Duty Free Etiquette

Traveling internationally offers one the opportunity to see products that are very high priced and possibly out of the price range of the usual traveler. But this very ability to travel has made these products available to the usual traveler. And I don't mean to purchase. this is your opportunity to try the most expensive and best brand of beauty products that the highest priced stores have to offer. Almost all duty free stores have perfumes, face creams, hand creams, moisturizers, anti-aging, firming, cleansing, bronzing, regenerating, toners, scrubs, night time, day time, and more. Almost all of these are in testers for you to try.
Once I was timid about heading into a duty free shop just to get some hand cream but an expat friend convinced me that it was perfectly ok to sample the wares. The logic is that you will like it so much that you will buy it. So no trip is complete now without a stop in the duty free to moisturize my face, soften my hands, and whatever else I need at the moment.
I am not advocating that you go into the duty free and make up your entire face but it is perfectly ok to layer your face with the firming, anti-aging, daytime moisturizer and the same for your hands. And ladies and gentlemen, do NOT go to the brands you usually buy. Take this opportunity to sample the most expensive brands on the market. They too are hoping you will like it enough to fork out the dough and take it home with you.
A few hints. The sales clerks will help you if you express desire to buy but don't pull the wool over their eyes. They can recongnize the "Non-shopper" like me. They let me be because I am discrete and do not "over-use" the samples. You can only layer on so many things before you'd have to go wash your face and return. This would be noticiable. Don't try too much perfume. Put it on the sample papers until you find the one you want to wear for the day. And finally, in really big airports, there are usually more than one duty free stores. If you are shy about trying on products, go to different stores and only try one in each store. The clerks are not getting together at days end to compare customers. Hope this helps. It also takes up some time of that eneviable wait in the airport.