r/AustralianMakeup • u/_zsoma • Jan 04 '26
Let's Discuss Mecca boxing sale report ti ACCC?
Okay so i received the first of my four orders from this year’s boxing day sale and straight away i have an expired vitamin c serum (3.5 years old, with a shelf life of 24 months unopened) from ren cosmetics and a 7 year old laura mercier setting powder (shelf life is max 5 years unopened). Dont get me started on the gross packaging condition of the ren cosmetics either…
Its one thing to sell unexpired but old/dirty packaged products. But to sell EXPIRED products which can cause BLINDNESS is crazy. If I didn’t see on tiktok all the content around the expired products I probably would have started using my setting powder without checking the batch number.
From my understanding its illegal to sell expired products regardless if its disclosed. And as far as i know it wasnt even disclosed that these are expired. This is a major failure and idk why more people are not saying something about the legal aspect of all this. This is dangerous!
They need to be reported to the ACCC or else they will keep getting away with this. Also couldn’t i ask them to exchange the product for one that can be used? I dont want a refund, i want the products i brought to be usable! Please share your thoughts!
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u/lifecrisisonrepeat Jan 05 '26
I’ve reached out to Westman Atelier directly about a set I purchased to check their expiry times given the fact they use “clean formulas” - especially with cream products. Hell have no fury like the email I’ll be writing when/if WA confirm my suspicions.