I'm travelling from Sydney to L.A & want to buy Clinique cosmetics duty free, should I buy it here or in L.A?

Purchasing clinique at normal retail prices is much cheaper in the USA than Australia, so, Im not sure if I should buy it Duty Free when departing Sydney, or wait and buy it retail in the states? Does anyone know what would be the best way to do it?I'm travelling from Sydney to L.A %26amp; want to buy Clinique cosmetics duty free, should I buy it here or in L.A?
Can't advise you on the cosmetics themselves, but I have a lot of experience with the buy duty-free/buy elsewhere decision.





Note that ';duty-free'; does NOT always mean the item costs less and many duty-free shops actually charge more than shops outside the airport. Some airports (like Amsterdam) have a good reputation for shopping, but most duty-free stores know they have a captive audience and take advantage of that.





Also, ';duty-free'; shops rarely have as complete a selection as a large department store - and their merchandise may have been sitting around for quite a while.





Much depends on if you want to spend some of your time in LA shopping for cosmetics. If that is not a problem then wait to buy - it also saves you from having to carry-on a bunch of cosmetics that may not pass the ';liquids %26amp; gels'; restrictions at security.





Every large department store in the USA will have a Clinique counter, and the Clinique website has a store locator: http://www.clinique.com/templates/door/f鈥?/a>





California does not appear to have a tax-refund program for international visitors, but ask when you make the purchase.

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