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Freebies I’d Actually Buy Full-Size (and the Ones I Wouldn’t)
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items I get sent a lot of free products- some full-size, some sample-sized, some instantly forgettable. I test them all like I paid for them. Because the real question isn’t “was it nice?” - it’s : Would I actually buy it when the free runs out?
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✅ I’d Buy the Full-Size
❌ I’d Pass Once It’s Gone
✅ I’d Buy the Full-Size
If it made this list, it passed the “Would I repurchase this with my own card?” test.
I got this free to product test/review and truly didn’t expect much… but my skin glowed. Like, legit “what highlighter are you wearing?” glow — and I wasn’t even using a vitamin C serum. I didn’t purchase at launch because it was way too little produ...
Olay Cleansing Melts + Vitamin C | 32 Count
Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in “Paaarty”
I got this mini as an Ulta birthday freebie, and it quickly became my go-to blush. The perfect light pink, blends like a dream, and somehow still holds up years later. I reach for it over full-size on...
Amazonian clay 12-hour blush
I’ve been loving this mascara. The brush is the perfect size—straight, not awkwardly curved—and easy to work with. When I first opened it, the formula felt a little runny, but I think that was just extra product on the brush. Since then, it’s applied...
Expressionist Lengthening Mascara
Got this full size free years back from Maybelline’s promo. Smells lightly of vanilla, glides on smooth, and once it sets it does. not. budge. (Needed my e.l.f. makeup balm to remove). Shows lip lines if you don’t prep, but the wear time makes it wor...
Super Stay Matte Ink® Liquid Lipstick
❌ I’d Pass Once It’s Gone
It was fine. But not enough to make me open my wallet.
I got the tiniest sample of this, I’m talking smaller than an Ulta or Sephora sample small — but still gave it a fair shot. The texture is nice, and it smells like strawberry banana (kind of nostalgic, kind of kid-flavored). But that’s where it stopp...
Lip Sleeping Mask Nourish & Hydrate
Got this free during a Jo Malone promo a few years back — it was one of those “one for you, one for someone else” offers, so my mom also got a fragrance (she loved hers, whatever it was). I picked English Pear & Freesia because it sounded safest ...
English Pear & Freesia Cologne | Jo Malone London
Got this Aveda mini free — and honestly? It’s giving dupe energy for my $13 Eva NYC spray. The ingredients are a little more “clean beauty,” but the end result? Basically identical. Both detangle. Both protect. Both leave my hair soft. I’m not mad at...
Nutriplenish Leave-In Conditioner (Travel Size)
I’ve had this Elemis cleansing balm before and liked it, so when I got the 20g size recently, I wasn’t in a rush to open it. Lately, I’ve been testing it side-by-side with the e.l.f. cleansing balm — one day Elemis, the next day e.l.f.
Honestly, the...
Pro-Collagen Cleansing Balm