Comments on: Tip #11: Never pay full retail price for clothes (or eyeglasses) again

By: judi stefflre

judi stefflre — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:39:58 +0000

Difficult to get around this site. Gave up.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:44:43 +0000

There is another great top designer sale website called http://www.ruelala.com – I think it might be invite only. (Amazing items though.)

By: Budgeta

Budgeta — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:21:02 +0000

Cosmetics anyone? Here are MY tips from someone who sold expensive cosmetics at Nordstrom.
#1 GO TO THE DRUGSTORE TO BUY ALL OF YOUR COSMETICS FROM NOW ON! The ingredients are EXACTLY the same as the expensive department stores and no one can tell the difference, except your pocket book!
#2 NEVER BUY MAKE UP UNLESS IT IS ON SALE!
Almost every week my local drugstores (Walgreens and Rite Aid) have a BUY ONE GET ONE FREE sale on cosmetics. So find your favorite mascara and get one free. I stock up and get a 6 month supply of whatever I need. My favorite mascara is about $8 a tube, so when it’s on sale it ends up to be only $4. My favorite lipsticks are about $4, on sale they are $2.
#3 BUY YOUR “FANCY” SKIN CREAMS AT THE DRUG STORE TOO. They go on sale and frequently can be purchased at the BUY ONE GET ONE FREE price too. THE INGREDIENTS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE EXPENSIVE STUFF IN THE FANCY DEPARTMENT STORES.

I was constanly amazed at how much women spent on these overpriced cosmetics. Many of these people had bad teeth, yet had no problem spending $75 on a tube of lipstick, lip liner and some mascara every month. I always wanted to say “Lady, get your teeth fixed, you’ll look a million times better.”
I spend only $9 on these same items.

#3 RUN YOUR MASCARA WAND UNDER THE FAUCET when it starts to get a little dry. Then stir it around in the tube. It will last 3X as long. Many times the mascara is already a little dry when I open the tube for the first time.

The bottom line is: EXPENSIVE MAKE UP IS A FOOLISH WASTE OF MONEY! Ms. Lancome doesn’t care if you don’t have enough money to get your teeth fixed. Mr. Chanel doesn’t care whether you can pay your mortgage. Mr. Creme De La Mer doesn’t care if you have $50,000 in credit card debt. They only want to keep you believing that you can’t live without their $25 mascara, $130 1OZ jar of face creme and their $30 lipstick.

So from now on head to the drugstore to buy your cosmetics! AND REMEMBER TO BUY THEM WHEN IT’S BUY ONE GET ONE FREE!

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By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:39:10 +0000

When buying items online check out retailmenot.com for coupouns from various online stores.

By: Audrey

Audrey — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:23:39 +0000

I am 5 feet and well I won’t say what I weigh, but I wear about a petite size 6-8 depending on where it comes from. I find that the petite sizes at Penney’s fit me really well and I go in and check out what they have-try on clothes, etc and wait for a sale. There is always a sale. I never buy retail. I have found great clothes that fit me and really good prices. They also occassionally send out $10.00 coupons good on any purchase of $10.00 or more and then have the coupons for $10.00 off of $50.00 on merchandise that is already on sale.

By: Myfanwy

Myfanwy — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:01:08 +0000

http://www.trendyblanks.com = wholesale American Apparel. Good quality clothes, and if you get a few friends to go in on it with you you can make a bulk order and get the shirts you would normally buy for $40 at the retail store for $7.

I stole this site from the sororities at my university who order their event t-shirts from there. Clever girls.

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Great Deal or Shopping Trap? | Good to Grow — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:07:54 +0000

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