I’m back with more from my Kylie Cosmetics OBSESSION. I know many of you judge me *inserts rolling eyes emoji* but that cool. I’m at a point in my life where I am grinding each & every day to achieve my goals, & just doing whatever makes me happy. Shopping Kylie Cosmetics makes me happy, & I’m quite fine with it. Don’t get me wrong – I have spent a lot of money on these products. This is really more than I had budgeted to spend – but I YOLO’d 🙂 Lol. And in the end, I don’t regret any of the purchases. In my previous post, I had regretted buying the King K metal lipstick. These purchases I am content with, even though I am yet to receive most of the orders listed below.
I continue to receive such awesome feedback from those of you purchasing directly from Kylie Cosmetics. I am so glad to have helped you. I recently also did a comparison of Real vs Fake (purchased off Aliexpress) Kylie Cosmetics Lip Kits video on my YouTube channel. Again, I received such great feedback. I bumped into someone the other day & they had mentioned that didn’t realise they had purchased a fake lip kit. They didn’t actually know how much the lip kits cost & basically paid like R300 for it. That’s obviously a fake guys. They aren’t that cheap. K? Not all resellers are selling fakes, but I think its important that you guys are aware of the fact that there are people selling fakes. My video is very detailed, & I feel like even if you didn’t have a real one to compare to, you would be able to pick up some great tips.
Anyway, here is a cost breakdown of my last 4 purchases from Kylie Cosmetics.
Order 6
Restock Date: 31 May 2016, 01.00am SA Time
Products Purchased:
x4 Lip Kits in 22 | Posie K | Exposed (bought 2 of these)
Cost:
$29 each
TAX CA & LA $8.70
Shipping $8.95
Total: $133.65 / R2179.82
2 June 2016 – Kylie Cosmetics shipped my order to my USA forwarding address (Shipito)
4 June 2016 – Parcel received by Shipito.
6 June 2016 – Mailed from SHIPITO warehouse to me in SA.
SHIPITO Costs:
$2 Processing Fee
$2 Optional Special Request (Pictures)
$11.51 Postage
Total: $15.51 / R252.96
Date Received: I don’t remember, but it was roughly 20 days after. I didn’t pay any customs taxes on this item.
Individual Cost per lip kit: R608.20
Order 7
Restock Date: 4 August 2016, 10pm SA Time
This was Kylie’s 2nd launch of the birthday collection. As you can tell, I didn’t get much. And to be very honest, that shit was pricey. I am happy I got the LEO Lip Kit though. That packaging was MAJOR!
Products Purchased:
x1 Posie K Gloss
x1 LEO Lip Kit
x2 Poppin’ Gloss
Cost:
$30 lip kit (limited edition)
$16 per gloss (limited edition)
$15 gloss
TAX CA & LA $5.78
Shipping $8.95
Total: $91.73 / R1326.94
9 August 2016 – Kylie Cosmetics shipped my order to my USA forwarding address (Shipito)
10 August 2016 – Parcel received by Shipito.
11 August 2016 – Mailed from SHIPITO warehouse to me in SA.
SHIPITO Costs:
$2 Processing Fee
$2 Optional Special Request (Pictures)
$11.51 Postage
Total: $15.51 / R224.36
Date Received: 15 September – no Taxes charged
Individual Cost per lip kit: R620.52 (Approximate & Averaged)
Individual Cost per lipgloss: R310.26 (Approximate & Averaged)
Order 8
Restock Date: 23 August2016, midnight SA Time
Products Purchased:
x1 Lip Kit | Kristen
x1 Kyliner Black
Cost:
$29 lip kit
$36 kyliner
TAX CA & LA $4.88
Shipping $8.95
Total: $78.83 / R1130.30
24 August 2016 – Kylie Cosmetics shipped my order to my USA forwarding address (Shipito)
25 August 2016 – Parcel received by Shipito.
26 August 2016 – Mailed from SHIPITO warehouse to me in SA.
SHIPITO Costs:
$2 Processing Fee
$2 Optional Special Request (Pictures)
$11.51 Postage
Total: $15.51 / R222.26
**My Shipito cost is basically working out the same overtime because A. I have the photos done as a standard. And B. The Kylie Cosmetics boxes are the same size each time, so the cost of postage doesn’t change.
Date Received: 29 September – no TAX charge
Individual Cost per lip kit: R626.46 (Approximate & Averaged)
Individual Cost per Kyliner: R726.10 (Approximate & Averaged)
Order 9
Restock Date: 26 August 2016, 9pm SA Time
Products Purchased:
x1 Lip Kit Bundle | Love Bite + Dirty Peach + Brown Sugar
Cost:
$87 for the bundle
TAX CA & LA $6.53
Shipping $8.95
Total: $102.48 / R1508.96
30 August 2016 – Kylie Cosmetics shipped my order to my USA forwarding address (Shipito)
1 September 2016 – Parcel received by Shipito.
3 September 2016 – Mailed from SHIPITO warehouse to me in SA.
SHIPITO Costs:
$2 Processing Fee
$2 Optional Special Request (Pictures)
$11.51 Postage
Total: $15.51 / R228
Date Received: 29 September – no TAX charge
Individual Cost per lip kit: R579 (Approximate & Averaged)
As always, I hope this has been helpful to you. Be sure to leave me a comment below with your thoughts.
I live in south africa and i struggle to get my lipkit to me and i just want to know how can i get my lipkit into SA savely
Hi there
I suggest you read my previous Kylie lip kit post ->>> http://brettrobson.com/tips-for-purchasing-kylie-cosmetics-lip-kits-beauty/
You will find it helpful 🙂
Hi Brett
I used Shipito and then Aramex as the delivery option. They have now sent me an invoice for R560 (customs, VAT and a “clearance fee’) which is almost as much as my order cost of $45 ( lip kit and single lipstick). They will only deliver my package once they receive this additional payment. I sent back the invoice and asked for an explanation. Have you experience such exorbitant fees and customs? If I had known about these extra charges I would not have purchased it. I was prepared for a maximum of 40% customs but 100% is ridiculous
OMG! That is CRAZYYYY!
This has never happened to me.
Even when I have ordered clothes & shoes.
Has it been resolved yet?