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

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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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Oh I knocked over the Dr barbara sturm serum that I got out of the Harrods 2023 calendar. I actually cried, I was so gutted! So I can totally sympathise with you. Hopefully you have enough left to last you until Advent calendar time 😁

I find incredibly annoying. Mostly in the situations where the TCB offer has tipped the balance between a purchase or not. I'd say maybe only 10-15% of stuff actually tracks as it's supposed to.

https://beauty-detective.com/lookfantastic-christmas-fragrance-sets-2025/

Men's and Women's set £55 with digital voucher towards full size

https://beauty-detective.com/lookfantastic-christmas-crackers-2025/

https://beauty-detective.com/lookfantastic-the-christmas-present-2025/

https://beauty-detective.com/lookfantastic-the-overnight-beauty-box-edit-2025/

Morphe have up to 30% off on bundles
https://uk.morphe.com/collections/bundles-sets

This is basically what I said in my message to TCB, that I’d like them to follow it up with HN as I only purchased thinking I could offset the TCB against the cost of the BAC. It is approx £17

These are great deals. Gutted that I could get the two palettes I recently purchased in a bundle for less than I paid, but I still think they are worth the price

You don't get free postage until you spend £30 though so if buying the cheaper bundles you have to factor in £3.95 standard p&p

I'm a little bit tempted by the LF fragrance box, mainly for the lancome as I think I might end up purchasing it anyway. I'm also a bit tempted by the overnight bag, as I'm almost out of eye cream, but I do have 2 in my advent calendars, maybe I just need to take 1 of those instead 🤔 I like the thought of a boujee lip balm and eye mask 😍

I was slightly tempted by the fragrance but I know they will be all or mostly dabbers and I just can't...😂

Also like the overnight kit and one of the crackers but I don't need any of them. It's just eye candy.

I was on the verge of crying myself, but instead switched to expressing my emotions in a different way (various swear words 🙃)
I have other vit C serums but I’ve really been enjoying using this one.
I should really hold off and use up the others that I have, and hope that it appears in a deal sometime before my stash runs out.

Every time I think I’ve calmed down my spending, another parcel arrives that I forgot about 🙈

I need to decide if I'm going to get a big bottle of the lancome, as then these are just basically freebies 💁🏻‍♀️ I do prefer a spray, but I don't mind a dabber, although I did chuck some of the Gris Charnel down my arm whilst in a rush, lesson learnt 🤣 luckily I know that my husband has bought me a large bottle for Christmas, so there were no tears this time.

I don't think I need anything either, if I run out of eye cream, I really should should just take it out of my ac. I do already have lip balms and eye masks so they're not really a need 🤣

🤣 I tend to just cry, even when I'm really angry 🤣

Oh I'm the same. I keep thinking to myself that I've not spent anything for days and then something turns up or I get a notification to say something is ready to collect and then I'm like 'oh yeah' 🤣

Dabber-haters, you can get little spray bottles and mini funnel off amazon to make into sprays, just need to remember to label them.
I used to hate dabbers but get on ok with them now using the 'dab on finger and spread perfume on skin' method rather than dabbing straight on the skin, plus they are more gentle for topping up at work than spray.

Not too tempted by LF although the vanilla one sounds interesting. I have far too much now.

Spacenk November gwp - no info yet on exact release date or min spend. Content info in link 😊
https://beauty-detective.com/space-nk-gift-with-purchase-november-2025/

I wonder if it will work with fragrance advent 🤔🥰

I’m the same. I cry when I’m angry then get annoyed that I’ve cried 🙃

I’m glad it’s not just me. I feel a bit flat today though, came home to no new parcels - what’s that all about?! 😅

I caved and bought another bottle. My make up has been looking a lot better recently which I think is a mix of this serum and a new (Aldi dupe!) concealer, so I think I can justify this one 😁

I’m trying to think what AC’s are still in stock and are potentials for a discount/GWP/extra points / blue light discount or ideally a mixture of all 😆 …
I’m thinking of making a list so I can keep an eye 👁️ on them .. who am I missing ?

Sephora
Elle
Glossybox
HN fragrance
Glamour
Fenwicks
Boots ( am seriously wavering at £54)

John Lewis. That's my top choice for completely unnecessary but will be swayed with a good discount.

Does anyone have an ASOS code or should I wait for Black Friday? There is a &OtherStories coat I want to buy from there. I don’t mind waiting for 20% off and potentially missing out. Not beauty sorry but thought this would be a good place to ask, hope that’s ok

HN BAC is still available in store, not sure about online

Sorry I don't know any current ASOS codes @BakeOffRewatch

I finally succumbed and bought one of the weekly Boots edits. I've wanted to test this range for a while.
https://www.boots.com/boots-x-kerastase-beauty-icons-gift-set-10375872

Liberty is still available, as are ASOS, LF and the Boots Premium. Rituals and Clarins are also available, but those never seem to sell out.

Jo Malone is still available too.

Shiseido seems to have sold out - which is a surprise. However, Shiseido have 20% off everything today and a GWP, so I wonder if the a/c sold out today because it stacked with that.

There really are so many still in stock compared to this time last year. I am hoping for some Black Friday deals.

I am going to Bicester village for the first time next weekend, am v v very excited! Does anyone have any suggestions/ recommendations in the beauty side of things ? I will be pretty much going in all the shops as we have a full 2 days to spend , my birthday treat from my daughter who has arranged an overnight hotel stay bless her !

@diamondsandrose the AB pop up store is still there I believe but I don't think it's continuing into next year. The deals are good if you like AB. You can see some of the sets on the link below.
https://www.thebicestercollection.com/bicester-village/en/brands/augustinus-bader/

There's a Charlotte Tilbury store. I didn't buy anything last time I was there but I think there were decent reductions. It was very busy.

There's also an Aesop, Elemis, Penhaligons, Beaute International which I think is the one that has lots of Shiseido, Bobby Brown, Estee Lauder etc. I think there was a Rituals store too.

There's quite a bit of fragrance including a Byredo pop up.

Also @diamondsandrose if you bank with Halifax their cashback offers include one for Bicester. If you do have the Halifax app make sure you activate that.