Selling and Buying counterfeit goods has been around before I was born. Movies, music, handbags, clothing, and more are all popular knockoffs. Some are better than others and people buy them both intentionally and unknowingly. Aside from taking money away from the manufacturers, partaking in an illegal activity, and embarrassing oneself by sporting a fake no one really gets hurt- right? But what about cosmetics?
With the innovation of eBay, alibaba, Ioffer and others fake cosmetics are becoming more and more common. These sellers sell MAC, NYX, Nars and many other popular, but expensive name brand cosmetics for a fraction of the price of authentic. Even worse, they are advertising these fakes as "authentic". Do not be fooled! If you come across one of these sellers on eBay with an almost unlimited supply of name brand cosmetics, THEY ARE FAKE!!!!!
Not only are they knockoff, and a waste of money, but they may very well be dangerous too. Because these products are not authentic there is no telling what ingredients are used to make them. Don't do this to yourself. These are products that you would be applying to your skin, more specifically, your precious face! There are no regulations of the ingredients or care of the consumers health and safety. Many fake cosmetics, because they are very cheaply made, contain illegal harmful substances.Why would you want to apply something, when you have no idea of whats in it?
If you want to know that you are buying the real deal, buy directly from the brands retail store or website. This way you can assure that you are getting authentic products. There are people who are even buying wholesale fake cosmetics off of the aforementioned sites, and selling them at a discount locally! I recently befriended two of these people on facebook. Moreover, authentic High end cosmetics will never be sold at Beauty supplies, salons, flea markets, on the street, from random people ect.
I have never been one who believes in living beyond my means. Makeup is something nice to have, but it is not a necessity. There are many other nice, quality brands of makeup that are less expensive. If you can't afford the high end brands right now, choose an alternative until you can save up to afford them.
