Sephora Fahrenheit88 Opening

Yes, they've closed the store that was outside Starhill and moved a few hundred metres down (or up?) the road to Fahrenheit88. They've blasted the crap out of the event so much there's multiple emails about what people can expect. More importantly, the freebies?

1st in line:

RM888 Gift Vouchers + Goodie Bag 

2nd in line: 

RM688 Gift Vouchers + Goodie Bag 

3rd in line: 

RM388 Gift Vouchers + Goodie Bag 

4th - 200th in line: 

RM188 Gift Vouchers + Goodie Bag 

201st - 400th in line: 

Goodie Bags + 5X points (only for Beauty Pass Members) 

401st - 1000th in line: 

Mystery Gift

Not crazy enough to camp overnight, but not gonna stress myself by going there at the crack of dawn either. I think maybe I got there closer to 11 a.m.? I got there by LRT and GOKL bus, cos I ain't paying to switch to MRT. The queue was broken up into segments, but I didn't get to see what happened right outside the store, but I was in the batch that was right outside the main entrance of F88. I saw some familiar faces while in line, particularly certain aunties that I've mentioned before on here. 

This was what everyone in line got...you can ask for more water or donut, if you wanted. 

Dennis Yin was the host/emcee for the day (I didn't know who it was at the time, but I knew he looked awfully familiar). Apparently the first person in line had been there since 10 a.m. Friday, which is kinda bananas, but not as bad as lines for certain H&M collections where people had been in line for days at a time. But I digress. I was #267, which meant I got the goodie bag and also the 5x points for members. 

They really stepped up on the opening ceremony for this - there was a float, magicians (doing close range magic), aerialists and dancers. Oh, and they had to close one lane outside the mall, which I'm sure made everyone driving on Jalan Bukit Bintang really happy. 

By the time I was inside the store, it was probably almost 1 p.m. because crowd control. I don't know if they've pulled staff from other stores for today, but it seems like it cos I recognise some faces from other stores. There was also a machine where you play a game for more Sephora points. There also wasn't much I needed or wanted to get at the time, so I was kinda bored and over it. It did have a few brands that's not already in other stores, like Tatcha, Aerin (Estee Lauder), Maison Margiela, SK-II, etc. 

Inside the tote bag also was a print out voucher with the 5x points thing (which they took back when you check out). There wasn't much I wanted cos the other item I wanted I already bought earlier because of the birthday thing. So I only bought one item. Even then, that took for-fucking-ever because there were only 4 cashiers (not including the 2 ad-hoc "express" ones on the floor meant for 5 items or less, which I can't use because the floor POS won't recognise the 5x point voucher I got) and a lot of people. And if you had a GWP to collect (in my case, just ang pow packets), that's another counter outside the store, which is not a terrible idea, but it seems like another hump to go over when you're already tired from waiting in line. 

Worst door gift at one of these store openings ever - the pouch was empty.

To be honest, I was kind of disappointed. I used to come away from past store openings with so many samples; now they so kiamsiap. I also would like to know what was in the "mystery gift" that was for the last 600 people in line. 

Despite the protein breakfast, I was borderline hangry by the time I left to get (a late-ish) lunch.