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Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Will Your Gifts Get There On Time?

 

Feeling frazzled about holiday shopping?

Don’t stress out quite yet, Makeup Moxies. If you haven’t bought all your gifts (don’t worry, I haven’t, either ;), there’s still time to avoid the malls and get all your holiday shopping done online…without having to pay insane shipping and handling fees.

But, unfortunately, time is a tickin’. The good news is that I’ve gathered all your important online shopping and mailing deadlines right here:

U.S. Postal Service Deadlines:
12/15 - Parcel Post
12/20 - Letters & Cards
12/20 - Priority Mail
12/22 - Express Mail

Visit www.usps.com for more details.

UPS Holiday Deadlines:
12/15 - UPS Standard Service
12/20 - UPS 3 Day Select Service
12/21 - UPS Expedited Service
12/23 - UPS Express Services

Visit www.ups.com for more details.

FedEx Deadlines:
12/17 - FedEx Ground
12/25 - FedEx Same Day (limited locations)

Visit www.fedex.com for more shipping options and deadlines.

SEPHORA
Sephora doesn’t include a specific time table for holiday shipping, so these represent “safe dates” that allow a little extra time for getting your gifts to their destination by Christmas Eve:

Today (12/13): Last day for free shipping with $50 order. Enter Code FIFTY at checkout.
12/14 - UPS Ground ($5.95)
12/14 - USPS PRIORITY ($6.95)
12/17 - UPS 2ND DAY AIR ($12.95)
12/17 - FedEx 2 Day Air Express ($14.95)
12/18 - FedEx Overnight Express ($21.95)

These dates also vary based on where the package is being shipped, so be sure to check Sephora’s website for details. Shop Sephora.com.

NORDSTROM
12/19 (Noon PST) - Standard Shipping
12/20 (Noon PST) - Two Business Days
next Day - December 22, Noon PST

Note: Some individual products may not be immediately available, so be sure to doublecheck specific product pages for any exceptions. Shop Nordstrom.icon

AMAZON
12/16 - Order Gift Cards by Mail (Email gift certificates can be sent any time)
12/17 - 17 - Free Super Saving Shipping (qualifying orders over $25)
12/18 - Standard Shipping
12/20 (3:00PM PST) - Two Day shipping
12/22 (3:00PM PST) - One day shipping, 3.99 with Amazon prime,

Shop Amazon.com.

Macy’s
12/19, 11:59 PM EST - Standard Shipping
12/20, 11:59 PM EST - Premium 2-Day Delivery
12/21, 11:59 PM EST - Express Overnight Delivery

Shop Macy’s.

Beauty.com
To receive your order by December 24th, orders must be placed before the deadlines below. These dates apply to in-stock items and items that do not require ground delivery:

12/17, 11:59 PM Eastern Time - Standard Delivery
12/19, 5:00 PM Eastern Time - 3-Day Delivery
12/20, 5:00 PM Eastern Time - 2-Day Delivery
12/21, 5:00 PM Eastern Time - Overnight Delivery

See site for details regarding shipping to military addresses and details for items that require special handling.

Shop Beauty.com.

* Please be aware that the content above contains affiliate links, which always appear double-underlined on this site.

Rest assured that I’ve chosen these sites because they truly offer the best beauty shopping and I trust them enough to personally shop at these stores myself.

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