The story of Lauren Luke is great inspiration for anyone thinking of selling wholesale makeup on eBay. For those of you who have not heard of her yet, Lauren is a YouTube sensation with her makeup application videos getting millions of views. Lauren dropped out of school as a teenager when she became pregnant. She [...]

The first question most people are interested in when starting a wholesale makeup business is just how much money it is possible to make. Because why go there if it is not going to be profitable, right? That is why I would advise anyone to do some basic sums before starting out. You really need [...]

For any Presciptives fans out there, the bad news is that Estee Lauder, their parent company, is shutting down the global distribution for the brand on 31 January 2010. The good news is, this means that there will be LOTS of wholesale cosmetics deals for Prescriptives products coming up after that time. The plan is [...]

For anyone starting out their online search for authentic sources of wholesale makeup and cosmetics, a few words of warning about buying from the big trade portals such as alibaba.com, globalsources.com, tradekey.com etc (and there are plenty more, with new ones springing up all the time…) These sites may contain valuable sources and genuine sellers [...]

This is the third in a series of articles of how to get started selling wholesale makeup and cosmetics (if you have not already, you can read Parts 1 and 2 first by scrolling down a few earlier blog posts). This method does not involve selling on eBay, cosmetics parties, or dropshipping. It easy to [...]

This is the second in the series of articles about how newbies can get started selling wholesale makeup in time for Christmas. In Part 1, we looked at how to take the guessing out of the equation, by pinpointing your target customers and what is on their wish list. Now all we have to do [...]