using make up in a shop

Nanazolie

I was in Boots earlier on and I saw a girl (not a teenager, about late twenty) using the shop make up to do her face. NOT the samples. She used a mascara and put it back on the shelf among the others. She then proceeded to the hand creams where she used a tube, again putting it back on the shelf.
The person who buys these will have no idea they had been used before.

Would you do it?

Max Power

Depends what she looks like. Have you got a pic?

irishgirl19

Thats sick. She shoulda been kicked out the cheapskate. Boots aren't allowed sell you anything that has been opened(knowingly) for hygiene reasons

FatherLen

i once sprayed myself with lynx in a tesco.

smash

I was under the impression that most Irish women did their makeup while driving down the M50!

Where To

That's shoplifting, is it not?

davet82

Meh, I've eaten pick-a-mix before i got to the till

tomboylady

I've seen that happen before. Once in full view of an employee (not in Boots) who did absolutely nothing. Simply watched the girl, then let her leave without saying a word.

EmptyTree

davet82 wrote: »

Meh, I've eaten pick-a-mix before i got to the till

Yes, but you didn't lick the sweet and then put it back with the rest.....

(I assume......:p)

kneemos

FatherLen wrote: »

i once sprayed myself with lynx in a tesco.

The overpowering lingering aroma of Lynx,you can't beat it.

davet82

EmptyTree wrote: »

Yes, but you didn't lick the sweet and then put it back with the rest.....

(I assume......:p)

only the ones i don't like :cool:

Drakares

FatherLen wrote: »

i once sprayed myself with lynx in a tesco.

This is just the start.

Now that you've gotten a taste for crime it's not long til you're strung out on heroin and mugging oul' ones.

Micky Dolenz

I've stolen the odd grape and I'll do it again.

davet82

kneemos wrote: »

The overpowering lingering aroma of Lynx,you can't beat it.

somebody takes part in solvent abuse me thinks :rolleyes:

Lollipops23

That's why I always take make up items from the BACK of the shelf. The amount of idiots who open up a perfectly sealed item (say, lipgloss) to have a test, when there's a perfectly good tester sitting in front of them....

hardCopy

Next they'll be putting used condoms back in the box

davet82

hardCopy wrote: »

Next they'll be putting used condoms back in the box

thats just recycling

Allyall

I was working a couple of days in a pharmacy, big shop, small business/family owned one and It happened about 30 times over the 2 and 1/2 days i was there. One girl was in 3 times.
I presume they know about it, i spotted it in the first hour.
I just assumed it was normal.

I don't know how many women I knew growing up that would go into Boots before a night out, just so they could spray themselves with the perfumes there.

kneemos

Where To wrote: »

That's shoplifting, is it not?

Only if she had put her head in a bag and scurried out of the shop suspiciously.

Lapin

FatherLen wrote: »

i once sprayed myself with lynx in a tesco.

Ah Lynx - AKA Knacker's shower.

fishy fishy

if it is the high end make up, then they have samples out. The ones for purchase are tucked away in a drawer and come in boxes.


if it is the freestanding "stalls" in boots, then make sure you get the make that is completed taped or sealed shut.

Fair play to her tho, for using brand new make up on her face. I'm sure she wouldn't want to use makeup that somebody else had used before her. :-)

Cathmandooo

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't know how many women I knew growing up that would go into Boots before a night out, just so they could spray themselves with the perfumes there.

At least they would be perfume samples that are free for anyone to use. I've done it myself on occasion on the way to the pub.

I tend to make sure to buy make up that is sealed, Boots do tend to have most things sealed in fairness.

Duckworth_Luas

Sickening sexism! So it's OK for females to use the make-up off the shelves in Boots but when I spent 2 hours sampling the wares on the alcohol aisle in Tesco security were called to escort me off the premises.

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncMlYBdDRjE

jump to 1:30

Mocha Joe

Nanazolie wrote: »

I was in Boots earlier on and I saw a girl (not a teenager, about late twenty) using the shop make up to do her face. NOT the samples. She used a mascara and put it back on the shelf among the others. She then proceeded to the hand creams where she used a tube, again putting it back on the shelf.
The person who buys these will have no idea they had been used before.

Would you do it?

How long were you spying on her and where were your hands?

robinph

Lollipops23 wrote: »

That's why I always take make up items from the BACK of the shelf. The amount of idiots who open up a perfectly sealed item (say, lipgloss) to have a test, when there's a perfectly good tester sitting in front of them....

What exactly do you need to test unless you've never used a similar product before? Are people worried that the red one might not be red or something?

Nanazolie

Mocha Joe wrote: »

How long were you spying on her and where were your hands?

ahem... I'm female. I was actually browsing the make up aisles myself - with the intention of buying - when I spotted her. Then I was in another part of the shop when again I saw her using the hand cream. She might as well have sampled the electric toothbrushes for all I know, I wasn't there to see it

Allyall

robinph wrote: »

What exactly do you need to test unless you've never used a similar product before? Are people worried that the red one might not be red or something?

Prepare for the backlash from wimmen.

Red is not simply Red.

Nanazolie

robinph wrote: »

What exactly do you need to test unless you've never used a similar product before? Are people worried that the red one might not be red or something?

The color often differs from the packaging. There are as many types of mascara wands as there are wood essences, so well, yes, you need to test. Or at least open the product to check it. But usually there is a sampler for that, I guess she didn't want to use something someone else had used

Allyall

Mocha Joe wrote: »

How long were you spying on her and where were your hands?

Nanazolie wrote: »

ahem... I'm female.

Mocha Joe

Nanazolie wrote: »

ahem... I'm female.

Females don't have hands!? :eek:

AnonoBoy

I sample the hemorrhoid cream from time to time. I thought everyone did that, no?

Celly Smunt

I can have any aftershave I want for free thanks to testers in boots.

robinph

Allyall wrote: »

Prepare for the backlash from wimmen.

Red is not simply Red.

Nanazolie wrote: »

The color often differs from the packaging. There are as many types of mascara wands as there are wood essences, so well, yes, you need to test. Or at least open the product to check it. But usually there is a sampler for that, I guess she didn't want to use something someone else had used

Well if it's a case of not being certain if you have a 53 or a 93 from that chart then fair enough, although I'd suggest that some better glasses might be in order so that you can read the packet properly.
If your trying to tell if it's a 344 or 318 though then you are really getting carried away on irrelevant differences and just want to steal free makeup.

Edit: And on the point of "not wanting to use something someone else had used", it's hardly fair that she has then taken that choice away from someone else.

Gatling

It is technically shoplifting having first hand experience of boots shoplifting policy in action they would never have taken action against the girl would have taking place, some shops would have made her purchase the items she used or opened

smash

Nanazolie wrote: »

ahem... I'm female. I was actually browsing the make up aisles myself - with the intention of buying - when I spotted her. Then I was in another part of the shop when again I saw her using the hand cream. She might as well have sampled the electric toothbrushes for all I know, I wasn't there to see it

Sounds like the kind of chick I wouldn't mind bumping into in a sex shop!

Irish Guitarist

A while ago I was going to buy some hair wax in Tesco and noticed the lid wasn't screwed on properly. I took the lid off to see if someone had used it and there was a big finger print in the wax. I opened up more jars and almost every one was the same. I looked in about ten jars before I found an unused one.

I think it's worse than shoplifting. At least if someone shoplifts one item the shop can sell the rest. If someone goes around poking their fingers in every jar of wax or makeup on the shelf the shops entire stock is ruined.

ArtyM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I sample the hemorrhoid cream from time to time. I thought everyone did that, no?

I used to do that too but since they changed the formula I find it just doesn't taste as good anymore.

tiny_penguin

I bought gel eyeliner in dunnes once, bought it home and when i opened it there was a huge finger print in it. Bought it back a few days later and the girl behind the counter didnt seem surprised. Exchanged it no problem and even double checked the new one wasnt the same.Happened with a tub of primer too - I now always check or only buy things that have tamper proof seals if its something like mascara

--LOS--

robinph wrote: »

What exactly do you need to test unless you've never used a similar product before? Are people worried that the red one might not be red or something?

oh dear :P

Bruthal

hardCopy wrote: »

Next they'll be putting used condoms back in the box

That`s where they usually go, repeatedly

Larianne

smash wrote: »

I was under the impression that most Irish women did their makeup while driving down the M50!

Or on the bus. >.<

smash

Larianne wrote: »

Or the bus. >.<

I'd love too see that as you go over a speed bump!

Larianne

smash wrote: »

I'd love too see that as you go over a speed bump!

Oh, I can't even watch. It disgusts me. (dunno why..)

michellie

That's manky, imagine that girl had conjunctivitis or something and you buy it and use it after her ?


Euughhh

kfallon

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I sample the hemorrhoid cream from time to time. I thought everyone did that, no?

Wouldn't mind a bit of savlon right now, bit of the ould ringsting acting up at the mo.....I blame the sandpaper bogroll in work

3ndahalfof6

I have checked into this and it seems she will be on the next season of dragons den, that is all.

Capt'n Midnight

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

A while ago I was going to buy some hair wax in Tesco and noticed the lid wasn't screwed on properly. I took the lid off to see if someone had used it and there was a big finger print in the wax. I opened up more jars and almost every one was the same. I looked in about ten jars before I found an unused one

amateurs , leaving fingerprints :rolleyes:

smash

Larianne wrote: »

Oh, I can't even watch. It disgusts me. (dunno why..)

Reminds me of the Simpsons when homer made the make up gun and had the level set to whore! Just make up everywhere

Pumpkinseeds

I haven't bought make up in Boots for years, I'll stick with my Clinique from Debenhams or Brown Thomas, they're always in their own boxes. Its weird that someone using stock then putting it back would be ignored. I admit to having a spray of perfume, but if you didn't test perfume you wouldn't know what you were buying and you can only do that from tester bottles as the rest are in locked cabinets.

Anyone caught using a product then putting it back should be forced to pay for the product and if they refuse to do so they should be banned from the store. Its disgusting, its like trying on knickers then putting them back on display for someone else to buy. Always always wash new clothes before you wear them for the first time, you really don't know where they've been:eek: