Of everything a Faberlic registration gives you, the discount is the only part that is immediate, unconditional and certain. It is also the part that gets least attention, because it is less exciting than talk of building an organisation.

For most registered consultants, it is the whole benefit - and it is worth understanding properly.

What it is

Registered consultants buy at consultant prices rather than retail, up to 26% below catalogue price. It applies from your first order and requires no qualification, no minimum and no prior activity.

Registration is free, so this is a discount obtained at zero cost.

What it applies to

Your own purchases, across the catalogue. The whole range - skincare, colour cosmetics, hair, fragrance, home and children's products - not a restricted subset.

It also applies to anything you order on behalf of other people, which is how most casual consultants operate: friends and family ask for something, you order it at your price.

The exact structure - what determines the level within that range, and any conditions attached - is set out in Faberlic's own materials, and those are worth reading directly rather than in summary, since they can change.

What it is not

It is not income. The discount reduces what you spend; it does not pay you anything. Buying more does not make you money, and this is the confusion behind the classic beginner mistake of over-ordering.

It is not a reason to buy things you do not need. A 26% saving on something you would not otherwise have bought is a 74% loss. This sounds obvious and is nonetheless the most common way people lose money here.

It is not conditional on recruiting. You never have to introduce anyone to keep it.

Making it actually worth something

The discount pays for itself in proportion to how much of your normal spending runs through it. Practically:

  • Move your existing purchases across. Shampoo, cleanser, hand cream, laundry products - things you buy anyway, at a lower price
  • Order per catalogue cycle, roughly every three weeks, consolidating what you need
  • Order for the people who ask. No markup, no effort, and it is how most word of mouth starts
  • Do not stockpile. The catalogue rotates; bulk-buying converts a discount into dead stock

Someone who buys cosmetics and household products regularly and moves that spending across will see a genuine, ongoing saving. Someone who orders sporadically because something looked interesting will not.

The honest arithmetic

Work out roughly what you spend on this category of product in a year. The saving is a percentage of that, and no more.

That number is usually modest but real - and it is certain, which distinguishes it sharply from the earnings side, which is neither. For a large share of people who register, the correct plan is: take the discount, buy what you were buying anyway, and do nothing else.

There is no requirement to do more and no penalty for not doing more.

Ordering for other people

This is where the discount quietly becomes more than a personal saving, and it is worth being clear about how it usually works in practice.

Someone asks you for a product. You order it at your price, they pay you what they would have paid anyway or something close to it, and the difference either stays with you or does not - both are common, and consultants differ on this.

A few things make it work smoothly:

  • Agree the price before ordering, not after it arrives. Ambiguity here is what makes these arrangements awkward with friends
  • Consolidate into one order per catalogue cycle rather than placing a separate order for every request
  • Do not front the money for large amounts for people you do not know well
  • Be clear about timing. Delivery takes what it takes, and managing expectations beforehand prevents most of the friction

Most casual consultants operate exactly this way for years: their own products at a discount, plus occasional orders for a handful of people. It requires no structure, no recruitment and very little time.

If you do want more

The discount is the foundation rather than the ceiling. The compensation plan adds a volume-based component on top, which depends on activity and takes considerably longer to produce anything.

But it is worth being clear that these are separate: the discount works whether or not you ever engage with the rest, and it does not become more valuable through recruiting.

To browse what is worth moving across first, the product section is organised by category. The mechanics of the wider plan are covered in the business section, and the definitive version is always Faberlic's own published plan.