I love freebies.  Samples, trial sizes, testers, coupons for products, and the ultimate Holy Grail of the perk: The Full-Sized Sample. 

One of my fave sites for snagging coupons and samples of drugstore products is Startsampling - I'm midway through a one-week trial of Dove Haircare thanks to this site, drying my locks with a free  Snuggle Fabric Softener-dried towel.  The only thing that would make this site better is if the freebies were all beauty related.

Bingo!  Two new companies have answered my silent prayer with freebie sites aimed at makeup and beauty lovers.  While each site charges a fee, the samples here aren't your drugstore beauty goodies.  Full-sized products from luxury brands are the freebies here.

TestTube: is NewBeauty magazine's sampling program that, for a quarterly fee of $29.95, sends subscribers a selection of product samplings from brands such as Estee Lauder, Dr. Brandt, and SuperSmile. Members are encouraged, but not required, to evaluate products online and can opt out of the program at any time.

Beautyfix: offers a similar program for product junkies who don't mind paying a little bit more ($50/pop) for a quarterly selection of full-sized personal care products that have been curated by a panel of beauty industry experts and bloggers. With a more traceable methodology behind it, beauty brands submit potential products to be tested by members of Beautyfix's advisory panel (comprised of a dozen or so high profile make-up artists, beauty editors, bloggers, and skincare specialists) on an ongoing basis and only the best products make it to the mailboxes of members, who are encouraged (but again, not required) to contribute to the community message boards. Unlike NewBeauty's TestTube, Beautyfix memberships are "limited" (on a first come, first serve basis) and can also be "gifted" to fellow beauty buffs.