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

[OvaHere]

New thread for when the old one is full.

All welcome and thanks to everyone who contributes whether it's offers or just beauty chat.

Previous thread
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5389635-beauty-chat-freebiesgifts-with-purchaseoffers-thread-four?page=1

Oh no! Was the DE serum the one that's in the sephora ac? If so, I've bought that one for my ac. Hopefully I'll like it. Although, I did only pay £14 for it but I prefer not to throw it away. But it might not agree with my skin anyway, I'm meant to avoid vitamin c products but it was a bargain 🤣🤣 I had to throw away the votary moisturiser from the July liberty beauty drop, the smell of that was awful 🤢

No it's a different one. It was their C Ferulic one.

Boots Thursday edit is Beauty Crop £35
https://www.boots.com/boots-x-the-beauty-crop-beauty-icons-gift-set-10372377?mi_u=21718841&mi_ecmp=dm332993&pos=1&cid=DM332993&bid=-162156001&utm_source=email&utm_medium=e_mail&utm_campaign=BEAUTY%20INSPIRATION&utm_id=DM332993&utm_term=&utm_content=MY%20BEAUTY&mi_cmp=d8be6b771215e1f6~13785878~~~~~~&mi_sc=t

The Allies of Skin Black Friday 30% off has started on their website.
https://uk.allies.shop/collections/all/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10%2F30%2F25%20_All%20_BFCM%20Is%20Here&comet_source=email&kx=OKqJbiWzu9RbBGHp6eC84yeVfOKHdbYLaUjL7DAOvJhS_dm3hxzt7YixnWF96m2.WhM5kw

Also Harrods have a Rewards weekend. 10% off but some Beauty is up to 20%. Like Liberty they don't make it easy to work it out.

The beauty crop set is cute! Would be great for teens.

Yeah, harrods does not make it easy at all 🙈😡

That makes it worth it. Decided to pass on this one but it is nice. i like the sound of the Kosas spray serum. I'm banning myself from edits where I only really want one item though.

Which code did you use please?

BDAY15 works with the Sali Hughes edit.

I've been building a sale wish list all week then spent time considering each one. In the end I've just bought 4 things from a list of about 12.

I can't claim any of the 4 are a need but it's been a better way of doing it than the last sale where I just randomly browsed and impulse bought.

I'm not going to look again.

I bought a Danessa Myricks Colorfix stick as I've been wanting to try one since they came out but think they're too expensive at full price. A Mario F4 brush I've wanted for about a year but they kept being out of stock everywhere. Dior Backstage blush in Starry Mauve from the holiday collection and lastly the NARS Holiday Blush Palette. I probably should have forgone this one but haven't been able to shake the desire since it released and like the DM stick it felt too expensive outside of a decent discount.

Try BDCB too. If that one works it might be a slightly bigger discount (I haven't tried)

The other codes I use for CB are CBXBEAUTYCALENDAR and ANNIIE20 then go with which one works and which gives the best discount. Also don't forget to check TCB.

@okydoke I used BDAY15 for 15% off as knew it worked and was rushing before work so no time to test others

Just looking at the Fragrance one online but it's showing as £28, not £18? Was there a discount on it in store?

Another make up rec for you all I don't want to gatekeep. You'll be pleased to hear this is not an expensive one.

Morphe Cloudlight Veil Finishing Powder - works like Hourglass and is practically as good as Hourglass. For £16 I'm seriously impressed.
https://uk.morphe.com/products/cloudlight-soft-glow-veil

Boots sell it as does Sephora - it's probably in the sale too.

Ah that's great @OvaHere, I was going to post about a finishing powder. Is this better than the Charlotte Tilbury one?

Kind of. CT is more of a traditional powder iyswim. So you're going to get more coverage and pigment from CT than the Morphe one. The Morphe is basically duping Hourglass finishing powder IMO and they've done it really well.

I went in a bit too heavy with blush this morning and this just blurred everything into perfection. Bonus is it's a big size. I've only got HG powder in the palettes and was contemplating a full size single just for ease of use but the Morphe one is going to do just fine.

Look how frugal I am for once...😂

Sorry JPM - my mistake, I did pay £28 - I'll go back and edit 😐

Apologies - scent box is £28, not £18 - I wasn't able to edit my original post.

Have you seen the morphe blush palettes? They look like potential dupes of the Patrick Ta Duo Blush, I'm so tempted to try one (or 2) of them. I'll give this powder a try too, I've started using the hourglass out of the JL luxe box, but a cheaper version would be good 😊

Yes. They are earmarked for a future mooch around Boots at lunch. I never tried Morphe in their heyday of massive palettes but everything I've tried since they did a bit of a brand relaunch has been really good. I took one of the 6 pan eye palettes on holiday earlier in the year and really liked it.

Well done 👏🏻

Also thanks for the recommendation. I need a new powder and have just bought an EL one to try, but don’t think I’d like to keep buying an expensive one

Got a letter from QVC today in the post with a sachet of body cream announcing their big Elemis TSV and early access from Monday 3rd (official launch Sunday 9th).

It's going to £69.96 with free P&P with a value of £226.32. Also available on easy pay over 6 installments of 11.66. Comes in a box with a gift bag.

Four variations
Skin Nourishing
Rose and Mimosa (new)
White Lotus and Lime (exclusive to QVC)
Fragipani

Contents look to be
Body Butter
Shower Milk
Original Cleansing Balm
Pro Collagen Marine Cream Day 30ml
Night Cream (not sure if PCMC range or different)

No confirmation of sizes of the other items but they all look to be full size.

The morphe six pan eyeshadow palettes are amazing. The python code one was a favourite this summer and I love the cyber chrome one too. There are about six to choose from. The quality is excellent for the price. It’s an underrated brand.

www.lookfantastic.com/p/morphe-python-code-eyeshadow-palette/16684864/?affil=thggpsad&switchcurrency=GBP&shippingcountry=GB&affil=thggpsad&kwds=&thg_ppc_campaign=20538672234&adtype=pla&product_id=16684864&cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=20538672234&cq_con=&cq_term=&cq_med=pla&cq_plac=&cq_net=x&cq_plt=gp&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20538673854&gbraid=0AAAAAD-fXiqUKhFGkhymhXneGh1XdNWDl&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqvicp7fMkAMVnJJQBh0-EzLhEAQYASABEgKmAPD_BwE

@OvaHere if you try out the sample do let us know what you think of the rose scent.

Planning to try it in the morning as I want to know if I like it before they go on sale.