Re: Gifting sample items
I've always been somewhat unimpressed by the idea of making gift baskets out of samples. I think it would be very, very hard to not look cheap.
Plus, you'd have to be really sure the person would appreciate it. I could definitely see a tween girl having a ball with an attractive assortment of beauty products, but I personally don't know anyone, myself included, who would be terribly enthused about a gift of cleaner samples. I mean, of course you'd be polite, and I'm sure you'd find a use for most of the stuff, but I wouldn't exactly think the person put a whole lot of thought into what I might have liked as a gift. It would seem like one of those "obligation" gifts--yes, it's technically a present, but it kind of goes against the whole spirit of gift-giving.
I guess it would depend on what the products were, how the products were presented, and how the gift arragement was made.
If you had cute mini bottles of fun beauty products, I could see it working, but I can't picture handing over a basket of foil packets containing shampoo samples or bathroom cleaner as a gift.
YMMV.
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