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]

@Titian06, this set surprised me, in a good way. 😊

[heartsmyface]

@itsfi  Vanilla amber sounds sooo good!!  Have you tried Kayali Invite Only Amber 23?  I’m wondering how similar the two would be…  KAYALI INVITE ONLY AMBER | 23 Eau De Parfum Intense 

[itsfi]

@heartsmyface, I have not tried the Kayali. I didn’t even know about it until you mentioned it. I’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. 🤔 

[Sha03]

I definitely love those smells!

[heartsmyface]

@Sha03  They’re beautiful aren’t they?  I love warm spicy and sweet fragrances as well:) 

[strgazrmoonchld]

I’ve tried and loved most of the Maison Margiela Replica perfumes. My first love being “by the fireplace”. Just recently got “coffee break” as a sample and loved it so much I bought a bottle the next day. Still waiting for it to show up! 

[heartsmyface]

@strgazrmoonchld  Coffee break is one I have yet to experience!   By The Fireplace I didn’t like at first but I warmed up to it.  I still have to be in a very specific mood to enjoy so it’s travel size for me:) 

[CookieGirl1]

@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 🙂

[heartsmyface]

@CookieGirl1   Yeah you do!!! It’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.  

[CookieGirl1]

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

[CynthieLu]

Waiting on a delivery is so fun,  all that anticipation 😄 I hope it arrives soon! @strgazrmoonchld 

[CynthieLu]

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 😁

[heartsmyface]

@CynthieLu  Ohh thanks for putting this on my radar! That blue packaging doesn’t make me think of Tula as a brand I’d look for a great vitamin C product within. Noted.  Have you tried Sunday Riley CEO?  

[greeneyedgirl107]

@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.

[heartsmyface]

@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 is… 

[CynthieLu]

@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..

[heartsmyface]

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

[malgal10]

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

[heartsmyface]

@malgal10  Olaplex is awesome!  I don’t use it nearly as much as I used to but it saved my hair during an extended bleaching adventure:) 

[CynthieLu]

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

[malgal10]

it's amazing!!