Try Before You Buy: The Sample Room VIP Membership Experience

I've just finished a 2-month  VIP Membership subscription with Sample Room and obviously the pressing questions would be:

1. If I was happy and contented with the whole 'experience'; and

2. If I would be renewing my membership.

Well, I've give you a quick rundown of the whole lot that I got for the whole duration and see how it went. :)

Beauty loots from Sample Room. I'll lay them out for you later.

For those who don't already know, Sample Room 'is the Philippines' first ever beauty and lifestyle sampling website'. Upon membership you get 100 points which you can use to order some samples in the site. You review the products in turn and the points spent will be awarded back to you. To know more about Sample Room, you can read here and to know  more on how to become a member, you can read it here.

In the middle January 2016, I decided to avail of the VIP Membership so that I can have more points and avail of more products. I've been a regular member since 2013 and I thought it was about time to level up. :) I spent 799 for 1000 points and a soon as I received the points in my account, it was time for order galore!

For starters, here's what I got as a VIP Gift: Burt's Bees Lip Gloss in Summer Twilight.

A little 'Thank You' card plus 1 pc. of Burt's Bees Lip Gloss in Summer Twilight - Retail Price: Php 700.00

Order #1 

1 pc 20 g Olay Total Effects Pore Minimizing CC Cream (Medium) - Php 499.00

1 pc 40 ml Zenutrients Gugo Strengthening Hair Serum - Php 499.00

1 pc 5.67g Burt's Bees Lip Gloss (Rosy Dawn) - Php 700.00

Hearts for the CC Cream and the two lippies! :)

Order #2

2 pcs 40 ml Cream Silk Standout Straight Leave-On Cream - Php 98.00

1 pc 5.67g Burt's Bees Lip Gloss (Sunny Day) - Php 700.00

1 pc 20g Blushing Beauty Lick My Lips Color-Changing Lip Balm - Php 200.00

The color-changing lip balm sparked my interest. 

Order#3

1 pc 150 ml Belo Intensive Whitening Body Cream SPF 30 - Php 199.77

1 pc 65g Belo Intensive Whitening Bar with Exfoliating Body Scrubs - Php 64.75

1 pc 50 ml Belo Intensive Whitening BB Cream SPF 50 & PA ++++ - Php 349.75

All of them are favorites, especially the BB Cream. Now, if only the soap didn't melt away so fast....

Order #4

1 pc 150 ml Olay Total Effects Pore Minimizing Toner - Php 849.00

1 pc 10g Pond’s Flawless White Dewy Rose Whitening Soft Cream SPF 30 PA+++ - Php 179.00

1 pc 40 ml Dove Deo Original Roll-On - Php 89.00

The Olay toner is just humongous in size!!!

Order #5

1 pc Belo SunExpert Sunbrella UPF50 - Php 450.00

1 pc 140 ml Belo SunExpert Ultragentle Sheer Spray SPF50 and PA+++ - Php 539.75

1 pc 100 ml Belo SunExpert Body Shield SPF60 and PA+++ - Php 459.75

All of them are winners! Especially the Sunbrella!!! Not your ordinary umbrella.

Order #6

1 pc 50 ml Belo SunExpert Perfecting Shield Tinted Sunscreen SPF50 and PA++++ - Php 449.75

1 pc 75ml Pantene Hair Fall Control Conditioner - Php 55.00

1 pc 75ml Pantene Hair Fall Control Shampoo - Php 49.75

The Tinted Sunscreen is my favorite in this lot.

Verdict

I'm obviously happy about the whole lot that I got for the whole 2-month period. Living in a town in the province means that I rarely get some new offerings in the grocery store aisles. With Sample Room's site, ordering is very convenient. I'm also glad that I was able to avail full-sized products.

Moreover, if we let the numbers speak, I'm obviously at the winning end.

The total price of all the products that I got amounted to  Php 7, 131.27. I only spent Php 1,689.00 for the membership fees and shipping expenses.

...but oooops!

There are times that I think that I could have ordered more if only the packages arrived faster. Sample Room ships via Xend, which in turn passes it on to LBC so instead of arriving in 2 days it usually arrives after 5 days or more.

Reminders

Be sure that you review your products thoroughly and specifically, otherwise, Sample Room wouldn't approve it and you won't be able to get your points back easily. :( Read the guidelines here.

To cap things, I plan to avail of the VIP Membership again in the future. I'm just visiting Sample Room's site from time to time to see if there are new products that would interest me in particular.

XO,

Carissa