Love At First Sample!!! 🥰

[heartsmyface]

I know you’ve tried a sample (or ten) of something and it was so magical it made you stop everything and buy a product cause it was love at first sample!  What was it and did the full sized version live up to your initial heart-melted impression? Or is it still on your shopping list to pick up at your earliest convenience?  

The first time I can recall this happening to me was when Sephora still carried Dermadoctor.  I had a sample of their KP Duty Body Scrub.  I used it just to push it through my stash and was absolutely blown away by how immediately soft and exfoliated my skin was!  Instant purchase!   It’s been six years and I have yet to find any body scrub that compares -and I’ve tried!

A more recent love-at-first-sample is the Dior Backstage Face and Body Primer!  It’s a slightly peach tinted,creamy gel consistency and is mega hydrating while blurring subtle imperfections on its own but making foundation apply so smoothly!!!  Plus it has a beautiful floral fragrance which may not be everyone’s cup of tea but it’s very pleasing to me. 🙂  

Dior BACKSTAGE Face & Body Primer 1.6 oz/ 50 mL 

 

 

[itsfi]

I was intrigued by Saint Jane Beauty Luxury Sun Ritual Pore Smoothing Face Sunscreen SPF 30 1.7 oz / 50 mL when I first saw it online but decided to be good and wait for a sample. Swooped in to pick up the gwp and was hooked @heartsmyface! 💖 Silky smooth, subtly tinted, lightly hydrating, physical sunscreen with a faint floral scent that spreads easily and without the chalky white cast and gives a lovely (and non greasy) glow to my complexion.

[curlychiquita]

It sounds interesting! I've added it to my loves list, @itsfi.

[itsfi]

@curlychiquita, it's a nice one. Another favorite to add to my SPF rotation! Would love to hear your thoughts on it if you end up picking one up in the future.

[CookieGirl1]

@itsfi that sounds so nice!  I don't think I've really heard anyone talking about it, either.

[itsfi]

@CookieGirl1, it seems like there’s been so many sunblock launches this year (which I think is great), more so than in previous years. This one may have slipped through the cracks or just been flying under the radar. I don’t recall a lot of announcements for it. I actually first saw it in another beauty store but they sold out quickly. Was happy to see it included in Sephora; hoping more of the brand’s products become available at Sephora, especially their array of lip products and colors. 🤞🏼 

[Titian06]

That sounds nice, @itsfi ! 😍

[itsfi]

@Titian06, I’ve been really happy with it so far. 😃

[pocketvenus]

I love this thread! Fragrances I found captivating from first sniff

• CdG Original
• Hermes Bel Ami
• Frederic Malle Une Fleur de Cassie
• Libertine Fragrance Chlorophyllia
• Hiram Green Moon Bloom
• Dusita Le Sillage Blanc
• Apoteker Tepe The Peradam

There are others, these are just the ones off the top of my head. There also a kind of reverse-recency bias at play. I've smelled hundreds of fragrances at this point so it's really hard to impress me now!

[curlychiquita]

I looked up Une Fleur de Cassie, @pocketvenus. It sounds beautiful! I'll have to buy a sample.

[pocketvenus]

@curlychiquita It gets overlooked as it's more retro than the others but it's the first Malle I bought because I liked it so much!

[elise222]

I've had 2 instances of falling in love with samples lately. Of course, it had to be for the pricey items 😭

The first one is TOM FORD Traceless Soft Matte Foundation - it just sits so naturally and beautifully on my skin. And it's so lightweight. I still haven't bought the full size because it's $$$$ and I'm working through other foundations.... but it's on my list for sure.

Second is Westman Atelier Face Trace Cream Contour Stick Biscuit I've been loving cream products for a while now, and I'm always in search of a great contour product. I got a little blister sample of this, and the shade biscuit is so perfect for me. It's also so soft and creamy, and blends like a dream!

[itsfi]

@elise222, that TF foundation has been on my list of bases to try. I like the sound of it being a “soft matte” foundation. My skin will be getting drier as the weather cools and a straight matte foundation will probably not work out so well, but soft matte, that could work! 😊 

[elise222]

I always worry when I see "matte" in a foundation description since my skin tends to lean toward the drier end of things. But it's truly "soft" - to me, it looks so skin like and natural, not dry at all. It's definitely worth sampling if you can (in my opinion anyway)!

[curlychiquita]

@elise222 Westman Atelier Face Trace Cream Contour Stick Biscuit is one of my favorite products. It's the only contour I've ever gotten to work for me.

[elise222]

It's such a beautiful product! I think it's going to be my next purchase.

[QueenMarceline]

What a fun thread. Honestly, what instantly comes to mind is mostly perfumes. Whenever I get a sample that I run through and enjoy the product enough to miss it. Over time, many of these love stories fade and then when I re-sample the same product I don't feel the same way but recently there have been a few perfumes that I instantly knew I needed and ended up buying.

Carolina Herrera Very Good Girl Glam Parfum Limited Edition 2.7 oz / 80 mL parfum spray 

Maison Margiela 'REPLICA' Beach Walk 

Ellis Brooklyn MYTH Eau de Parfum 1.7 oz/ 50 mL Eau de Parfum Spray 

Surprisingly, these are all very different scents but somehow they all caught my attention to eventually splurge for a larger size. 🙂

[CookieGirl1]

@QueenMarceline I know what you mean about Beach Walk!  It's so pretty and fresh and although it doesn't necessarily sound like a perfume that I would normally choose on my own I also got a sample and it totally surprised me 🙂

[pocketvenus]

@QueenMarceline I love this whole sub-thread ❤️ I totally agree, sometimes you find something so amazing but for whatever reason, with time, that fades or you even wonder to yourself, what was I thinking? I've learned to hold off buying full bottles and testing over longer periods for precisely this reason.

[heartsmyface]

@QueenMarceline  Perfume samples get me all the time as well!  Most recently I caved and went for Tom Ford Bitter Peach.  Ugh why does it smell sooo good?  It was worth it cause it makes my eyes roll back in happiness every time I spray it 🙂 TOM FORD Bitter Peach Eau De Parfum Fragrance 

[BluePaisley]

@heartsmyface Bitter peach is so good, I bought the travel size after going through a sample, I love the scent !!

[elise222]

I just smelled this in store! Initially, I was like "ugh, this isn't peach at all!". But then it dried down and it truly is magical.