Free Samples and My New $28+tax Mascara

Exceptionnel de Chanel Intense Volume And Curl Mascara

I have this big box under my bathroom counter I use for free samples.  The fancy hotel shampoos and soaps (only if they are legitmately fancy which typically means only posh hotels), perfumes, makeup--everytime I get one of these little trifles I put them in this box.Ever since they instituted that itty-bitty baggy for liquids I have been raiding my box for soap, shampoo, makeup, anything that is small so I can have some space for the stuff I really need (like how can you even take mousse and hairspray on a plane anymore without checking luggage--the travel sizes take up half your little baggy).  Most recently on my trip to LA I was digging around in the box and found some Chanel Mascara.  Being a girl I love all things Chanel, so I figured I would give it a try on my trip.This mascara was so amazing.  It made my eyelashes look so long and gorgeous I kept getting asked if they were fake (I have long lashes already, but this mascara made them extraordinary).  I think it was because the brush had these little rubber nubs instead of the usual bristle brush.  I went to the drugstore trying to find mascara with the same brush (since I read somewhere all makeup comes from a few places and the only real difference is the color and brand--and I have been a 7 year devotee of Maybelline Full N Soft Mascara).  I bought 5 different ones (2 from Maybelline) and I was not able to replicate the gorgeous lashes from my Chanel sample.I kept using the sample because I couldn't fathom spending $28 on mascara (even though I went and spent $25 trying to find a suitable substitute).  When it ran out I was sad.  After my shower I was applying my makeup and desperate for a little more, stuck the brush in my old mascara but the effects were not the same.  That night on my way home I stopped by Nordstrom and caved in--I spent my $28+tax to have my Chanel lashes.So the moral of the story is, if you have a truly great product you should give out free samples--you will convert people who normally are very difficult to change.  And if you haven't tried this mascara you should (maybe go ask for a sample)--it is amazing!