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.

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Thanks @paristotokyo - I am loving my lip gloss and will be trying a face mask tomorrow!

I was really impressed by how many good-sized freebies I got in some shops.

QVC Elemis Xmas sets available on early access. 8% on TCB. £69.96, cleansing balm, PCMC day and night and full size shower milk and body moisturiser, 4 scents to choose from.

https://www.qvcuk.com/elemis-pro-collagen-complete-day-%26-night-5-piece-gift-collection.product.254224.html?sc=NSCP

Cult Beauty Xmas crackers available
https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/c/gifts/christmas-edits/shop-all/

They have an offer of 15% off if you buy 2 but if you only want 1 then code BDAY15 takes £4.50 off.

I've bought 2 of the CB crackers, the makeup one, as I've been wanting to try out the CT eyeshadow and with the 15% off it makes everything else free in the set. And the perfume one as it has a few I think I'd like (3 out of the 4). 😍🎉🎄🧑‍🎄🩷

I want to buy all of them … so what I’ll do is over think it and regret it when they’re sold out 😂

I think the perfume one will sell out first, I'm even thinking that one might go today. So if you think you want it, buy it 😍 £25 is a great price for 4 fragrances! And they're decent sizes too.

I feel like you've probably got a bit more time with the others and maybe don't need to decide today xx

Agree with @JoRaRaRa the perfume one will probably go fast followed by make up. The other two will be around for a while.

@OvaHere Thanks, the CB stockings are great but thankfully I’m not tempted after my recent hauls, and those I would gift to I have enough surplus in my stock. They are really cute though.

I got in early for the QVC Elemis deal, I set a reminder on my phone 😅 This cream is always the one I return to (though I’m expecting big things from the Medik8 cream when I get around to trying it), so I’ve bought 3 sets to see my through next year!

https://www.glossybox.co.uk/p/beauty-box/glossybox-x-iconic-london-limited-edition-worth-124/15913365/

If you like Iconic London this is a good box. £45

If you are a subscriber it's £35

I quite fancy the Elemis set but don’t know much about the fragrances? Can anyone advise which is the nicest/most popular?

Most popular I would say is the Frangipani but if you don't like almond/marzipan type scents it's not for you. Out of the others I've only smelt the Rose and Mimosa, that's a very light candy rose smell. Fairly inoffensive IMO.

Thank you @OvaHere i was leaning towards the Frangipani but the Rose one does sound nice. I don’t like the floral ones when they’re too globally if you know what I mean but I do like a gentle floral scent.

Quite fancy the Elemis one too, but my mum has got me an Elemis set for my birthday this week and I don't really need any more face creams, I'm working through the Elemis superfood overnight mask at the moment.

It's a really good offer though. Hmm.

There's 30% off at Allies of Skin, is there anything anyone would recommend from there? It's still rather pricey.

I really like the 20% Vit C, it's a thick texture so you do have to apply it on slippy skin to make it work - it drags otherwise. I did enjoy using it though. That said I'm now using the new 20% MediK8 one and I think I may like that as much or more and it's cheaper.

Also enjoyed the mini I had of the GF serum.

I'm just getting to the end of the peptide eye cream. I wasn't sure about it at first but now it's almost done I think I will miss it.

I have my PS subscription and the discovery box which is quite stupendous! I think I’m fully set for the Christmas stockings now.

If you do plan to order, I believe there’s a discount code for £10 off - wish I’d known this morning before ordering 3 of them 🫠

I went for 2 frangipani and 1 rose & mimosa

The JL refined luxury box is showing as 1 in stock if anyone is wanting it? (I already have one)

@JPMJuliz I think it was you who was still trying to get one of these?

Speaking of the JL beauty boxes currently available, which do you prefer?

I don’t ‘need’ anything, but my £50 JL voucher is burning a hole in my virtual pocket and I am tempted to get one to put away for Xmas 26.

I quite like the Heroes box and the Rest and Recharge, (but I already have an unused AA oil in the same fragrance).

Liberty appear to have a beauty GWP worth over £300 with a £200 spend on beauty. The site is being a bit glitchy and it kept disappearing from my basket. I think I managed to nab one in the end 🤞

It works on the kits, but not on the BAC unfortunately.

I can't quite see what the gwp includes, I just nabbed one!

Here's a better pic of the gwp

That looks lovely @keepincool