Sunday, September 24, 2017

Beautynetkorea -- after the changed shipping policy!

Update: I'm (slowly) but surely adding reviews to the products I bought during this haul! 

New shipping policy, cheaper prices! (You pay for shipping now, but it isn't so bad)

Shipping:
My order date: 14 Sept 2017
Date shipped out:
  • according to email: 19 Sept 2017
  • according to tracking provided by Beautynetkorea: 20 Sept 2017
  • according to USPS tracking: 20 Sept 2017
Date received: pending (it has arrived to the US as of 24 Sept 2017), mostly likely arrive 27 Sept 2017

You may be thinking: wow, they're lying. They said they shipped it when it really didn't actually ship until 1 day later. 

False! According to experience, 
  • not all post offices will ship things the day of
  • the time you give the box to them can also determine if shipment will take a day longer
  • Online companies buy shipping online
    • they either hand the package over to the post office the next day
    • they have it picked up (also on the next day). 
A 5-day processing time is not bad at all; it decreases the chances of them canceling an item on you.

I did not really take note, but my Beautynetkorea packages usually take around 2-3 weeks to arrive. This seems to still hold true (I paid for the cheapest, available shipping cost). 

Here is my order. I had to add everything in a shopping cart to see the "sale" prices. I also added the full sized items to Roseroseshop to compare shipping and prices. 

Beautynetkorea vs. Roserose shop (click to enlarge photos)

Costs: (first few Google searches)

MIZON All In One Snail Repair Cream 120ml [Super Size] (Weight : 217g) <-- "large", +3 = 12.93
  • Beautynetkorea: 9.93
  • Ebay: 16.99
  • Amazon: 15.90
  • Peach and Lily: 10.00 for 75ml (on sale)
  • Jolse: 17.18 for 75ml
MIZON Black snail all in one cream 75ml (Weight : 242g) <-- "large", +3 = 11.50
  • Beautynetkorea: 8.50
  • Amazon: 11.17
  • iHerb: 16.20
  • Jolse: 20.48
MIZON Snail Repair Eye Cream Tube 15ml (Weight : 26g) +1, 3.59
  • Beautynetkorea: 2.59
  • Amazon: 4.99
  • Peach and Lily: 14.00
TONYMOLY New Pocket Bunny Perfume Bar 3 Fragrance 9g (Weight : 39g) +1, 5.48
  • Beautynetkorea: 4.48
  • Tonymoly: 13.50
  • Amazon: 12.00
  • Yesstyle: 8.01
EYENLIP Pure Perfection Natural Sun Cream (SPF50+/PA+++) 50g(Weight : 66g) +1, 2.42
  • Beautynetkorea: 1.42
  • Ebay: 4.99
MIZON Snail Recovery Gel Cream 45ml (Weight : 70g) +1, 3.59
  • Beautynetkorea: 2.59
  • Ebay: 4.99
  • Amazon: 8.88
  • Jolse: 8.78
SECRET KEY Milk Brightening Toner 248ml(Weight : 298g) <-- "large", +3 = 5.33
  • Beautynetkorea: 2.33
  • Ebay: 10.99
  • Yesstyle: 9.96
  • Roseroseshop: 2.91, not including shipping
SECRET KEY Lemon Sparkling Cleansing Oil 150ml (Weight : 184g) <-- "large", +3 = 6.55
  • Beautynetkorea: 3.55
  • Ebay: 9.31
  • Yesstyle: 15.21
  • StyleKorean 14.02
ETUDE HOUSE AC Clean Up Pink Powder Mask 20ml [Sample] (Weight : 32g) SAMPLE
  • Beautynetkorea: 0.35
(My review of these 2 samples below -- here)
INNISFREE The Green Tea Seed Oil 10pcs [Sample](Weight : 21g) SAMPLE
  • Beautynetkorea: 1.55
INNISFREE The Green Tea Seed Serum 10pcs [Sample] (Weight : 17g) SAMPLE
  • Beautynetkorea: 1.09

Total:
38.57 + shipping 16.34 = 54.91

My "estimated" total:

= 54.38

Giving $3 dollars to each "large" product and $1 for each small product (not including samples) for shipping ends up making the Mizon All In One Snail Cream (120ml) only around $13 dollars. Turns out Peach and Lily is cheaper if you buy $50 or more on their site, but chances of getting sales on all of these products is low. 

  • "Large" products are marked above.

Based on this purchase, Beautynetkorea is the cheapest korean beauty product website as of right now. I have not explored that many sites, but I've looked at: Jolse, Yesstyle, TesterKorea, and KoreaDepart while shopping and found that Mizon products on Beautynetkorea is definitely the cheapest. Roseroseshop, after researching, is also super cheap, so I will check that one out during my next korean beauty purchase.

I've been browsing and shopping Beautynetkorea for a while now, so I realize Beautynetkorea must have some sort of relationship with Mizon to offer such good prices (they also did the 1+1 and combo deals), even before the new shipping policy.

Overall:
The shipping prices on Beautynetkorea may not be the cheapest, but their product prices make up for that completely. 

Product costs: ♥♥♥♥♥ / 5
Shipping cost: ♥♥♥     / 5

I will still keep buying from Beautynetkorea. To add, their customer service is quite good with replying emails in a timely, reasonable manner.


NONE of the links are affiliated. I am NOT sponsored. I wish. I can't wait to receive the products though!

3 comments:

  1. Hi. Which shipping method did you choose? Cuz when I checked, Korean post is the cheapest shipping option and it doesn’t provide tracking.

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    1. Hello! I am sorry for such a late reply! I always use the shipping method the site automatically chooses for me, which seems to always be Korean Post. It looks like last year (2018), all of my orders came with a tracking number but my orders from this year (2019) do not. So they may have changed their tracking, but I never had an issue with my order or a missing package before.

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    2. Hi! Is that the korean post (k-packet) or korean post(EMS)? Thank you!

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