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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You did amazingly well there! Congratulations!

Laneige have just launched a Hot Cocoa version. I've had the chocolate one before. They are scented rather than flavoured. The mini tubs are great as you can clip them together to stack them.

Charlotte Tilbury has some mystery boxes
https://beauty-detective.com/charlotte-tilbury-mystery-boxes-november-2025/

Next Clarins Men edit £15 - nice for gifts
https://beauty-detective.com/next-x-clarins-edit-for-men-beauty-box-2025/

Hmmm, those Charlotte mystery boxes look good.. I suspect one item in £50 box is Hollywood glow duo which is very good.

@OvaHere Commodity Milk Orchid is now available on Cult Beauty if you’re still waiting for it. ANNIIECB works on it for 20% off and you’d get the fragrance GWP www.cultbeauty.co.uk/p/commodity-milk-orchid-100ml/17325245/

I've rebought the fragrance and makeup stockings then added in the tonal hues edit to make it over £80 and get the fragrance gwp. I'm excited to receive it, but means I now need to return the other stockings, totally worth it for the gwp though 😁 forgot to do it through TCB again 🙄🤣

Do you pay the £2.99 return charge?

I've not received them yet, but when I sent back the supreme skin set for a refund (after I could rebuy with a discount code 🤣), I did agree to the £2.99 charge but never paid it and was refunded the full amount.

Honestly it's so annoying they haven't fulfilled website orders and are now selling it all over the place. I might see if I can contact them tomorrow about it.

I've sent a message through their contact page asking to cancel. If that gets sorted tomorrow I might think about buying from CB if the gwp is still available. Although I'm not sure if I still want it right now. I have the travel size gifted by my friend and the appeal at the time was that it was ltd edition only through the website. If I can get it any time I probably don't need it right now.

I wasn't a fan of the chocolate one it literally felt like I had chocolate smeared all over my mouth. Maybe cocoa is better?

I did go for the Liberty GWP in the end, mostly because having watched some reviews, I really, really wanted the new 18 pan Byredo eyeshadow palette, Bibliophilia. It arrived today and it is absolutely beautiful - can’t wait to start using it, as the reviews claim the formulas are really good and easy to use.

The GWP is not bad, a box full of samples and a 70g candle, as expected. Pictures attached.

@AprilLady I've been coveting that Byredo palette too. I know I would barely use the warmer shades though. It does look so pretty and autumnal.

I think @OvaHere has already mention the Xmas sets at beauty bay but you can now get 20%off with the blue light code. I've picked up a few for birthday gifts.

Now to decide which Charlotte Tilbury mystery box I want.

That's great. The Beauty Bay sets are quite good value anyway, even better with a discount.

I’m thinking of ordering an eyeshadow palette from Beauty Bay (a discontinued Viseart one, not available anywhere else) but have never used them before. Have people had a good experience with Beauty Bay?

For those talking about Laneige lip masks, I wanted to try one for so long but never got round to it as I rarely get chance to visit in store and didn't want to pay P&P for it. Anyway, I was in Aldi last week and they had a dupe of the berry one. I have used it the past couple of nights and it’s lovely. I do think I’ll soon get annoyed with the pot/applicator, I very much prefer a squeeze tube.

Also, my Morphe eyeshadow palettes arrived and they are so lovely! I can’t wait to start using them - definitely not waiting until Christmas, they have gone straight with my Hourglass palette for my next day/night out 😍

@TheCowJumped I bought 2 of the Xmas sets they did last year as gifts and then went back and got one for myself asI was aurprised at how good it was. I'm not sure about the palettes as haven't got one from there. Maybe watch some reviews so you can see how well they blend.

What I can say is delivery was prompt,items were as advertised and I think the price was reasonable.

@TheCowJumped I have ordered from Beauty Bay lots of times and haven’t had any issues.

Those of you who have put in claims before for missing Top Cash Back - what is your success rate like? I put in 3 claims for Liberty which didn't track and I've now had this message for all of them which just isn't true. I kept all the orders, nothing was changed, cancelled or returned.

We’ve heard back from your claim and have been told that cashback cannot be awarded for the following reason:

"This order was either fully or partly cancelled, changed or returned."

This declined reason can also happen when there’s an issue with the order which leads to a new order number being given to your order.

If you think this is incorrect, please provide us with some further info on why this may be the case and we may be able to further challenge this for you.

Thanks to your suggestion I tried the Morphe Cloudlight veil in Sunrise and bought it (£16) and am really loving it. Superdrug are doing 3 for the price of 2 on Morphe and other brands. Wish I'd bought it at the same time I bought the eyeshadow pallet last week!

I've put through some before and some have been successful. Victoria beckham claimed that I'd not gone through TCB which is frustrating when you know you have done. If it's a good payout, I'd probably argue it but if it's only a few quid, I wouldn't bother 😕

Glad you like it. It's been one of my top finds of the year. I've got the lightest shade but I might go back for a slightly darker one and see if it works as a bit of a bronzed effect for next spring/summer.

Not sure how much it would be but they were all expensive orders so not a few pence!