The sad fact is, you cannot one hundred percent know your item will be authentic. However, there are steps you can take to make sure they are more likely to be real.
If the price is super low and too good to be true then there is probably a reason. That reason is that is most likely not an authentic product. Cheap knock-offs off high-end brands can be bought from overseas by people who only wish to take your money. These knock-offs are not the quality of the real high-end products even if the packaging does look exactly the same.
MAC and Benefit are often imitated and sold online. I know from experience how easy it is to get ripped off from sellers of fake cosmetics. Remember, rule one: if it is too good to be true, it most likely is.
Be mindful of the country you order high end cosmetic from. Most of the knock-offs seem to come out of Asian countries. If you order them directly from there you are mostly likely ordering fakes. Also, many sellers now put that they ship from the USA in their information but their shipping time says 25 days. This is a red flag to tell you they are not really in the USA or are "drop shipping" from another country. Buyer beware.
Pay close attention to a sellers feedback. Read it. If there is neutral and negative feedback that states the item received was not authentic, rethink purchasing from that seller. Look for sellers who know their products and those who do not sell, let's say benefit, on a massive scale. Look for the seller who has great feedback that may have gotten the item as a gift and does not want it and you are more likely to get an authentic item. For instance, this seller has perfect feedback, does not habitually sell Urban Decay as she is selling right now and is not selling it for an absurdly low price. People like this are your best bet on receiving an authentic high-end makeup item.
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African Violet Suckers: What Are They and Removal?
African violet suckers are baby plants that outgrow from the stem of the mother plant. These suckers are found attached to the plant stem and not to the leaf stem. Occasionally a single plant will have multiple suckers. Any new growth which does not originate from the crown, most likely will be an African Violet sucker.
Why do you have to remove African Violet suckers?
To maintain a healthy plant it is important to remove all suckers as soon as possible. Suckers are responsible for robbing the African Violet plant from essential nutrients and slowing the growth of the plant. Suckers drain energy from the healthy crown growth (center of the plant) of the main plant. Suckering also leads to less flowering, again due to the plant energy being diverted towards sucker growth. Finally suckers are responsible for ruining the symmetry of the African Violet plant and creating distortions in the rosetta leaf pattern of the plant.
Where can African Violet plant suckers be found?
Suckers are attached to the stem of the main African Violet plant. Suckers can also look like tiny leaf outgrowths from the axils of the leaf (the area between /around were the plant stem and leaf meet). The sucker offshoots can grow into new individual plants or develop crown growth if not removed in a timely manner.
What do African Violet plant suckers look like?
African Violet suckers look like a small baby plant, i.e. two to three tiny leaf outgrowths from the side of the stem, not from the center (crown) of the plant. Over time they grow into bigger mature leaf sets and can be easily spotted between the leaf stems. As suckers grow larger they begin to develop their own crown and rosetta pattern in addition to the main crown of the plant.
Why do African Violet plants sucker?
As with any other living organism the production of progeny/new plant growth or suckering is a means of survival for the plant. Usually when a plant is stressed, it responds by suckering to ensure its future survival. Many times, when a plant experiences extreme changes in its environment (temperature, fertilizer, water or soil) they react to this change by producing suckers.
How to prevent African Violets from suckering?
Ensure basic routing care of African Violets to prevent suckering. Keep the plants watered, fertilized and repotted in fresh soil and suckers will not form. Many times, if the suckers are continually removed from the plant, this will also prevent future suckering. Routing grooming of the African Violet plant can ensure that it maintains good crown growth and breaks the habit of suckering.
How to remove African Violet suckers?
African Violet suckers can be removed using a “ sucker plucker “ tool or a similar sharp blade, pencil or sharp tool which can be used to pluck or scrape the sucker off from the stem. Apply some pressure and remove all the small leaves / parts of the sucker from the stem of the mother plant. If the sucker is large, then you can scoop up the whole sucker crown using the sharp tool and re-pot the sucker to create a new plant.
Re-potting African Violet plant suckers?
Once you have removed the large sucker from the mother plant, it can be re-potted in a small 2oz pot filled with potting mix. The pot can be placed in a small Ziploc bag or under a humidity dome and allowed to form roots. The sucker will eventually in 4-6 months grow into a similar plant as the mother plant.
Is it time to replace the suckering African Violet plant?
Routine inspection and removal of suckers from the African Violet plant prone to suckering will deter the plant from producing future suckers. However, if an African Violet plant is neglected for a long time and large multiple suckers have formed similar to the size of the main crown of the plant, it is best to get rid of the plant and replace with a new African plant.
Why do you have to remove African Violet suckers?
To maintain a healthy plant it is important to remove all suckers as soon as possible. Suckers are responsible for robbing the African Violet plant from essential nutrients and slowing the growth of the plant. Suckers drain energy from the healthy crown growth (center of the plant) of the main plant. Suckering also leads to less flowering, again due to the plant energy being diverted towards sucker growth. Finally suckers are responsible for ruining the symmetry of the African Violet plant and creating distortions in the rosetta leaf pattern of the plant.
Where can African Violet plant suckers be found?
Suckers are attached to the stem of the main African Violet plant. Suckers can also look like tiny leaf outgrowths from the axils of the leaf (the area between /around were the plant stem and leaf meet). The sucker offshoots can grow into new individual plants or develop crown growth if not removed in a timely manner.
What do African Violet plant suckers look like?
African Violet suckers look like a small baby plant, i.e. two to three tiny leaf outgrowths from the side of the stem, not from the center (crown) of the plant. Over time they grow into bigger mature leaf sets and can be easily spotted between the leaf stems. As suckers grow larger they begin to develop their own crown and rosetta pattern in addition to the main crown of the plant.
Why do African Violet plants sucker?
As with any other living organism the production of progeny/new plant growth or suckering is a means of survival for the plant. Usually when a plant is stressed, it responds by suckering to ensure its future survival. Many times, when a plant experiences extreme changes in its environment (temperature, fertilizer, water or soil) they react to this change by producing suckers.
How to prevent African Violets from suckering?
Ensure basic routing care of African Violets to prevent suckering. Keep the plants watered, fertilized and repotted in fresh soil and suckers will not form. Many times, if the suckers are continually removed from the plant, this will also prevent future suckering. Routing grooming of the African Violet plant can ensure that it maintains good crown growth and breaks the habit of suckering.
How to remove African Violet suckers?
African Violet suckers can be removed using a “ sucker plucker “ tool or a similar sharp blade, pencil or sharp tool which can be used to pluck or scrape the sucker off from the stem. Apply some pressure and remove all the small leaves / parts of the sucker from the stem of the mother plant. If the sucker is large, then you can scoop up the whole sucker crown using the sharp tool and re-pot the sucker to create a new plant.
Re-potting African Violet plant suckers?
Once you have removed the large sucker from the mother plant, it can be re-potted in a small 2oz pot filled with potting mix. The pot can be placed in a small Ziploc bag or under a humidity dome and allowed to form roots. The sucker will eventually in 4-6 months grow into a similar plant as the mother plant.
Is it time to replace the suckering African Violet plant?
Routine inspection and removal of suckers from the African Violet plant prone to suckering will deter the plant from producing future suckers. However, if an African Violet plant is neglected for a long time and large multiple suckers have formed similar to the size of the main crown of the plant, it is best to get rid of the plant and replace with a new African plant.
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