Women jostle to buy beauty accessories

From early morning, the beauty accessories store on Nguyen Van Cu Street, Vinh City has been quite busy with customers coming to choose. The store specializes in selling decorative accessories, nail and toenail beauty, and eyebrow and eyelash decoration equipment.

Ms. Ho Thi Giang, owner of a nail accessories and eyelash extension shop, said that 2 days ago, on the 19th day of the lunar calendar, the shop stopped online shipping services to focus on in-store sales. During this time, there were quite a lot of customers coming to buy directly, all employees and shop owners had to work overtime to serve and advise customers. Ms. Giang said that the customers were also quite diverse, mostly students and young people.

Some customers are owners of beauty salons, nail salons, and eyelash salons, so they are familiar with the products and only come to buy the necessary items and do not need much advice. The store also provides accessories and specialized materials for nail and eyelash salon apprentices. For other retail customers who are buying for the first time or are not familiar with the products, the staff will focus on consulting. Including how to use beauty accessories such as nail gel dryers, nail cutters, and nail clippers.

In addition, many customers also ask about the usage of chemicals, solutions, and procedures for painting nails, attaching nail accessories, and applying false eyelashes. Sales staff also directly test nail polish color samples for customers to choose from.

The prices of beauty products for eyelashes and nails are also quite diverse. A set of 500 fake nails costs from 39 to 59 thousand VND depending on the material and style. Each bottle of nail polish costs from 40 to 55/bottle with a variety of colors numbered according to the displayed model. Nail glue costs from 25 to 45 thousand VND/bottle. Nail conditioner and nail glue softener also cost tens of thousands of VND/bottle.

In addition to the nail polish bottles and fake nails, there are also decorative accessories that can be glued on fake nails with a variety of types and colors, from stones, animal shapes, flowers, leaves, plants to writing patterns, famous brand logos... Accompanying the nail sets are nail grinders and glue dryers priced from 190,000 VND to 500,000 - 800,000 VND depending on the type. For individual customers to use at home, there are mini machines priced at 90,000 - 150,000 VND.

Nail clippers are also sold individually or as a set. A nail clipper costs from 55-75 thousand VND/piece. A complete set of nail clippers, cuticle scissors, nail file, etc. costs 120-250 thousand VND depending on the material.

“There are many types of false eyelashes, and mainly young customers, students, and pupils buy a lot. With 100,000 - 200,000 VND, you can comfortably change many colors and looks for your beautiful hands to welcome Tet,” said an accessory store owner.

Ms. Tran Thi Thuy, a customer from Hung Dung ward, bought a set of nail and toenail decoration accessories worth a total of 320,000 VND, including a box of fake nails, 3 bottles of nail polish, bottles of nail glue, nail conditioner and nail clippers.

Ms. Thuy said that the first time her daughter "advised" her to buy beauty products to celebrate Tet, instead of using services at an eyelash or nail salon, which costs 200,000 VND per set of nails, she bought the materials and tools herself to do it at home.

In addition to the retail market at stores, makeup, nail, and eyelash accessories are now sold online quite popularly, with cheaper prices and more diverse varieties than buying directly at stores. For example, at the eyelash and nail accessory store on Nguyen Phong Sac Street, Vinh City, the owner said that there are no fake eyelashes with glue, but only fake eyelashes with eyelash glue.

For fake nails, there are no pre-decorated nail models, only raw nail models and accessories such as nail polish, glue, conditioner and other equipment. Buying this item online often has a set of 10 fake eyelashes with glue, just attach it to the eyelids for 40-55 thousand VND/set. For fake nails, 30 sets of fingernails and toenails with rhinestones, pre-decorated with glue and a mini glue dryer cost 150-190 thousand VND depending on the type.

Some shop owners selling this item said that during the Tet holiday, they mainly sell to young customers, mainly students, who often come to buy accessories to use in groups, they buy their own clothes and do their own makeup, especially groups that plan to take photos and celebrate the Spring Festival. They rent clothes, buy accessories and help each other with makeup and take photos. On normal days, the shop mainly sells online and serves wholesale customers.