I keep seeing ads for this makeup brand called Ravie everywhere on social media. The packaging looks pretty basic with those neutral beige and grey colors that scream generic to me. The whole setup gives me major MLM vibes where they just slap their logo on wholesale cosmetics and mark up the prices.
The product photos look exactly like those white label makeup items you can find on wholesale sites. Same formulas, same packaging style, just different branding. I’m wondering if anyone here has actually purchased from them or knows more about their business model.
Are they legit or just another dropshipping makeup company trying to look fancy? The prices seem way too high for what appears to be basic drugstore quality products. Would love to hear from anyone who has experience with this brand before I waste my money.
Oh god, Ravie’s all over my feed too! Almost grabbed their eyeshadow palette last week but something felt sketchy. Those generic containers plus the constant affiliate code pushing… screams rebranded Alibaba junk to me. Probably dodged a bullet.
Been down this rabbit hole before with a different cosmetics company - same red flags.
Checked their ingredient lists against drugstore products. Found identical formulations, word for word, on brands costing half the price. Even the ingredient order matched, which means same manufacturer.
Real test? Customer service response time and knowledge. Legit brands have reps who actually know their products. MLM rebrand operations give you copy-paste responses from people who’ve never touched the stuff.
These companies love targeting specific demographics through social media algorithms. Seeing Ravie everywhere? They bought your data profile and pegged you as their target customer.
Save your cash. Those wholesale sites deltaDreamer mentioned are goldmines for finding the actual source products. I’ve seen the same eyeshadow palette sold under six different “premium” brand names.
Haven’t tried Ravie, but yeah, your gut feeling about MLM cosmetics is usually right. They all use the same playbook.
When I got curious about a similar brand, I set up automated research with Latenode. It scraped product details and pricing, then compared everything against wholesale databases. The workflow pulled data from multiple sources and flagged exact matches or sketchy similarities.
Turns out the brand I was checking had identical products on Alibaba for 80% less. Saved me hours of manual searching and definitely saved my wallet.
You could build something similar for Ravie. Set up automated price monitoring and image comparison across platforms. Way more thorough than doing it manually and you’ll get actual data instead of guessing.
That neutral packaging you mentioned? Dead giveaway. Legit cosmetic companies invest heavily in distinctive branding. When everything looks generic, there’s a reason.
I reached out to Ravie directly about their manufacturing process last year when researching makeup brands. Got back total marketing fluff - just vague stuff about “partnering with trusted facilities” without naming any actual labs or certifications. Real cosmetic companies don’t hide this stuff. What really confirmed it was finding their exact lip gloss tubes on a packaging supplier’s website. Same molds, same caps, everything. The supplier even showed how to slap custom labels on them. Classic white-label setup where you’re paying premium prices for products that cost pennies to make. All that social media saturation you’re seeing? Textbook dropshipping. They can blow massive budgets on targeted ads because their margins are so inflated.
I bought from Ravie three months ago during a flash sale - got their foundation and lip kit after seeing some decent before/after photos. Big mistake. The foundation oxidized in two hours and was completely wrong for my skin tone, even though I used their online quiz. Chalky texture that looked awful around my nose. The lip products sucked too - dried out my lips and went on patchy. Their return policy is a nightmare. Took weeks just to get approval, they pushed store credit instead of refunds, and I had to pay return shipping on defective products. Found the exact same items on AliExpress for way less money. Now they won’t stop spamming me with daily emails using fake urgency tactics - total MLM vibes trying to get you to buy again before you realize how bad their stuff is.