Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! I haven't posted in ages! I have been really busy for the past several months, I have moved countries and started new jobs so I was all over the place. I am back, not sure for how long but I will be posting whenever I feel motivated to do so :)
Today, I have a review about an interesting online company called "Beauty Pie". You may have heard of it, but to sum it up, it is a company that sells "luxury" beauty and skincare products for the factory prices. What this means is, you simply pay for the factory price "ie. what it takes to make the product" without the price markup that is usually there in the beauty industry (such as celebrity marketing, middlemen, retailer...).
It is a subscription service, therefore you can pick whether you'd like to go for the £5, £10, £20 per month, or you can simply go for the annual membership subscription which is usually £99 for a year (so you'll get around 2 months for free with the annual subscription). Based on the membership level that you pick, you will be given a spending allowance. A £5 membership/month gives you a £50 spending limit/month, a 10 gives you 100 spending limit and so on. A good way to get your head around it is to think of it in this way: it is similar to Costco, you pay a membership to ACCESS the factory prices. Therefore, the membership itself cannot contribute towards the money you'll pay for the products themselves. The spending limit is based on the "typical price" which is the price you'd expect to pay for the same product in a luxury retailer. Let me give you an example to make things a bit clearer:
I subscribed to the £5/month membership therefore I get £50 spending limit. If a product's typical price is £50 but the member's price is £9 then I can buy this product for £9 (+effectively the membership value £5) so in total I'd pay £14 for that product.
The good thing about BB is that any unused allowance can be rolled over to the next month, so you don't have to spend your "spending limit" every month. It is also important to note that you will have to pay for shipping (regardless of how much you spend), therefore it is better to order several items together to help save on that.
I have been a member with BB for around 3 months now. It is worth mentioning that they have a minimum of 3 months membership, so you can't simply just try them for a month. I have purchased several products as can be seen below and there are some that I still haven't tried so I will be reviewing each product in a collective review so stay tuned for that. Everything arrives beautifully packaged too! I have tried the feet peel mask and I am actually very impressed. I have soft feet now and I have shed so much skin haha!
I do get an extra £50 spending limit for every successful referral :)
That's it for today, please let me know if you have any questions down below! Thank you so much for reading, until next time xx
Today, I have a review about an interesting online company called "Beauty Pie". You may have heard of it, but to sum it up, it is a company that sells "luxury" beauty and skincare products for the factory prices. What this means is, you simply pay for the factory price "ie. what it takes to make the product" without the price markup that is usually there in the beauty industry (such as celebrity marketing, middlemen, retailer...).
So how does it work?
It is a subscription service, therefore you can pick whether you'd like to go for the £5, £10, £20 per month, or you can simply go for the annual membership subscription which is usually £99 for a year (so you'll get around 2 months for free with the annual subscription). Based on the membership level that you pick, you will be given a spending allowance. A £5 membership/month gives you a £50 spending limit/month, a 10 gives you 100 spending limit and so on. A good way to get your head around it is to think of it in this way: it is similar to Costco, you pay a membership to ACCESS the factory prices. Therefore, the membership itself cannot contribute towards the money you'll pay for the products themselves. The spending limit is based on the "typical price" which is the price you'd expect to pay for the same product in a luxury retailer. Let me give you an example to make things a bit clearer:
I subscribed to the £5/month membership therefore I get £50 spending limit. If a product's typical price is £50 but the member's price is £9 then I can buy this product for £9 (+effectively the membership value £5) so in total I'd pay £14 for that product.
The good thing about BB is that any unused allowance can be rolled over to the next month, so you don't have to spend your "spending limit" every month. It is also important to note that you will have to pay for shipping (regardless of how much you spend), therefore it is better to order several items together to help save on that.
Have I tried their products?
I have been a member with BB for around 3 months now. It is worth mentioning that they have a minimum of 3 months membership, so you can't simply just try them for a month. I have purchased several products as can be seen below and there are some that I still haven't tried so I will be reviewing each product in a collective review so stay tuned for that. Everything arrives beautifully packaged too! I have tried the feet peel mask and I am actually very impressed. I have soft feet now and I have shed so much skin haha!
Overall thoughts on BB?
I definitely like the idea of the whole factory prices and you definitely get good products from there. I am not a big fan of the subscription idea as I feel sometimes I would like to take a break from paying for the membership, and I feel it will be much better if they introduce a snooze button (that would be ideal wouldn't it!?) so that you can simply not pay for a few months and resume again when needed. I am not sure how long I'll keep my subscription for, but I am excited to see what new products they'll come up with.
Any discount codes?
You can sometimes be lucky and find some discount codes that offer free gifts. I also have my referral link which gives you a free month to try BB! Here's my link: https://beauty-pie.mention-me.com/m/ol/gp5kd-lina-adlouniI do get an extra £50 spending limit for every successful referral :)
That's it for today, please let me know if you have any questions down below! Thank you so much for reading, until next time xx