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.

Ooh - I quite like that £15 next box!

I sold the ampoules. I think they were first thing I sold on Vinted and I got about £50 for them. Not sure you'd get that now even though it's only around a year later. I was feeling guilty about buying the vault after buying a few BACs. Sweet summer child - I'd only bought low to mid price ones too. Last year me would be 😱at this year me buying 2 x Harrods and SNK.

I love the Next beauty boxes. I thought the Thank You one was particularly good value. You can remove the outer sleeves to just have a plain box, they don't have to say 'thank you' or 'Eid' on them if gifting to someone.

https://www.next.co.uk/style/su807918/f51504

Edited for typo

That's why I didn't buy it, I didn't feel like I could justify the spend after buying the Harrods beauty advent calendar. This year, I've gone mad 🤣 If I liked the vault, I'd buy it guilt free, despite the calendars I've bought, planning to buy and my vinted purchases 😳🤣

Thanks @OvaHere for the Next boxes. Grabbed the £15 one to add to my gift stash!

Does anyone have any experience of the PLouise mystery bags? My daughters loved the lip balms in cute packaging last year but that's all they've had.

Mystery Bag £40

@keepincool I love the Next boxes too. They seem to have done various iterations of the Thank You one and the one I got was amazingly good value.

@DidILeaveTheGasOn Next have done Philip Kingsley boxes before with various varieties of the shampoo and conditioner in. The one I got had the balancing version rather than the itchy scalp. They all seem to have the Elasticiser - no need to buy that, it just turns up in the house of anyone who buys beauty boxes 🙂

I've never tried anything from them. Their boxes and bags always seem to be packed with a lot of stuff though whenever I've seen someone unbox one.

I found two Elasticizers last weekend. They’re like fruit flies. You think they’ve all gone but then you open a box and there they are.

Oh I'm so tempted by this. Mojave Ghost is one of my all-time favourites.

They don’t post to forwarding companies so you would need someone in the US to take the parcel and sent it on.
I am lucky and have a friend there so have ordered it.
The bag looks so nice as well.

@Theresalotgoingon if you are going to buy from Plouise, I suggest buying off of tiktok as that is where you will get the better deals. They normally do a good Black Friday sale so if you aren't in a hurry I would buy stuff then. My eldest asked for some stuff from there last year and I did get her the lip balms but she is too young for makeup. The packaging is pretty and my nieces love their stuff.

Just seen an ad for the SNK Hero Edit on SM but can't see it on their site. Does anyone know if it's sold out or on its way? I might be tempted...

Was it this one? If so, it was from August so I guess sold out.
https://www.spacenk.com/uk/brands/s/space-nk/the-hero-skincare-edit-MUK200057327.html

If it’s the one in the silver bag it’s been out for a while and think it’s sold out.

Yes, how odd that it's still a sponsored ad.

OK have done three christmas crackers £29.99 each. Not very impressive ones IMO. Next have better edits for around the same price point or less.
https://www.okbeautybox.co.uk/collections/beauty-shop

I'm on the hunt for some lip gloss or tinted lip balms, or a nourishing lipstick. I'm looking for reddy orange colours rather than pinks. Can anyone recommend any?

HOURGLASS Phantom Volumizing Glossy Balm In “Lucid”. Pinks don’t suit me either. www.spacenk.com/uk/makeup/lips/lip-gloss/phantom-volumizing-glossy-balm-MUK300058027.html?dwvar_MUK300058027_color=UK300058029&quantity=1

Ive just purchased CB's 'The Expert-Approved Edit' based on the Beauty Detective review

https://beauty-detective.com/cult-beauty-the-expert-approved-edit-2025-review/

Thanks @BakeOffRewatch , I've ordered :)

I saw this earlier - it looks good.

Haha I was hoping you’d receive more recommendations I could try @DidILeaveTheGasOn . I’m interested in the Gisou lip oil which is in a lot of BACs this year. Mango passion punch is orange-y. I’ve never tried it though. gisou.com/products/honey-infused-lip-oil?variant=50869941928266

I nearly ordered too based on her review but stopped myself as I wouldn't be able to buy the HN fragrance advent calendar. It does sound really good. I like the idea of the fire and snow sachets 😍

I picked up the £15 together with next beauty box from Next today, the mist and the lotion smell soooo good 😍 I've not yet smelt the body wash, but I can't wait to. The little pai highlighter is very cute!