Buying High End Cosmetics for Cheap Prices

Oh, but please be careful with purchases like that from dollar stores... They usually are not manufactured to U.S. standards and may contain ingredients that your skin or body aren't used to. Not that they would "hurt" you, but they may irritate or make you ill...

i have tried buying a couple of name brand items thwt way and found that they smelled funny or were just a touch off color. i suspect that these products may be old or have been compromised by too hot or cold temps in a warehouse along the way. i do have friends who buy products this way and are very satisfied.

I agree, it is old stuff! I bought some 'brand name' cosmetic products once at a $1.00 store and didn't notice the date.....when I got home, it said 1999! I ended up throwing it away as it had turned rancid.

Be careful with these, especially if they are manufactured out of the country in a poor country (eg. China). I was watching a TV report on terrorists mass-producing fakes perfumes and products that are flooding the markets and discount stores. They are not genuine items, so that is why you are getting a bargain. Testing even showed urine and toxic chemicals in the fake perfumes. They are so good that experts have a hard time telling the difference, especially in packaging. I wouldn't buy them again.

Also you might want to keep in mind that as these products go 'down' to a 99cent store that means that the BIG stores could not sell them even for 'special sale prices' and not moving the product quick enough. After sitting for months and possibly over a year as cosmetics get old the free radicals in your skin can begin to have a field day. Old product brings no good to the skin and though you may not see it's effects right away you will down the road.