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Article: Going potty getting samples can drive you potVicky Ward puts on a bold face and tries to persuade the assistants at the cosm etics counters to part with some freebies
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 14, 1994
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Fingers crossed, hair brushed as neatly as it ever is, coat
hanging casually on my right arm, handbag full of loose coins
jangling on my shoulder, I approached the Clinique counter in
Harrods. "Excuse me, I wonder if you have any free samples of y our
moisturiser? As you can see, I have dry skin."
The fake-tanned woman in her pristine white coat peered at me
out of fake black lashes down her eagle-like powdered nose. Wearing
jeans, polo-neck, Benetton cardigan and no make-up, I looked neat
but scarcely a millionaire. "Nah, we don't do samples," she said,
and turned away to examine her already immaculate nails.
My brief was to discover what it takes to get a free sample of