Ok so after those 2 attempts at instant shine without any major results, i decided to experiment a bit more this week. i’ve been trying to stick to using just one at a time but i am definately having a tough time! whoops!
i don’t think there is much to report but thought i’d write out reports for monday, tuesday, and today (wednesday) because it’s good for reference and maybe someone here will have some tips or pointers for me or be able to offer advice or point out what i’m doing wrong! 
Day One - Monday
**Instant Shine, regular strength, to-go bottle
3 sprays: 1 to back of neck, 1 to front of neck/chest and 1 split between wrists.**
Later added 1 spray to hair.
Enviroment tested in: at work (just me and 1 other employee, with infrequent customers)
Self effects: i instantly felt a bit of a rush and felt perky and happy, but that could just be from the fresh scent or because i knew i had just sprayed on a product called instant shine 
Effects to others: nothing out of the ordinary, really. people were nice to me, but they usually are anyways! my boss was chatty, but he ALWAYS is. no one on the bus said anything or smiled at me or anything…
Duration of effects: not sure, since i didn’t notice any major hits. i’ve read on the forum though that instant shine only lasts for about 2-3 hours so after 3 hours i added another spray to my hair.
Effects from mixing with other products: none, i tried it on it’s own.
Range: probably only a few feet. like i mentioned, my boss and any customers were friendly (but this isn’t out of the ordinary) - so perhaps they were affected slightly? but no friendly behaviour or smiles from people on the bus, all of whom were sitting at least 7-8 feet away from me.
Day Two (Tuesday)
Slightly bored with just instant shine so i added a bit of IS/A today (i know, i know - bad me!)
Application dosage and locations:
Instant Shine, regular strength, to go bottle. One spray to front of neck
Instant Sexiness A, regular strength, to go bottle. One spray to hair, one spray to chest.
Enviroment tested in: on the bus and at work
Self effects: none that i noticed! i felt confident for a few minutes as i was strolling out my door, but i’m pretty sure that was just my excitement from trying out the IS/A. certainly didn’t feel sexy standing out in the freezing cold, waiting for my (ten minutes LATE) bus!
Effects to others: i noticed one thing while waiting for the bus. i was at my stop a few minutes early, when all of a sudden a big double decker bus, marked “Not in Service” screeched up to the stop. i waited to see if it was my bus that just hadn’t switched on its sign yet, but alas, it wasn’t. i sat out in the cold, waiting for my bus (which was now a few mins late), staring at this random bus with some guy in an orange jumpsuit sitting inside. he got out, looked around, then hopped back on the bus. i waited another five minutes. he peered out at me again, i peered back at him, but his bus was still not in service and he was obviously not a bus driver, dressed in an orange jumpsuit. a few more minutes passed. finally he got off the bus again, walked within about 2 feet of me, walked back to the bus (in one big loop) then poked his head out and said “ma’am, i’m waiting for what i’m guessing is your bus - everyone on it is going to switch on to this double decker bus when it gets here so would you like to come in and sit inside, out of the cold?” it was very nice of him to ask, and YES i did want to get out of the cold! so i hopped on and waited there for another few minutes before my real bus came.
it’s not that unusual for a man to offer to get someone out of the cold, esp. since i was going to have to get on that bus anyway, but i just found it interesting that he didn’t ask me until he had stepped in my range of pheromones - he had walked about 2 feet away from me and then stopped and looked back at me before finally asking. so who knows? maybe my first real hit?
the rest of the day was pretty uneventful unfortunately!
Duration of effects: not really sure, i’d guess about 4 hours.
Effects from mixing with other products: well i had more success with the IS/A plus IS than i did with the IS alone!
Range: the only blatant hit i noticed was from the bus service guy, who walked about 2-3 feet away from me so i’d say pretty close range!
Product name,scent and strength:
Instant Shine, regular strength, to-go bottle, 1 spray to chest
**MX235, sample in to-go bottle, 1 spray to hair and 1 spray to side of neck
**Enviroment tested in: same as above, on the way to work and at work
Self effects: felt good after i put them on, i actually really enjoyed the cookie scent of the mx235! again, i felt great for about 5 mins after applying but i think it’s just in my head
Effects to others: i didn’t notice anything! 
either i’m really bad at noticing hits (though i was watching ppl around me closely for hours!) or i’m not applying enough, or my bus and work routine isn’t conducive to getting great hits.
Duration of effects: not sure! i could smell the cookie scent for about 6 hours afterwards though - yum!
Effects from mixing with other products: errr…i’m guilty here. i’ve never tried just mx235 on it’s own so i can’t say! BAD me! it won’t happen again!
Range: if i had had any hits that i noticed, i could tell you - but i didn’t
…so there’s my very uneventful reports! i’m hoping that weeks from now i can look back on these and chuckle at how little i knew! does anyone have any advice? of course i’m not going to get the hang of it right away, but i only have the to go bottles so i don’t have a ton of time (or product) to waste. so i’m hoping to figure it out sooner rather than later! maybe i’ll have more luck on the weekend when i go out with some friends, rather than just going to work like i do all day during the week?
sorry if i bored you
The most blatant hits for me usually occur within the first hour after applying and the effects usually taper off after 4-5 hours at which time, I usually re-apply.
But that’s just me!