I'm not either of these girls (obviously) but I wanted to say something. if you've never tried these products and want to sample them, you can call L'anza and ask for samples. I think you can also go online and find salons near you that sell their products. Those salons may also be able to give you samples (I htink Sassygirl did this--I'm not sure who it was).
What products are you looking to try? Becasue if you are looking to try the Protein Plus Shampoo, they will probably give you samples of the new formula. I know downtown Manhattan is probably very far for you, but if you're willing to travel to Ricky's on 8th Street, you can get some of the L'anza products (including the OLD formula of the Protein Plus) at 50% off). /images/graemlins/shocked.gif
However, their may be other sites somewhere that we don;t know about that are selling the old formula at clearance prices....at any rate...I hope this was of help to you and I apologize it for butting in. /images/graemlins/blush.gif