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Love At First Sample!!! ๐Ÿฅฐ

I know youโ€™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!   Itโ€™s been six years and I have yet to find any body scrub that compares -and Iโ€™ve tried!

 

A more recent love-at-first-sample is the Dior Backstage Face and Body Primer!  Itโ€™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 everyoneโ€™s cup of tea but itโ€™s very pleasing to me. ๐Ÿ™‚  

DIOR BACKSTAGE Face & Body Primer 1.6 oz/ 50 mL 

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Re: Love At First Sample!!! ๐Ÿฅฐ

@Titian06, this set surprised me, in a good way. ๐Ÿ˜Š

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@itsfi  Vanilla amber sounds sooo good!!  Have you tried Kayali Invite Only Amber 23?  Iโ€™m wondering how similar the two would beโ€ฆ  KAYALI INVITE ONLY AMBER | 23 Eau De Parfum Intense 

Re: Love At First Sample!!! ๐Ÿฅฐ

@heartsmyface, I have not tried the Kayali. I didnโ€™t even know about it until you mentioned it. Iโ€™ll be downtown at the end of the week and may have to see if I can scurry over to a store during lunch to test it out. ๐Ÿค” 

Re: Love At First Sample!!! ๐Ÿฅฐ

I definitely love those smells!

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@Sha03  Theyโ€™re beautiful arenโ€™t they?  I love warm spicy and sweet fragrances as well:) 

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Iโ€™ve tried and loved most of the Maison Margiela Replica perfumes. My first love being โ€œby the fireplaceโ€. Just recently got โ€œcoffee breakโ€ as a sample and loved it so much I bought a bottle the next day. Still waiting for it to show up! 

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@strgazrmoonchld  Coffee break is one I have yet to experience!   By The Fireplace I didnโ€™t like at first but I warmed up to it.  I still have to be in a very specific mood to enjoy so itโ€™s travel size for me:) 

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@strgazrmoonchld I still really want to smell Maison Margiela REPLICA' Matcha Meditation" because it sounds interesting!  That's great that you found a couple of scents from the brand that you love ๐Ÿ™‚

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@CookieGirl1   Yeah you do!!! Itโ€™s one of my favourite scents for how light and airy it is!  I powered through a travel size of it in two to three months and had to have the large bottle.  

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@heartsmyface do you smell the chocolate much or more just the matcha?

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Waiting on a delivery is so fun,  all that anticipation ๐Ÿ˜„ I hope it arrives soon! @strgazrmoonchld 

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I recieved a sample of #TULA Skincare Brightening Treatment Drops Triple Vitamin C Serum 1 oz/ 30 mL and it the nicest vitamin C serum I have ever tried, it absorbed well, didn't pill with my other skin care, and was so brightening when I used it. Loved this so much I needed the full size ๐Ÿ˜

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@CynthieLu  Ohh thanks for putting this on my radar! That blue packaging doesnโ€™t make me think of Tula as a brand Iโ€™d look for a great vitamin C product within. Noted.  Have you tried Sunday Riley CEO?  

Re: Love At First Sample!!! ๐Ÿฅฐ

@CynthieLu I saw that at Ulta recently and it intrigued me.  I wish it was in an airtight bottle, tho.  So, it's a pass for me given the price.  Shame.

Re: Love At First Sample!!! ๐Ÿฅฐ

@greeneyedgirl107  Oh good point.  I've had a few C products oxidize on me in the past which was disappointing.  I wonder how stable their vitamin C isโ€ฆ 

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@Anonymous7

I knoooo the trial sizes I had were in cute little tubes, it's so true. I wish companies took surveys on bottles and improvements. There is so much room for improvement, why stick with a flawed design. Droppers the don't reach the bottom, faulty pumps, etc..

Re: Love At First Sample!!! ๐Ÿฅฐ

@CynthieLu  As much as I enjoy the process of using droppers I agree, itโ€™s impossible to get all the product out without a mini spatula.  At least the bottle is opaque.  

Re: Love At First Sample!!! ๐Ÿฅฐ

mine was the olaplex no 9! the first time I tried it, i immediately bought the full size!

Re: Love At First Sample!!! ๐Ÿฅฐ

@malgal10  Olaplex is awesome!  I donโ€™t use it nearly as much as I used to but it saved my hair during an extended bleaching adventure:) 

Re: Love At First Sample!!! ๐Ÿฅฐ

I love Olaplex no.9 tooo @malgal10 I'm on my second bottle ๐Ÿ˜‹ that stuff is so good!

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it's amazing!! 

 

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