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Has anyone tried contacting Mirenesse for samples? (not sure if I spelled that correctly, and I'm too lazy to check - sorry).  The beauty subscription services (Ipsy, Birchbox) have been including full sizes of their products lately so that might be a good one to contact if anyone is looking for makeup.  I have a lot of makeup and not interested in adding to my collection at the moment, so I haven't tried emailing them, but it might be worth a shot.
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they just had a promotion not too long ago where they had "free" samples on their site. Free as in you just pay shipping which was $8/item.

 
Well I'm pretty sure they do ship all the way from Australia and they're a "small" (compared to other cosmetics companies) company, so that's expected. Do love their stuff though.

 
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Quote: Originally Posted by ttanner2005 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I did a web search to email them
Good job!

Thanks. 
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I haven't seen this mentioned but I have also started getting samples through bsaving.com.  Many of the facebook giveaways that have been mentioned on here were on there as well, but many others and not just beauty products
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I am sorry if this has been mentioned before but I got on the Missha website and they have samples available for purchase for a $1.00, except one sample pack was $5.00. www.misshaus.com/ it's under the tab special offer.

 
You can also get a free M Perfect Cover BB Cream gift if you're a first time member. But their cheapest shipping option is $8.99 even if you just want all the $1 samples.

 
You can also get a free M Perfect Cover BB Cream gift if you're a first time member. But their cheapest shipping option is $8.99 even if you just want all the $1 samples.
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Oh! I didn't check the shipping,that's a bummer!
 
I've sent 23 requests in the last 3 days.  I have already recieved a total of 13 yeses. Murad told me to go to Massage Envy that hasn't even opened yet to try it, then told me to go to Sephora.  100% Pure is out of samples and didn't say that they would send me any when they got more in.

 
I received 3 bottles of shower gel from Molton Brown today.  I cant believe how quickly I received them!  The bottles are 2 ounces each, and smell so good!

 
Originally Posted by ttanner2005 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I've sent 23 requests in the last 3 days.  I have already recieved a total of 13 yeses. Murad told me to go to Massage Envy that hasn't even opened yet to try it, then told me to go to Sephora.  100% Pure is out of samples and didn't say that they would send me any when they got more in.
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100% Pure was pretty generous with their samples, and it looks like a lot of people have requested samples from them, so I'm not surprised they're out of samples.  You could try emailing them again in a month or two.  They sent me a generous size tube of their coffee bean eye cream and a handful of packets of their body creams.  All very nice products!  I'm not sure but that eye cream may have been full size.  I like their products a lot!!

 
I got two samples from Jurlique today. One was a packet, the other was a small jar, and most of the product must have evaporated on the way to my house :( /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> .

 
Ok, girls, thank you so much for all the input on this thread!!!!  I have emails with yes confirmations from: living proof, actifirm, jane iredale, laface, rain cosmetics, dermorganic and l'occitane... all because you awesome chics told me to email and just ask for them.. loving makeup talk right now for this and the trades..sneak peaks.. just freakin' loving it!! 
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I contacted Caudalie to get samples and got the response to go to a store an hour away called the Cosmetics Market to get samples.  I went to CM's website and got interested in another skincare line based in Nashville TN called Therapy Systems and contacted them.  The assistant manager at Cosmetics Market called me back to tell me which TS samples she pulled for me and that it would be an $8 shipping cost (which less than the gas to go to them).  She asked if I was interested in trying anything else, so I told her the reason I stumbled accross them in the first place was Caudalie, so she is sending samples of both.  Yay!  I thought it was really nice of her.

 
I contacted LivingProof and they were so nice! They sent me out a bubble mailer full of samples. It is really nice when a company sends out enough for you to try their product more than once so you can get a feel for whether or not you want to purchase their product!

 
Originally Posted by ttanner2005 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I contacted Caudalie to get samples and got the response to go to a store an hour away called the Cosmetics Market to get samples.  I went to CM's website and got interested in another skincare line based in Nashville TN called Therapy Systems and contacted them.  The assistant manager at Cosmetics Market called me back to tell me which TS samples she pulled for me and that it would be an $8 shipping cost (which less than the gas to go to them).  She asked if I was interested in trying anything else, so I told her the reason I stumbled accross them in the first place was Caudalie, so she is sending samples of both.  Yay!  I thought it was really nice of her.
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That's nice! i prefer when I actually get stuff I want to try. I had to give away the acti firm stuff and honestly should have informed myself before - wrinkles or fine lines are luckily notyet an issue. I am currently looking for organic skin and haircare so if anyone has any great companies in mind, let me know. I already tried a few (posted a list a few pages back of what I was sent so far).

 
I received what I thought was an odd response from Marcelle in my email today.  I was told that because of an unusually high amount of sample requests, they have stopped sending samples on demand, and then went on to say that "We will not send products or samples to you."  I think I got that in the first sentence when they said stopped sending samples. 

EDIT:  I just reread the email from Marcelle.  I have a feeling whoever wrote the email didn't intend for it to sound as rude as it did.  Marcelle is a Canadian company, and I think English may not be the person's first language.  The last sentence in the email is:  "We apologize for any deception this may cause you".  

 
I contacted Vbeaute for samples a week ago and received a package from them today along with a nice note.  The note says they ran out of their samples so they sent me their travel kit instead.   Its a really nice hard plastic case with 5 travel size products in it.  That was really nice of Vbeaute!

 

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