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.

@mentyB I had a hit and miss experience with Noted Aromas, the reviews were amazing and I was so disappointed. Hopefully someone will be along with a good recommendation.

https://www.latestinbeauty.com/collections/boxes/products/british-beauty-week-2025?om_campaign=omme_982dc343-627_82944_427049&om_profile=271e-75f824-016baa08&om_send=b622f4a8d4544ecb9f87cd022c68ac3d&utm_campaign=omme_982dc343-627_09_10_2025_thursday_bbw_launch&utm_content=variation_a&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ometria

LIB Beauty Box £80

This is a quite a good one. Not seen a code as yet.

https://beauty-detective.com/iherb-the-ultimate-korean-beauty-collection-2025/

iherb Korean box £45.92

Thanks @keepincool i grabbed Amazon as goood discount!

ive heard good things about beauty pie fragrances

Really liked the look of this one, but it says "This product is not available in your region." for some reason, anyone else gets this?

Scentitlondon have the best dupes ever, their Mango Skin does last better than the real deal, but they take a long time to arrive and stuff sells out fast plus they are quite pricey compared to other dupes . KDJ inspired also make decent stuff, my friend swears by their Fleur Narcotique one

Thank you @MrsBnow12 for the samples of the DDG pads. They arrived this aft. Very kind of you and I shall look forward to trying out seeing as everyone really rates them.

Beauty Bay have some good reasonably priced holiday beauty sets and boxes out.
https://beauty-detective.com/beauty-bay-holiday-2025-beauty-boxes/

https://www.sephora.co.uk/p/sephora-favorites-holiday-must-haves

Sephora set £59

The Davines set I bought with a great discount from CB earlier in the week arrived today. Just got round to opening it and I'm thrilled they are all big sizes not the travel sizes CB put in the description.

The box is adorable too. Really sturdy with a nice lid and lovely design so I'll be able to use it for storage.

Super happy with this.

Shampoo 280ml
Conditioner 250ml
Oi All in one milk 135ml
Oi Souffle 50ml
Oi Oil 50ml

They don’t mention the soufflé in the listing either. That’s very good for £35

It was more than that. About £60 with discount but to buy everything separately is £120 + so a great saving.

Ah I was looking at the wrong one

If anyone is after YSL perfume there are discount codes available:

Edit as image is under review...codes are YSL15 and YSLGOLD which can be stacked together

I was tempted by this now I want it as fullsizes. 🤣 what code did you use? Thanks x

This one is think

BSDCB

I’m really annoyed, I’m breaking out on my cheekbones so sure it’s a product not hormonal, like if it was in chin. I’ve gone through the things I’ve been using daily, and the Zelens Daily Defence Broad Spectrum SPF30 50ml is highly comedogenic 😫. Got it in the Liberty Well Travelled Edit, I didn’t like it at all as it makes my face really shiny and greasy, people keep asking if I’ve been for a run but thought I’d just use it up as a daily sunscreen. You can copy and paste ingredients into here https://acneclinicnyc.com/pore-clogging-ingredients/

and just checked the Zelens 3T Complex Anti-Ageing Cream and it’s even worse. Can’t remember which edit I got that maybe Liberty BD.

will be steering well clear of Zelens now. I’m gutted I haven’t had a breakout for a decade.

I found the above website through Google so if anyone has better sources please let me know. Will be checking everything through it now.

Have definitely learned my lesson about it persisting with products I don’t enjoy. Will be chucking the Estée Lauder Revitalizing Supreme+ Youth Power Creme Moisturiser out from M&S 2025 Summer Beauty Bag. I find it really thick and solid. www.lookfantastic.com/p/estee-lauder-revitalizing-supreme-youth-power-creme-moisturiser-30ml/13457281/ put it into the acne checker and it says it’s comedogenic too. Now I’m wondering if the website says everything is highly comedogenic 😂

I out in LaNeige Water Bank which I’ve repurchased loads and my skin has been fine, but it says it’s highly comedogenic too …

tried this website https://incidecoder.com

Does anyone have advice for checking products?

Noooo don't chuck the Estee Lauder creme, send it to meee! I love that stuff!

On a more serious note @BakeOffRewatch, I really like the Hourglass glossy balm you recommended. The colour is perfect and it lasts for ages, so thank you for the rec! The lip gloss I ordered from Lisa Eldridge arrived in shade Dragon - https://www.lisaeldridge.com/products/dragon-gloss-embrace-lip-gloss - it's beautiful, I'm not sure if I like it more or equally as much as the HG balm.

I also got the Painterly lip colour and I just don't like it, I should have trusted my instincts. https://www.lisaeldridge.com/products/painterly-luxuriously-lucent-lip-colour Perfect for those that like browny shades. It has a lovely formula though and seems idiot proof, so I may need to go for a different shade.

@BakeOffRewatch I do look at incidecoder a lot for ingredients. I haven't used anything that's really broken my skin out from being too heavy. My issue is more certain ingredients or actives that send it bright red.

I know products that have high content of things like shea butter can be an issue for many people. Sounds like you need a lighter texture cream but I can't advise on those really as they are never quite enough for my dry skin.

I can recommend the sea salt and neroli from M&S as a dupe for the Jo Malone wood sage and sea salt. I’ve had people mistake it twice while I was wearing it and one of them was the lady at the airport Jo Malone counter.

EL thick and solid? Can you check freshness code? it's one of the best cremes out there, has lovely consistency, it must be too old or wasn't stored properly?

What a shame!

Quidco are giving £10 off a £50 spend at various retailers today only;

Boots, Clarins, Holland and Barrett, LOOKFANTASTIC and Space NK

The LF a/c is tracking at 3% cashback

You have to opt into the deal and it’s the first 3000 people only.