The Cosmetic Department is an importing and wholesaling company.  We buy all of our stock from the United States, United Kingdom and Australian suppliers.  As a customer of The Cosmetic Department, you benefit from 14 years buying power and relationships.

Yes.  You don’t need to already be selling these brands to take advantage of the weekly specials or any other stock listed on our website

In Australian retail, the time has come to be highly competitive.  Competition is good for all businesses and customers.  While we don’t recommend a quick race to the bottom, if you are not offering discount cosmetics in your pharmacies, it is most likely, that your competitors are.

As the discount, or warehouse, pharmacy model continues to grow, more and more of your customers are hunting down these ridiculously low cosmetics prices.  It is what the public wants and there has been a considerable shift in the way your customers shop for their cosmetics.  Shoppers are now more savvy that ever, and they deserve the best prices, but not at the expense of your profit margin. 

Valuable sales and customer loyalty is being lost as your customers ‘try’ shopping with other competitors in the area either due to front of store clearance bins that catch their eye as they are walking by, or visiting in response to an advertising catalogue.

Additionally, more and more or your pharmacies customers are heading online and you can’t blame them.  Therefore the ONLY way to compete with online sales is to match them! 

We deal with pharmacies all around Australia and find that Maybelline, LÓreal and Revlon are the best selling brands. 

All brands work well in different areas and demographics, especially when sold at discounted prices.

In these economic times, when your customers are being price savvy, it really comes down to being price competitive.  All of the brands we sell work well with the right price point.

Based on retailer feedback, L’Oreal and Maybelline lip products and foundations walk out the door at the right selling price.  It is no wonder when you can sell them at less than $9.95.  Coming in at under 50% of your competitors and still doubling your money!  So make sure you add some of these to your shopping cart. 

Due to the extremely low wholesale cost price of the products, there is a good mix of products that do well in stores.  This is mainly due to what your pharmacy can retail the products for. 

A good idea is to start with an assortment of products.  This starts you off with a good selection and lets you see what products and brands are going to work best in your area and suit your customers.    

Once you see a demand for a particular brand or product you can easily manage your stock levels with our easy to use, online reorder system.  You just log into your account and reorder what you need.  This gives you the flexibility to feel at ease with the financial side of your business and stock levels.

No.  More than 70% of the sale stock offered is currently for sale on the typical big branded makeup stands in exactly the same shades and colours that you would see in any pharmacy or retail store.

None of the stock is at all old or expired stock.  These products are sourced from overseas suppliers and in some cases a particular product may stop being sold overseas, but is still offered for sale in Australia.

Occasionally some stock we sell, may be discontinued in Australia.  This means it is well suited for your clearance and sale bins in your store.  When you look at your per unit cost price of around $3 and $4, your customers are happy to pick up bargain products like this.  It just means that your customers may not be able to purchase this exact product from your store next visit.  By this time, you will have seen the benefits of your clearance sales and profits and replenished your sale bins.  Your customers will be more than happy to buy another well priced product from you. 

All stock is new and has never been used or tested. 

On a very small percent of products (only a couple of sale packs that we offer from time to time on this webiste) may have some sale stickers on them from clearance outlets.  If at any time we are offering this type of stock, this will always be in the product listing.  This by no way means that they are unsuitable for sale in your pharmacy.  All of these products are heavily discounted for quick clearance and in turn quick resale in your store.

There are never any price stickers on the stock.   

With our wholesale cost prices, these products are an absolute bargain and you will find it hard to find better prices anywhere on the internet.  If you do, we would like to know.  We are highly competitive on pricing and always like to ensure that we are offering the most competitive prices to our customers.

We often hear that the prices are too good to be true. 

In fact, all products are exactly the same as the same products for sale here on the Australian marketplace. 

Under no circumstances do the products have any foreign language written anywhere on the product.  

All products are 100% genuine and authentic brands.

We are sometimes asked for exclusivity which is what some of the major brand names might offer.  As we are a completely different business and sell discounted stock, there is no need for exclusivity.  If your store purchased discount cosmetics from us, it would be very unlikely that your next closest competitor has purchased the exact same product lines from us.  We have new stock and discounts every week to help keep things exciting in store for your customers.