My Althea PH Online Shopping Experience| Nitty Gritty Reviews

Hi everyone! If you're into Korean cosmetics and skincare like myself, then you know how unfair it is that the Philippine tax can make these supposedly affordable Korean cosmetics and skincare's prices go up the roof. Thank goodness that Althea Philippines has come to our shores! And I'm here to share with you guys my shopping experience and later my cutesy pink box and haul.



So Althea K Beauty Shop is essentially the leading Korean online shop where you can get authentic korean cosmetics and skincare at a better and reasonable price. A bit more research that I did shows that it stems out from greek origins and means wholesome. Althea also offers us pinoys the chance to shop for those Korean brands that haven't come to our shores(YET) like Innisfree, Chica-Y-Chico, Peripera, and they also have the more familiar brands like Etude House, Laniege, Banila Co. Nature republic and Too Cool For School.

For this year's Valentines Day, I suggest you shower yourself with some love and go buy some skincare and cosmetics from Althea as they will be officially launching the site come February 15, 2016.  With that, here are 4 awesome reasons on why you should try and shop at Athea:

1. 100% Authentic Korean Products- Althea gives us the guarantee that what they're selling are 100% authentic and not one of those knockoffs you see at the bangketas. They will even refund you 200% of the purchase value and honor returns right away in case the product you ordered is confirmed non authentic.


2. Best Price Guarantee- They sell your favorite korean brand skincare and cosmetics at the best price possible! Althea even acknowledges that if you find a lower price on any particular item, all you need to do is tell them and they'll match said price for us! Yay!


3. Unconditional Returns- The guarantee 30 day unconditional returns if and when you are not satisfied with their service or your order for any reason.


4. FREE SHIPPING! - They offer free shipping for orders above Php 1500.00, which, with all the low prices you see on their skincare and cosmetics items, you might just have a tendency to hoard stuff... :)

So as you can see, their website is pretty neat as they have their wares categorized according to use like Skincare, Make Up, Cleanser, Pack and Mask (which I feel are very big deals in Korea hence the special mention), New Arrivals and Trendy Items. They also have a search button and once you click on a certain category, you can also have it arranged according to price, name, brand and position or popularity.

Now, once you click on a product, they'll show you a short description and the important details on the right hand side of your screen and once you scroll down a bit more...



They'll also show how the product looks and in cases of the makeup, the swatches are also available for you to see.



 



This is how an example of a shopping cart would look like:





And once you check out your shopping cart, it'll redirect you to a paypal page where you have the option to pay your items via credit card or Paypal itself.



All in all, the shopping experience is pretty easy and their website is clear, concise and uncluttered, which I love. My pink box arrived 6 days after I confirmed my order from them. Everything was wrapped in bubblewrap, even the box itself. Talk about protection!



Unfortunately, one of the items I ordered wasn't able to make it as they were out of stock at the time, hence they refunded my points. But I'm still happy with my pink box because it's filled with MAKEUP! And I'll also be trying out a mask(which I hear are very relaxing and good for the skin) so watch out for my upcoming post on my Althea Haul! :)



#AltheaKorea #AltheaPH :)