst upon spreading the cream giving the face a bronzed dewy look? cant wait to get that too! oh come to mumbai soon sephora!! 🙂
even ive read somewhere about this tinted mois. frm S&G… would love to try it if its available 🙂 hope its reasonable priced though !
yea i kno!! but 400 for a hand cream then prolly around 500 for the TM :/ 🙁
the staff crew at sephora performed a jig at the opening of the shutters around 7.30….that ws something to watch for sure 🙂
OMG!!!!i m so hating not being a delhi-ite,jst about now.why no UD though?
Oh woww… I’ll go tell my cousins 🙂
btw Rati doo . try burt n bees ka face scrub. it comes in a dabba. its supposed to be among the best.
I knowww, the prices r just not fair 🙁 🙁 but i wud still buy the MUFE HD foundation on my next visit n something by burt’s bees 😀 😀 😀
wohoo Rati.. this is like heaven on earth..makeup mandi 😛 :P… waiting for the reviews….
Ouch!!! I had to pinch myself to make sure it’s really happening 🙂 u lucky girl! thanx for the visual treat 🙂 TC
Sabzi mandi!!! Hehehe!! I would go beserk im sure.. Lucky delhi ppl… Wish i move to delhi .. :p :p santa pls do something this year.. :* :*
o Gosh…Delhi here I come…
sigh….dear santa, plz stretch ur budget 🙂
rati…this is awesome !! did u spot guerlain meteorites? i have heard lots of good things abt it.
no skincare brand like dr hauschka, nuxe… etc?
hair care ones? redken?
sorry for the questions bombardment! gawdddd…i m going crazy thinking abt what i want from there… god, plz keep me sane!
btw- i bought tbs hemp hand oil after reading ur review. loving it…! thanx
nice haul 🙂
Wow u guys are lucky …..but must be super expensive compared to other countries …
If it opens in Mumbai stampede is confirmed!!! I could spend a whole day no wait.. whole life?! there.
cant wait 4 dem 2 launch in mumbai
sabzi mandi of makeup..lolzz 😀 I read the prices and did not like them too :/ Double the price after dollar conversion..me no likey.. 🙁
omgggg Im so happy for you Rati…this is an answer to a lot of us girls ka prayers :))
and nyx ki pricing kaisi hai ?
Were you able to find anythin on the prices yet ?
WOW!!!!!!! Am looking forward for benefit products now…and hope that MUFE and Uran Decay come in India as well!!!! 😀
WOW!!!!!!! Am looking forward for benefit products now…and hope that MUFE and Urban Decay come in India as well!!!! 😀
rati di that first pic tho is letting me swwon and swoon again! i have never seen so much cosmetics in one place! i just wish they were priced just as much as the sabzi mandis!
Were you able to find out the price of nyx blushes in sephora? they are available at 550 online.
So excited to hear about this new opening!!! I work at the Sephora Head quarter store in Toronto. Glad to hear of the great reception!!! I can’t wait to visit the Delhi location!
As for the pricing… it’s about the same we pay in Canada… Benefit High Beam at Rs 1860 works out to about $33.22 Canadian and the price for High Beam in Canada is about $30 CAD plus our insane taxes at 13% which works out to $33.90. I will say though… the products are quality so you are paying for excellence.. Enjoy ladies!!! <3
Well i was waiting for sephora to open in india for quite some time
There is a price difference in quite a few things and also they do not have all the variety and collection as one may find abroad. However so far so good i am just happy sephora is here. Hope they get and updaye their stock soon
However i was disappointed a little as The staff isnt very friendly and they dont respond well to queries even when the store is not crowded
Sephora India is Selling Burt Bee’s? That’s like a super market organic section and drugstore brand here in the US and its so expensive there. I pay 2.99 on sale for the balm and max 3.99 regular. I thought they see the same brands across all markets. Shall visit it on my next India trip. UD is an awesome brand and so is NARS…I hope they carry that eventually. NYC and NYX is another surprise. How are the SA’s there? Here if you tell them you are just browsing they leave you in peace to browse all day if you want
Is there a nars counter in sephora in delhi?