I have shopped at TJ Maxx for the past ten years. I don't spend a lot of money there but when I want something for a change in seasons I think of this store first. Their clothes aren't the best but they are great when you need something for a few months or for the children when they are going back to school.
I have always liked their cosmetic counter until recently. I like the large bars of beauty soap for the bath. I thought that the bars were bought from high-end stores who wanted to sell the left-over stock. This seemed to be correct because the soap bars were of good quality, with scents that lasted the entire life of the bar. They gave the average person an opportunity to experience what a wealthy person would experience everyday. Of late, this has not been the case. The beauty bars turn colors, they smell bad after a few uses or lose the scent altogether and they dry the skin. I suspect that TJ Maxx has farmed out their contract to someone cheap to make a profit. TJ Maxx does not have a strong return policy and definitely not of the beauty bars. So you buy at your own risk. I have found that when I get a bar that is less than satisfactory I use it to clean the shower and bathtub. It helps to offset the cost of the sale.