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

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New thread for beauty bargains, edits, boxes and general chat.

Everyone welcome. 😊

Now we are in advent season there are separate threads running for beauty advent calendar discussion so check those out too.

No not yet. It might as well be though. 😄

I love the Deer case, that would be my choice too (or the fox if I couldn’t get deer).
I'm still waiting to see the horse palette. Getting serious FOMO

This weeks Thursday Boots drop is Boots x Redken £35

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I’m in awe of your willpower, putting off using it that long, or is it locked in a safe and your DP has changed the code?

I love those Hourglass palettes but can’t see me getting into face powder in my old age and it’s a lot to pay for just blusher/highlighter😿

For those who have them, are they safe to use on your eyes as well as face? One of the videos posted up thread had the influencer using them on the eyes, the other used them only on cheeks, etc. as - presumably- HG intended.

I know that some blusher/highlighter is absolutely not safe for use on eyelids, (I think Natasha Denona had specific warnings, for example), so thought I would ask on here.

Answered my own question 🙈

Here’s this from the Hourglass website:

FAQs:

Can you use the shades as eyeshadow?

This product is not intended for use in or around the eye area.

That’s that, then - face only.

I would love one, but I don’t think I can justify it given how much use I would actually get out of it.

I wish they did an eyeshadow version!

I put the highlighter on my eyelids and my eyes haven't fallen out yet...

I can't emphasise enough that the powder is so light it doesn't feel like powder at all. It settles as sort of light reflecting particles!

I’m very tempted @Doubleraspberry !

Why not get a mini or two from Vinted just to get a sense of how they feel on you?

I did that with the mini blush that was in SpaceNK last year @Doubleraspberry - I do like it.

I should keep an eye out for other shades.

I prefer liquid products usually. The Hourglass products are so finely milled, they’re like a veil. It’s honestly like photoshop for your face.

Hmm I’ve definitely used hourglass under my brows with no issues - I’m surprised some can’t as that’s a common enough highlight area.

i agree it’s a better than life sheen. I know the make up for women of a certain age articles always say avoid powders in general…

Thanks @BakeOffRewatch I would definitely use the blusher/highlight and perhaps bronzer, (although I have never understood how to use that).

@Arrearing50 - I have avoided powders all my life - I have genuinely never understood the attraction as they never went with my oily/combo skin. (I think I had a go once in my youth and it just sat in my pores 😿)

I can see that the HG is different though.

I’d love to give that palette a go, but at £81 with discount it might be an expensive mistake.

I guess HG are covering themselves with regards to not using the palettes in the eye area.

At M&S there is a GWP on EL which stacks with the 20% discount some people have on their Sparks card.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but this looks like it could be this year's beauty vault from Look Fantastic, what's everyone's thoughts?

Looks good. Can only make out some of the products. One of them looks like a Foreo Bear Mini. Not sure this one will be for me (depending what the products I can't make out are) but I'm sure it will be popular.

There’s an Hourglass counter in Liberty, did you visit the other day? They’re really great for showing you how to apply it. They’re gave me a little card with highlighter in different colours for each part of the face and numbered as per the pans. Fool-proof! They also recommend the best palette for you.

First time I bought one, I went to a London Space NK and they were great at advising which one to go for.

Yeah it's uploaded quite blurry. I'll try to list what I can see:
Top section left to right
Aromatherapy Associates pump (left)
SDJ Brazilian body wash
Make up forever product
Medik8 (white rectangle box in front of color wow bottle)
Color wow product
Stylpro microcurrent thing
Anastasia bev hills product

Bottle L to r
Purple box, unsure of brand
Zelens product
Gold box
Reincarnation mask
Rituals
Mz skin face mask

@BakeOffRewatch - I didn’t think to go to Hourglass in Liberty. The concession in my nearest JL is pretty useless. If I go back to Liberty I will pay it a visit - thanks x

https://theindustry.beauty/ms-unveils-2025-beauty-advent-calendar-amid-continued-category-expansion/

Photo of the M&S calendar contents, away to look on laptop and enlarge 😂

Finally - thanks @LouScot

M&S is definitely not for me this year - cheap looking hair claw, gua sha, comb - Colour Wow and Percy - again and I don’t use them!

Weleda - won’t be buying any of their products again since finding out about their history 🙀

I already have that Benetint in my DIY calendar and am surrounded by unused mascara!

I skipped last year’s because I didn’t rate it, but this is far worse imo.

Thank you @LouScot

I don't think I will be going for the m&s calendar after all 😕 the contents are disappointing and I'm sure it's more money this year.

I also don't think I like the look fantastic beauty vault, if that's what it is. I would've happily had bought the 2024 one this year. Still gutted I missed out last year.

I’ve ordered teenage DD the LookFantastic advent, her first beauty AC, and it’s dispatching 🥰 I know she will be thrilled and it’s going to be hard to keep it a secret, so I’m telling all of you.

@IlovePond I know, I was really quite disturbed reading about Weleda's history. Fair enough they're not trying to cover things up (I think!) but it feels wrong.

I'm disappointed with the M&S calendar, I hoped it'd be really wow after their troubles this year but nope.

I was in Liberty this weekend and looked for the new Hourglass palettes but they didn’t have them.