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Damn phone correction 😂

Not a link, but have screenshot the bag.

@FredaFox this is from beauty-detective and the items identified so far.
SpaceNK also releasing a GWP at 7am tomorrow for a £175 spend.

I just spent £55 online at Space NK earlier today. Although I don’t think I could have justified spending £175 when I have so much from my AC’s still to use up.
The GWP does look great though

Space NK gwp is now live. There's some nice products to try but most are small samples under 10ml. Worth it if you have a planned spend that will take you over £175 but probably not as an impulse purchase.

I have just had a box of The Ordinary products arrive... which I can't recall ordering and no sender details with it, just delivery stickers.

As I am a lurker normally lead stray via these threads - was there an offer on these some weeks ago that I was tempted by.

I'm usually an Elemis / Sunday Riley person so not sure why I ordered these.

@toooldforbrat

I don't recall any The Ordinary offers discussed recently. If it's something you ordered you should have a confirmation email somewhere.

Have you entered any competitions at all? Even if it was some time ago sometimes they take a while to get sent out.

no relevant emails , might possibly have been a competition but memory of a goldfish these days so cant recall.

Oh well - its a nice parcel of products so I'll enjoy them!

This is a MN trial, I’ve had it too. I got an email about it in January so maybe have a look. Use products for three weeks iirc

great, thank you , no email but I'll contact MNHQ.

Ooh I didn’t know they did things like this. Did you specifically sign up for MN trials or was it a random email for you to sign up to?

I purchased an Ordinary gift set in the Next sale several weeks ago, but not tried them yet

I've got the Ordinary products too. I had an email before Christmas saying there was a product test coming up and I'd been selected as a frequent user of these boards and inviting me to apply, and then another email a few weeks ago to confirm I'd be doing the product test.
@toooldforbrat You must have applied to give your postal address, but it was ages ago so I'm not surprised you forgot! I'd slightly given up hope of them arriving so it was a nice surprise to get a big box of stuff on Saturday.

Honestly I can’t recall! I think it was a thread offering this specific trial? I have lots of lovely goodies yay

https://beauty-detective.com/qvc-beauty-tili-wellbeing-wonders-edit-2025/

QVC Beauty UK has released the QVC Beauty Tili Wellbeing Wonders Edit 2025 (worth £105.93). Priced at £27.00. UK only.
What’s inside:

• Prai Ageless Throat & Decolletage Creme (30ml)
• Elizabeth Grant Perfect Balance Intimates Moisturizing Gel (60ml)
• Alpha H Clear Skin Tonic (100ml)
• Hair Gain Scalp Foam (50ml)
• Sensory Sleep Self Heating Escape Eye Mask (1 Piece)
• Lilac Illustrated Bag

Shop here: qvcuk.com

The Recycle Me scheme a few of us have signed up to recently are changing their T&Cs from April 1st. Main changes are a reduction in the amount of vouchers claimed in a month - down to 4 from 8. Also a change in how you upload sachets - from April they will be photographed in batches of 5 per image.

If you have a load of empties you've not got round to submitting then try to get them in this month.

Dear Recycler,
We’re making some changes to our recycle:me Terms and Conditions to change the number of Rewards that will be issued in a calendar month and to clarify the number of sachets needed to count as a qualifying item.
Effective from 1st April 2025, a maximum of four Rewards per account will be issued in any calendar month and any subsequent deposits, whilst accepted, will not be rewarded.
Also effective from 1st April 2025 five sachets will count as one qualifying item i.e. you will need to scan and tag five sachets in one image to count as one qualifying item. If they are a combination of different brands, please select 'Mixed Brands' from the brand select list.
If you’re happy with these changes to the Terms and Conditions, you don’t need to do anything as they’ll happen automatically.
If you’re unhappy with these changes, you have the right to close your recycle:me account at any time, free of charge before 1st April 2025 by contacting us via the detail set out in the Terms and Conditions. If we don't hear anything from you, we'll assume you're happy with these changes and the changes will apply to the Terms and Conditions applying to your recycle:me account from 1st April 2025.
We are also adding a third reward option to our list – especially for those of you who have not yet reached the bronze tier on your Cult Beauty status points. From 1st April you can now choose between 3 options:
£5 LOOKFANTASTIC Beauty Plus+ points – can be converted to credit to spend immediately or saved up for use at a later date (within 12 months)
£5 Cult Beauty Status points – can be used towards achieving bronze level and unlocking great rewards or if you are already at bronze level or higher, the points can be saved up and used at a later date.
NEW £5 Cult Beauty credit – to be used within 30 days. If you haven’t reached bronze level status points but want some immediate money off, please use this option.

It's a shame it's changed the amount of vouchers because it was easier than you think to rack up £40 of vouchers per month especially when mini's and sachets are counted.

I guess that's why they've changed it! 😁

Oh I actually didn't know that they accepted sachets! So that's a bonus for me.

Cult Beauty have fragrance edits coming soon. Pictures in the link show the fragrances.

https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/c/brands/cult-beauty/gifts/fragrance-edits/

THE SWEET AND SOPHISTICATED EDIT
THE FRESH AND FRUITY EDIT
THE FLORAL AND FRAGRANT EDIT
THE WARM AND WOODY EDIT

No I didn't either. Going to start saving those too.

I've mostly emptied the box of empties I had now. Just sent three lots off today and 2 last week. That's £25 in CB vouchers. Well chuffed.

Folks who've used Recycle Me already, how strict are they on things being very clean and not recyclable at home?

I clean things that are easy to clean/rinse but things like squeeze tubes I just try to make sure everything is squeezed out as much as possible.

The only thing I've had refused so far for recycling reasons is a large conditioner bottle. They don't take standard shampoo and conditioner bottles although I've had tiny sample bottles of Kerastase accepted.

Thank you. I figure I should try to make a bit of money back from my mortifyingly large toiletries stash!

@OvaHere Thank you for the information. I sent off my first Recycleme batch last week, I have another batch to upload and send.
I didn’t know you could send sachets, didn’t even occur to me, so I’ll keep hold of those in future

I haven’t used Cult beauty before, what’s the bronze status? I’m trying to decide whether it’s worth putting my Recycleme funds into that or just get Look fantastic credit