A Freebie or Two… or Five :)

I did say I would be posting up free stuff and samples from time to time when they come my way! These aren’t affiliated with any third/fourth/fifth party Brandarama style marketing programs or anything like that, nor will take you to other ads. Those kinds of roundabout things annoy me so much. They always seem too good to be true and you never end up getting what they promised you!

Anyway! So I always go out of my way to find freebies that are from the original manufacturer website instead of from other people’s blogs or “free stuff” pages to make sure these take you straight to the freebie and back. No pop-ups, no poos. Hoho!

Lacoste Essential for men! I just sent off for mine, and after the registration, it asks you to fill in another form for your friend so he or she may receive a sample as well. Funfunfun! There’s a list of countries that can receive this. Forgot which ones besides U.S.A and Canada, so go see for yourself at the official Lacoste website here.

Another perfume sample! Hugo Boss Pure for Men! Same deal as the Lacoste one. Get one for yourself, send the other to a friend. A lot of countries listed. China being one of them. Er… some other ones too… that’s all I can remember, sorry!
Anyway! Click this link to get to the Hugo Boss Fragrances official website! All the other samples are out of stock, only Pure is left so act quick!

I like this one! It’s so cute! The site is called TheSoapLady and it offers handmade soap loaf. Here’s the offer from her site (Canada only):
For free samples of our handmade soap
send a S.A.S.E. (self addressed 1.15$ stamped envelope) to:

Caroline Guenette
a/s free soap sample offer
C.P. 306
Bearn QC J0Z 1G0
Canada

If you’re 18 or over and live in the U.S.A, you can get this sample from Dove. I’m not sure why you have to be a certain age, but I’m guessing that this particular product might not be suitable for younger skin. Anyway, come here to get your free Dove Pro-Age!

This one is especially for Kris W. of Vancouver. Enjoy and I love you :P well… slightly. Anyone else who feels like spreading the love but not the STDs can click here. This is a Canadian site so I’m not sure if they ship anywhere else. I’m also not sure if they’ll send you exactly what the picture is but you can only try and ask!

American readers, click here! So sue me, it’s really hard getting good free stuff online you know. If you don’t need such things pass them on to your married friends you good moral and pious people you.

Must run! Leave a comment or five :)
-J



More Freebies!!

So I was having a wee browse around after writing my first “Free Stuff” article and decided to post a few more beauty samples up for grabs. I do this now for two reasons. One: It is actually quite a good idea to have a look at some of the beauty samples and get feedback from readers who might have tried them so we can decide whether we at Aesthetic Obsessions would like to endorse the brands more (and for free!! might I add!) or throw them to the dogs and flame them to bits, and Two: because there was a comment with a :( sad face :( saying that the offers were not valid for Malaysians.

WELL!! Turns out free beauty samples for that part of the world don’t come so easy doncherknow. However, I have managed to churn out a few for all those (read: Creativebitchin, whoever you may be) avid (or rabid?) Malaysian (but not limited to!) reader(s?)! Woot!! So, enjoy!


Fresh-Up is a new “whitening” product on the market which promotes the break down of excess melanin (due to smoking, sun etc) on certain areas of the skin. It is formulated with only natural plant extracts and this product targets dark skin and nipples… hmm. Dark pink areas I suppose, “pinkening” more like?

After giving Fresh-Up a go, and it works for you, you are invited to write a testimonial about your pinkening experience, and the company will send you a free gift. Worth a shot I say if you are the *Puteri Lilin type! Available in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Phillipines, Vietnam, China, India, USA, UAE and UK. Get it here.

*Puteri Lilin - “Candle Princess”. One who dislikes turning a delicious honey tan colour under the sun, opting instead for the pale and pasty so-ten-years-ago look of one’s coloners. Me? Bias?? How dare you!

Everyday Minerals is a gorgeous brand of makeup which uses only superior, all natural ingredients for their products. So shiny and sparkly, it’s sure to add dimension and angles and light-bounceyness in all the right places! Remember the celebrity mineral craze a while back, when all the celebs were using crushed minerals to give them that natural earthy glow? Well turns out it never died down. Everyday Minerals ships out free samples through their website worldwide, but you have to pay for your own shipping. I believe that’s around US$5 (RM15.76 ish) but you get 5 little pottles of mineral powder. It’s a good way to see if the whole mineral thing is for you. I’ve had a look around the web, and have seen nothing but rave reviews so far. This brand is only available for purchase online. To get your free sample, Click here.

Rouge Magazine is a cool beauty mag with all the latest tips, tricks, beauty news, offers, contests and product samples delivered right to your door for FREE, 3 times a year. Pretty neat eh? Only catch - for Canadian residents only. Subscribe online here.

Garnier Fructis Strength and Repair! I was just thinking about split ends last night! Who knew this would turn up! Request free samples of the shampoo and conditioner and also receive coupons worth $6 you can use for further purchases of this product if you like it. Available for Canadian residents only. If that sounds like you, come get your free samples here!

On to some slightly iffier samples. I wasn’t quite sure if these ones should make it into the blog, but then I thought about it and decided that “Why Yes! These are important components for looking good and feeling sex0ry!” (Coupled with the fact that Malaysian samples are so awfully difficult to come by makes these two shoe-ins dammit!) Allow me to explain.

Poise products are sexy. They’re sporty. They make you feel fun and free again and give you the sudden energy burst and motivation you need to start playing tennis and rock climbing and other extreme sports. Sound like a tampon commercial? Why yes! So it should! Because bladder problems will affect one in every two women after childbirth! And 56% of statistics are made up. WHATEVER the case, no, incontinence is not fun, and yes a convenient pad-like contraption could make life a helluva lot easier or at least slightly less embarassing. No matter how old you are, incontinence will affect everyone once in a while, including you! Yes you! Maybe the old hand in the warm bucket of water while you sleep trick really works WHO KNOWS. Either way, not peeing yourself = sexy. Peeing yourself = not so much. Come get some confidence here. For Malaysian residents only.

Ok! So Yes, this is a beauty blog, and No, HIV isn’t on the top of my list for things we should be aesthetically obsessed about. Hence, I shall list condoms and free samples thereof, as beauty AIDS in a roundabout manner. (AhHAha GeDDIt??) Ahem. Anyhoo, shalln’t get into any debate aboot the Malaysian government’s hoohah plans to give out love rubber to students versus only letting married people have them. As far as one is concerned, the law states 16 as the age of consent, and 16 it is. Socially acceptable or not, at least be safe aboot it and don’t catch anything nasty, because scratching your genitals in public is sooooo not hot. True Love is a website doing just that. Helping you “care for your loved ones”. Very nice. These guys are on a mission. Get some clean love, or at least some humorously shaped water balloons here. Malaysian residents only.

And remember! Free samples are supposed to help you decided whether you might want to use a product in future. Some are legit, and some aren’t. So don’t be so cheapo and easy with your name and address. You end up giving out your contact and credit card information to everyone and getting loads of junk mail and gay pr0n that will cost you a bundle.

Have fun, see you soon!

FREE STUFF!

What better way to start off a beauty blog then with free beauty samples! So I’ve scoured the internet for GOOD free samples. None of that “buy this first” or “participation required”, samples. Not even incentive affiliate type ones! Nonono, I’m not making a penny out of these. These are the Real McCoy. The most you have to do is answer a couple of questions about your hair/face/skin and fill in your address of course for mailing purposes.

This is what I’ve come up with so far! (And believe me, these are hard to find! That’s why I’ve only got a few!)

Here’s a Redken one if you need a little help for your curly hair. It doesn’t seem to be for any product line in particular, but it does ask for your hair type, then they will send out samples accordingly.

Available for U.S residents only. Click Here.


Olay is giving away some samples for Canadian residents. You need to join Club Olay first, which is just your email address and mailing address. When you become a member, you have the option of letting Olay alert you of future free samples which is very handy!

Available for Canadian Residents only. For those with “Panda Eyes” (puffy of dark eye bags), get your Olay Regenerist Here.

For Olay’s Definity Intense Hydrating Cream, Click Here. Again for Canadian residents only.

The Olay site is great! You don’t only get free samples but also chances to win more products and their sweepstakes too!

For youthful looking skin, using state-of-the-art cellular rejuvenation technology, try Loreal’s newest skin line, Loreal Derma Genesis.

For Australian residents only. Click Here.

Welp, that’s all for now folks! I spent a lot of time looking for real samples, so you won’t be receiving any spam or unsolicited emails. All samples will be available until stocks last so register quickly if you don’t want to miss out! (I don’t know when any of these offers expire, but I’m guessing that if it takes you to a 404 error page, or a completely unrelated site, then we can safely assume the offer has expired!)

I will be posting a lot more samples every time I find them, so keep coming back or bookmark this site for future beauty goodies!

Tata for now!

How to secure your computer - for FREE!

I have posted a couple of new articles with a lot of information that can help save you from the Hell that is viruses, spyware, and the general crud that can accumulate on a Windows PC.

There are some useful tips that have helped me, and more importantly the friends and family whose computers I also seem to have responsibility for! Best of all, nothing will take more than a few minutes, and NONE of it will cost you a penny, everything is free :D

Click for part 1 and part 2!