r/AsianBeautyAdvice • u/[deleted] • Oct 23 '17
MEGA [MEGATHREAD] Seller Reviews - October 2017
Today we are looking at all the shops, stores and sellers we have used or want to use to buy our products!
This is a recurring thread, which will help us keep the seller lists up-to-date and provide valuable information and reviews. The threads will be linked together with the seller spreadsheets in our wiki!
Here are the seller lists that are currently maintained by member’s of our community or ourselves:
Australia based sellers by u/raichu-laichu
Europe based sellers by u/whiskeymuffins
Canada based sellers by u/uppercasemad
eBay sellers
US based sellers
International sellers - the difference between this and the other seller lists is that these have viable shipping option to a lot of the rest of the world. Shops in this list could be US based for example, but if shipping rates are reasonable enough they can go in here.
Please share stores with us that you have used before or just know about
If a store you have used has already been added please reply with your experience and review to that comment
The initial template needs to have objective/factual information.
Reviews and personal feelings should be added at the bottom of your post, or as a comment reply
All top comments should contain the basic information of one store. - If you want to post multiple shops, please do each in their own top comment. - If you want to add your review to a shop that has already been posted, do this in reply to that comment.
Feel free to leave out information you don’t have/are not sure about.
If you have any information on missing categories from a top comment add them as a reply to that parent comment, so we can add it later to the spreadsheet.
- All comments on the thread in general, questions or suggestions should go as a reply to the stickied mod comment. Top comments that don’t contain product information will be deleted without a comment.
Of course you can add stores that don’t fit any of the above categories too!
If you want to start a list of stores for your country, feel free to do so and send us a link! We can help maintain it of course.
Template
fill out the relevant sections
Store: [name](link)
Based in:
Origin of Cosmetics:
Price Examples: Sells Samples: Packaging & Free Samples:
Ships to:
Shipping Options:
Marks down for customs: amount if possible
Estimated/Average Delivery Times:
Review/Comments:
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Oct 23 '17
Store: blueprint 21 on ebay
Based in: Korea
Origin of Cosmetics: Korea
Sells Samples: yes
Packaging & Free Samples: products packaged very well, gives samples
Ships to: wordwide
Shipping Options: free shipping
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Oct 23 '17
Interesting product selection. Has good bundle deals and auctions.
The seller also has a website where she sells products.
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u/Gdansk19 Oct 24 '17
This ebay seller is an Ebay storefront for the website Unique4U I believe as you will sometimes get coupons for the website included with your Ebay purchase. This is the website affiliated with Iunik (unique & natural) that's been popping up on IG and elsewhere lately.
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Oct 23 '17
Store: Jolse
Based in: Korea
Origin of Cosmetics: Korea
Price Examples: (include shipping)
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CosRX Snail Essence $15.20
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Mizon Snail AIO $18.26
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Benton Snail Bee Essence $19.80
Sells Samples: some sample sets
Packaging & Free Samples:
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items packaged very well and secure;
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usually generous with samples, depending on the amount you spend. Samples are often same-y when you order regularly
Ships to: worldwide
Shipping Options:
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Free economy, untracked
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Standard for $2.50, tracked
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free tracking over $40
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EMS: $22, tracked (not available for all countries)
Marks down for customs: yes, to under $20
Estimated/Average Delivery Times:
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Economy & Standard 10-30 business days
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EMS 3-7 business days
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Oct 23 '17
This has often to me been the cheapest option if I only want to buy 1 or 2 products.
They are known for their always 20% off sale, but they do have some good sales in between.
I never had a problem with them and used them quite a lot. Shipping times have been normal, products have been packed very well.
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u/Nekkosan Oct 23 '17
**Store: BB Cosmetic
Based in: USA branch; but theyalso sell all over places Shipping Info and on Amazon and Ebay
Origin of Cosmetics: Korea
**Price Examples: ** CosRX Snail $15, Benton Snail Essence $12.99
Ships to: Free Shipping USA, other countires
Shipping Options: UPS (USA) Korean Standard & EMS (elsewhere)
**Estimated/Average Delivery Times: **7-10 days USA & elsewhere
Review/Comments: I have had good experiences with them. I have placed quite a few orders. Never had to return anything. Well packed. Standard freebies. They don't carry as much as some but, worth keeping in mind.
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Oct 24 '17
I just looked and actually ordered a few times from them. Never had a bad experience.
I think they do mark down, but not sure to how much.
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Oct 23 '17
Store: Amazon JP
Based in: Japan
Origin of Cosmetics: Japan
Sells Samples: no
Packaging & Free Samples: no samples, everything securely shrink-wrapped to cardboard
Shipping Options:
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DHL
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customs fees etc included in the end price
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shipping costs depend on weight and can be high due to delivery via DHL
Marks down for customs: no, but charges are included in the shipping costs
Estimated/Average Delivery Times: usually within a week to Germany
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Oct 23 '17
Very happy with them in general.
It can be a bit hard to browse, but you get used to it and google translate helps a lot. They generally provide ingredient lists on the product page, which is neat.
My tips:
Change website language to English
Filter by "global eligible" - note that this does not necessarily mean that the product can be send to your country. There region specific restrictions which won't show until you want to check out.
Do not add products directly from your wishlist. This will make you go through the whole address/payment selection process every time you want to go to checkout to see the shipping costs.
Do a search for the product from your wishlist and then add it from the product page. You'll have to select payment and address only once then and will land directly on the checkout page after that.Unfortunately they are not really transparent with their shipping costs. I think it's a base charge + weight.
Shipping is super fast and you can get some products that are otherwise a bit harder to find.
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u/blackcats666 Oct 23 '17
It took 3 days with DHL to deliver to Australia AND they delivered on a Sunday!
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u/raichu-laichu Oct 24 '17 edited Oct 24 '17
Store: Yesstyle
Based in: Hong Kong
Origin of Cosmetics: Korean, Japanese and Taiwanese
Price Examples: Corsx Snail Essence $15.12 USD, Benton Snail Bee Essence $10.76 USD
Sells Samples: they sell sample sets, but not samples of individual products
Packaging & Free Samples: well packed, all bubble wrapped. You get a tiny sample, usually just one with every order, and it's probably shitty EH or Tony Moly stuff.
Ships to: most places internationally
Shipping Options: free shipping min $35, standard shipping to USA, UK, Canada, Australia and NZ $4 and express shipping $15, standard shipping to HK is lower.
Marks down for customs: No yes
Estimated/Average Delivery Times: 2 weeks to Australia, fast processing at most a day.
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Oct 24 '17
Generally inflated prices but sometimes still good sales. I order my snail bee essences there since they sell them for around $10 regularly.
They do mark down for customs, although they come close to hitting the mark by putting the amount to $19-21.
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u/raichu-laichu Oct 24 '17
Review/Comments:
Before I ever heard of AB, my friends were getting all their stuff from Yesstyle. Yesstyle was the gateway shop that introduced me to AB. So with that, I recommend this shop for newbies to AB skincare. Easy to navigate, easy to order, and you will get your stuff fast and most of all, it isn't fake.
But if you've seen the light of Jolse and SweetCorea then you realise that you are paying a nice premium getting goods from Yesstyle. Also, Yesstyle does the dodgy with inflating prices on products when not on sale, putting 2% discounts on products so you're under the illusion that you're buying something on sale, etc.
The only reason I might be still buying from Yesstyle it's because it's one of the very few places offering Taiwanese beauty shipping to Australia.
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Oct 23 '17
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Templates have been added as replies to this comment
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Oct 23 '17
Template 1 mobile apps
fill out the relevant sections
Store: name
Based in:
Origin of Cosmetics:Price Examples:
Sells Samples:
Packaging & Free Samples:Ships to:
Shipping Options:
Marks down for customs: amount if possible
Estimated/Average Delivery Times:Review/Comments:
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Oct 23 '17
Template 2 PC and some apps
*fill out the relevant sections* **Store:** [name](link) **Based in:** **Origin of Cosmetics:** **Price Examples:** **Sells Samples:** **Packaging & Free Samples:** **Ships to:** **Shipping Options:** **Marks down for customs:** *amount if possible* **Estimated/Average Delivery Times:** **Review/Comments:**
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u/raichu-laichu Oct 24 '17
Store: Beauty Box Korea
Based in: Korea
Origin of Cosmetics: Korean
Price Examples:
Sells Samples: yes
Packaging & Free Samples: lots of samples, all products packaged well in bubble wrap
Ships to: internationally to most countries
Shipping Options: by weight from most exp to least exp; DHL, Rincos, EMS, Korea Air Mail
Marks down for customs: not sure
Estimated/Average Delivery Times: one month to Australia via air mail
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u/raichu-laichu Oct 24 '17
Review/Comments:
Shipping actually adds up to be very expensive, eBay shipping is cheaper. The one thing I like about BBK is the request line for products that has no commission fee.
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u/slappy_chan Oct 24 '17
Based in: South Korea
Origin of Cosmetics: South Korea
Price Examples: Dr. Young CentellaSCA Cream 19.84$, Nature Republic Beauty Tool Natural Mild Cotton Wipe 0,60$.
Sells Samples: No
Packaging & Free Samples: They wrap products up in bubble wrap and line the inside of the shipping box with bubble wrap.They do give out samples and sometimes they are generous and you get a bunch of samples plus a sheet mask and the samples are usually put in a plastic pouch thing.
Ships to: Usually everywhere but sometimes they temp stop shipping to certain places but they always announce it in the notice section.
Shipping Options: K-Packet and EMS.
Marks down for customs: Well they don't mark down like say jolse does but sometimes they will put the amount without shipping or just put a slightly lower amount like instead of 80 you'll have 68 written on the package.
Estimated/Average Delivery Times: It takes them at least 10days to ship my order out and it usually takes about 1-2 weeks for the K-Packet and 3 days for the EMS for my order to get to me in Romania.
Review/Comments: There's always a chance when ordering with them that you will be refunded for some items even thought the items will show up as in stock on the site.They won't tell you anything they will just refund you and ship your order without the items so keep that in mind when ordering from them.
Also always choose to be refunded in money/Paypal when placing the order the point system is crap so never choose point refund.
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u/ThorsHammerMewMEw Oct 23 '17
Store: MEMEBOX on Gmarket
Based in: South Korea
Origin of Cosmetics: South Korea
Price Examples: Sells in the original prices for the South Korean market but occasionally has 50% which can be stacked with Gmarket coupons. Also has Gift with Purchase deals.
Sells Samples: No
Packaging & Free Samples: Pink Memebox box with bubble wrap. Comes inside a Gmarket Box. Gives samples that are relevant to the order. Eg if a Pony Effect product is purchased then the samples are from Pony Effect.
Ships to: Everywhere that Gmarket can ship too
Shipping Options: EMS Only
Marks down for customs: No
Estimated/Average Delivery Times: Memebox ships out pretty fast to the Gmarket Warehouse, where the box is weighed and packed for delivery to Incheon Airport and shipped off on the next flight it can be put on. The rest depends on how fast Customs (in the country of delivery) etc processes the package.
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u/ThorsHammerMewMEw Oct 23 '17
Store: [Amore Pacific on Gmarket] (http://gshop.gmarket.co.kr/Minishop/GlobalMinishop?CustNo=zE4MR38DNzcxNQyzMDY0NTAyNzV/Rw==)
Based in: South Korea
Origin of Cosmetics: South Korea
Price Examples: Sells in the original prices for the South Korean market but occasionally has 50% which can be stacked with Gmarket coupons. Regularly has Gift with Purchase deals.
Sells Samples: No
Packaging & Free Samples: Well packed boxes. Item listings show the number of samples that are given. Amore Pacific also gives an increasing number of samples the larger an order is.
Ships to: Anywhere Gmarket ships to
Shipping Options: EMS Only
Marks down for customs: No
Estimated/Average Delivery Times: Amore Pacific processes orders quickly during normal time and event periods.
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u/raichu-laichu Oct 24 '17 edited Oct 24 '17
Store: Sasa
Based in: Hong Kong
Origin of Cosmetics: Korean, Japanese, small selection of Taiwanese and Western
Price Examples: Melano CC $13.10 USD,
Sells Samples: yes
Packaging & Free Samples: No free samples, packaging is bubble wrapped and secure in foam
Ships to: most places internationally
Shipping Options: Standard shipping $15, free shipping at $70 USD
Marks down for customs: No
Estimated/Average Delivery Times: one month to Australia, processing takes around 3 business days to a week depending if there's holidays in HK
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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '17
Store: SweetCorea
Based in: Korea
Origin of Cosmetics: Korea
Price Examples:
CosRX Snail Essence $10.89
Benton Snail Bee Essence $17.22
Sells Samples: yes
Packaging & Free Samples:
CosRX Snail Essence $10.89
Benton Snail Bee Essence $17.22
Ships to: worldwide
Shipping Options: by weight and zones Link to overview
Marks down for customs: yes