For all UK readers, the discounted designer site brandalley.co.uk has a Stila cosmetics sale on from today until 1st October.
Brand Alley is not a wholesale site, and I wasn’t really expecting much because usually I think their prices are quite high for beauty items, but this time I am pleased to be proved wrong. [...]

This is the first in a short series of tips for wholesale makeup newbies just starting a cosmetics business. (Update – I originally wrote this with Christmas in mind, but the same principles apply whatever time of year it is). As we are just coming up to the busiest time of year, the timing [...]

I received an email today from a new member of Cheap Slap, who asked for my opinion about a US website selling MAC cosmetics wholesale. The site looked totally fake to me (it was also selling Tiffany jewellery, UGG boots, Christian Laboutin shoes at bargain prices. Very suss). My advice was to steer [...]

It is Sunday night and my diet is starting in the morning. It is my birthday in a couple of weeks and I am trying to lose a few pounds. I have this thing about birthdays, where I think the year ahead will be better if I get off to a good start. A bit [...]

There are still some really good Stila wholesale cosmetics deals around – Stila recently closed their overseas distribution in all countries outside the US, and all the stock from Asia, Europe, UK etc has been sold off at lower than wholesale prices over the last few months.
The good news is that the products are [...]

I get asked a lot about when is a good time to start a cosmetics business – January/ May/ October etc. Huh?  I don’t really get that. If you’re still thinking about it you are wasting time…get started NOW! The most important thing is to take action. Really – the sooner the better. The day, week, [...]

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