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[bonita22]

[@]Flowerfish[/@] The fresh life rollerball smells amazing! I can't stop smelling it. My husband even told me he loves the scent on me, he doesn't normally comment on my perfumes. I'm so glad I was able to get it.

 

[normajean2008]

Quote: Originally Posted by Flowerfish /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Is anyone loving the Fresh Life rollerball?  I've already received 2 compliments on it since I received it yesterday afternoon.  I love citrusy scents and (on me) this dried down to smell like oranges - yum!  My co-worker did walk in today and say, "It smells like oranges", I'm not sure if someone was actually eating oranges or if it was just my Fresh Life perfume!
I just got my order with this roller ball tonight.  I really like this perfume so far.  I don't know if I'd buy a full size spray bottle, because this roller ball will last me quite a long time...but I do like it.  On me it started out very citrus smelling, then after about half an hour turned more a citrus-floral.  Now a couple hours after that, it smells like a lighter version of the prior combo plus some powdery smell.

Like if you took a really good citrus perfume, and mixed it with Kenzo Flower.  Glad I snapped one up before they were gone! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

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On another note... I need a second to vent about Sephora.   My free samples I picked for this order above...2 were the new Becca foundation whatevers they had in fair/light, medium duo shades, and dark shades.  I picked the lightest and medium duos to see if any match me and if I like them, and a perfume sample (which I'm not crazy about).

The packer in the warehouse put the fair/light duo in my box, the perfume sample, and a different Becca foundation sample that wasn't even listed as an option at the time of my order.  Well, yeah, okay, substitutions happen sometimes... Except...wait for it... they sent me makeup for African American colorings!  My samples selected CLEARLY say I'm a *white girl*... why oh why would they think sending me a sample strictly for Af. Amer. would be acceptable!!??! 

Out of ALL the other samples, they couldn't have picked something I could actually even try out?  Really?  Seriously?  It isn't really a big deal in the long run, it is just a sample.  It is more the fact that the packer person clearly didn't give a **** what was on my order in the first place, and they blatantly did something stupid that shows how careless they really are.  They might as well just say when ordering-- you'll get three samples (maybe, lol) chosen at blind random.  Why bother picking things if they're going to be this stupid/careless.  You know?

 

[normajean2008]

Quote: Originally Posted by FormosaHoney /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
Thanks for bringing that up!  I'll be sure to 'prime' my applicator with the ligthest tinted gloss I've got first, so as to not have the sponge 'eat' my YSL sample!
If that doesn't work, and you don't want to use fingers... I'd also maybe try just getting the sample applicator wet and blotting the excess water off.  It is a doe foot app., but it is the "drier" kind that has a tendency to soak up too much product like if you use a dry foundation sponge vs. a damp one.  If that makes any sense.  Also, I think a regular brush tip lip brush would probably work to test them too.

 

[jmd252]

I just got my order with this roller ball tonight.  I really like this perfume so far.  I don't know if I'd buy a full size spray bottle, because this roller ball will last me quite a long time...but I do like it.  On me it started out very citrus smelling, then after about half an hour turned more a citrus-floral.  Now a couple hours after that, it smells like a lighter version of the prior combo plus some powdery smell. Like if you took a really good citrus perfume, and mixed it with Kenzo Flower.  Glad I snapped one up before they were gone! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> -------------- On another note... I need a second to vent about Sephora.   My free samples I picked for this order above...2 were the new Becca foundation whatevers they had in fair/light, medium duo shades, and dark shades.  I picked the lightest and medium duos to see if any match me and if I like them, and a perfume sample (which I'm not crazy about). The packer in the warehouse put the fair/light duo in my box, the perfume sample, and a different Becca foundation sample that wasn't even listed as an option at the time of my order.  Well, yeah, okay, substitutions happen sometimes... Except...wait for it... they sent me makeup for African American colorings!  My samples selected CLEARLY say I'm a *white girl*... why oh why would they think sending me a sample strictly for Af. Amer. would be acceptable!!??!  Out of ALL the other samples, they couldn't have picked something I could actually even try out?  Really?  Seriously?  It isn't really a big deal in the long run, it is just a sample.  It is more the fact that the packer person clearly didn't give a **** what was on my order in the first place, and they blatantly did something stupid that shows how careless they really are.  They might as well just say when ordering-- you'll get three samples (maybe, lol) chosen at blind random.  Why bother picking things if they're going to be this stupid/careless.  You know?

My dad works in the warehouse packing orders for a different company and I know from hearing his many interesting stories that sometimes mistakes do happen. I suppose you can call it careless, but it may very well have been an honest mistake. Maybe the boxes for each color were near one another or mislabeled? Perhaps you can call sephora and explain how badly you wanted to try the right color, and how you may be interested in buying it! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> i would be more inclined to assume that these people are simply rushing to fill orders as fast as possible and made an honest mistake, than I would to assume they are stupid /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> Hopefully sephora can get that sample in your hands! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> Or I can give you the old Birchbox reply: "maybe you can use this color for contouring or to test the formulation!" (Hopefully you subscribe to bb, otherwise I'm probably only making myself laugh...)

 

[saku]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmd252 /img/forum/go_quote.gif


Or I can give you the old Birchbox reply: "maybe you can use this color for contouring or to test the formulation!" (Hopefully you subscribe to bb, otherwise I'm probably only making myself laugh...)
lol. so birchbox!

 

[kawaiiwoofs]

Yeah! Shoot them an email! [@]normajean2008[/@] although, you gotta think about how giant that warehouse is (and magical to be around all those pretties), how many orders they pack, and how fast they move. They probably don't even care to discern or even bother to think for 2 seconds whether or not the customer is white or African American, they're just throwing stuff in boxes and moving on. It was an honest mistake but hopefully you get the color cards you wanted.

My dad works in the warehouse packing orders for a different company and I know from hearing his many interesting stories that sometimes mistakes do happen. I suppose you can call it careless, but it may very well have been an honest mistake. Maybe the boxes for each color were near one another or mislabeled? Perhaps you can call sephora and explain how badly you wanted to try the right color, and how you may be interested in buying it! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> i would be more inclined to assume that these people are simply rushing to fill orders as fast as possible and made an honest mistake, than I would to assume they are stupid /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> Hopefully sephora can get that sample in your hands! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> Or I can give you the old Birchbox reply: "maybe you can use this color for contouring or to test the formulation!" (Hopefully you subscribe to bb, otherwise I'm probably only making myself laugh...)

 

[LuckyMoon]

Quote: Originally Posted by ZeeOmega /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  So, I got my order from last week yesterday and already love the Maracuja Oil. Thanks for everyone who suggested it. It actually saved my skin last night. Part of my order was the Origins Active Charcoal mask, which really dried out my skin to the point that I was worried I would end up with an oil slick the next few days due to compensating oil production. My regular moisturizer wasn't helping, but about 5 to 6 drops of the Maracuja Oil (I was that dry!) got my skin back to a comfortable moisture level. My face still feels a bit tight in parts, but I think I definitely avoided a full-on disaster. 

It goes without saying that the mask is going back. =
I know many people on MUT love that mask, but I didn't like it either. 

Quote: Originally Posted by ohsailor /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I'm so mad I missed out on the VIBLIP promo. It was gone within hours /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> and I got no email about it.
I missed out on this one too.  Usually these promos stay around forever.  Too bad this one didn't.

 

[normajean2008]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmd252 /img/forum/go_quote.gif


My dad works in the warehouse packing orders for a different company and I know from hearing his many interesting stories that sometimes mistakes do happen. I suppose you can call it careless, but it may very well have been an honest mistake. Maybe the boxes for each color were near one another or mislabeled? Perhaps you can call sephora and explain how badly you wanted to try the right color, and how you may be interested in buying it!

i would be more inclined to assume that these people are simply rushing to fill orders as fast as possible and made an honest mistake, than I would to assume they are stupid

Hopefully sephora can get that sample in your hands!

Or I can give you the old Birchbox reply: "maybe you can use this color for contouring or to test the formulation!" (Hopefully you subscribe to bb, otherwise I'm probably only making myself laugh...)
If I hadn't already received several orders over the past few months from the same warehouse (SLC, UT) with this same type of error on products I actually did pay for, I'd be more inclined to think it was an honest mistake.

These samples come unwrapped, and half the package front is an African American model's face and the other half are several blisters of dark brown makeup.  If somebody is going too fast packing, or not looking in the first place what they're packing-that is a problem.  So like I said, if they're not even going to look at what they're doing, then it is a waste to let us pick in the first place.

I actually did think about if I could use it for contouring, or even liquid eyeshadow.  But I've used this foundation before (in correct shade) and it wouldn't work for shadow, and they are WAY too dark to use as contouring for me..  Funny that I thought about the same BirchBox line, I've never even received anything color specific from BB before, lol. *knock wood*

Anywho, I don't expect Sephora to do anything about it, other than an "oh no, we're sorry...better luck next time."   I just needed to vent about the latest issue I've had with them.

 

[puppymomofthree]

Quote: Originally Posted by LuckyMoon /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I know many people on MUT love that mask, but I didn't like it either.

I missed out on this one too.  Usually these promos stay around forever.  Too bad this one didn't.
So funny how skin is different!  I love the Origins Charcoal mask, but my mother cannot stand it.  I had a hormonal break-out yesterday and put a little on the spots last night and when I woke up my skin looked almost back to normal.  Thank goodness there are so many great products out there that each of us can find something that works for us.

 

[normajean2008]

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

Yeah! Shoot them an email! @normajean2008 although, you gotta think about how giant that warehouse is (and magical to be around all those pretties), how many orders they pack, and how fast they move. They probably don't even care to discern or even bother to think for 2 seconds whether or not the customer is white or African American, they're just throwing stuff in boxes and moving on. It was an honest mistake but hopefully you get the color cards you wanted.
That is kind of part of my point.  They are packers, who are reading an order form to put the correct products in the order.  If they are reading all products in colors for white people, which is easily and clearly figured out by reading product descriptions of what they're packing in the first place, putting dark foundation samples in the order doesn't make sense.  I don't believe there was nothing else they could have grabbed in the same area they were picking and packing that would have been a better substitution.

I've had this same problem numerous times on items I've paid for from this warehouse too, recently.  Wrong color product packed, wrong product entirely from what I ordered, items missing.  This sample issue just reaffirms the issues I've been having... but at least it is just a sample and I don't have to waste gas and time to go exchange it or get my money back like before.

 

[kawaiiwoofs]

I understand your frustration! I meant that they probably don't have time to think about it! My dad has worked in warehouses as a packer as a side gig. I've had this same situation happen to me when ordering from another site (all "medium" coloring but getting dark or fair) and told him about it. At this place, at least, he says they look at item number and match that with the box-o-goodies so while all discriptions/packaging/everything could indicate "hey! I'm an medium toned asian lady", the packer is just thinking about matching the item number to the paper and not looking at it. If that item isn't in stock they just grab the next nearest one or something else randomly. I know that didn't make me feel better but it does make sense that they're not looking at items and saying "hmm! That's not right!" since they have to move on quickly. That sucks you've had so many issues with your orders and samples in the past though.

That is kind of part of my point.  They are packers, who are reading an order form to put the correct products in the order.  If they are reading all products in colors for white people, which is easily and clearly figured out by reading product descriptions of what they're packing in the first place, putting dark foundation samples in the order doesn't make sense.  I don't believe there was nothing else they could have grabbed in the same area they were picking and packing that would have been a better substitution. I've had this same problem numerous times on items I've paid for from this warehouse too, recently.  Wrong color product packed, wrong product entirely from what I ordered, items missing.  This sample issue just reaffirms the issues I've been having... but at least it is just a sample and I don't have to waste gas and time to go exchange it or get my money back like before.

 

[FormosaHoney]

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

I understand your frustration! I meant that they probably don't have time to think about it! My dad has worked in warehouses as a packer as a side gig. I've had this same situation happen to me when ordering from another site (all "medium" coloring but getting dark or fair) and told him about it. At this place, at least, he says they look at item number and match that with the box-o-goodies so while all discriptions/packaging/everything could indicate "hey! I'm an medium toned asian lady", the packer is just thinking about matching the item number to the paper and not looking at it. If that item isn't in stock they just grab the next nearest one or something else randomly. I know that didn't make me feel better but it does make sense that they're not looking at items and saying "hmm! That's not right!" since they have to move on quickly.

That sucks you've had so many issues with your orders and samples in the past though.

Hey Jess!

Just curious, but do the packers have a quota that they need to pick?  I mean it could be by orders, item number or some sort of formula between the 2 categories.

For example 20 boxes per hour or 35 items per hour - which ever comes first, plus 60 to 100 samples.  

Then do they tape the boxes themselves or does that get passed on to the tape, postage dude?

 

[kawaiiwoofs]

Hey Jess! Just curious, but do the packers have a quota that they need to pick?  I mean it could be by orders, item number or some sort of formula between the 2 categories. For example 20 boxes per hour or 35 items per hour - which ever comes first, plus 60 to 100 samples.   Then do they tape the boxes themselves or does that get passed on to the tape, postage dude?

The way my dad explained it (and he wasn't at some giant company like Sephora but I imagine the supply chain would be comparable), you literally go as effing fast as possible. There's the pickers grabbing your shopping list off of shelves, bins, and pallets, then the packers who put the extra paper, invoice slip, and look at the list, then shippers tape and apply postage. The main concern is ensuring you get what you paid for. Samples are substitutable.

 

[gemstone]

I would also like to add that a lot of the people who work in the sephora warehouse won't be makeup people, and will definitely be going on the item number alone, and unlikely even read that the sample you requested said fair. If they were goin on names it would get very confusing in the warehouse- so much makeup has similar named products! This kind of thing happens to my African American friends all the time, if a random sample gets thrown in it is very unlikely to match their skin tone.

 

[v0ltagekid]

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

I would also like to add that a lot of the people who work in the sephora warehouse won't be makeup people, and will definitely be going on the item number alone, and unlikely even read that the sample you requested said fair. If they were goin on names it would get very confusing in the warehouse- so much makeup has similar named products!

This kind of thing happens to my African American friends all the time, if a random sample gets thrown in it is very unlikely to match their skin tone.

You know.. I thought this too, but the other day they had that YSL sample of the BB in Dark, and I selected it even though I am light-med just to feel the consistency. To my surprise, whoever packed my shipment, changed it to a sample that fit my color, and added a sample of the foundation in Beige 30, which is the one I would wear according to my color IQ.. so .. I thought that was awesome, I'm super thankful lol.

 

[elizabethrose]

Quote: Originally Posted by Flowerfish /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Is anyone loving the Fresh Life rollerball?  I've already received 2 compliments on it since I received it yesterday afternoon.  I love citrusy scents and (on me) this dried down to smell like oranges - yum!  My co-worker did walk in today and say, "It smells like oranges", I'm not sure if someone was actually eating oranges or if it was just my Fresh Life perfume!

Mine came in last night and I'm LOVING IT.  I've already put it on twice today.  I have a feeling it isn't going to last me very long- which is fine!  I love it though!!

 

[lioness90]

Quote: Originally Posted by Flowerfish /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Is anyone loving the Fresh Life rollerball?  I've already received 2 compliments on it since I received it yesterday afternoon.  I love citrusy scents and (on me) this dried down to smell like oranges - yum!  My co-worker did walk in today and say, "It smells like oranges", I'm not sure if someone was actually eating oranges or if it was just my Fresh Life perfume!
I LOVE IT! I wasn't expecting to love it but I almost love it more than the rollerball that I brought with it.

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

I would also like to add that a lot of the people who work in the sephora warehouse won't be makeup people, and will definitely be going on the item number alone, and unlikely even read that the sample you requested said fair. If they were goin on names it would get very confusing in the warehouse- so much makeup has similar named products!

This kind of thing happens to my African American friends all the time, if a random sample gets thrown in it is very unlikely to match their skin tone.
This! I'm African American and often get a sample or two that doesn't match my skin tone at all. Often there's foundation/BB/concealer sample that I want to try, but it's only available in light, medium, or "broad-spectrum". I think it happens to everyone, regardless of race and I don't think they pay attention to that when they are packing.

 

[Charity1217]

Is anyone loving the Fresh Life rollerball?  I've already received 2 compliments on it since I received it yesterday afternoon.  I love citrusy scents and (on me) this dried down to smell like oranges - yum!  My co-worker did walk in today and say, "It smells like oranges", I'm not sure if someone was actually eating oranges or if it was just my Fresh Life perfume!

I'm bummed I missed this promo. I love citrusy scents! I read about it here (I don't get Sephora's emails) but it was gone before I could order. I did try the sugar lemon code but I don't care for that perfume.

 

[kawaiiwoofs]

I know I should go to the gym or do homework or something before class tonight but I really just want to wait around for the UPS guy to show up with my Fresh Rollerball order! Also, of course my boyfriend mentions that it would be cool if he got cologne for his birthday AFTER the 3x points promo

 

[mariahk83]

just swatched the 3 YSL Glossy Stains I have, now I'm convinced I need other colors....I bought mine during the VIB 20% off though.
 
I have 105 (Corail Hold Up), 109 (Fuschia Fugitive), and 20 (Rouge Enamel - Rebel Nudes)
 
Shown here in order 109, 20 ,105 - first image swatched, second is the stain after i removed the gloss (about 2 min)