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5 Tips to Confidently Buy Authentic Skincare Products On-line

2/23/2016

Do you want a great deal on professional skincare products, but are nervous to shop on-line? On-line shopping is an amazing gift to the busy women. There is nothing better than pulling up the drive way of your house after a long work day to see a nice Amazon.com package waiting for you. The package provides a great experience since the pride and accomplishment in that "Yes, you can work 40-50 hours a week and remember to "pick up" the dance toe shoes for the performance next week." However, when it comes to what we put on our faces a heightened level of reassurance, reliability and authenticity is required and shopping on-line doesn't always provide that. We've heard the scary skincare Online shopping horror story about receiving an expired or sub-par or even damaging product disguised as a beloved product at a discounted rate.

In this blog, I share 5 tips to confidently shop on-line for skincare products to ensure you receive the high quality professional product you expect. Please note this article does include affiliate links.

1. Check online Vendor Authenticity

The absolute and BEST way to know whether or not the products you're purchasing online are authentic is to purchase directly from the source.

Problem: As I am sure you know, most professional grade skincare products aren't sold directly to the end consumer. Most companies sell to Licensed Estheticians and under normal circumstances you will purchase the correct products from her/him directly. But when it comes to restocking online, most local Esthetic practitioners don't have a way to sell you products online. So what's a busy gal do?

Solution: Each professional company has a list of Authorized Online retailers. All you have to do to find the Golden List is to contact the company and request a list or simply "Google" (your favorite) Skin Care Authorized Online Retailers, usually the link to the exact page is listed within the first few search results that are provided.

The benefits of buying from an authorized dealer/retailer are:
1 - Guaranteed Quality & Authenticity of the product formulations
2- Product Claims, Refunds etc remain intake - for the most part, you are able to return items or dispute adverse reactions. Be sure to ask the vendor about their return policy or any guarantees.

Here is a Link to the Dermalogica Authorized Retailer Page as an example.

2- Purchase Only what You know

Tip #1 : If it's your first time using a product, DO NOT Purchase it online.
If you've never use a product before, there're some major advantages to getting the product through an Esthetician. He or she will be able to direct you on how to use the products properly to get the best results for your skin. Also, bonus is, if for some reason you experience any issues you can discuss them with the professional who sold it to you.

Tip #2: If you are a long time user of the product and just need a refill Online stores are a great options. As soon as your product arrives, whether it is from an Authorized Online Retailer of your particular product or not, check to ensure the product is not expired or approaching expiration. The obvious way to check this is the look at the use by or expiration date on the outer packaging of the product. However, if you are indeed purchasing "second" hand, this date isn't always visible and with some vendors you cannot always trust the date that is printed. Compare the contents of the newly purchased item to one of your nearly used tubes of product, ensure the texture, colors and the smell is all the same. Compare the ingredient list of both products to ensure they are the same.

Tip #3: Test the products before diving right in.
Whether you have used the product previously or not, be sure to do a patch test. Just in case, an ingredient has changed or the product is breaking down, perform a 24 patch test before you put the product on your face. Place a small amount of the product on the inner part of your forearm and leave it overnight. If there isn't any reaction use the product as directed.

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5 Reasons you Need A Beauty Box Subscription

2/3/2016

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What items would you like in your monthly beauty box?

Have you been considering joining the "beauty box" phenomenon? Beauty box subscriptions have changed the way women shop for beauty products. In this post, I share 5 reasons why you'll love a Beauty Box Subscription.

My personal favorite box is GlossyBox, every month I patiently await the arrival of the beauty box subscription that I cannot live without.

Please note, this post does contain affiliate links.

How does a Beauty Box Subscription work?

There are several popular beauty box subscriptions website/services; Ipsy, GlossyBox, Birch Box are just a few. However the general concept of most boxes work the same.

Here is how a beauty box monthly subscription works:

You go to a company's website to sign up for the monthly subscription box service, like www.glossybox.com , click join or sign up.
You complete a general info section. Then comes the Survey about yourself and your particular "Beauty Style". The more in depth the survey(s), the better the products that'll match your style and the more useful they will be to you.
You pay a set monthly fee. You can even get a discount if you pay for 3, 6, 9 or 12 months at a time.
In 2 to 3 weeks time (depending on when you first sign up) you will then receive anywhere from 5 to 7 full sized or sample beauty products on your doorstep each month usually delivered in adorable packaging.

1. Save Money on Beauty Products

I know it seems too good to be true. How can spending money on a beauty box save you money? This is definitely the Accountant in me talking...

How many times do you go in to (or online to) Sephora, Amazon.com, Ulta Beauty, or Sally's Beauty with the intent to just browse, but you always come out (or check out) with nearly $100.00 in items you just have been dieing to try? I Browse Buying products every other weekend. However, now with my GlossyBox, I get an amazing array of beauty products to try out and test each month for a set amount of money. It is literally in my budget!

I pay 21.00 a month vs 100.00 every other weekend from Browse Buying.

Rather than browsing on-line or in stores, with GlossyBox you can receive 5 wonderful products that are hand picked for you based on your survey for 21.00 a month and you don't even have to think about it, so it saves you time too!

Can you go into Ulta get 5 products hand picked items that you have never tried for less than 21.00 and in less than 15 minutes? Nope! But with a beauty box, you most certainly can.

Every time I get the itch to go out and shop randomly on Amazon.com, it is like GlossyBox knows and it seems to arrive the next day so I don't feel the need to splurge anymore.

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5 Tips to Confidently Buy Authentic Skincare Products On-line

1. Check online Vendor Authenticity

2- Purchase Only what You know

5 Reasons you Need A Beauty Box Subscription

How does a Beauty Box Subscription work?

1. Save Money on Beauty Products

Lilly Cook