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For a beauty lover, stepping into Sephora is like stepping through the gates of heaven. It’s shiny, it smells amazing and most importantly it’s absolutely stocked full of every beauty product you’ve ever dreamed about/Instagram stalked.

After years of having to go overseas to get your hands on products, last year Sydney became the lucky recipient of the brand’s first Australian store. Earlier this month, a second NSW store in the Macquarie Centre was announced.

Now, Melbourne, your time has come.

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The beauty giant has confirmed that it will be opening its third Australian store in the heart of Melbourne, and it could be coming as soon as December.

“Melbourne has always been on our radar, it was just a matter of timing and the right location, so this has certainly been an announcement difficult to keep under wraps,” says Sephora Australia country manager Libby Amelia.

The store will be opening up in Melbourne Central Shopping Centre’s Shot Tower Square, right in the centre of the CBD. (Post continues after gallery.)

What you need to buy from Sephora FIRST

Sephora Collection

LIP-TARS

BECCA-NEED

ELIZABETH-JAMES

Kat-VON-DEE

Sephora Collection

GIVENCHY NEW

Marc Jacobs Beauty

Anastasia Beverly Hills

Formula X

Tarte

MAKE UP FOR EVER

Tarte

SEPHORA

It means Melbournites will finally be able to get their hands on Sephora’s exclusive beauty brands including Marc Jacobs Beauty, Tarte, Kat Von D, Cover FX, Nudestix, Beauty Blender, Ole Henriksen, Formula X and of course, Sephora Collection.

Other The Glow favourites include IT Cosmetics, Anastasia Beverley Hills, Percy & Reed, Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics and Makeup For Ever.

There was some initial controversy after the Sydney opening, with fans disappointed that Sephora did not live up to its promise of matching the US prices (plus shipping and GST) on brands exclusive to the store, with speculation this was due to the high cost of rent.

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Nevertheless, it hasn’t stopped hundreds of thousands of eager beauty lovers visiting the store, or it seems, the excitement for Melbourne-dwellers.

For those living outside of Victoria and NSW, don’t worry – they haven’t forgotten about you either.

“Sephora will continue to expand to other Australian cities outside of Sydney and Melbourne. We do recognise there is huge demand from beauty lovers across the nations,” says Ms Amelia.

With doors set to open before Christmas, we can only imagine Father Christmas is going to receive some length Sephora requests.

The full list of brands.

Exclusive:

Alterna Andrea Fulerton Antonym Arcona Aspar BECCA BITE Clean Cover FX Crème Simon Dr.Jart Elizabeth and James Estelle & Thild Etat Libre d’Orange For Beloved One Formula X Givenchy Colour Hello Kitty IT Cosmetics Kat Von D Leif LQD MAKE UP FOREVER Marc Jacobs Beauty Nee’mah Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Ole Henriksen Patricks Percy & Reed Perfekt Sephora Collection Shiffa Skin Inc. Tarte

Not exclusive (but STILL ace):

Armani Diesel Clinique Lauder Dior Clarisonic Giorgio Armani Makeup Lancome  (Cosmetics) YSL (Cosmetics) GUERLAIN SKINCARE Givenchy  (Cosmetics) Shiseido (SKINCARE) SK-II Clarins (SKINCARE) Bioeffect Foreo Luna Jurlique Butter London & Nails Inc Gorgeous Cosmetics Red Earth L'occitane Coast to Coast Glasshouse MAISON BLANCHE OPI Anastasia Brow (Beverly Hills) Benefit

This is what happened when The Glow Team were let loose in Sephora the first time it opened in Sydney...

Inside Sephora Sydney

YSL beauty, oh my.

Make Up For Ever.

Senior editor Alyx Gorman and beauty director Nicky Champ.

Dior. Need we say more?

YSL makeup.

Nicky swatching away.