Seriously, have you noticed how many products are under the eBay beauty category?
A few weeks ago, I was doing a search for an anti-aging product and I noticed that eBay pages kept popping up everywhere. At first, I discounted them because I really couldn’t figure out why eBay was coming up so often, but then I started clicking on the links and noticed that these were actual beauty and anti-aging products.
In fact, you’ll find beauty products in almost any category you might think of on eBay: acne, blemish control, anti-aging products, blotting paper, cleansers, exfoliators, scrubs, eye masks, lightening creams, makeup remove, face masks, face peels, men’s skincare, microdermabrasion, moisturizers, night creams, sun protection (SPF) creams, toners and astringents
As you know, I’ve been featuring more and more anti-aging products that offer free beauty samples that I find on the Internet, and you’ll find a fairly long list of them under eBay’s “Samples & Trial Size” category.
Once you start clicking around ebay’s beauty section, it won’t take you long to discover that the brands of skincare products available are pretty much the ones you would find at your favourite beauty counter: Estée Lauder, Lancôme, Christian Dior, Shisheido, Proactive, Clarisonic, Obagi, La Mer, Clinique, Bare Escentuals, Boots #7 (from London), Perricone (aka skincare line created by Dr. Nicholas Perricone), Nivea, Borghese and Dermalogica.
I’ve even seen a few lines for men like Anthony Logistics for men and Lancôme for men.
When it comes to makeup, there was a whopping 47,587 of them listed the day I checked that category.
These are brands that you’ll recognize and that you’ve most likely bought at beauty counters in the past: MAC Cosmetics, Artistic Pro 88, Sephora, Stila, Lancome, Smashbox, Tru Minerals Sheer Bare, Laura Mercier, Cover Girl, Revlon, LipFusion, Sebastian Trucco Cosmetics and Bobby Brown (one of my favourites).
You’ll also want to check out the perfume category that features also all the major brands that you would find at large department stores (I spotted 47,186 of them when I checked).
The great thing about buying products on eBay is the fact that you can find brands that might not be sold in your area. How often do you read about a great product in a fashion magazine or you get an email from a friend who lives abroad who’s going on and on about a great new anti-aging product that you cannot find in your city … just head to ebay and do a search … you just might be able to get your hands on many hard to find beauty products.
Of course, the obvious reasons for shopping on eBay are the ease, convenience and the chance of getting a great deal on beauty products (I’ve seen prices that were half the regular retail price)!
When it comes to buying beauty, skincare, anti-aging, perfume or makeup on eBay, the same rule applies as with any other product … you’ll want to make sure you are buying from a buyer who has a good score/profile and you’ll want to look out for words like:
* This item is NEW
* Untested
* Unused
* Product comes in its original bottle and box
* Product comes without a box but comes with its factory sealed
* Money Back Guarantee
* Our products are Brand New
* Shipped to you as manufactured
Since I live in Canada, I checked the ebay.ca pages, but I did peek quickly at the American site and American readers will be pleased to find out that just like Canadian readers, they can also buy loads of great beauty products on the American site of eBay!