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This undated publicity photo provided by Birchbox shows a typical monthly beauty sample shipment. Consumers can subscribe to companies like Birch Box to receive monthly shipments of beauty product ...

We've all been there: you're at the makeup counter and want to test out a foundation shade or lip color before splurging on the full-sized item. While some stores, like Sephora, have great return ...

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Last year, Liz Corry, a product manager for an e-commerce site who lives in Pittsburgh, realized she needed to do something about her sprawling stockpile of beauty samples. She emptied two drawers in ...

WSVN — We've all done it, shelled out a bunch of cash on a beauty product, then got home and discovered it was the wrong product for our skin or hair. Dana Berkowitz: "I have so many products in my ...

Back in December, a woman filed a lawsuit against Sephora that claimed a sample from the mega-retailer gave her herpes. In response, we reached out to a dermatologist, who told us that she personally ...