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Prominent cosmetics entrepreneur Shelley Sullivan and her husband Anthony had just finished their lease and were in the process of moving out of their $11,000-a-week, heritage-listed rental mansion into a five-star hotel when they split. abruptly, sources say.
Sources familiar with the couple’s situation told Daily Mail Australia that Ms Sullivan, founder of popular skincare brand MCoBeauty, and her accountant husband, split two weeks ago after having a massive argument.
At the time, according to the source, the couple was still residing in their marital home, a $76 million mansion called Leura in Bellevue Hill, in Sydney’s plush eastern suburbs.
The source said the argument led Mr Sullivan to leave the country and head to the United States, while his wife moved to the InterContinental in Double Bay, as the couple had originally planned.
The socialite split, coming just seven years after the couple’s opulent Point Piper wedding, has shocked their wealthy social circle in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
Shelley Sullivan, 50 (pictured), was photographed speaking to someone on the phone from the balcony of her five-star hotel in the eastern suburbs on Sunday.
Shelley Sullivan and her husband Anthony are pictured on their wedding day seven years ago.
Daily Mail Australia understands Sullivan booked a flight back to Sydney for early next week after hearing the breakup had made the news.
Meanwhile, the beauty mogul appeared distraught as she took phone calls from the balcony of her luxury hotel suite on Sunday.
Without makeup and dressed in casual winter clothing, Mrs. Sullivan’s pearl wedding ring was noticeably missing from her left hand.
A cardboard box that appeared to contain a refrigerator was seen outside the couple’s deserted home 1.5 kilometers away in Bellevue Hill.
Rooms at the InterContinental, which has hosted famous guests including Princess Diana and INXS frontman Michael Hutchence, who died there in 1997 when it was previously known as the Ritz Carlton, range from $300 to more than $1,000, according to the type of room and the season. .
A cardboard box that appeared to contain a refrigerator was seen outside the couple’s Bellevue Hill home on Sunday.
The couple abruptly separated two weeks ago, with both the beauty mogul and her accountant husband moving out of their marital home in Bellevue Hill.
The source told Daily Mail Australia the couple frequently stayed in hotels and rented, despite their multi-millionaire status, because they couldn’t find something they liked for around $40 million.
Neither of the Sullivans has commented on the split. The couple was last photographed together on Ms. Sullivan’s Instagram page in March during a trip to Los Angeles.
Sullivan, 50, is recognized as one of Australia’s most successful businesswomen.
She made her mark in the 1990s with her modeling and talent agency before launching her thriving ‘masstige’ beauty brand, ModelCo, in 2016.
Model CO founder Shelley Sullivan was makeup-free and dressed casually as she took a phone call on the balcony of her hotel room at the InterContinental in Double Bay.
In happier times: Shelley Sullivan, 50 (pictured with her husband) made her mark in the 1990s with her modeling and talent agency before launching her thriving ‘masstige’ beauty brand, ModelCo, in 2016 .
Masstige is a retail term that refers to a product that is marketed as “prestige” or premium but is actually mass-produced and affordable.
The brand is on track to generate $247 million in fiscal 2024.
Sydney-based Sullivan launched his brand’s iconic Tan Airbrush In a Can more than 20 years ago and still sells a bottle every 36 seconds around the world.
ModelCo has overtaken legacy beauty brands such as L’Oréal, Maybelline and Rimmel in the Australian market.
The likes of Kendall Jenner, Hailey Baldwin, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Elyse Knowles have repped the internationally famous line.
He is credited with introducing the world to the first heated eyelash curlers.
Shelley Sullivan is holed up at the InterContinental in Double Bay as she deals with her recent marriage breakup.
The marital breakdown between Shelley Sullivan and her husband Anthony has shocked their wealthy social circle in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
ModelCo has overtaken legacy beauty brands such as L’Oréal, Maybelline and Rimmel in Australia