EVERY Sephora is the same regarding sanitation and all the testers look iffy. Stick to the hand.

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COME SHOP MY SALE!

Maybe this will sound strange, but I'm honestly surprised by the amount of people in this thread that have hygiene lol
Everytime I go to a counter, it seems like the people asking for sanitized testers/extra wands/anything clean are the minority. Most people just walk up and try it out.

I ALWAYS swatch on my hand, and I only swatch eyeshadows and products not meant for the lips because I know probably tons of people have used the lipsticks/gloss wands already and I think it's gross. Most people think I'm a germophobe but I think it's just good hygiene. I guess I'm not the only one.

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It's man devouring man my dear
& who are we to deny it in here?

I wonder if they posted something about sanitation that more people would realize how important it is. This is gonna sound gross, but when I was a kid I didn't know. I had tons of eye infections and got treatment. Each doctor told me it was my contact lenses, but finally one said it was eye cleanliness. Now, I wash my brushes each week and make sure to wash my eye area with Cetaphil each night to be sure everything is off. I found that my eye area is extra sensitive to infections if I don't clean a lot. But, the first place I saw good information about sanitation was right here in this forum.

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Half Indian/Half European NC35
Dark Brown Hair w/ Blonde Streaks

Ha ha! I MAKE them open up a new one. I remember the last time I was looking for a new lipstick and was in there I saw these little girls who'd obviously had some fun in the makeup. So when I found a shade I was interested in, I asked a MUA to open a new one. She started to point at the already opened one so I pointed out that she couldn't seriously want me to put that on my face when - and pointed at the girls. So she opened up a bunch of lipsticks for me.

The most I do at Sephora is swatch is with my fingers and then wipe it off. It is just to disguting to put on me, and then the MAs always ask if you want to "try something on." Ummmm, no.

And then, I over heard some girls at my school saying that if they ever got a job at the Galleria (my mall with the Sephora) they would never buy makeup or bother putting it on at home because they would just go to Sephora every day to do it. EEEEWWWWWW!!! When I heard that I think I threw up in my mouth!!

Sephora, I love you, but not enough to endure your germs.

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Wow, I've got to admit I try on foundations or concealers on my face but that's it.

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I agree with pretty much what everyone else is saying... Testing products on your face is super yucky (aside from foundations...not a full face, but on the jaw bone, you know...lol).
I usually test everything else on the back of my hand. Most of the time, I just eye-ball it though and don't test at all. Sometimes when I open a lip gloss or lipstick tester I cringe thinking where that sucker has been.
I will say that on several occasions at the Sephora I go to most often, I have actually seen women applying a whole face of makeup from the testers! My mother and I stalked out this one lady there one day watching her go through an entire makeup routine!
Usually you get stalked out there, but no one seemed to care or notice!

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