Sunday 16 January 2011

Bottle sizes USA vs. EU brands

Hey people. How are you doing? Since I can't really get Mr. Sandman over here to get me some sweet dreams, I'll write my thoughts that I mentioned for our next chat. When I was typing away the Cosmic Girl entry, I started thinking about bottles sizes that we have in Europe and those of  USA brands.

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Why? Because I have this feeling that most of USA brands make strictly 10-15 ml bottles and most of EU brands make bottles 4-10 ml, the only exception I can think of right now is Illamasqua, but that's a high end brand. For those who don't appreciate me talking about mililiters, here's a scale to compare: 0.5 fl.OZ. is 15 ml.:) 
But think of ArtDeco (6 ml), Isadora (6ml), Alessandro (10 ml or 5 ml) also Essence (8 ml), ok, S-he being a slight exception with 11 ml, Miss Sporty with 7 ml, Barry M with 10 ml, Vollare with 5 ml  ... and so on and so forth. USA brands: O.P.I. 15 ml, China Glaze 15 ml, BB Couture 15 ml, Orly 15 ml (even 18 ml!), Wet'n'Wild 13,5 ml, Sally Hansen 14.7 ml, Diamond Cosmetics 12.6 ml ...
  
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Obviously I'm not saying it's a rule. I'm sure I'm missing some huge EU bottles of polish and some tiny of USA. But you can see the pattern, and that's just brands from the top of my head. The difference in prices is vice versa, I'm afraid. Euro being stronger now makes the difference even worse. It's not really fair to compare China Glaze prices, perhaps, because we do have to pay duty and so on. But just to let you know, in Slovenia: 9 € + shipping. 1 $ = 0.75 € (in the first transformer Google found, as I'm typing this, so it might changed when you're reading this ;)).

Let's look at "our" brands. Lumene for 4.5ml around 4 €, ArtDeco for 6 ml from 8 to 9 €, Essence 1.50,€ Miss Sporty 1.75 - 2.15€. ArtDeco perhaps being in the range of OPI or Nubar, I feel, and Essence/Miss Sporty being in the range of USA's Wet'n'Wild and similar department store brands.

I don't know about you, but I'm surprised about bottle size difference and the price difference. OK, I get that most american brands are expensiver here, it's kinda logical, isn't it? But why EU brands, why such difference? Is it the smaller market? I bet it is. But it can't be only that, can it?

Anyway ... just my thoughts on that. Fact is, nail polish junkies can easily go with 7 ml bottles, in average,  since we usually don't tend to empty one bottle of polsih. ;) But I personally think the prices should be more equal to the sizes. If it's a smaller bottle make it a lower price.

I'm curious about more info if you have it and about your opinions. I tend not to bitch too much about our prices, because you can get a gorgeous polish for a decent price here too ... here are just the fact and I'm curious about your opinion on it. :)

Thanks for reading & chatting!

12 comments:

  1. Odlično napisano!!! Bravo! Točno to se meni plete po glavi že kar nekaj časa. Moj ati bi rekel: "Prokleta mafija!" :)))) Od drogerijskih znamk v EU je res skoraj pravilo, da so stekleničke pod 10ml. :( Kot si napisala, je to več kot dovolj za nas zbiratelje. Potem pa mi kakšna swaperka reče, kako hecno malo stekleničko sem ji poslala ... pa gre za 8ml stekleničko, kar je za nas kao normalno. :S
    Na tvoj seznamčič dodajam znamko, ki potrjuje pravilo Magnetic - 15ml!!! We have a winner here! LOL

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  2. hm you're right! I guess!
    There are some exceptions, but I have the feeling, that in the USA is everything bigger than in europe. Not only the polishes!
    the food, the buildings, the everything...
    don't know, but I think this is just USA! :D

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  3. Meni so manjše embalaže odločno ljubše. 5 ml mi več kot zadošča. Problem je edino, da cena ne sledi temu. Pri USA znamkah zares ne vem, kdaj bom uspela porabiti vsaj pol stekleničke (pri tem, da moje zaloge uporabljava dve - še sestra). ker je cena za npr. 15 ml potem vseeno višja kot pri kaki evro znamki za 8 ml, se mi niti ne zdi tako poceni plačati več za večjo količino, če pa NE RABIM večje količine. :-(
    Skratka - več malih embalaž za male cene, prosim.

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  4. Imaš pravo totalno.. za manje bočice dajemo više novca, dok u Amrici za manje novca dobiju veće bočice. I čini mi se da i imaju bolje lakove od nas.. Pogotovo od Hrvatske.. mi uopće nemamo nekog izbora lakova.. pogotovo ovih jeftinijih.. imamo Essence, Catrice i Miss Sporty.. ima i u Bipi njihovih lakova koji nisu skupi i to je to.. nemamo baš nekog izbora.. i često me neka ljutnja uhvati kad gledam Američke blogove.. tako dobrih stvari imaju a mi skoro ništa..

    I još kad recimo ideš radit neki swap naši nas oderu na poštarini. Ja sam za moj prvi i jedini swap platila poštarinu 40$ što uopće nije malo. Skoro sam se srušila u pošti kad su mi rekli koliko je poštarina, tako da ni swapovi više ne dolaze u obzir jer mi se čini da mi jeftinije bude naručit neke lakove na Ebayu nego se swapat. Ali tako se izgubi ona draž kad nešto isčekuješ i ne znaš što ćeš dobit.

    Baš smo mi u Europi bez veze. :(

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  5. Podpis pod tale tvoj post!

    Hočemo večje stekleničke! :D

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  6. Najlepša hvala vsem za tako izčrpna mnenja, res cenim! Thank you so much for the opinions, I really appreciate it!

    Maestra, hvala! :) Lol in se kar strinjam s tvojim atijem. :D In ja, zdaj ko sem to spisala in ko si omenila, me je kar zaskrbelo za svoj swap, ki ga pripravljam. Ker je res največja steklenička 10 ml, večina je pod. In verjetno se potem zna katera američanka počutiti naplahtano, čeprav je dejstvo da Evropejke dajemo za to manjšo količino veliko več denarja kot Američanke. In ko je Tevta primerjala svojo zbirko in denar vložen vanjo z eno Američanko, je razlika v cifri smešna, koliko več denarja damo me. Prav bedno. In ja, vsaj še Magnetic je petnajstka! In to celo za naš trg ugodno ceno! Kar me spomni, da moram naslednji mesec zaviti v salon, tvoja fotka holotov me je čisto premamila. :)


    Danny, yeah, I guess you're right. But what bothers me the most is that the price in EU is much higher for smaller amounts. :/


    Akasha, meni se zdi 5 ml embalaža vseeno malo majhna, vsaj kolikor vidim po teh, ki jih imam. Ker za eno manikuro naredim že kar konkretno vdrtino, če je troslojec. In če je lepa barva, imam občutek, da bo prehitro izpuhtela, čeprav imaš verjetno prav. 15 ml je pa verjetno ustrezna količina za tiste, ki imajo zgolj tri barve in jih redno menjavajo. Ampak mene bolj moti, da so naše 8 mililterske flaške dvakrat, tudi trikrat dražje od ameriških 15 ml. Ne moti me toliko da so 8 ml, kot rečeno, to je več kot dovolj laka zame. Ampak naj je potem še cena enakomerna.


    Lalica - 40 dolara?!?!! Nemoj me plašiti, molim te, pripremam jedan swap za u Ameriku. :/ Tevta je dala za Litvu za oko 14 lakova 7 eura ili nešto tako. Ako je 40 dolara, bome, ne znam kaku ću platit. o.O Si slala fizička osoba - fizička osoba i sa pismom, kao dar? Ili je to ovisno od hrvatskih zakona, možda imate drukčije nego mi? Bome, 40 dolara stvarno boli ... Koliko lakova je bilo u paketu?
    I da, slažem se. Izbor nije baš kot nivoja cijene. Al šta hoćeš, ovdje živimo. Još uvjek kažem, da nije fer, zato što naše zbirke lakova vrijedne so puno više od ameriških, al šta možeš.


    Biba, jaz bi raje nižje cene. :D

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  7. Če zbiraš lake, jih najbrž zaradi zanimivih različnih odtenkov...in glede na to, kako velike te zbirke kmalu postanejo, je realna možnost, da se bo kateri lak do konca porabil majhna. Ravno zato se mi zdi traparija imeti 15ml lake, če bo vsak morda 1x na leto na nohtih...ali manj. (torej bo meni tudi 5 ml lak zadošča za par let!!!) Na mojih stekleničkah se komaj kaj pozna, ko nanesem 2 sloja....tudi, če so majhne stekleničke.

    Ravno zato npr. cvikam, da bi si kdaj kupila kak Orly, ker bi ga dobesedno lahko razdelila še z eno punco.... (njihovih minijev pa žal pri nas še nisem videla)

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  8. ma totalno si u pravu... pošizim kad vidim američke blogerice kako se hvale da su kupile 8 lakova za 7 $... mi za te novce možemo kupiti 2 - 3 maksimalno...i to kakve kvalitete?
    zato i sama sve češće posežem za ebay-om,cijene niže a izbor puno veći nego doma :-)

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  9. Hehe, nižje cene so res še boljša opcija! :D

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  10. Se popolnoma strinjam s tabo glede velikosti stekleničk in cen. Včasih si prav zaželim 'izleta' v ameriko, kjer bi si nakupila dva polna kovčka lakov ;)

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