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Oh man, I love free stuff.
Oh man, I love free stuff.
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How many of you think most of the stores will put out one or two packages (bottles, cans, whatever the thing comes in), and that's the end of it?
Nowhere did it say how many units would be available. I am wondering how easy it will be to even find the items at said store or will you end up wandering in only to have your question about this met with bewildered looks of staff.
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The products that will be given away aren't that great. I saw the list and there's a lot of shower gel. I think some people believe that all cosmetics counters will be involved, but that's not the case. The give-away involves very few brands. Definitely not worth missing work to grab your free stuff.
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@MissTicklebritches: Definitely true. The stuff is crap... it would have been better if they agreed to instead donate even more money to a worthy cause.
\"not worth missing work\" - not worth risking your life. Just think Walmart - and they just had SALES.
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@HalOfBorg: Yeah, I wouldn't go anywhere near that train wreck. So, right after their class-action law suit they can have go straight into their trial for manslaughter and negligence.
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I wonder just how many people will go for this? Everybody knows the day after Thanksgiving is a day to get a good deal on items... but how many know of this?
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@Trick: I got a postcard because I was on a mailing list to be informed about the settlement, but other than that I haven't heard a word about it.
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Don't get too excited. $25 doesn't buy much at these counters. You won't get \"the good stuff\". The giveaways will be 1 lipstick or 1 blusher etc...
@MrsLopsided: they actually have a list of what will be given away, and it's a lot of shower gel and body lotion, etc.
Free makeup, free doughnut AND President Barack Obama? This might be the best Tuesday ever.
@Squeezer99: Yep. FAR worse than ...I dunno ...the apocalypse, child molesters, rape, the holocaust. All put together!
*hopes it's not needed, but throws the /sarcasm tag here so everyone knows he doesn't actually support Squeezer's absolutely inaccurate, and drama-queen-y statement*
@NinjaMarion: Well lets see, we've had the Holocaust, check. Rape has been around since the dawn of man, check. Child molesters, again a really really long time, check. So now Obama as president, just pushing closer and closer to that final Apocalypse in 2012 ;-)
@JulesNoctambule: Are there other \"free\" promotions going on that day? Someone should make a list. A day full of free stuff AND someone competent in the White House! Pinch me I must be dreaming.
@bohemianasked: \"are there other \"free\" promotions going on that day?\".....Yeah, they're giving away lots of \"free-dom\" There's a glut of it because little or none of it was distributed over the last 8 years.
@bohemian: Not free, but supposedly some Taco Bell locations (apparently, it's a regional promotion, not nationwide) are having 20 cent tacos that day (limit 10).
Now we can afford to put lipstick on a pig!
I hope that people don't get greedy and crush each other trying to get in through the door over this. Let's not have another incident like that poor employee getting killed at WalMart by an onslaught of bargain hunters.
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I'll be there.. and I don't even WEAR makeup! (I'm a guy, maybe I'll start!)
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Which products will be given away are listed on the class action site. It looks like the dogs to me.
I might swing by right when Saks opens at 10 and see if I can get a free Lancome mascara, since I actually do need mascara.
Other than that, there's not much to interest me. I wouldn't have minded a free perfume, but I don't like J'Adore, and the rest are shower gels, which - meh.
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I, for one, welcome our new cosmetic Overlord.... and Taylor.
Buh-zing!
Yeah, this promotion is just inches away from being a cat/bitch fight extravaganza.
\"No, bitch. That's MY orange shimmer eye-liner! I have NO qualms about killing you and your face right now over FREE MAKEUP because I am an ignorant consumer whore! RAWARRRAWRWRWRARRRRRRRRR!\"
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This is so bogus. They should have just mailed a certificate or something to the people who signed up on the list and then we could go in at our leisure instead of creating a stampede.
Also, how the hell am I supposed to go in, since I have to WORK??? They did it that way on purpose, so no one would show up.
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@HogwartsAlum: exactly. thank you. i could probably get away on my lunch break but i don't even know if it's worth it to me anymore.
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Pick any one, folks. I wouldn't take this garbage if they delivered it to my door, never mind driving to the maul for it.
* Boucheron (USA) Ltd.:
Femme Eau de Toilette (1 ounce/30 ml)
* Chanel, Inc.:
Coco Mademoiselle body lotion (3.4 fluid oz)
* Christian Dior Perfumes, Inc.:
J'Adore Eau de Parfum (15 ml)
* Clarins U.S.A., Inc.:
Clarins Energizing Morning Cream (30 ml) OR
Clarins Beauty Flash Bomb (30 ml)
* Conopco, Inc.:
Calvin Klein Euphoria Bath and Shower Crème (6.7 oz) OR
Vera Wang Princess Body Polish (5 oz) OR
Lovely Sarah Jessica Parker Shower Gel (6.7 oz)
* The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.:
Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair (15 ml/0.5 oz) OR
Clinique Moisture Surge (30 ml/1 oz)
* Guerlain, Inc.:
My Insolence Eau de Toilette (15 ml)
* L'Oréal USA, Inc.:
Lancôme UV Expert 20 OR
Lancôme Cils Design Pro Mascara OR
Lancôme Fatale Mascara OR
Lancôme Courbe Virtuose Mascara OR
Lancôme Primordial Skin Defense OR
Ralph Lauren Romance Shower Gel (6.7 oz.) OR
Giorgio Armani ACM Shower Gel (6.7 oz) OR
Lancôme Hypnôse Shower Gel
* Parfums Givenchy, Inc.:
Very Irresistible Givenchy Eau de Toilette (15 ml)
@nsv:
Are you kidding? I adore Dior's J'Adore perfume, and also Lancome's skin defense products.
I'm taking a vacation day tomorrow (not for this; to watch the inauguration on television). Hmmmm, do I have time for a quick stop at Macy's before gluing myself to the TV?
@mechteach: Yep, I swiped and reformatted the list from the settlement website. Too bad, though... a Beauty Flash Bomb is the only thing that looked remotely interesting to me.
(Yep, I'm a pyro.)
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Most of the things on that list...I'm allergic to...
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Well, there are a few items I'd take for free. If they were delivered to my door.
But I have to say that department store cosmetics are NO BETTER than the drugstore stuff.
And: I've been meaning to post this link anyway. It is a database rating all personal care products for toxicity. Eye-opening, to say the least. If you're like me, you'll be OBSESSED with this site for at least a few hours. A lot of the shit women slather all over themselves is highly toxic.
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@pollyannacowgirl: Intresting. I was freaking out a bit about how little information there was until I realized I could scroll past the charts for the ingredient-by-ingredient rundown...(why is that BELOW the comments?)
There might be some legitimate concerns there. On the other hand, poison is a dose, not a substance. Even that rascally dihydrogen monoxide they have at the bottom there (\"innocuous\") can be fatal if ingested in sufficient quantities. There's no indication at what levels these ingredients are dangerous, or at what levels they're being used, or at what levels they accumulate in the body (although it does look like bioaccumulation is the new big boogeyman to watch out for). And the \"data gaps\" are pretty large. (What does a 100% data gap even mean?)
At best, it's a springboard for further research, and that itself is a very good thing. But I wouldn't take it as the definitive report on everything in your bathroom. IMO, \"OMG! My body wash is a 9!\" and chucking it would not be the proper response.
Agreed. If you are putting something all over your body every day (body lotion) and it's a 9, you should really find something less toxic. Your skin is an organ and does absorb things into your bloodstream.
However, I'm not going to freak out about a facial treatment I use once a week, or shampoo which gets washed away.
Since each item is valued at up to $25, you will be given basically a \"deluxe sample size\" of the cosmetic. Do not expect to get full sized product for the most part.
I work at a store giving away product. We received a rather large supply of these \"deluxe samples\" that will definitely last longer than a few minutes (or even a few hours). We have to follow very strict guidelines regarding the distribution so be prepared to wait in lines.
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Yeah, I totally did buy some cosmetics --no wait, I'm male. Dammit, no metrosexual products for skin-conscious men like me.
@I work as a meth lab technician isn't really a meth lab tec...: That's what I thought, too... no men's fragrances? Not even some Acqua di Gio shower gel or a travel-size bottle of Azzaro Chrome or Dior Homme Sport, for crying out loud?
I mean, we wear fragrances, too, and if you go to a Sephora, there's a whole wall of stuff for guys.
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Does lipstick come in the color \"republican red?\"
Who had time to get to Macy's or any other department store for that matter? I found the Inauguration to be far more important. This event should have held on a different date!
I went to the Pentagon City mall (Nordstroms) on Weds, 1/21, 7 pm (day after the free-ness started) and there was a well-behaved line of people, a security guard watching them, and three women behind a special counter giving away the products. You got one, you signed your name on a clipboard, and that was it. Definitely no scrum, and still a nice amount of products (though it seemed like the store was only carrying 4 or 5 - all clinque and clarins).
I also stopped by Macy's, just to check out the line - longer, more organized (you could browse the products and then show the guard at the ened what you chose). Several men in each store, but all with female companions who directed them to pick something. I think it's fair - they may have purchased a product during the settlement period, even if it wasn't for them.
Totally NOT a mad rush. And the store people were directing anyone who passed by to get some free cosmetics. They didn't explain it was a lawsuit settlement.
Taking advantage of this seems kind of shady, unless you actually bought something.
Seems bad to contribute even more to corporations distrusting consumers and vice-versa, and to the law-suit happy nature of our country's current mind-set.
Oh, who am I kidding... morals go out the window when there's free stuff involved.... sadly.
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This is going to be one massive disaster of a promotion.
People are going to get hurt.
@scoobydoo: Yeah, and the cosmetics giveaway is going to be crazy, too.
@scoobydoo: Yea, I'm thinking of the poor Wal-mart dude that got trampled to death... As much as I love make up and it's free-ness in this case, I wouldn't set foot in any of those stores...