Gloss.com - A Nice Online Option For Purchasing MAC Cosmetics
Written: Jul 07 '03 (Updated Jul 07 '03)
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Purchased by the Estee Lauder company in April 2000, Gloss.com is a nice online option for purchasing MAC cosmetics or other Estee Lauder brands including Clinique, Bobbi Brown, Stila, La Mer, Prescriptives, Origins. Additionally, via partnership, they also sell Chanel and Clarins. This availability allows the shopper to browse between ten unique boutiques.
In addition to carrying more than 5,000 beauty products, this online merchant offers editorial support for such matters as appropriate makeup application, current fashion runway looks, fashion trends, new releases and gift idea inspiration. Via email subscription you can obtain newsletters, this is optional.
Browsing at Gloss.com is simple, with graphics that load quick. Generally speaking I like to shop by brand. This process is clearly marked, and easy to accomplish. In my view, this merchant has the beauty products organized well. Other times I want to go straight to a certain product, such as MAC Eyeshadow, the search capability is tremendous, leading me right to the product. Additionally I like to browse via the 'What's New' option, allowing me to quickly overview the new arrivals.
The shopping process is simple, allowing you to quickly place the desired items into your shopping bag. Upon which you can choose to checkout or continue shopping. I really like the options offered when deciding to 'continue shopping'. This merchant allows you to one-click to home, previous page, or the master page that you arrived from. To me this provides incentive to browse more.
This site offers excellent communication sending email confirmation of order receipt, confirmation that your order has shipped, and if needed email alert with regard to out-of-stock items or delays in shipping.
Payment Options
American Express
Discover
MasterCard
Visa
Gloss.com eGift Certificates
American Express Rewards Gift Certificate
Shipping
"Gloss.com has three shipping methods available for your convenience: Standard Service, 2nd Day Service and Overnight Service."
My orders usually ship via Standard Ground USPS or UPS, $4.95, arriving in approximately 5 days. Gloss.com frequently offers free shipping for orders exceeding $100. and coupon perks such as the current use of code GLS57 for free shipping (expires 12/31/2003).
Bottom Line
I enjoy being able to shop from ten different upscale cosmetic brands, via one online shop. For some reason I often feel guilty counter-hopping at the local department stores. Yet at Gloss.com it is fast and easy to click from counter to counter. The pricing is comparable yet I save via no sales tax and when the cards play right, no shipping charges. Regardless, even the time I ordered one pat of MAC eyeshadow, and paid the $4.95 shipping charge, I felt it was reasonable, considering the fuel expense it would take me to drive to the nearest MAC counter, and then I would be charged tax. Care is used with packaging and more times than not there are free samples included in the order. All things considered I appreciate the convenience offered by Gloss.com and will continue to patronize this online merchant.
(Quoted material was obtained from http://www.gloss.com)
©2003 Lisa_J
Recommended:
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