Welcome to almost the end of October! 😀 I’m doing my Empties post a week early because I’ll be heading off for a much needed holiday very soon and won’t physically be able to take photos and blog about my empties post when the end of October actually arrives.
This has been a month of samples! To prepare for my upcoming trip I wanted to go through all my samples and see what I could take with me and what I’d need to depot into travel containers. As a beauty blogger / crazy makeup person you have a tendency to end up with a ton of samples and I thought, why not start trying some out and see if I discover anything new!
As a general recommendation, most samples are very generous so I find it best to depot them into contact lens containers (or anything small and air tight, I just happen to have TONS of contact lens containers) so I can get a few days uses out of them, some lasted close to a week!
It’s going to be a long post so sit back and enjoy~ First two are non-samples and the rest are samples!
Bath & Body Works Anti-Bacterial Gentle Foaming Hand Soap – Vanilla Berry Sorbet
Hand soap is hand soap, I’ve still got a small mountain of hand soap to work through from Bath & Body Works, but after going through quite a few bottles now I actually prefer the scents from more mainstream brands in the supermarket like Palmolive. So I think once I finish all the BBW hand washes, I probably won’t be re-ordering them.
Clinique All About Eyes Rich
I’m always on the hunt for a good highly moisturising eye cream, and I thought this would be perfect. It is actually quite good and left my under eye area feeling very hydrated and nourished. I’m keen to try something different like from SKII to see if I’ll get different results, if not I’d gladly come back to this.
Nature Republic Herb Dressing White Honey Foam Cleanser
Nature Republic is a Korean cosmetics brand and I received this as a sample in a not so recent order I had placed. I -love- this cleanser! It’s design to brighten your skin, I didn’t notice any brightening per say, but the smell was great and I love that it foamed up without drying out my skin. Once I whittle down my cleanser collection I’m definitely repurchasing this.
YSL Forever Youth Liberator Serum x 2
Won’t purchase this, it felt nice going on, similar to Lancome’s Genefique, but the stronger than normal fragrance bugs me after a while.
YSL Forever Youth Liberator Nutri Creme
Similar to how I feel about the Serum, nothing overly offensive except for the strong scent. With plenty of other products in the market that I’m already impressed with, there isn’t any need to spend big on these.
Fresh Soy Face Cleanser x2
Will not buy, the smell is very plant based / herbal which I’m not a fan of at all! Didn’t feel like it didn’t really help cleanse my skin either.
Etude House Know Your Body Soft Cream Scrub
For a body scrub, the grains were very fine and didn’t make me feel like I got a good scrub so won’t be purchasing.
Sarah McNamara Miracle Skin Transformer SPF20 Face – Medium
This was actually not too bad at all as it honestly felt like a primer / tint moisturiser combined. Left my skin feeling smooth and ready for either powder or foundation. Only issue was that Medium was way too dark for my skin tone. I’m curious to know what Light is like but I wouldn’t purchase it without trying it in person first.
Chanel UV Essentiel SPF 50
Suuuuper watery and leaves an oily white cast on my face, makes me wonder whether the SPF50 properties is really taking effect since I end up using less product here than with other sunscreens. Probably won’t buy now that I’m in love with Biore’s Sunscreens from Japan.
Bobbi Brown Hydrating Eye Cream
Loved this, it’s a great eye cream to use when my skin isn’t too dry and I would and have bought this without hesitation.
Bobbi Brown Hydrating Gel Cream
Hmm, strange because normally Bobbi brown products don’t have herbal scents with them, but I found this did. Wondering if maybe I’ve had this sample for too long…
Peter Thomas Roth Vitamin C Brightening Serum
For 2ml, you get enough to cover your face twice over! Left my skin a bit tingly afterwards but haven’t noticed anything negative. Probably won’t buy.
NUXE First Expression Lines Eye Contour Cream
For NUXE I was surprised that this didn’t have a very strong scent! Lasted a good 5-6 days and I enjoyed it, but as dark circles are not a huge issue for me I won’t be purchasing.
Lancome Renergie Lift Multi-Action
Nothing noticeably great or bad about this product, so won’t be purchasing.
Skin Food Omija Whitening Emulsion
Usually a fan of most Skin Food products, not sure I would purchase this though as it was a pretty average moisturiser.
Mamonde Total Solution Eye Cream
This is was a nice eye cream, but I noticed it had a tendency to roll and ball up if I accidentally brushed my hands under my eyes, so I don’t see myself purchasing this.
Le Metier de Beaute Revitalising Anti-Aging Day Creme
Being LMdB, I know without looking that this will be expensive and given it was just average I won’t be purchasing.
Etude House Milk Talk – Strawberry
Love this body wash! It smells exactly like bathing in strawberry milkshake, which okay, isn’t for everyone. But I’m addicted to sweets and having this in my shower is just pure win!
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