A lot of things are suffering in this recession, and beauty products are one of them. Heck, everything that is considered, at it’s heart, a non-necessity, is suffering and those that sell some items are willing to give quite a few incentives to get you to buy their goods and services. For example, a friend of mine told me that Laser Centers are now offering to sort of negotiate with their patients on services and offerings like laser hair removal, cellulite treatments and things like laser skin improvement and resurfacing.
It doesn’t mean you can get it for free or get it for dirt cheap, but it certainly means that things that used to be non negotiable have taken on a new idea of being a negotiable service. Another example is high end hair products. I keep getting Follica.com emails that they are offering $20 off $100 orders and other freebies that come with an order when you have so much money ordered. That’s just one of them.
Sephora keeps emailing their customers with free shipping offers, free samples, and money off orders, and I just got one today that offers a free eyeliner with any organic beauty purchase. It’s an eyeliner that helps you perfect the smoky eye look, which is really in right now, and smoky eye makeup is a big seller right now because women are learning they can apply this smoldering look themselves, and with some ease!
Avon is getting in on the action with their usual free samples to lure customers in, and I’ve seen lots of the department store brands like Lancome, Estee Lauder, and Clinique offering their notorious free bags of stuff when you make a certain limit purchase. So get out there and take advantage of it while you can. Some of your favorite brands are selling cheap now, but only if you can afford it!
