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

I ordered this and it came to $32.39 in total which translated to £24 odd on my credit card.

I didn't order this one but I've bought a few boxes from them. Always arrived by DHL within a week and no extra charges. Only order I've had to pay a customs charge on was from Jolse website . It was about £20 on top of a fairly small order. I've never been sure why that one and no others.

Thanks both

Frustratingly I’m trying to pay with PayPal balance and it’s just the whirring wheel of doom 😳

Shall try with PayPal connected to credit card instead

Thanks @OvaHere - I am not on instagram but I have now signed up to that thread 🙀- I hadn’t realised 2025 a/c countdown had begun!

Yay, mine arrived. Super cute. Some tiny sizes but great for travel and it’s a great price. I’m thinking of buying more as gifts 🙂

I love the little case ! So cute.

@kerstinamy kids have already claimed it as a storage box for stickers and pencils 😂

It’s too cute and I can’t resist it any longer!

It will do nicely for some stocking presents for nieces!

Finally able to get the payment for that cute kit through! Very excited for it to come, it’s my first foray into the K-Beauty world

I had to go for PayPal pay in 3 for it to work! All my bank cards rejected…

I haven’t been able to get Paypal to work and it wouldn’t accept my postcode either so I gave up in the end :(

Oh I want that kit now !!!

Just discovered that AB have recently opened an outlet at Bicester Village. It wasn't there in May.

Good deals on the Rich cream so I may have to take another trip or contact them.

https://www.thebicestercollection.com/bicester-village/en/brands/augustinus-bader/

I’m enjoying the AB Serum. Pretty smart packaging and it sinks in really nicely. Not itchy either!

Is there a discount code for StyleKorean, please?

beauty detective has this one for 5% off - BDST5

These are available on early access.

I might have been tempted if the finer things edit hadn’t got the aveda and was cheaper.

Has anyone managed to spend recycle me rewards with Cult since the scheme went shit? I've got a code that to want to spend on one of the haircare edits - because they're only really useful for stuff you can't use a discount code with - but it doesn't work in either the codes box or the gift vouchers one. I've asked customer services to but they've said they'll be back to me in 24-48 hours and they might have sold out by then.

@PinkArtI got one to work on the Vieve edit but have just tried on the hair edits and comes up saying Promo code is not valid - I used the discount code box.

There goes that plan then. They've clearly had enough of people getting discounts on edits - which to be fair are already discounted items based on value.

Urgh, but thank you! I thought I was having an old lady moment not being able to get it to work. So there is an incredibly limited range of times those codes will be worth it now.
I've migrated over to the Boots one now.and just saving travel shower gels and perfume samples for recycle me.

I haven’t sent any empties off since it changed but I’m sure the points were applied as account credit rather than being a promo code . So you could apply a promo code first then at payment stage select your credit then pay any remaining balance.

If it’s literally now just about promo code then it seems even more rubbish than it first was after I’d changed! The Boots one is starting to look appealing now 😳

my u deranging was the scheme changed from account credit to a promo code (which iirc had a time restraint -30 days?). I have a fair bit of credit built up from the original scheme that I was planning to use towards the advent or, if it’s as bad as it looks from first spoilers, future edits. I’m not tempted by these hair edits. The best one ever was the scalp saviour from last year- it included a a full size Christopher Robin scalp scrub which I fell in love with.

Yup you now get a £5 code off a £25+ spend, with a year to use it, but you can't use it alongside any other discount codes. As there is almost always a code for Cult, there are going to be limited times it's worth it.
That said there are a few items they take that Boots doesn't so I'll send the odd batch their way still, unless that changes with Boots.