Sephora is a cosmetics mecca, and starting this week south East Valley residents don’t have to make the pilgrimage up to Scottsdale to get their fix: A 5,000-square-foot store will open April 14 at Chandler Fashion Center.Never been? The shelves brim with open displays for sampling everything from hair care to cosmetics to fragrances. The staff will even make you take-home samples. The store’s near the main escalator at the mall’s epicenter.To celebrate the opening, the company gave us two goodie bags — and what bags!Co-workers have been circling my desk like she-jackals for a week now, dropping not-so-subtle hints how much they like the ripstop cotton pink-and-gray camouflage totes. ("So, that’s for a reader contest, huh? Are you just giving away the stuff inside? Because that bag is really cute, and they sent you two …")And inside: Full-size products of Hope in a Jar moisturizer by Philosophy; MyQueen eau de parfum by Alexander McQueen; Triple Layer Cake Hair and Body Wash by Sephora; Dallas rose-glow pressed powder by Benefit; Jasmine Oil hair serum by Oscar Biandi; and All-Over Face Color in Soft Focus True by bareMinerals. Total value of bag and goodies: More than $200.To enter the giveaway, click on the box on the eastvalleytribune.com home page and fill in the form. I’ll draw two winners from the entries received by noon Wednesday, April 12.Sephora is having its own sweepstakes on a grander scale: Visitors to the Chandler store can enter to win a $500 gift card; they’ll draw one winner May 14.

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