What beauty products won’t you buy online?
Beautiful with brains says: I hate buying foundations and concealers online, unless I have already found a good match instore. Otherwise it’s just too risky and you may waste a lot of money on something you won’t be able to use.
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I agree about the foundations and concealers. Although I did get both on-line in the past.
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Marina, I did too a couple of times but they turned out not to be vey good matches for my skintone so these days I’d rather not risk it.
I won’t buy foundations and concealers UNLESS I already know my shade for sure.
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Jamilla, me too! It’s just too risky.
yup, foundations…..too much to worry about with undertones and skintone matches…can barely get it right IN store, not fooling around online to match
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Vonnie, I agree! It often happens to get the wrong shade in the store, finding a good match online is even harder.
Strangely I can’t think of ANYthing! I do buy foundations online – normally the very palest in any make does me fine
Even in summer! I think my online shopping is due to the fact that the only time that I’m near a ‘decent’ shop I have children and/or husband with me, and they hate spending time in cosmetics areas – my fourteen-year-old son won’t even set foot in The Body Shop or Superdrug! And taking my sixteen-year-old daughter with me just works out expensive 
Viv, that’s great that you can buy foundations online without problems, lucky you! Going beauty shopping with the family can cause some problems indeed.. lol.. my boyfriend won’t set foot in the stores either so I always end up having to go back another day cos I feel guilty leaving him outside all alone lol. But I prefer shopping online actually as it’s more convenient to get what I want just by sitting at home.. although some products should be tried in store first..
It’s hard enough to find a foundation that works for a brown girl in stores so buying them online so won’t work for me.
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Brittany, finding a good foundation match is always hard, isn’t it? Online it just gets even trickier..
I agree about foundations and concealers. Once I tried to buy online a foundation relying only on swatches and I had to wear a darker shade for almost a year!
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La Bisbetica, that’s too bad! The same thing happened to me (although I threw it away after a few months) and it’s really annoying.
base makeup items, unless i got them match in store. but that also to get matching shade in store is pretty difficult enough!
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Plus, I agree!
Normally, I don’t like to buy makeup online. Just my preference, unless I have no choice. It’s more of worrying about fraud and those stuffs.
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Vonvon, I actually prefer to buy online. More time to browse and can get whatever I want conveniently delivered at home. The frauds and all those stuff are worryingly though so I can see why you don’t like buying things online. I usually pay with paypal so I don’t have to give my card details and use a debit card that I recharge whenever I want to make a purchase. That way, even if my card gets stolen or something, they won’t be able to steal more than a couple of euros if they’re lucky.. although having to report it and get a new one would a great hassle anyway..
I really don’t like buying makeups online.. I just don’t trust them.. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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Greece, I understand why you don’t like buying makeup online but I think that if you buy from reputable stores and only use a debit card that you recharge only when you need to make a purchase, the risks are really minimal. Of course, you won’t be able to feel the texture and all that, but I think that buying online is a nice way of getting at least those brands not available locally.
I’d struggle to buy foundation/concealer/powder unless I already knew what the shades were like. I think it’s the same with perfume or scented bath and body products because you can’t return them!
Good question!
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Annabella, perfume is very difficult to buy online too I agree. Perfumes are really subjective and it’s hard to know if you’re gonna like a scent until you try it.
Actually I rarely purchase high end brands online, because they might be fake! Other than that I have no problem with shopping online
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Stavroula, I’m wary of purchasing high-end brands online unless it is from a reputable online shop. But when you consider shipping costs too, it may be best to get them at your local shop anyway.