Thursday, January 1, 2009

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.

Rather than entering a search for "beauty supplies" or "wholesale beauty supplies" you need to narrow it down, or else you will get hit with thousands of sites that may or may not have the product that you want. By keeping in mind your product when you are searching you can quickly target onto the websites that carry this product and save yourself some time searching.

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.

One of the best places to visit when trying to find the best prices for beauty supplies is BizRate.com. This site does the search for you. Simply enter your product in Biz Rate's search and a list of stores that carry the product immediately appears. This way, you don't have to enter each store separately. Another appealing feature of Biz Rate is the option of organizing your search according to price. You can request that the products be listed from the lowest priced to the highest priced. This helps narrow your search even further.

Another thing to consider when shopping online is shipping. The cost of shipping your beauty products can offset the savings of discount internet shopping very quickly. Many sites offer free shipping during specials and during promotions, but free shipping is actually quite rare unless you are spending a lot of money. The cost of shipping the item may be more expensive than the product itself.

Some of us just aren't comfortable with online shopping yet, or think that it's a hassle. In that case do you start going from store to store to find the cheapest beauty supplies? Not if you don't have to! Check out Cairo.com which offers prices of beauty supplies from stores in your area. When you enter the product plus your area code it will give you a list of stores in your area and what they are charging. Talk about a timesaver! - 16004

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