Whilst Lady Cavanagh loves living in Australia she does often find herself daydreaming of Europe/America and the delight of walking through Sephora, basket in hand and credit card at the ready... Compounding the sadness at not being able to to do this as often as she would like is the frustration Lady Cavanagh experiences with the astronomical prices Australian retailers charge for the same products here.
Case in point - from Sephora the Nars Multiple sticks are US$39 yet at the Australian 'equivalent' Mecca they set you back a princely $79. Lovely products yes, but Lady Cavanagh would much rather save her pennies for high tea than spent $79 on one item.
So...after much internet research here are the places Lady Cavanagh sources her beauty products from:
Kiss and Makeup - high end makeup, skincare
www.kissandmakeupny.com
Kiss and Makeup will also include at least one sample with all orders delivered.
Brands: Nars, Mario Badescu, Kiels, Clarisonic (including the increasingly popular Clarisonic Mia)
Shipping: US$9.95 Flat rate for international shipping, regardless of weight. Mario Badescu products have a different shipping rate based on the value of products ordered. The prices listed on the website are for US and international shipping and for orders between US$1-100 shipping is US$18
Delivery time: 2-3 weeks
Skin Store - skincare, makeup, hair care
http://www.skinstore.com/
Up until recently the best place to buy the Clarisonic range, they unfortunately no longer ship the brand to Australia. Skin Store frequently has 15-20% off sales so if you're going to get something from here wait a week or so and a sale code will usually appear on the site.
Brands: Sothys, BareMinerals, Kinerase, Philosophy (Great range of products including the skin care sets and makeup), plus many more
Shipping: Flat rate of US$14.95 charged for international orders, regardless of weight.
Delivery time: 2 weeks
Cherry Culture - 'drugstore' makeup
http://www.cherryculture.com/
Create a free account which will allow you to hold items in your shopping basket (they clear very quickly otherwise), calculate shipping and accumulate rewards points (250 points = $10 voucher)
Brands: NYX (Full range and quite often on sale and cheaper than the NYX official website, which doesn't ship to Australia anyway), Milani, Eyeko (most of their range except for the nail polishes), Jordana, plus many more
Shipping: International is based on weight but isn't a set formula. For example if you bought a couple of eye pencils you'd pay around US$10 for shipping but if you added another 6 items the total cost would only increase to around US$15. The website has a shipping calculator but you need to create an account and sign in first.
Delivery time: 2 weeks or less
Strawberrynet - high end makeup, skincare, hair care, perfume
www.strawberrynet.com
Strawberrynet usually have a lot of 'left over stock' or discounted colours etc. The products are all brand new and some are sold 'unboxed' for an even cheaper rate. Great prices compared to what is available in Australia, it is well worth checking if Straweberrynet has something before hitting the shops.
You get a free gift with your first order as well as a % off depending on the number of items you have purchased. For each subsequent order placed you also get a further discount (e.g. An extra 1% off on your 2nd order, up to 10% off for your 20th order).
Strawberrynet also has an ebay store which comes from the same warehouse (free shipping and delivery time) but has specials that aren't available on their website. Lady Cavanagh picked up 2 Benefit Crease-less Cream shadows for AUD$19 when one on the Strawberrynet website is AUD$17
Brands: Too many to mention but some well known ones include Nars, Benefit, Mac, Stila
Shipping: Free!
Delivery time: Less than a week
Nail etc - nail polish, nail and hand care, polish stands
http://www.nailetc.com/
Use discount code 'TW_10' to get 10% of your total order (pre-shipping)
Brands: OPI, China Glaze, Orly, Essie; as well as many other polish brands
Shipping: Varies depending on the number of bottles you get. For 6-10 bottles international shipping is US$19.99
Delivery time: 2-3 weeks
Spa Look - skincare, makeup, hair care
http://www.spalook.com/
Brands: Very similar to Skin Store but they also carry Dermologica.
Shipping: Flat rate of US$14.95 charged for international orders, regardless of weight.
Delivery time: 2 weeks
Eyeko - exclusively Eyeko products
www.eyeko.com
All the Eyeko range is available here with the exception of their 'Tinted Cream' (which is available from Cherry Culture). If you include an Eyeko ambassador code when checking out they will also send you a free gift (the gift changes regularly but the latest offering will be listed on their website). The ambassador codes can be easily found through google.
Prices on the site can be switched between US$, GB£ or Euros €
Shipping: US$7.50 for international orders or free if you spend over US$55.
Delivery time: Less than 2 weeks
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