It can be exciting to get your hands on free skincare products at a beauty and grooming store. from free samples of face creams, lip balms, concealers and perfumes, free samples let you know what will suit your face before making the investment.

Multi-brand retail stores like Shoppers Stop, Sephora and Westside have counters with a set of samples for trying. Even single-brand stores like The Body Shop and Bath And Body Works have samples up for trying. However, amidst the Coronavirus outbreak, when stepping out itself can be a big risk, and a list of instructions, among which sanitizing your hands frequently and social distancing up to 3 ft apart are strongly advisable, maybe it's not the best of ideas to try those free samples.

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But coming back to samples, each product can get extremely close to either your eyeballs, mouth, or nostrils - the three areas medical experts have cautioned us are prone to the coronavirus.

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