A few months back, I acquired a voucher for The Body Shop, granting me £3 off any item. This voucher had a plastic pot attached to it, to be filled with a free sample of one of the brand's signature products.
I finally made use of this coupon today, with a visit to the Worthing store during my lunch hour. I decided to buy The Body Shop's much-loved banana conditioner (£4.50 for 250ml), which has returned to the shelves after many years, due to popular demand.
I have never used this product myself, but after seeing so many other beauty bloggers rave about it lately, I decided to go and give it a sniff. It smells absolutely divine! Not only does it contain banana puree, but Fair Trade honey too.
Remember these sweets? The Body Shop's banana conditioner smells just like them! |
Not wanting to appear cheap, I bought another item as part of the same transaction; The Body Shop's raspberry 'Born Lippy' lip balm (£2 for 10ml).
While this lip balm also smells - and tastes - lovely, has a pleasing pink tint, and has left my chapped lips feeling instantly more supple, it was a bit of a redundant purchase.
Why? Because I already have a COLOSSAL COLLECTION OF LIP GOO.
To prove my point, I have just emptied the contents of my handbag and coat pockets. Here are the lip products I found...
This is not even a quarter of the lip care products I own. So, why can I never find a lip balm or gloss when I need one!? |
Vlogger Jenna Marbles actually mentioned goo hoarding recently, as part of her video 'Things I don't understand about girls' (I have embedded this to the bottom of this post, for your enjoyment).
Anyway, which free sample did I select?
♫ The best things in life are wee... ♫ |
I have to say, the lady who served me could have been a little more generous with her sample! The pot isn't even that big to begin with (5ml) so the smidge she supplied is a little disappointing. Hopefully my skin will appreciate it though! We'll see...
/KatSick.
Measly looking sample, surely she should have filled the container, no? I must check out the banana conditioner now :)
ReplyDeleteThat's what I thought. If The Body Shop's staff members are trained to only give a tiny amount, then the freebie pot should have been (even) smaller! The banana conditioner is great by the way, but I think I'll only get five uses out of the bottle...
DeleteWe only give a small amount of face creams out in sample pots because the full size pot is only 50ml and if we gave 10 people a sample, that's a whole pot gone! The sample the received there is more than enough to cover your face to get an idea of what the cream is like.
ReplyDeleteYou'll find you will get larger samples of shower gels, body butters, body oils etc.
Ha! I love Jenna Marbles! The vitamin e cream is lovely, but you have pretty much got one to two uses there. If they didn't want to give out lots of product they shouldn't have messed with peoples expectations!
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