Beauty chat - freebies/gifts with purchase/offers THREAD THREE

[OvaHere]

Hope nobody minds me setting up a new one as the old one is nearly full.

Everyone welcome to discuss freebies, edits, boxes and general beauty chat.

Previous thread
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/4397150-beauty-chat-freebies-gifts-with-purchase-offers-thread-two?page=1

While I am trying to convince myself I don’t need the SNK travel edit, Jarrolds have been great and apologised for the missing cleanser and are sending me a replacement.
I also signed up to their loyalty programme and received a code for 15% off my next order if anyone was still thinking of ordering.

The Space NK Travel Edit for £80 is pretty bc old considering they retail the Medium Travel Bag at £26. I bought the double sided zip one for full price and love it. Thanks @OvaHere . Shows as available to add to bag for me now www.spacenk.com/uk/new/the-travel-edit---strawberry-MUK200057169.html

@MrsBnow12 great news on the cleanser.

I do like the SpaceNK travel bags @BakeOffRewatch I bought a large one for DS on his 18th and packed it with some nice toiletries. Love the mint colour one.

I'm resisting both this and the Jarrolds one though. I can feel the ghost of advent calendar future tapping me on the shoulder every time I think about buying now. 😂😂😂

Same! And I’m still getting through the acids and oils from last year’s. Got a few cleansers. I don’t have hair conditioner so I’ll just buy one.

Fenwick Summer GWP worth £380.

This is nice but I'm not in the market for spending £180 on anything right now. I like the perfumes in it though- I've tested the du Bois one in store before.

• Charlotte Tilbury Magic Serum 3.6ml
• Liz Earle Eyebright™ Soothing Eye Lotion 150ml
• The Organic Pharmacy Cellular Protection Sun Cream SPF50 40ml
• Shiseido Ultimune 10ml
• Rahua Enchanted Island Shampoo 22ml
• Aveda Botanical Repair™ Bond-Building Styling Crème 40ml
• Philip Kingsley Swimcap 100ml
• Molton Brown Coastal Cypress & Sea Fennel Body Wash 100ml
• Clarins Lip Comfort Oil 1.4ml Shade Honey
• Neal’s Yard Remedies Vegan Wild Rose Beauty Balm 15g
• Rodial Blush Drops Sunset Kiss 2g
• Rodial Bronze Glowlighter 2g
• Mizensir Ylang Spirit EDP 8ml
• Juliette Has A Gun Lust for Sun EDP 5ml
• Fragrance du Bois Lovers EDP 7.5ml
• Lancôme La Vie Est Belle 4ml
• Vida Glow Collagen Liquid Advance – 15 Sachets

Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask but foes anyone know if it's possible to get any Erborian samples for their Cc cream & CC eye concealer? I'm tempted but want to try the consistency and shade before committing as they're not cheap! Thanks

Hi @Shufflebumnessie SpaceNK sell it I think and I've seen them decant testers of stuff into tiny pots before when I've been in store. Do you have one close enough to get to and ask?

I don't know of anywhere that does pre made samples unless you maybe try contacting the company direct.

Charlotte Tilbury website has a big summer sale. Lots of kits greatly reduced.

Their mystery boxes in pink or peach are £51 worth £103 (if you click on the website listing there's a video that gives a good idea of what's in them)

They've also launched a Summer Icons Beauty box £94 worth £189

If you love CT there's some good stuff here.

@ShufflebumnessieJohn Lewis stock them with testers if you’re able to get to a store?

SpaceNK have an up to 50% flash sale

@OvaHere & @paristotokyo Thank you both very much for the suggestions. I don't live near either JL or SpaceNK but perhaps I can try the London stores next time I'm there.

I did a Charlotte tilbury order this morning. Always a sucker for the mystery boxes they make great Xmas gifts for what I don’t use.

looked at SpaceNK too but had already picked up haircare I needed on prime day and luckily the prices are not better in the SpaceNK sale so not bothering there.

John Lewis have released a summer edit, currently available to reward members.

OMG, Jarrolds is stocking Trinny products from next week! Free gift with £100 spend for the first few customers (200 I think but couldn’t remember exactly).

And free gift with all purchases for the first week!

I am SO EXCITED!

I'm not generally a CT fan but I was tempted with a mystery box. I should know better by now as my ratio of success with mystery boxes is not great. Did you work out roughly what the products were from the blurred out video?

I had a reward voucher for SpaceNK so I finally bought the Hourglass dragon brush that matches the palette. I've nearly bought it so many times since last year but it was always too high a price.

I don't think this is as good as the Christmas one.

Answered my own question.
Beauty Detective site has full spoilers here
https://beauty-detective.com/charlotte-tilbury-beauty-treats-mystery-boxes-2025/

Ooooh, that's a good one! If I hadn't just bought the Boots Cosmopoliation box, plus the buy one get one free Glossybox, plus a free Gruum box, I might be more tempted.

@Roundaboot I feel similar as have ordered Jarrolds, Grazia and the Space NK Travel one so really do not need anything else.

I like the look of the John Lewis contents, but can’t justify the price! They seem to be leaping up in price and down in value. I just checked back at the Mother’s Day one John Lewis did in March, and it was £55 for £306 of products. This is £75 (!) for £235. Oh well - at least it makes it easier to resist 😅.

The ones that are upwards of £60 there has to be a lot in them I would really like. I generally like the Selfridges boxes even though they are expensive.

It's also getting to the point I've already tried out a lot of the popular stuff that appears in edits. This isn't a bad thing - helps me make slightly more sensible decisions.

Hi,

@MrsBnow12 - when you signed up to the Jarrold’s loyalty programme, did you get an immediate acknowledgment and the 15% off code?

I joined up as I was very interested in the beauty bag mentioned on here, but haven’t received an email acknowledgement/code.

I am wondering if they only send out the code once you have done a first order, (if do, they’ll be waiting a while for my order 😹 as I think if you’ve signed up for the loyalty programme, that should be enough).

Thanks

@IlovePond I received it after I had placed my order. Just checked and it mentions your next order.

Hi @IlovePond nice to see you around. Are you joining the advent madness this year?

I see - makes sense. Thanks for the swift reply @MrsBnow12

I don’t need anything, but would probably have cracked and bought the beauty bag if it had had 15% off.

I shall resist!