I have heard of Luxola long before entered India. How? Well,
I have relatives in Singapore and when they decide to visit India, they ask me
if I want something from their city. Like any other relative on the receiving
end, I jump 10 miles at the chance and make a list, but for that I need to know
what’s available in Singapore, and what’s a better place than online stores? Luxola
is based in Singapore, all products shipped from there. I’m very happy about
Luxola’s presence in India, however, a lot of the products are quite expensive
and I get why it’s so. In Asia, especially Singapore, western brands are pricier
than they are in their native places. So, couple of months back when Luxola
started promoting themselves through Indian bloggers, I decided to place an
order with them.
I’ve heard of Zoeva brushes from youtubers and I was elated
to see them at affordable prices on Luxola, but the ones I wanted were out of
stock. Now this is something that happens quite often at Luxola, there is a
chance that by the time you wait for one thing to come back in stock, the other
thing(s) you want will go out of stock. This happened with me anyways; I wanted
Zoeva 227, 228, 230 brushes and the Sleek Makeup Contour Kit. 227,228 were OOS
& when they came back, the contour kit was OOS. I decided to order the
Sleek Faceform instead. I could have avoided that, but firstly, Luxola(as of
now) offers free shipping only on orders above Rs.2300 & I wanted to try the
famous Sleek contouring products. When I placed an order with them, Luxola
India was just two weeks old so I wasn’t sure if it would reach me since my
hostel is in a pretty remote place and the products are shipped from outside
India, so I opted for the COD option. Yes, yes, yes…there is a COD option(with
no extra charges), so all of you who are afraid of international shipping can
opt for it.
I received my order in -wait for it- SIX days!! I’ve never
experienced faster free shipping than this. The package was shipped from
Singapore. I did not have to pay any custom tax and I was able to track my
order through their website. All the items arrived in top condition, all items
were bubble wrapped together & placed in a envelope padded with bubble
wrap, nothing was broken. I feel they should individually wrap palettes because
they are prone to break.
