This question comes up over and over again… “Where can I buy high end department store cosmetics and fragrances?”… “I do not want to buy any sample sizes or customer returns…I want new designer label cosmetics”….
Well, as Simon Cowell often says in that snobby British accent…”SORRY!!!”.
Finding fresh new overstock cosmetics is next to impossible and I will tell you why…..Lets thinks about it for a moment…high dollar brands are expensive due to “Perceived Value”. Honestly, how much do you really think it costs MAC to produce a tube of lipstick? With packaging I would venture to say that the cost to manufacture a single lipstick is probably under fifty cents. But wait…why then at the cosmetics counter does it cost $18-$24 for that same item? You are paying for the name…MAC.
Lets make some sense of this. MAC Cosmetics knowing that its brand name alone is worth someone paying $24 for a tube of lipstick will not be inclined to allow its merchandise out on the secondary wholesale market. Most cosmetic manufacturers require department stores to return any excess or customer returned items to the distributor to be destroyed.
If hoards of high end cosmetics make it to the secondary or liquidation market the companies “brand perception” will be compromised due to sellers selling designer cosmetics at 50-80% off of retail.
High End Cosmetics such as Dior, Elizabeth Arden, Chanel, Armani, Lancome, Mac, Kathy Hilton, Philosophy, Clinique, Benefit, Prescriptives, Shiseido, Urban Decay, Origins and Fashion Fair are not readily available on the secondary liquidation market to protect brand integrity.
You will note that a lot of liquidators will offer shelf pull or new high end cosmetics, but often when your shipment arrives it is less than appealing…Used cosmetics, trial sizes, off brand names etc
I would suggest buying cosmetics such as Mabybelline, Cover Girl, L’oreal, Revlon and Max Factor which are readily available in new, shelf pulls. Think of it this way…most women do buy these brands. Not everyone can afford the high end brand names.
West Coast Liquidator Via Trading sells HBA products including cosmetics by the small case lot. They have a very large extensive inventory of name brand closeouts.
