Friday, October 1, 2010

Haul: Coastal Scents Gel Liners? 7 Gel Liners for under £11... eBay is your friend!

Swatches of these Gel Liners can be found here: SWATCHES: Gel Liners

I often browse eBay for make up and have often bought make up from there (only NEW of course!). I wanted to get some more gel liners so I did a search on eBay and managed to find the same gel liners Coastal Scents sell, but for alot cheaper! They are exactly the same (I can compare because I already own a couple bought from Coastal Scents), it's just the ones from eBay have a different logo/text on the box - everything else is the same, the box, the jars, the lids and most importantly... the product inside!

Here are some pictures (more info about shipping/prices below pictures)











































(The ones I bought are the same shades as: True Black, Sky Line, Maroon, Truffle, Stellar, Ecstasy/Boom Boom and Grape Vine on the Coastal Scents website)

This lot of 7 (the auction was for all 7, I didn't buy them individually) cost me £10.71 GBP (roughly about $16.44 USD / €12.93 EUR) with FREE shipping!
When I bought my Gel Liners from Coastal Scents they cost me $6.95 USD each (roughly about £4.53 GBP / €5.47 EUR each) and the shipping (USPS First-Class Mail International) for two Gel Liners was $3.96 USD (roughly about £2.58 GBP / €3.11 EUR). 
I just did a quick check on the Coastal Scents website to see how much shipping would be for 7 Gel Liners and it worked out at $9.04 USD (roughly about £5.89 GBP / €7.11 EUR).


I paid £10.71 for all 7, so each Gel Liner cost me about £1.53! that means I saved £3 on each one lol (total for 7 Gel Liners from Coastal Scents would be £31.71!). The only downside is this seller doesn't sell a good mixture of colours in their sets, but they do sell each gel liner separately - but when buying them separately it works out just as expensive as buying from Coastal Scents, so that's why I bought the ones I did.

Don't get me wrong... I love the Coastal Scents website/products, this post wasn't to put them down, it's just I can appreciate a bargain!  

EDIT: Incase anyone was wondering if these are fakes or not the same - like I said above, I have compared my Coastal Scents liners to these and they are exactly the same. But because I can see why people might not be so keen on buying from eBay, I decided to email Coastal Scents myself to ask if any of their products are manufactured in Hong Kong/China, here is a quote from the reply I got:
All productions are made under FDA guidelines and are safe to use. Finished Makeup Palettes, Lip glosses and Gel liners are being shipped out of Hong Kong.

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