Authentic products: Authentic products may be parallel imports or licensed products. There is no unified statement, but they must be genuine.

Parallel imports: Parallel imports are actually genuine products, but the channels are irregular, they have not gone through customs duties, and they do not have Chinese instructions. For example, if you buy Biotherm at a counter in the United States and sell it after you bring it back, it is a parallel import that has not gone through tariffs and is brought back by yourself, but it is definitely genuine. And the price is cheaper than regular channels.

Licensed goods: genuine goods from formal channels, which have passed customs duties, national inspection, and have Chinese instructions.

Hong Kong goods: There are two types of Hong Kong goods. One is brought back from regular shopping malls in Hong Kong, which is parallel imports; there is also the so-called Hong Kong product, also called Hong Kong goods, but you have to look at this Are these cosmetics produced in Hong Kong? For example, Lanc?me only has factories in Taiwan and France, so the so-called Hong Kong-made Lanc?me is a very real fake. Anyway, I have never heard of a Lanc?me factory in Hong Kong, but the effect is not bad after using it. It’s just not as good as the real thing :).

How to identify whether the goods are brought back from Hong Kong? Samples and relatively cheap cosmetics tell you the simplest and most effective way: directly look for traces of transparent film packaging and labels! Generally, the items sold by some cosmetics supermarket chains such as Sasa and Bonjour in Hong Kong are packaged in transparent films and have their own logos and price tags on them. However, in order to keep the prices confidential after being brought to the mainland, individuals often tear off the price tags. . But most of them are not easy to tear, which will leave marks on the goods. Explain that these are all products that have been sold on the shelves. This is simple and easy to distinguish, so please keep it in mind! Note: Everything at Sasa and Bonjour has a price tag on it.

I once bought the Taiwanese version of L'Oreal. The packaging was all in Traditional Chinese, but the place of production said it was made in Paris. Girls who encounter this situation should pay attention. If the place of production is a non-Chinese-speaking country, it is definitely not allowed. There will be Chinese written on the packaging, but there will be instructions in many kinds of words in the instructions. You can see it in Qianse stores, Zhuoyue and Sasha stores. Importers will write all the instructions in English or French or Italian ( Skin care products and cosmetics that are unofficially imported from abroad have many kinds of characters other than Chinese). They have small labels on the outer packaging and print them themselves, instead of printing Chinese characters directly on the packaging.

Because I have been using L’Oreal products, I can tell the difference when I open the fake ones and smell the fragrance. Fake skin care products and cosmetics often have the smell of essence, that is, the smell of cream, while regular high-end skin care products will have the smell. A light scent of raw ingredients rather than a strong creamy smell.

Another point is the product code. I am just giving an example here. L'Oreal's Triple Whitening Series Toner has a row of small numbers on the back to indicate the communion date, for example: fc128

That is f : France (origin of France, you can go to the counter to see this. Domestic counters sell all domestic products, so it should be c: china)

C: 2006 (this notation has been used since 2004, A in 2004, B in 2005, and C in 2006)

128: Produced on May 8 (which is the 128th day of the year, if it is 001, it is the first day, which should be It was produced on January 1st, you can calculate it by yourself)

This production date marking method is embossed on the bottom of the facial cleanser, and fakes will not be based on standards, like numbers and letters. Just write whatever you want.