Sample Room PH: Try Before You Buy


Sample Room
is Philippines first ever beauty and lifestyle sampling website.
It is an interactive community that offers FREE samples,
localized product reviews, and where all beauty lovers are valued.

I first learned of Sample Room through Filipina beauty vloggers. I've heard of subscription boxes in the past and I thought they offer the same service, but, after going to their website and reading about them, I realized they had a totally different concept, one I've never heard or seen before and could only be described as "ingenious". What better way to reach potential customers than giving out samples? I mean, who doesn't like free samples (all you need to pay for is the shipping/delivery fee)? Plus points as your "samples" are delivered to the comfort of your home without the prying and judging eyes of strangers. And did I mention most of the products they carry are full-sized?


Here are some of the products I got from them.


Sample Room is a sampling site that banks on the power of free product sampling. It is an online community that changes your beauty-shopping pattern; and an interactive community where your opinions matter and where all beauty lovers are valued.
You don’t need to:
– Take a risk at a full-sized product that may not work for you or may give you an allergic reaction
– Rely on reviews alone that might not jive with your skin type (as you get to try the product yourself)
– Waste money on a product that might not work for you.
You will be able to:
– Patch-test, and road-test the product you are interested in purchasing- if the product suits you and works well with your skin
– Experience the product, and decide after finishing a sample size if the product is right for you
– Read reviews from consumers who have the same skin type as yours
– Enjoy your purchase, as it is a well-researched and well-informed purchase. Definitely value for your money!


My most recent sample, a full-sized bauty mask from Shiseido (actual price: Php1,800).


My first vip purchase! Olay Regenerist Miracle Boost Serum and night cream.

To be part of the Sample Room PH community, follow the steps below:






Images from Sample Room PH
You get 100 points upon registration, which you can immediately use to try out products. You can add up to 3 items in one cart to save on  the shipping fee, if you have enough points. Choose the most convenient payment method (credit card/Paypal/over the counter bank payments). I normally get my order a couple of days after placing it, so it's pretty quick. Use the samples for a minimum of 5 days and post your review/s. Make sure to read the guidelines so as to not have any problems having it approved. Approval may take up to a week, but whatever points you used for the sample/s will be returned plus an additonal point for your review. These points do not expire (the only ones that expire are the VIP points) and you can then use them to order more samples (they stock up on the samples every week)! As of this writing I've received more or less 30 bags (with maybe 2-3 products per bag) from them since I registered a year ago. 
So, stop second guessing and head on to www.sampleroom.ph and register! You can thank me later.  

Xoxo,

Missus C 💋

Makeup Revolution Haul Part 3

This Philippine weather makes me want to stop moving and just hibernate (or in this case, go through aestivation) until December. 😥 It's a good thing I have a new makeup haul to share with you, hopefully this lets us forget the hot weather 😊.

Last Easter, Makeup Revolution had an offer that allows you to get a mystery bag (full of makeup) worth £25 if you spend £30 (around Php 2000) on their website. And since I had a 20% discount/off for downloading their app to use until the 31st of March, I knew I couldn't pass this up. So I placed an order and waited for almost 3 weeks for my order to arrive. This time, the local post office charged me taxes for my international mail (which was weird as they have never charged me this before), which was around Php110. One of the first things to go inside my cart was the I♡Makeup Naked Chocolate, but unfortunately, on the receipt it says it's out of stock (eventhough up to now on their website it still says it's available)! I was so bummed, I didn't even want to take pictures of the things I purchased. Not only did I not get the palette, which was the reason I ordered in the first place, but since they issued a refund, my total purchase came short of £30 and I ended up not getting the mystery gift! @/#₩^@#*&! 😠😧😭  Oh well, I guess I would have to lift my self-imposed "No makeup buy"/ban. Okay, enough of my rambling and let's start looking at the goods.

I ♡ Makeup I ♡ My Brows



This sleek compact carries 2 brow shadows, 1 brow tint, 1 highlighter, 4 eyeshadows, 1 tweezer and an angled eyebrow brush.


Pro Fix Oil Control Makeup Fixing Spray

STOP the SHINE & MATTE FINISH ALL DAY! NEW OIL CONTROL FIXING SPRAY!
New sister product for our PRO FIX, fixing spray ... Our Oil Control Fixing Spray is a lightweight setting spray that helps deflect surface shine for a natural matte finish. High Tech ingredients keep foundation and eye makeup in place, with NO smudging and NO fading. That 'Just Applied' look for up to 12 hours. 

Rose Gold Lipstick in Chauffeur
Comfortable to wear, high coverage formula with buildable colour.
Chauffeur is our perfect nude, for everyday. Creamy high gloss glide on formula, packaged in a luxurious rose gold tube. Colour can be built up to full intensity or less for a sheen of colour. A great choice for natural every day make up.
A lipstick with beauty.

The Matte Blush - Nude
 Image from www.makeuprevolutionstore.com

New! MATTE BLUSHER
Blends beautifully for a natural, long lasting matte finish 6 shades to choose from.
The ideal Nude shade with a touch of pink and a lot of luxury.

I ♡ Makeup I ♡ Obsession Palette - Pure Cult
 Image from www.makeuprevolutionstore.com

I ♡ Makeup I ♡ Obsession Palette - Born to Die
 Image from www.makeuprevolutionstore.com

I ♡ Makeup NOW has its own palette edition from the MAKEUP OBSESSIVES!
Our OBSESSIVE development of a NEW updated Formulation and continuous OBSESSION with development of NEW products. Launching the first limited edition palettes with dramatic and stunning collections of Brand NEW debuting shades to our eyeshadow ranges. Our Obsession all contains 10 shades, a mixture of shimmer and matte. Introducing as follows:
Our nude and smoked colections of 'PURE CULT' and 'BORN TO DIE'. 
The stunning glamour of 'WEST END GIRLS'.
The romance of of 'PARIS', and the heartbreaking shades of 'WILD IS THE WIND'. 

This was offered at 3 for 2 but being the brilliant me, I failed to check and make sure the third palette was added to my cart before checking out. I tried asking them if I could add it minutes after submitting my order but they said I have to cancel my entire order and reorder everything to which I said no of course!

So, the only consolation I have from this order is: none of the items came broken. I guess Makeup Revolution, listened to their customers' complaints about damaged items (including me), as their items are now individually bubble-wrapped except for the large palettes (which I ended up selling since I have so many similar palettes, hence the lack of pictures) I got. So since I wasn't able to get the Naked Chocolate palette, I can justify placing another order to get it and buy another palette or more makeup to make the shipping fee and taxes worth it, don't you agree? 😉

See yah on my next post!

Missus C 💋