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[Jeaniney]

Quote: Originally Posted by saku /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  i just bought my first YSL glossy stain. i got #7 corail aquatique and i am in love. think i'll get more.....but slowly since they are expensive! $35! but i think it's worth it. so pigmented, wears comfortable, great colors! i guess i'll find out how long it wears on the lips by the end of the day. i had to change my lippy mid-day to test it right away. hehe

i'm in a low buy, but this is allowed because i used a gift card /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
I don't have any but I really want one!! I think I will wait until Chic Week (April) when I get to break my no-buy.

 

[LuckyMoon]

Quote: Originally Posted by gemstone /img/forum/go_quote.gif



Aaah it's so tiny and cute! (Pictured next to a maybeline color elixer)
Yay!  Mine is on it's way to me.  Love the minis and if I remember right, it's the lip cream instead of the lip polish.  I have found that I like the lip cream better.

 

[normajean2008]

Quote: Originally Posted by saku /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  i just bought my first YSL glossy stain. i got #7 corail aquatique and i am in love. think i'll get more.....but slowly since they are expensive! $35! but i think it's worth it. so pigmented, wears comfortable, great colors! i guess i'll find out how long it wears on the lips by the end of the day. i had to change my lippy mid-day to test it right away. hehe

i'm in a low buy, but this is allowed because i used a gift card /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
I LOVE LOVE LOVE those things, even if they drain the bank account fast.  They last forever, and stay on for about 4-6 hours for me.  Some stay on longer than others, but that is the average.  I like the most that they don't dry my lips out, look glossy the whole application time (for me), and don't kiss off.  I'm a nanny, and it is the only thing I can wear that doesn't kiss off onto my little guy's head and leave a sticky mess.

 

[kira685]

Quote: Originally Posted by gemstone /img/forum/go_quote.gif

On delivering packages and the weather: remember that when there is snow, etc it really backs up package delivery- so while you might not have a ton of snow that day, they might have double or even triple the packages to delver.

I am a dog walker and if there is any amount of ice on the ground it takes much longer to complete my normal route, since a lot of people are pretty inconsiderate about salting and shoveling the sidewalk. (And by inconsiderate I mean that they don't do it at all- especially if they have a garage or mainly enter as exit through the back door). Even one of two inches or snow can turn to ice very quickly, so is getting your package on time really more important than the safety of the delivery men and women?
building on this, employees also tend call in sick =)

 

[saku]

i spent so much time picking a YSL glossy stain shade! i've been thinking of the purple and the red, but in the end, decided to be 'practical' and buy a shade i would actually wear in public. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> 

while i was in sephora, i also asked for some fragrance samples:

1. coach poppy flower

2. viva la juicy noir

3. chanel no 5

has anyone tried coach poppy flower yet? i thought it smells similar to marc jacobs dot. just from memory though, i didn't sniff them (yet) side by side. it's fruity-floral at first (i'm definitely getting some grapefruit..also some fresh), and dries down to a very soft floral-powdery scent. thoughts? 

 

[biancardi]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mayrax3 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  hey everyone, i was google-ing the buxom sample & i found someone selling it on ebay(different shade), it is a smaller deluxe! i don't know if i'm allowed to share the ebay link on here, but i just wanted to let you ladies know /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> 
I am sorry, but that is pretty sad and pathetic that people are selling FREE samples on ebay.
  just my take on it.  

 

[lioness90]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jeaniney /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Quote: Originally Posted by saku /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  i just bought my first YSL glossy stain. i got #7 corail aquatique and i am in love. think i'll get more.....but slowly since they are expensive! $35! but i think it's worth it. so pigmented, wears comfortable, great colors! i guess i'll find out how long it wears on the lips by the end of the day. i had to change my lippy mid-day to test it right away. hehe

i'm in a low buy, but this is allowed because i used a gift card /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
I don't have any but I really want one!! I think I will wait until Chic Week (April) when I get to break my no-buy.

I've been looking at those online and Chic Week can't come soon enough! 

 
Quote: Originally Posted by saku /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  i spent so much time picking a YSL glossy stain shade! i've been thinking of the purple and the red, but in the end, decided to be 'practical' and buy a shade i would actually wear in public. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> 

while i was in sephora, i also asked for some fragrance samples:

1. coach poppy flower

2. viva la juicy noir

3. chanel no 5

has anyone tried coach poppy flower yet? i thought it smells similar to marc jacobs dot. just from memory though, i didn't sniff them (yet) side by side. it's fruity-floral at first (i'm definitely getting some grapefruit..also some fresh), and dries down to a very soft floral-powdery scent. thoughts? 
I love Coach poppy flower - but it gives me headaches. I've never smelled Dot though.

 

[mariahk83]

Quote: Originally Posted by normajean2008 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I LOVE LOVE LOVE those things, even if they drain the bank account fast.  They last forever, and stay on for about 4-6 hours for me.  Some stay on longer than others, but that is the average.  I like the most that they don't dry my lips out, look glossy the whole application time (for me), and don't kiss off.  I'm a nanny, and it is the only thing I can wear that doesn't kiss off onto my little guy's head and leave a sticky mess.
the loreal dupes of the YSL Glossy Stains are pretty nice too - not quite as pigmented, but the wear time and feel is very similar.

 

[nolongeravaliable15]

I am sorry, but that is pretty sad and pathetic that people are selling FREE samples on ebay.   just my take on it.  

No I agree, I just wanted to share that it was in fact deluxe. It was the only picture that I could find of the sample , it just so happened to be on eBay

 

[biancardi]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mayrax3 /img/forum/go_quote.gif


No I agree, I just wanted to share that it was in fact deluxe. It was the only picture that I could find of the sample , it just so happened to be on eBay
yes, thank you!!  It did help to know what size it is /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[BexDev]

Does it make me a bad person for wanting to buy something just to get this tiny adorable lipgloss?!  I have a miniature problem...

 

[deactivateduser232015]

Quote: Originally Posted by biancardi /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I am sorry, but that is pretty sad and pathetic that people are selling FREE samples on ebay.
  just my take on it.  
Why is it sad and pathetic? There are companies like Surrender to Chance who decant perfumes and sell them specifically so people can test and rebuy the full size at other stores. Isn't that a form of selling samples as well?

If people collect free samples to specifically sell on ebay, yeah that's not exactly cool, but people who buy them on ebay also might not live close to a physical store that gives out perfume samples and would rather shell out $5 to test a perfume than $50 on a perfume they don't end up liking. People wouldn't sell them on ebay if there wasn't an demand and clearly there is.

 

[FormosaHoney]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kyuu /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Why is it sad and pathetic? There are companies like Surrender to Chance who decant perfumes and sell them specifically so people can test and rebuy the full size at other stores. Isn't that a form of selling samples as well?

If people collect free samples to specifically sell on ebay, yeah that's not exactly cool, but people who buy them on ebay also might not live close to a physical store that gives out perfume samples and would rather shell out $5 to test a perfume than $50 on a perfume they don't end up liking. People wouldn't sell them on ebay if there wasn't an demand and clearly there is.

This is the kind of stuff that our free capitalist economy is based on.  Buy low, sell high.  Our nation is built on it.  I'm not advocating it or disparging it.   
 
The individudals that are doing it are likely doing it due to economic factors, there is inexpensive supply and there are some demands and they have time on their hands to move small quantitiies of low margin products - I mean face it, it's money but it's nothing to brag about. 
 
Our market is a self-correcting one, eventually the supply (Sephora) will take measures to effect a more democratic distribution of testing products if it really deems it bad for business.  It hasn't yet, which give one food for thought no?
 
The sales on eBay is probably contributing to the hype of new products (price inflation & buzz) and at the same time getting testers into the hands of people that would otherwise not get them. 
 
This is classic grey area sales, it's existed aplenty.  It's niether illegal or unethical, it's just undesirable by specific stake holders.

 

[meaganola]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kyuu /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Why is it sad and pathetic? There are companies like Surrender to Chance who decant perfumes and sell them specifically so people can test and rebuy the full size at other stores. Isn't that a form of selling samples as well?

If people collect free samples to specifically sell on ebay, yeah that's not exactly cool, but people who buy them on ebay also might not live close to a physical store that gives out perfume samples and would rather shell out $5 to test a perfume than $50 on a perfume they don't end up liking. People wouldn't sell them on ebay if there wasn't an demand and clearly there is.

And then there are people like me who have a whole *box* full of these things that have just find of infiltrated my life (why not go ahead and pick three free samples I may or may not use if I'm ordering something from Nordstrom/Sephora anyway?  And sometimes I think I really *will* use something, and then I get it, and it sits unopened and unused for months on end.  *cough*Flowerbomb*cough*Spicebomb*cough*.  And then there are the GWP bags where I want *part* of the bag because OOH HIGHLIGHTER!, or even just the bag itself because it's adorable, and then I'm left with several other samples I DO NOT WANT, not to mention ALL OF THE SUBSCRIPTION BOXES) and multiplied.  If I can ever get around to putting a mixed lot of them up on eBay and get them *gone*, I don't see why I should have to keep them. 

And, no, swapping them is not a solution.  They're mostly things that sat on my swap list for ages.  If I put them on my list more than a year ago and they're still there, they're clearly not going anywhere now.  And giving them away to friends/coworkers?  I have no friends who want them and no coworkers I like enough to give them all away to.  I have a couple of coworkers who will take them, but they will take *all* of every single sample of anything that I have *whether they actually have any use for them or not*, and that makes me feel like they're really greedy and only have any interested in me for what I can give them -- and that I'm *expected* to bring all of my things of this nature to them.  I have one coworker who *pouts* if she finds out I had a mascara or liquid liner (I don't use either of these) that I didn't give to her.  She is a grandmother in her fifties.  It really makes me want to never take any samples to work ever again.  I would rather put it up on eBay and let it go to someone who *wants* it and isn't just taking it so someone else doesn't get it first.

(Having said that, I don't actually have an auction of this nature up right now.  I'm just explaining why I *would*.  And actually *should*, if I ever get motivated enough to do anything other than spend my spare time poking around on Kickstarter.  Have you seen the Time to Dye campaign?  I really wish I dyed eggs just so I would have a reason to back this.  I desperately want a Bunny Ears t-shirt.  It would go nicely with my t-shirt with a kitty face comprised of dozens of little *skulls* in various sizes and shades of white/gray.)

 

[Cultfigure]

And then there are people like me who have a whole *box* full of these things that have just find of infiltrated my life (why not go ahead and pick three free samples I may or may not use if I'm ordering something from Nordstrom/Sephora anyway?  And sometimes I think I really *will* use something, and then I get it, and it sits unopened and unused for months on end.  *cough*Flowerbomb*cough*Spicebomb*cough*.  And then there are the GWP bags where I want *part* of the bag because OOH HIGHLIGHTER!, or even just the bag itself because it's adorable, and then I'm left with several other samples I DO NOT WANT, not to mention ALL OF THE SUBSCRIPTION BOXES) and multiplied.  If I can ever get around to putting a mixed lot of them up on eBay and get them *gone*, I don't see why I should have to keep them.  And, no, swapping them is not a solution.  They're mostly things that sat on my swap list for ages.  If I put them on my list more than a year ago and they're still there, they're clearly not going anywhere now.  And giving them away to friends/coworkers?  I have no friends who want them and no coworkers I like enough to give them all away to.  I have a couple of coworkers who will take them, but they will take *all* of every single sample of anything that I have *whether they actually have any use for them or not*, and that makes me feel like they're really greedy and only have any interested in me for what I can give them -- and that I'm *expected* to bring all of my things of this nature to them.  I have one coworker who *pouts* if she finds out I had a mascara or liquid liner (I don't use either of these) that I didn't give to her.  She is a grandmother in her fifties.  It really makes me want to never take any samples to work ever again.  I would rather put it up on eBay and let it go to someone who *wants* it and isn't just taking it so someone else doesn't get it first. (Having said that, I don't actually have an auction of this nature up right now.  I'm just explaining why I *would*.  And actually *should*, if I ever get motivated enough to do anything other than spend my spare time poking around on Kickstarter.  Have you seen the Time to Dye campaign?  I really wish I dyed eggs just so I would have a reason to back this.  I desperately want a Bunny Ears t-shirt.  It would go nicely with my t-shirt with a kitty face comprised of dozens of little *skulls* in various sizes and shades of white/gray.)

I think we all need to see said shirt.

 

[normajean2008]

Quote: Originally Posted by mariahk83 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  the loreal dupes of the YSL Glossy Stains are pretty nice too - not quite as pigmented, but the wear time and feel is very similar.
I didn't have good luck with the Loreal version.  It didn't stay glossy more than 10 or so minutes, and faded out fast in the middle of my lips, felt heavy and stickier than the YSL kind, and needed 5+ coats to get true color, and dried my lips out.  I was also allergic to the dyes in half of what I tried (I tried I think 5 colors).  I know many people love them though.  I just was not lucky with these "dupes".   I am one of those people who just don't have much luck with drugstore lippies.  There is something different in the dyes they use or in the fillers. 

Anyways, back to topic... at least with the YSL's, there are so many color variations that are very similar, so you don't need "all" of them!  Over the last year/year and a half I've collected 8, and other than a true red and a magenta pink, I've basically got all colors a person could want, and only 1 is about half gone.  You really do get your money's worth out of them.

 

[felicia1995]

Quote: Originally Posted by 0made0up0 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Is VIBNIRVANA needs $25 to qualify?

I don't think there's a minimum (or maybe $1 minimum), but you have to be VIB.

 

[bonita22]

Looks like they might have recently changed the minimum for vibnirvana. I was able to use it on a $10 purchase last week, now it says $25 minimum for VIB/VIBR.

 

[biancardi]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kyuu /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Why is it sad and pathetic? There are companies like Surrender to Chance who decant perfumes and sell them specifically so people can test and rebuy the full size at other stores. Isn't that a form of selling samples as well?

If people collect free samples to specifically sell on ebay, yeah that's not exactly cool, but people who buy them on ebay also might not live close to a physical store that gives out perfume samples and would rather shell out $5 to test a perfume than $50 on a perfume they don't end up liking. People wouldn't sell them on ebay if there wasn't an demand and clearly there is.
It is my opinion.  If others find it fine, that is their opinion.

I find it sad & pathetic because obviously, they got a  FREE sample that they did not want and will sell it for profit.  Reminds me of scalpers.   Instead of letting someone else get it in their order FREE, they scooped them up so that they could sell it.  

Decanting perfumes that was purchased to sell in a smaller format is totally different from what happened here.

I have lots of samples too - I don't sell them - in fact, they don't even go in my swap list as things to "trade" - if I got them free, they go in my "free with any existing swap"  list, because I feel that I got them free,   it isn't fair for me to try & use them as a potential swap item (again, this is just me...)   or I package them up as extras in goodie bags for my family & friends  or  I will  donate them.   .    Things that people paid for, such as their sub boxes, and they have an overstock of items - that is also different.  They paid for those items.

But I've seen it before where there is a *hot* free sample and folks will just grab them, with the intent of selling it on ebay only. 

I am just telling you what I would do and why I feel this way.      I am not attacking anyone here, and you did ask /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[tallison]

I didn't have good luck with the Loreal version.  It didn't stay glossy more than 10 or so minutes, and faded out fast in the middle of my lips, felt heavy and stickier than the YSL kind, and needed 5+ coats to get true color, and dried my lips out.  I was also allergic to the dyes in half of what I tried (I tried I think 5 colors).  I know many people love them though.  I just was not lucky with these "dupes".   I am one of those people who just don't have much luck with drugstore lippies.  There is something different in the dyes they use or in the fillers.  Anyways, back to topic... at least with the YSL's, there are so many color variations that are very similar, so you don't need "all" of them!  Over the last year/year and a half I've collected 8, and other than a true red and a magenta pink, I've basically got all colors a person could want, and only 1 is about half gone.  You really do get your money's worth out of them.

If you guys are into trying some of the rebel nude YSL glossy stains before you buy, they are being offered as part of a free sample at Sephora right now! I just got my sample pack yesterday, it comes with three small blister pack type samples of YSL gloss in #103, 106, and 107. Also includes a doe foot applicator in the sample pack. A great choice for one of your free samples if you are already thinking about making a purchase and want to try out a few colors before you buy at Chic Week!