Are Our Products Genuine?

Counterfeit beauty is a real problem, and it is a reasonable thing to worry about before spending money on skincare. So rather than put a badge on our site and ask you to trust it, here is exactly what our relationship is with each brand we sell — and two claims you can verify yourself in about ten seconds.

Two things you can check yourself

Exclusive distributor for Mauritius

For these brands we are the only company authorised to import and distribute in Mauritius. Stock reaches the country through us or it has not come through the brand's channel at all.

Authorised distributor

Authorised retailer

Korean skincare and The Ordinary

Why a shop chain is a different proposition

A seller who deals in counterfeits does not sign five mall leases. Our stock sits in Tribeca Mall, Flacq Cœur de Ville, Victoria Urban Terminal, Riche Terre Mall and Bo’Valon Mall, where you can pick a box up, turn it over and read the batch code before you pay. If something were wrong with what we sell, we would be the easiest business in the country to find.

How to check a product yourself — and what does not work

Batch codes are weaker proof than people think. A batch code tells you when something was made, not whether it is real. Once the format for a brand is known it can be imitated — The Ordinary is a good example, where the structure is simple enough that a plausible-looking code can simply be invented. Reading it is still worth doing, because an expired or impossibly old date is a genuine red flag, but treat it as one signal rather than a verdict.

Compare the ingredient list. This is the more useful check. Counterfeits are usually close but not exact, and the ingredient list is where it shows — a missing active, a different order, a name that does not appear on the brand’s own published INCI. We publish the full ingredient list on our product pages for exactly this reason, so you can compare without leaving the site.

Check the brand’s own retailer list. This is the strongest check available to anyone, and it takes seconds. Brands that publish a stockist list — Revolution Beauty and AXIS-Y both do — are telling you directly who they supply. If a seller is not on it, the brand is not the source.

Be wary of a price that makes no sense. Nobody sells a genuine, in-date product far below what it costs to import it.