International Swap-Shop

I filmed a video sometime last summer (feels like a LIFETIME ago) inviting people to introduce themselves to other swappers across the world... Since then I've had a lot of response but not a tremendous amount of people bounce back to that video. I did a few swaps back then and it's really fun, especially when you can get hold of things people are talking about on youtube but you can't get where you are!
So... I thought I would post the video here and if you're interested there are lots of people that have commented who would love to swap with you guys! Check it out... and if you do successfully SWAP please come back and tell us all about it :)

Swap Swatches... part two

Okay.. I realised I'd missed a few bits off my video so heres a bog pisture of everything she sent me..
I wish I had a picture of everything wrapped up as it was... sooo cute! and so thoughtful of her.

I have some pictures of the Hard Candy stuff she sent coming up next...

I have some swatches of the Wet and Wild palette against the naked palette by Urban Decay too.. some colours are a great match... it would be a great dupe if you couldn't get the UD one!

I'll put those in a seperate post x



My Favourite Ebay Sellers

Hey Guys!

I know this has been requested sooo many times and for sooo long so I'm finally getting around to it!

Decided it would be easier the blog about it first... I never can remember names etc when I vlog and I can use my blog as "notes" :D

So... here it comes!

First up..

This chick sells a ton of NYX products at quite reasonable prices

she's a US seller so there's no worry of fake products from China here!

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/joyscosmetics

Next

This store only sells Clinique Duo shadows among other things at really cheap prices and when I ordered she accidentally sent me the wrong one... she sent me the correct one with a self address envelope for me to send the wrong one back to her... I thought it was such great customer service I had to recommend this seller!!!

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Orbit-UK-2009

Next

This seller sells lots of random items along with some beauty products

I bought some hard candy lip glosses from them for 99p  each.. they came boxed and I had others to compare them to so I know they were genuine.. You guys are always asking where I buy brands like this from... so here's one place!!! enjoy x

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/chelsealisa3/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25

Lastly

I got my two eyeshadow palettes from this seller and the free goats hair brushes I use a lot in tutorials!

I should point out that the shadows got here in pretty good condition considering they came from Hong Kong!

I recently bought similar palettes from a UK seller, they got here super fast but they were all broken up and I'm yet to hear back from the seller since I made a complaint!

I would buy from these guys again!

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/jasonwin09

They are the only shops I can recommend that constantly have stock...

My tips for all of you out there looking for cheap brand products would be this...

look every day!

I prefer to buy from sellers that don't have lots of items for sale because the items are more likely to be genuine. For example, my biggest bargain to date was when I found an ex makeup artist selling her "barely used" stock... I bought about 12 eyeshadows from her for like £35... they all came in perfect condition and they really were hardly used! I would rather buy a "lightly used" product I know will be genuine than a brand new one that you're unsure of!

When a seller has a lot of the same thing and the prices look too good to be true... they probably are!

I've had my share of fakes but at the end of the day it's impossiblt to know in advance if you're buying a fake but ebays buyer protection programme is now so good you can afford to take the risk!

If you guys have any ebay recommendations please leave a comment 'cause I KNOW everyone loves a bargain!!!

love you guys

miss bb

xxx

Swappage

I've been spending every spare penny lately on ebay... I love me some bargainous makeup!!! But some things I see on YOUTUBE I just can't get over here... and even when it's sold internationally on ebay the seller charges ASTRONOMICAL postage!!!! :(
SO... I started a lil swapage on my youtube channel... I thought it would be easier to run from my blog..
My first swap arrived last week but I'm yet to recieve any others yet.. sent all of mine so it's just a waiting game now... especially the ones from overseas!!!
ANYWHO!
this post is for those of you interested in swapping with me from different countries... anything you want that you can only get over here in the UK? I'm sure there are plenty of US thing I can think I want in exchange lol..
FOR EXAMPLE
I really want a nail polish rack which you can get all over US websites and on ebay but to ship here people are charging more than the unit itself...
theres lots of makeup products I'd love to try too... like coastal scents... again they charge the price of the palette to ship so it costs double :(((
I'm gonna put up a lil vid on YT to direct y'all to this blogpost and if you're interested you can comment here or on the video or even @msbudgetbeauty on twitter
WHATEVER!
hope to hear from you girls soon xxx

miss bb