Consumption community: What and how to buy on iHerb
Masha Vorslav
Wonderzine parses, how the famous online stores are arranged: what to buy in them, how to save money and what to look for when delivering. This time, in the midst of autumn avitaminosis and fatigue, we are exploring the American online store of natural products - iHerb.
The site can order a variety of supplements, superfoods, food, eco-friendly cleaning products, sports nutrition and other useful things that are not found elsewhere (or found, but, for example, a bottle of Acai juice in the Azbuka Taste network is under 300 rubles against ikherbovskih, sorry, three dollars). Periodically, the company holds pleasant promotions (read, arranges sales); the mass of the parcel is limited to quite humane 1.8 kg, and the cost is 80 dollars. In general, if you ever puzzled over where to buy organic shampoo, stevia, hyaluronic acid and not go bankrupt, then iHerb is probably the best online resource worth learning.
Maria Shavyrina releasing editor Condé Nast Traveler
On iHerb, I ordered a lot of things, starting with shampoos, jams and sauces and ending with vitamins. I like the quality, range and prices, especially prices. Some forums even have some topics on the iHerb site, where people share their impressions of the products received. What girls just don't buy: pans, chips, dishwashing detergents and cookers, powders. I mainly buy cosmetics and vitamins; Real Techniques brushes until some time could be ordered to Russia only on iHerb. It’s usually reluctant to mess with food, especially since iHerb has a parcel weight limit, and food often often closes half a box. That's just the delivery you need to be careful. In general, I always try to choose a paid delivery with a tracking number, and not save a few dollars and then shake if the package arrives (I don’t trust Mail of Russia, and there is a reason: iHerb didn’t ship to our country before, but it is written that for the lost parcel money is not returned, and one of my parcel flew to nowhere). Now there is a paid delivery with an international tracking number, which so far does not seem to be re-glued in Russia (our mail has this practice), and sometimes there is a discount on this type of delivery.
IHerb has delivery to more than 150 countries, including Russia (although it usually takes about three weeks here). In order to arrange a parcel, you will need to register on the site (this is easy, just do not confuse the billing address to which the bank card is issued and the immediate shipping address, shipping); For the first package the site offers a discount of 5 or 10 dollars.
Dima Krasnouhov Software Engineer Curebit and The Old Reader
References iHerb like "ordered vitamins for $ 100!" I often met in Facebook tape, so I also wanted to buy something. Basically I ordered all sorts of dietary supplements for myself and my girlfriend, Yogi Tea, and a dishwashing liquid. The site is generally convenient, with the design of the old school (like eBay and Amazon, but a little fresher), although the search works strange, especially if you search by several words. Of the obvious advantages - free delivery when ordering more than $ 40 (the previous package was sent to Kiev a week ago, but she hasn’t reached it yet), and still managed to place an order from the iPad - this is a success.
If the eyes of a variety of goods still scatter, you can go the beaten path and collect the first package from the list of bestsellers, which we have disassembled in detail.
Supplements
Bestseller prices: from 8 to 32 dollars
Perhaps, it is precisely when choosing supplements that everyone gets the most throwing: iHerb seems to have any. Simple and understandable things like collagen are best sold (with such capsules you can not suffer with the addition of gelatin to strengthen the hair and nails in the diet), chewing vitamin C and propolis and fish oil that are familiar to everyone. If it is still difficult to decide, there is a multivitamin with a fervent name.
Cosmetics Prices: from 2 to 15 dollars
Four items on the list are products for children, two of which are toothbrushes (one, two) and toothpaste. There is also an “adult”, although, as we have already admitted, we do not see anything shameful in the use of children’s. Still, buyers appreciate pure cocoa butter in a comfortable stick, organic shampoo and hair balm Avalon Organics and black soap with palm ash (though not as beautiful as Blackbird).
Food Prices: from 1 to 9 dollars
Organic food is adjacent to just super glean: there are chewing bears, chocolate with almonds and salt, dried fruits and zoo cookies with chocolate chips; Indian ghee ghee and organic candy and tea. In general, we advise you to come to the section well-fed, with a limited shopping list and a money limit on the card.
Sports nutrition Prices: from 10 to 27 dollars
Quest Nutrition Protein Bars - three fifths of the list (no, if you have a lot of them, the muscles themselves will not grow). Chocolate protein soybean powder, Ambro's prototype (to taste like cocoa, sometimes even better), a “male” dietary supplement with barbed vine extract and L-carnitine fat burning aids are popular.
Goods for kids Prices: from 4 to 16 dollars
Despite the expansion within the general section with cosmetics, the nursery is highlighted separately. A lot of baby food: snacks for very little ones, organic flakes, there are dietary supplements such as vitamins C and D (that's what, and we recommend choosing supplements for children with special care, focusing not on the number of sales, but on the instructions of the doctor).
Home Products Prices: from 4 to 17 dollars
We have already written about environmentally friendly cleaning products; several products from our selection hit the bestsellers: Mickey Mouse head soap in a bottle, another Method soap and a scented candle Mrs. Meyers. From ATTITUDE and Ecover cleaning products in the course: stain remover, environmentally friendly dishwashing and bathroom cleaning products.
For animals Prices: from 6 to 14 dollars
On iHerb, you can order and feed a lot, shampoos, bioadditives: soothing, helping to bring wool, two forms (one, two) essential - not produced by the body itself - L-Lysine amino acids (which, by the way, people also need) and pet treats .
Dietary products and supplements Prices: from 6 to 19 dollars
Acai and resveratrol fell into the category of dietary supplements, although they are multifunctional. Asai is a storehouse of antioxidants and almost the main superfood of recent years, and resveratrol, which naturally appears in the skin of dark grapes, is often seen not as an aid in losing weight, but beneficially affecting the cardiovascular system. The rest is true about food: harmless sweets like coconut and caramel bars and a dubious drink 48-Hour Miracle Diet.
Special means Prices: from 3 to 33 dollars
Again, hodgepodge means, which are distinguished by their specificity: nourishing oil for nursing women, hyaluronic acid (girls especially appreciate its moisturizing properties), ophthalmic supplement, pads.