From Cleopatra’s Kohl to TikTok Tutorials: Beauty’s History Finds a Home

What if beauty was more than lipstick shades and skin care rituals? What if it was memory, identity, and an unspoken language that connects us across time? This month, Australia's largest prestige beauty retailer unveils its most ambitious purpose-led project yet — The Mecca Archive — a living, evolving chronicle of beauty’s cultural story. Unlike traditional archives that…

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa22/09/20250Comments

Deck the Halls (or At Least Your Dressing Table!) With Mecca’s Latest Artist Collab

Generally speaking, we remain in denial that Christmas is around the corner. (Our suggestions for last-minute gift guides are on their way - we promise!) In the meantime, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate the annual tradition that is Mecca’s National Gallery of Victoria artist collaboration. Since 2015, Australia's largest prestige beauty…

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa11/11/20240Comments

Sweet Scents: Guide To The Latest Perfumes We’re Crushing On

Smell is the least understood of our five senses, and perfumery may well be the most misunderstood art, says Luca Turin in the book Fragrances Of The World. “Perfumery has created new forms to which we pay the highest compliment by wearing them as if they were part of us.” With each season, we get the…

ByThe Carousel11/05/20170Comments