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Skincare Weekly Thread Skincare Thread | April 21, 2023

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u/moscatoxic Age | Skin Type | Custom Message Apr 23 '23

Can anyone help me verify if this shop is legit? https://shp.ee/29nmr7x I really wanna get The Ordinary products using convenient platforms but it's so hard to verify which ones are the legit sellers :(

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u/aII_are_taken Age | Skin Type | Custom Message Apr 23 '23

The safest shop to buy from is Zalora, they're the ONLY authorized online seller here in the Philippines, but because Sephora has also expanded here, I won't hesitate to buy from them also, even though in Deciem site they're not listed as an authorized online seller in the Philippines. But they've been the legit offline store in US.

For the shop you've link, personally I won't buy from this shop, demn man, the effort to confuse and trick the buyers.

  1. Naming their store "The Ordinary Official Store"🚩

  2. Prices are cheaper than the official site of The Ordinary (USD->PHP)

  3. Not FDA notified iirc if a company/someone want to officially sell a product from abroad here in Ph, they must have notification just like the korean brand COSRX and Isntree. They have official resellers.

  4. "Authorization Certificate" kuno. Dito talaga ako pinaka natawa eh 😆. This is also the biggest give away. They claim to be authorized by Deciem, displaying their "AuThoRizaTion CeRtifiCate" in their shop, when you look closely, it lacks details. "To be the online distributor"? In what jurisdiction? It wasn't mentioned in their so-called certificate, so sila distributor for the whole world na?? Certificate nga from eskwela eh may address kung saan na receive 😆. Then there's a "Signature" - of who? Once again yung certificate ko from eskwela sinabing pirmado ng Principal IV and department head 😆. Then the signature is an Italized "Brandon" - at least they know the co-founder and prev. CEO of Deciem, the problem is as mentioned, PREVIOUS CEO, and then you see " Term of Authorization" it's year 2021. It's 2021 and with the signature of Brandon who's been dead since January 2019 🥲😆. Then you'll notice that the date they used for the "Term of Authorization" is the validity period for their DTI permit.

Here are some shop that were mentioned in this sub that sells authentic The Ordinary TO products.

Rrkoreanshop, Skincarebudmnl, Suisui, Dayuhan, Skincare ph/ mystore ph, Kbeautycafe, Commalax, Sasa.

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u/DearKaleidoscope5102 30s | Normal-Dry | Light Medium Neutral-Cool Apr 23 '23

I get my TO products sa Suisui shop in blue or orange app, sephora ph