Dixie, I know what you mean! My younger sister has a horrible sensitivity to strong scents, be it perfume, home air fresheners, you get the idea. Walking through these department stores is torture for her. I know these salespeople have a job to do, but I wish they would think about how people might react to these "dousings"!
I get really irritated with the people that want to spray you with perfume as you walk by! I've got migraines and the last thing I need is a day of pain because someone wanted to douse me in the latest scent! I avoid perfume counters like the plague!
How is the mascara brush working? Well, it's really feeling like just an expensive way to apply mascara honestly! One of the things they really pushed was how it would never clump; I found that it actually really made no difference between a "regular" mascara wand as far as clumping goes. Also, to be honest, those little sensations from the brush that sorta tickled during the demonstration are getting irritating now. An annoying, costly lesson is what I think I ended up with!
Yeah, LChoice, I know what you mean! You think, oh, maybe I'll get that look I've been trying to do and end up looking like a vampiric clown. But it's not like these guys are really makeup artists.
I try to avoid the make up counters and stalls at all cost. I know they are trying to do their job but I feel like I have just pulled into a car dealership with all the sales people flocking around . I hate to feel pressured into buying something.
I really hate those stalls. I got cornered one time when I was not feeling well and ended up buying something just to be able to get away. I wish they would make it a rule that they couldn't harass people, because if they don't think they can get to me they start on my 11 year old daughter. It really ticks me off when they do that.
Sometimes I think the reason malls are starting to pale for people are these marketing attacks when you enter the store. I've tried the free "makeup" makeovers a couple of times and I think I look ghastly when I'm done, sort of like a woman on the make. @@
OK.... a battery powered masacra brush? I hate to say this but it makes me thing of remote control for a fan, I don't understand the need for it. The beauty counter is something I avoid at all costs...with the holidays coming they have the carts in the middle of the mall hallways and these poor people always try to get to me, "Can I ask you a question?" I always reply with, "Sorry, in a hurry." Don't break stride or they have you!
So I am at the mall with my sister; our sole mission at the mall was to find her a new blouse for work. To get to the women's section we have to walk through the labrynth that is the beauty section of a high end store to get into the mall. I refer to this part of the store with it's shiny countertops, heavy perfumed air and car-salesmanlike sales ladies as the "snake pit."
Next thing I know, they have lured us in with their wiles and wares and we are out $40 bucks for a battery powered mascara brush and a "free" gift. How do they do it? How do they test and win over our steely resolve not to buy anything? Know what I mean, ladies??
I've got migraines and the last thing I need is a day of pain because someone wanted to douse me in the latest scent! I avoid perfume counters like the plague!
. I hate to feel pressured into buying something.
