No need to go for home shopping channel in Indonesia

I am not a person who likes to dress up and wear make-up. When my sister advised me to buy Laneige Snow BB Soothing Cushion in February 2015, I bought it at SOGO Department Store in Plaza Senayan. At that time, the price was IDR430K (I already checked my credit card bill. If I did not do so, I'm pretty sure I will not remember the price for I never look at price tags). So, inside -almost-square- box, I found one Laneige container with two refills. If my colleagues found out the price of this product, especially the gentlemen, I guess they'll be shocked. It is too expensive for them, and one of the gentlemen was even re-thinking about marrying his girlfriend just because her face powder was over IDR200K. But that's another story.

Since I do not have time to go shopping at the mall for this past couple of weeks, and I am on my last refill (see ... I should pay more attention to expiration date for cosmetics. I bet some will need to buy new face powder within six months, while I have not even exhausted this one for more than a year), I was interested while watching a home shopping channel on Telly offering the same product at a price of IDR699K,  which they said already discounted IDR100K from its normal price. For that price, according to the promotion, I'll get 2 powder (just like the one I bought in SOGO), and since it is a Telly promotion, the audience will get a free bonus of 1 powder. When I was about to buy it, my shopaholic sister told me that there are a lot of offers on similar product if I browse around several online shopping websites. And the price range would be between IDR430K to IDR470K. I'll be damned! After browsing the online shops and reading some bad reviews about Indonesian home shopping channel, I decided not to buy through Telly. And do I really need to have three face powders while the expiration date for most make-up is only a year? Time consuming, money transfer and unreliable online banking system, as well as quality of products, are just three things that we should consider in deciding to buy through telly. Further, I am a girl who likes conventional window shopping and retail therapy.

Product	When to toss
Powders (including blushes, bronzers, and shadows)	24 months
Cream shadows and blushes	12-18 months
Oil-free foundation	12 months
Cream compact foundation	18 months
Concealers	12-18 months
Lipstick and lip liner	12 months
Lip gloss	18-24 months
Pencil eyeliner	24 months
Liquid or gel eyeliner	Three months
Mascara	Three months