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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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It is the cutest! The sample set is a good intro I learned a lot more about what the products did for my hair, I love adorable mini sets there like the in between from sample to full size I feel โค๏ธ @CookieGirl1 

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@peculiarzmakeup so cool, I may have to try this brand

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Itโ€™s really amazing Iโ€™m liking it a lot, thank you itโ€™s so cool how a sample leads to so many other experiences ๐Ÿ™‚ @CorgiMommy 

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There's two samples I think about often because they were so good, but then d/c.  One was a Gucci Foundation and the other was Sulwhasoo Gentle Cleansing Foam , which still exists but was reformulated.

 

(ETA, Gucci Foundation was 24 HR luminous matte, aka the one that got away)

 

Trying to think about current items I've sampled, there's #Lancรดme Teint Idole Ultra Wear Care & Glow Foundationโ€‹ with Hyaluronic Acid 425C , which is a cool tinted shade that just surprised me on how well it matched. Come to think about it, got it from the Sephora Favorites Foundation Try-On Sample Bag With Redeemable Voucher 

 

I'm also compulsively hoarding Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Face and Under-Eye Concealer 8 , even though 9 is my match.  Come to think of it, their Armani Beauty Power Fabric + Longwear Matte Concealer is also another one I sampled and was like ๐Ÿซข๐Ÿ˜ฎ

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@danielledanielle  I hate when my samples get away!!!! 

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Lovely sample successes Iโ€™m still trying to look back and on what Iโ€™ve used and then later on purchased for a sample. ๐Ÿซถ @danielledanielle 

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That Sephora Favorites Try On Kit is such a good deal @danielledanielle! I really appreciate that the $10 off voucher can be used for foundations that are not part of the samples included in the kit. ๐Ÿ‘ Ahhh, the Armani Power Fabric is bringing back memories. I loved that concealer long ago; come to think of it, I'm not sure why I actually stopped using it. Making a note to check my stash. ๐Ÿ—’ I'm sure I have another tube of it. 

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@danielledanielle that's impressive that so many of your items are complexion products!  I feel like that's my least "sample made me buy it" category.

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Yes, it's wiiiiiillllld given how I feel about shade matching @CookieGirl1 , but there's also something to be said about foundation samples in general.  Like paying $5-10 for options just helps.  Haus Labs does something like that and  Dior is the only other one I can think of that gives that many, plus their primer. 

 

ETA: I have another one (the name of the Gucci one escaped me, so I went looking in an old thread of mine) and was also reminded of Lancรดme SKIN FEELS GOOD Tinted Moisturizer with SPF 23 05N Radiant Tan , which isn't sold here anymore, but that was my tinted moisturizer all of 2022.  Not a perfect match, but workable.  I think this is telling me I should just get foundation packets and leave shade matching tools alone ๐Ÿคฃ

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I've probably posted this already and forgot if so, here it is again!

 

Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm for Hydration & Shine Vanilla I got a sample of this in the birthday gift and instantly fell in love!

 

I also fell in love with Topicals Hydrating Mask which they don't make anymore.

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@Samtian  I love my lip butter balms too! Whatโ€™s your fav flavour? Also the topicals discontinued the face mask? I have a sample on my dresser!! 

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@ather  so far I've only tried two, vanilla and brown sugar. Vanilla wins by far! There are a few more I want to try.  As for the face mask yep, I can't find it on their site or anywhere. 

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@Samtian, the Summer Fridays lip balms are really good and they have some great flavors/scents, too. Rhode lip treatments are still tops for me, but I am a fan of the Summer Fridays balms as well. 

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@itsfi I haven't tried any of that yet. 

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Thank you for the tag @itsfi, as I hadn't noticed this thread before. What a cool idea, @heartsmyface 

 

This isn't a super exciting one, but probably the use of mascara primer in general. I hadn't necessarily gone out of my way to purchase it before, but after sampling (I always get so many of the mini Lancome Cils Booster samples), I really think it makes my mascara look so much better. My lashes are fairly wimpy, and it just provides so much more volume. I often don't have to purchase it because I get so many samples, but I sometimes buy the L'Oreal Voluminous version instead because it's more affordable. 

 

Lancรดme Cils Booster XL Super-Enhancing Mascara Primer .18 oz / 5.5 ml 

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Ahhh, yes! I am also a member of the wimpy lashes club @PrettyPaint. Iโ€™m reminded by your post that lash primer is such a great tool. Need to remember to use it more often. Like daily. ๐Ÿ˜‚ 

 

Yes, yes, this is such a great thread! I try to come back to it regularly but that doesnโ€™t always go the way I want. Itโ€™s fun and helpful to hear what samples have hooked them into purchasing a full size. โ™ฅ๏ธ

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Thanks for the tag @itsfi ! I definitely have fallen in love with something off a sample. A few notable products come to mind:

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Im glad you found the caliray Freedreaming Blurring Lightweight Skin Tint its a personal favorite for summer @cianniโค๏ธ i find it externally underrated๐Ÿ˜…โค๏ธ

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I ๐Ÿ’ฏ support your having Angels Share in every size @cianni - itโ€™s such a gorgeous scent! โ™ฅ๏ธ Oh, the Touch in Sol is a blast from the last; I really like that primer. Your post is nudging me to pull it out and set it on the counter for use another day.

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Sol de Janeiro has a beautiful range of scents. My gateway to the brand was the original Cheirosa 62 scent of the Brazilian Play Moisturizing Cream-Gel, but as more scents were introduced, it's been the fresh floral scent of the Cheirosa 68, Beija Flor that I keep going back for. I have all the products in this fragrance line and the cream, in particular, is definitely one that fall in the love-at-first-sample camp. I have picked up the Sol de Janeiro Beija Florโ„ข Jet Set as gifts (for others and myself, ha!) and may do so again in the next couple of weeks.

 

Sol de Janeiro Mini Beija Florโ„ข Collagen-Boosting Elasti-Cream with Bio-Retinol and Squalane 2.5 oz/... Sol de Janeiro Beija Florโ„ข Collagen-Boosting Elasti-Cream with Bio-Retinol and Squalane 8.1 oz / 240... Sol de Janeiro Biggie Biggie Beija Florโ„ข Elasti-Cream 16.9 oz / 500 mL  

 

Wondering if there are others for whom a current favorite or well-loved product was the result of it being a love-at-first-sample product? This inquiring mind (and I'm sure others here as well) wants to know. 

 

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Thanks for the tag @itsfi ! Love this idea for a thread! There have definitely been quite a few products that I have t

fallen in love with after trying a sample (or the mini size in some cases). One was Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion Originalwhich I tried a sample of when I was just starting my makeup journey, which was my first time trying an eyeshadow primer. Here I am a couple of years later, still using it every time I wear eyeshadow! More recently, I tried a deluxe sample of ONE/SIZE by Patrick Starrr Secure the Blur Makeup Magnet Primer 1.18 oz/ 35 mL and really liked it, so much that I ordered a full size as soon as I finished the sample. It's been my go-to primer for humid days all summer! And of course, I am slightly obsessed with hoarding and trying perfume samples, so there have been a number of fragrances I've fallen for after trying a sample vial and subsequently purchased a larger size. Some of my favorite "love at first sniff" perfumes have been NEST New York Wild Poppy Eau de Parfum 1.7oz/50mL , Parfums de Marly Delina, and a recent love, Zoologist Hummingbird. 

I'm sure there are others that I'm forgetting! I love samples (and minis too), it is a great way to try new things and potentially discover a new love without committing to a full size.

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