Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Beauty Supplies

By Jimmy Johnson

Are you tired of paying the over-inflated, drugstore prices for cosmetics, perfumes and other beauty supplies? Join the club. Did you know that you can get discount beauty supplies, from makeup to perfume to salon quality equipment, all for way less than you would pay in a retail store? If you didn't know before, you do now.

Because of the many choices, it is best to decide what you are shopping for before conducting a search. Online wholesale shopping differs from visiting storefronts. It is very easy to get off track and wind up with nothing when shopping online. Also, products are strategically displayed as they are in stores, so keep your specific beauty products in mind when entering an online shop. If you don't you may find yourself making purchases that are way off the mark. If you want cosmetics, don't search through perfumes, no matter how tempting they are.

What you need to do before you start is to write a list of the specific products you are looking for so you don't get sidetracked. Think of it like going grocery shopping with a shopping list, if there is no produce on your list then you know you can skip that section. Likewise, if there's no perfume on your list then you are less likely to get sucked into the vortex of perfume shopping online.

You may want to compare prices and this can be difficult and extremely time consuming if you don't have a plan. You can eliminate part of the problem by indirectly shopping for wholesale prices. You can still find wholesale prices without entering the term "wholesale" into your search.

If this sounds time consuming, you are right, it is. There is an easier way though. Use an online shopping comparison site like BizRate.com to do the work for you. All you have to do is to enter a few key search terms for your product, and BizRate will find all the sites that sell your product and tell you who they are and what your product will cost. You can sort the results from low to high to see which beauty supply websites are offering the best prices. By clicking on a link in BizRate's site you will be taken directly to the seller's website and the product you are looking for.

Remember in your shopping adventure to keep in mind the cost of shipping. Although you may find a website that offers your product for much cheaper than other websites, if the shipping is high then it isn't worth it. Find a site that offers good prices along with reasonable shipping costs and you will be sure that you are getting the very best deal.

There is an option for finding the most reasonably priced beauty items in storefronts without taking the time to enter each store, compare and finally buy. Cairo.com is a site that compares prices of products in your local stores. Just enter your zip code and the product you are trying to buy and Cairo provides a list of local stores that carry that item and how much they charge. This saves you a lot of footwork. You may be surprised at the savings you can make just by taking a little time to research before buying your beauty supplies. - 15438

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