Sampling Foundations #1

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I've accumulated quite a collection of foundation samples over the past year or two, and I thought now would be a good time to try and use them up before the end of the year and I decide whether or not I want to purchase a full size foundation. I currently own 2 full size foundations, which are Benefit Hello Gorgeous Oxygen Wow (I'm So Glam Amber) and Bare Minerals Original (Golden Tan). The Benefit one is actually my Summer foundations, as it applies a little dark on my face (clearly I must have been quite tanned when I got colour matched), so I've been sticking with the Bare Minerals foundation during the winter. However, my skin is also very dry and dehydrated at the moment (thanks to central heating and cold weather), so the mineral foundation doesn't sit properly once applied and it just doesn't look good. So I'll be going through all my foundation samples to see which one suits my skin the most during the winter months.

Here's a picture of all the foundation samples that I am hoping to work through!

(please ignore the Benefit Primer samples - they are clearly not foundation!)


Anyone else find that they accumulate a lot of samples, but never actually get around to using them?



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9 comments:

  1. Oh god this reminds me of the ton of samples that I have that are rotting in my makeup collection! what to do I wonder?

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    1. Hehe I have boxes full of samples! I keep the ones that I want to try out and the rest go into a box that I am going to send to the charity 'Give and Makeup' =)

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  2. Yes I also have a lot of samples, lots of foundation and primer ones and also a lot of perfume samples.

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    1. I love collecting perfume samples (always handy to have one in every handbag), but other samples try to use up as quickly as possible (especially things like body lotions) =)

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  3. I still have some samples from when I was in the US in the summer. Mostly lotion or whatever. The thing with foundations you always reach for your tried and true because on most days you don't want to chance it with something you haven't tried before to have on all day. Maybe that's just me though!

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    1. That's so true! I always reach for my tried and tested foundations, but seeing as I went to the effort of getting samples, I thought I should make an effort to use them up =) And blogging about them gives me a lot more motivation to use them up instead of letting them sit and collect dust =)

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  4. all the time! I throw them away after =/

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    1. Oh no! Lol I'm trying to use mine up, and any that I don't want I've started putting in a box ready to send to 'Give and Makeup' =)

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  5. Lol I have a collection of samples too some from as far back as 2005 and maybe even older :|

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