CellLab - Qutie Coat

Brand: CellLab

Date : May 2012

Place: MidValley, CellLab Promotion Counter

Method: Register on CellLab Fanpage, print out the redemption coupon, go to MidValley and redeem.

Link/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/celllabs2u http://cellgen2u.com/

Additional Information :

Astalift - A Fujifilm Prduct ?!

Brand: AstaLift

Date : May 2012

Place: MidValley, Jusco, Astalift Counter

Method: A newspaper redemption cutover in 1 of the local Chinese News Paper.

Link/Facebook: www.astalift.com.my

Additional Information : Apparently this is a high range $$ product, which I didn't know about it until first saw the newspaper redemption. It is a product of FujiFilm … yeah, kind of surprise.

I also taken the skin tests and then product range test as well. The redemption is for the whitening series, while I tested the product on the anti-aging/special care range. Tested their star product, the Jelly Aquacrysta which cost around RM400++ for 40g, claim to be able to help your skin to absorb for the next products that going to apply on the face. My only comment on the test would be I don't really feel very very oily (which I used to have) after applying so many product on my face. But can't really tell anything else besides that.

	Rating					Remark
Worth the trip/time/overhead spent ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	I count every cents spent (petrol, time, effort) compare to what I get, even before talking about the result of the product
Challenge to get the sample	Very Tough	Tough	Normal	Easy	Very Easy	How easy to find the counters, to get the product, do I need to wait long to get it
Persuade to buy	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Before getting the product, any push for sales commitment ?
Staff friendliness	Very Rude	Rude	Normal	Good	Very Good	How informative and friendliness the staff to you when you request for the sample ?
Consultation given ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Any information and knowledge shared on the product ?

Product	Est. Size	Est. Price(RM)	Est. Size	Est. Normal Price(RM)
Toner	30ml	NIL	NIL	NIL
Essence	5ml	NIL	NIL	NIL
Cream	5g	NIL	NIL	NIL
Day Protector SPF 35 PA++	7g	NIL	NIL	NIL
Total		200

Benefit - Hello Flawless Oxygen WOW!

Brand: Benefit

Date :  May 2012

Place: MidValley Megamall, Metrojaya, Benefit Counter

Method: Take the “find your perfect match” challenge, shout it on Benefit facebook wall, show it to the beauty consultant, and get the sample. There's also a chance to win 1 of the 3 Hello Flawless Oxygen WOW! Giveaway. Hurry !

Link/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BenefitCosmeticsMalaysia

Additional Information : Maybe I was too early to get the sample this round, the beauty consultant didn't know about this promotion, luckily she has a internet connection with her phone, and after checking the facebook page, then only she pass the sample to me. The sample come in a little bit different form as compare to the normal sample packaging. It comes with 3 little sachet that attached to the booklet, and there come 3 color to test on.

	Rating					Remark
Worth the trip/time/overhead spent ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	I count every cents spent (petrol, time, effort) compare to what I get, even before talking about the result of the product
Challenge to get the sample	Very Tough	Tough	Normal	Easy	Very Easy	How easy to find the counters, to get the product, do I need to wait long to get it
Hard Selling	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Before getting the product, any push for sales commitment ?
Staff friendliness	Very Rude	Rude	Normal	Good	Very Good	How informative and friendliness the staff to you when you request for the sample ?
Consultation given ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Any information and knowledge shared on the product ?

Product	Est. Size	Est. Price(RM)	Est. Size	Est. Normal Price(RM)
Hello Flawless Oxygen WOW!	Nil	NIL	30ml	130

Review - Facial Treatment

Brand: Shakura

Date : May 2012

Place: MidValley, Shakura Outlet

Method: Shakura first trial promotion, whitening facial with product sample and home care product.

Link/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/

Additional Information :

I bought this promotion when I was rushing for time and my brain was not working well. And further, free gift , free gift, aih …. irresistible … bad habit ….

The Treatment Room

Facial :

I know when come to promotion package facial, sure they will persuade you to add-on for something that is 'related' to you face problem.

As I was in a rush, and really no energy to stop them doing the same thing on me, I just surrender myself and pay extra RM160 (on top of the RM18 for the promotion package) for a facial treatment on my open pore  (which I know it is really getting worst day by day) instead of the original facial which is on whitening.

After the treatment, I was not very satisfied with the result, the pore just look the same, besides they were filled with 'oil' before I did the treatment (for sure mah, I was walking under the hot sun rush to the center during the most difficult hour in getting a parking in MidValley).

So, no matter how they persuade me to purchase the same treatment package, I just can't convinced myself to pay extra thousands end up buying more products and more treatment with no result.

The center is very technology savy, they have the skin analyse tool that scan your skin for all concerns, rate it, and data is safe for future reference. There's also before and after effect photos taken, just to show you the result of the facial treatment. 

I love one of my friend's comment, she has a very silky and rosy face, she never go to have facial treatment, she only D.I.Y. at home. Though, she bought all sort of expensive products for her face, but, at least you know whether that work for you or not instead of other telling you . She commented “I don't do facial at salon, they just always try to push new things to you by showing you all the bad things on your face, that make me feel very bad and lack of confident, I don't like that”. I do think home D.I.Y. is a workable way nowadays with so many good products in the market, so I should stop myself going to salon too often, besides pampering myself for a good treat of somebody else do it for you and you just lie down there do nothing :-).

I have yet started to test on the product which is meant for whitening. I was told whitening is normally very oily, because it is those dry skin type will tend to have more pigmentation problem. So, I got to wait for some time after the treatment then only start to try this sample as the treatment has done some 'harmful' stuff on my face and I need to give it a break before another round of 'treatment'.

	Rating					Remark
Punctuality	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	Start on time, end as described ?
Consultation	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	Any consultation given ?
Persuasive	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	Selling hard ?
Friendliness	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	Staff friendliness
Environment	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	Environment setup
After-use Effect	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	Any side effect noticed ?
Effectiveness as per the product purpose	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	Is it effective as the product claimed ?
Value for Money	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	Compare the price range and the effectiveness, value for the money ?
Product Price Range	Highest	High	Normal	Affordable	Very Affordable	Per ml/g or per use Highest > RM 20 RM 20 > High > RM 15 RM 15 > Normal > RM 10 RM 10 > Affordable > RM 5 RM 5 > Very Affordable > RM 0

Overall

Very Bad

Bad

Normal

Good

Very Good

Product	Est. Size	Est. Price(RM)	Est. Size	Est. Normal Price(RM)
1 Open Pore Facial Treatment Cleansing Extraction Double Mask	NIL	178	NIL	500++
Sample Gift Box Deep Cleansing Milky 151 (10ml) Skin Refiner Peel (3x2ml)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Home care Product	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil

The Whitening Samples Treatment Set

The Home Care Set

Earth Day - Product Swap for Esmeria and Buds

Brand: Esmeria/Buds

Date : 22^th Apr 2012

Place: MidValley Megamall, Justlife outlet

Method: Exchange with empty bottles of any body care or skin care in conjunction of earth day. Lucky dip on the product that can be exchanged.

Link/Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/esmeriaorganics

https://www.facebook.com/BudsBaby

https://www.facebook.com/justlifeshop

Justlife stuff are really very friendly, thumbs up :-).

	Rating					Remark
Worth the trip/time/overhead spent ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	I count every cents spent (petrol, time, effort) compare to what I get, even before talking about the result of the product
Challenge to get the sample	Very Tough	Tough	Normal	Easy	Very Easy	How easy to find the counters, to get the product, do I need to wait long to get it
Hard Selling	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Before getting the product, any push for sales commitment ?
Staff friendliness	Very Rude	Rude	Normal	Good	Very Good	How informative and friendliness the staff to you when you request for the sample ?
Consultation given ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Any information and knowledge shared on the product ?

Product	Est. Size	Est. Price(RM)	Est. Size	Est. Normal Price(RM)
Esmeria travel Kit (Cleanser 20ml, Toner 15ml, Moisturiser 10ml)	NA	39.9	NA	39.9
Buds Shampoo	75ml	10	250ml	30
Total		49.9

Benefit - Hello Flawless

Brand: Benefit

Place: MidValley Megamall, Metrojaya, Benefit Counter

Method: Take the “find your perfect match” challenge, shout it on Benefit facebook wall, show it to the beauty consultant, and get the sample. There's also a chance to win 1 of the 3 Hello Flawless Oxygen WOW! Giveaway. Hurry !

Link/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BenefitCosmeticsMalaysia

Additional Information : Maybe I was too early to get the sample this round, the beauty consultant didn't know about this promotion, luckily she has a internet connection with her phone, and after checking the facebook page, then only she pass the sample to me. The sample come in a little bit different form as compare to the normal sample packaging. It comes with 3 little sachet that attached to the booklet, and there come 3 colour to test on.

	Rating					Remark
Worth the trip/time/overhead spent ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	I count every cents spent (petrol, time, effort) compare to what I get, even before talking about the result of the product
Challenge to get the sample	Very Tough	Tough	Normal	Easy	Very Easy	How easy to find the counters, to get the product, do I need to wait long to get it
Hard Selling	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Before getting the product, any push for sales commitment ?
Staff friendliness	Very Rude	Rude	Normal	Good	Very Good	How informative and friendliness the staff to you when you request for the sample ?
Consultation given ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Any information and knowledge shared on the product ?

Product	Est. Size	Est. Price(RM)	Est. Size	Est. Normal Price(RM)
Hello Flawless Oxygen WOW!	Nil	NIL	30ml	130

 

Kotex - Fresh Plus Liners

Brand: Kotex

Date : 7^th Apr 2012, 11am

Place: MidValley Megamall, Caring Pharmacy

Method: Bring an empty wrapper of any brand of panty liner to exchange for the product.

Link/Facebook:

Shiseido - Perfect UV Protector SPF 50+ PA+++

Brand: Shiseido

Date :  Apr 2012

Place: MidValley Megamall, MetroJaya, Shiseido Counter

Method: Print the sample redeem from the webpage, present the print out to the beauty consultant

Link/Facebook: http://www.my.shiseido.com/suncare_a/

http://www.my.shiseido.com/s2012/suncare/print.htm

Additional Information : NIL

Thursday Plantation - Dry Skin Relief

Brand: Thursday Plantation

Place: MidValley Megamall, Caring

Method: Fill in a paper cutting form, bring along a body lotion (min 200ml) to exchange the product at Caring Pharmacy.

Link/Facebook: http://caring2u.com/

Shiseido - White Lucent Review Lucky Dip

Brand: Shiseido

Date : 7^th Apr 2012

Place: MidValley Megamall, MetroJaya, Shiseido Counter

Method: After trying the new White Lucent Intensive Spot Targeting Serum+ , drop your review to Shiseido website, and they will choose the winner at random.

How to participate

Link/Facebook: http://www.my.shiseido.com/

Estee Lauder - Cyber White BB crème SPF35/PA+++

Brand: Estee lauder

Place: Suria KLCC, Isetan, Estee Lauder Counter

Method: Walk-in to the counter to check if the sample is still available as it has been running out of stock in Mid Valley, luckily they are still available and the beauty consultant gave me 2 sachets to try on.

Kiehl's - Ultra Light Daily UV Defense SPF 50

Brand: Kiehl's

Place: MidValley Megamall, Kiehl's Store

Method: Walk in to the stall, request for the sample

Link/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/myKIEHLS

Talika - Eye Contour Therapy Patch

 Brand: Talika

Place: MidValley Megamall, South Court, Talika Counter

Method: This is a joint promotion with Red Tomato newspaper. Take the promotion slip from the newspaper cutout, go to the counter and redeem the sample.

Link/Facebook: http://www.talika.com/

Additional Information : I went to the counter twice, the first time there's nobody around. The second time, got to wait for the promoter to search for the sample for me. But she is very friendly and her face is full of smile, at least that comprehend my waiting time. And what more, the patch can be re-use for max of 3 times, I like that idea :-).

	Rating					Remark
Worth the trip/time/overhead spent ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	I count every cents spent (petrol, time, effort) compare to what I get, even before talking about the result of the product
Challenge to get the sample	Very Tough	Tough	Normal	Easy	Very Easy	How easy to find the counters, to get the product, do I need to wait long to get it
Hard Selling	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Before getting the product, any push for sales commitment ?
Staff friendliness	Very Rude	Rude	Normal	Good	Very Good	How informative and friendliness the staff to you when you request for the sample ?
Consultation given ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Any information and knowledge shared on the product ?

Product	Est. Size	Est. Price(RM)	Est. Size	Est. Normal Price(RM)
Eye Contour – Eye Therapy Patch	1pair	35.8	6pairs	215

 

Origin - Mini Facial

Brand: Origin

Place: The Garden, Originic Beauty Shop

Method: Register yourself for the mini facial. Get the confirmation and call the respective shop to make an appointment. After the mini facial, you will be given some sample that suite you to try on.

Compliment Fhoto from Origin Facebook

Oral-B - Brush More Smile More

Brand: Oral-B

Place: Mid Valley, Carrefour, Oral-B Promotion Counter

Method: Like the Facebook register yourself, then you will receive a confirmation email, bring along the email to the selected counter to collect the samples.

Link/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/OralBMalaysia

Additional Information: I like 'mini' sized stuff, especially handy to keep them in my small handbag and carry

Lancome - Skin Analysis

Brand: Lancome

Place: MidValley Megamall, South Court, Lancome Promotion Booth

Method: I was walking along and the beauty consultant approached me to have a skin analysis which is by using machine. That interest me very much as I trust machine more than anyone's bare-eye analysis. After a quite sophisticated analysis process, the consultant introduce the suitable products based on the result of the analysis. However, I requested samples instead of putting thousand of ringgit on something that I even

Haba - Brunch with Haba

Brand: Haba

Date : 30^th Mar 2012

Place: MidValley Megamall, Metrojaya, Haba counter

Method: Haba publish the promotional event in their Facebook. Where during the specified date and time period, just go to the counter and grab the trial pack and it is limited to 50 sets only.

Clarins - White Plus HP Series

Brand: Clarins

Date : 30^th Mar 2012

Place: MidValley Megamall, South Court, Clarins Promotion Booth

Method: I was walking along and the beauty consultant approached me to have a try on the product. After chatting for a while, she decided to introduce me the Clarins UV Plus HP series. Then she gave me 2 samples from the series to have a try on it.

Link/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClarinsMalaysia

Additional Information : I like to test and learn the different product by listening to the beauty consultant (instead of reading every words written in the instruction and ingredient). Besides, I learn new tricks from different beauty consultant as everyone give me some how different ideas which of course I will pick and choose with my own judgment and by then, I am getting wiser in my daily skincare regime.

Estee Lauder - Advanced Night Repair Samples

Brand: Estee Lauder

Date : 4^th Feb 2012

Place: MidValley Megamall, Center Court, Estee Lauder Roadshow

Method: Walk to the roadshow to get the skin analysed and you will be given the sample for a try

Link/Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/esteelauder.my

Shiseido - Free White Lucent Intensive Spot Targeting Serum+ Samples

Brand: Shiseido

Date : 8^th Mar 2012

Place: MidValley Megamall, Metrojaya, Shiseido Counter

Method: Capture the QR code with a smartphone, fill in details, in return there will be a passcode for you. Walk to the counter and grab the samples after fill in the passcode into the form.

Link/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/shiseido.malaysia