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

[OvaHere]

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.

@BakeOffRewatch I went wild in the aisles. I got a skincare kit, a BB cream and something else, and then got showered with freebies. I think I spent about £100 but got about £50 of stuff on top.

@DidILeaveTheGasOn I love Caudalie too. The soufflé moisturiser is a dream.

@JoRaRaRa I haven't used the CB AC Patrick Ta blush yet, I've been good and put it in my SNK calendar along with other bits to replace the things I sold.

The Patrick Ta eyeshadows are beautiful. I already have the pink duo I'm With Her from the first launch. With a light touch they can be quite subtle or you can really build them up. I think they're good for travel - a mini Natasha Denona palette with some mattes then the Patrick Ta duo doesn't take up much space but you can get quite a bit of variety.

Which shades did you pick this time? That would be a good idea to take them on city breaks etc. The pink and red dior one is probably small enough for city breaks (it's a 5 shade one) but I think I need a pa duo one as that's even smaller 😀

I just couldn't wait to start using the blush 🤣 I also bought an hourglass lipstick in foxglove to replace the ruby woo in harrods ac but I also couldn't wait and started using it immediately 😇

I bought Slow Burn and I would also like Always On Your Mind. If I'm still thinking about that one in a couple of weeks I might get it.

Those are the 2 I'd go for too 😍

Reading this I’ve just remembered that I have a little Patrick Ta set which I got in beauty edit with some other things, I think it was from Look Fantastic. I bought it specifically for the PT stuff but it got shoved away and forgotten about (along with a Boots beauty edit!)

@IlovePond yes, she started mixing based on what I asked for, my lip colour but better. She continued to mix adding in pigments whilst I tried each variation. My lipstick had 6 of the 10 pigments and my Dd had 5. I must have tried about 5 variations until settling on the one.
I was really pleased with the colour and process as you could spend the cost on a few lipsticks trying to get the right one.

Ooo you need to find it and start using it 😊

Thanks @Isabelle70 - it sounds like a fun thing to do.

My current favourite products are the Dr Dennis Gross Daily peels, I only use them once or twice a week and the Then I Met You cleansing balm is my favourite, I keep on trying others but keep coming back to this one.
I also love the Bioeffect EGF Serum but not the price tag so switch between those and peptides in my evening routine.

For makeup I love the new Dior Matte blushes and the eye palette in the Lancôme set (Cafe Idole) is the one I seem to always reach for. Nothing can beat the Hourglass unlocked mascara for me and the BK Beauty concealer brush works miracles.

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YSL is brand of the month at LF. 25% off plus free Loveshine Gloss mini with £40 spend (after discount)

I've been wanting to try the Dr Dennis gross peels for a while. I saw them on tkmaxx and by the time I'd realised that they're a must purchase, they'd sold out 😕 but now I refuse to pay full price for them.
Good to hear about the then I met you balm, that was one of the products that I kept from the SNK calendar, once I get through my eve lom stash, I'll be moving onto that 😀
I agree with the Bioeffect serum, I've had quite a few bottles of it now, luckily I've only had to pay full price for 1 of them, I keep managing to get it in edits, most recently the vieve one from CB that was an absolute steal!
Also now agree about hourglass mascara, I didn't like it at first but had soooo many minis, I took one on holiday and now I love it. Also good to hear about the lancome palette as I ordered the holiday set for myself for Christmas and that comes with the set. What is BK? I can't think what brand that could be.

Allbeauty payday sale is still on this morning:
https://www.allbeauty.com/c/sale/?sort=DISCOUNT_PERCENTAGE_HIGH_TO_LOW

BEAUTY10 takes another 10% off.

They have some brilliant bargains, including EA night moisturiser 50ml for £14.95:

https://www.allbeauty.com/p/elizabeth-arden-good-night-s-sleep-restoring-cream-50ml/10553155/

Also an Hourglass mascara fan here. I’ve got one mini that has lasted ages.

I buy a lot of edits and beauty boxes so have never paid full price for any skin care as never loved something enough to pay full price, I may have bought 4 CB edits with the EGF in so I have a stash to see me through 2026 and bought 2 Space NK for the Medik8 and TIMY.
I am very good at listing and selling things on.

The brand is called BK Beauty, the make up people generally have a code, Morgan Turner, Nina Ubhi, Nikki La Rose etc and think they did 20% for Black Friday last year.
https://www.bkbeauty.uk/

The BK Beauty Angie Hot and Flashy travel set is a really good one as a starting point. I got one for my birthday. The case stands up on it's own and it has a selection of some of the best shapes. As @MrsBnow12 says the concealer brush is particularly good. Try and wait for sales though as shipping to the UK adds quite a bit.

I'd like the Nikki La Rose sets, there was a new one launched recently but it sold out immediately.

Liberty Loyalty voucher arrived today. Impressively I have £30 plus the current £40 in BD vouchers (soon to be £60 I assume). Went to look at the BAC again but I don't want it enough even discounted.

Holding out for some good autumn edits from Liberty.

Same here @OvaHere i loved the trinny kit I got from them so hoping for edits from liberty and CB

I’m a Trinny devotee! Love the cleanser, moisturisers and treatments! The only think that didn’t really suit was the serum and u have Medik8 for that!

I’m in the market for a new mascara - if the Hourglass one is good I might get it this weekend with my £10 voucher from SNK…

hourglass mascaras are good - I feel as though mascara is a product that has really improved in the last 10 years.

Hourglass have one tubing mascara and one not. Mine's the non-tubing. So just check which you're getting to your own preference.

I don’t know the difference between the two! I must educate myself!

I believe the Hourglass Unlocked is the tubing one and the Caution is the ‘normal’ one.

I got the Good Intent Ultimate Skincare Icons Gift Set last week when I think @OvaHere shared a 25% discount code.
It's really cute and such good value, even at the regular price of £15.95
The case is handy, and the products are bigger than I expected for trial sizes.

There's 10% off at the moment, they have other sets as well if you want to try any of the Good Intent products.

https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/c/brands/cult-beauty/the-korean-skincare-edit

This is coming soon.