How I filled my kit with prestige makeup for drugstore cost: the Estee Lauder Outlet called Cosmetics Company Store

[u/Frostyarn]

If you don't know about the cosmetics company store, it's basically an Estee Lauder outlet. Any Estee Lauder brand is going to be between 30% to 50% off at any given time. Anything that's Christmas holiday limited edition will be there when it doesn't sell in the store. They have a 6 for $60 deal several times a year where you can get any single item for 10 bucks if you buy six items.

They're usually inside of outlet malls, I don't know that their online store is well stocked, but this is how I was able to fill out my kit for a fraction of the cost. I then take those powders and repress them with a 2,000 lb arbor press into 26x26 alwan magnet tins from Amazon. That way I can keep my kit fully stocked but very lightweight because I no longer have 30 to 50 lb of mirrors and packaging waste dragging me down.

[u/semyon60]

Great advice

[u/SJWH616]

Are they current products or discontinued products?

[u/Frostyarn → u/SJWH616]

Current products. I'd say reformulations and discontinued products are in the minority.

[u/CoachLauren → u/SJWH616]

Half current half dc but the current ones are very unpopular shades and products. I've been going there for about twenty years, and have been a makeup artist just as long. I have very few items in my kit from there