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

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

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I use and like hourglass, morphe and spectrum brushes 😊 Makeup by Mario are meant to be good brushes but I've not tried any myself. I also have a few no7 brushes that I use. Oh and a big La Mer powder brush which is so soft and gorgeous 😍

I got a set of brand new Hourglass brushes from Vinted and my dd and I were agog unwrapping them on Friday. So, so soft. Beautiful. I got three for £25.

That said, I haven't used them yet, despite having worn make up in the meantime. I really love the Spectrum brushes, I've got a few of those and each one is perfect. I really appreciate that it says what it is to be used for on the side of the brush.

Spectrum always massively reduced brush sets for BF and Xmas sales, you can get some good deals and they are decent brushes. I think the Morphe brush sets look nice, a bit more expensive but not ridiculous price. I did buy the Mario F4 brush as a single and that is very good for base products and cream/powder blushes.

Make up brushes - Hourglass, Laura Mercier, Lisa Eldridge, Kevyn Aucoin. Kevyn Aucoin are the best I’ve had in my opinion. I really like the Laura Mercier eye brushes. Don’t forget MAC! They’re really good I think get forgotten about in the lux bracket. They do cute mini brush edits at Christmas.

Complexion brushes: Hourglass, Haus Labs and Makeup By Mario (F1 and F4 in particular), eyeshadow brushes: I prefer Morphe and Sigma.

I wanted to ask about eyeliners. I tried to do a smokey eye look today and it was an epic fail. I tried 3 eye liners, one by loreal,elf and maybelline. None showed up on my waterline. Are there any you swear by to achieve this look?

Re brushes I do like spectrum and sigma brushes.

I purchased a set of these a month or so ago, as did another poster. I haven’t used mine yet but I love the look of them

I’ve been using Rimmel Scandaleyes Exaggerate water proof eye liner (twisty one, not the kohl) for well over a decade for that exact purpose. It doesn’t budge, lasts a long time if you only using it for waterline for smokey eye look. I remove it with micellar water followed by an oil and then get cleanser.

https://www.boots.com/rimmel-scandaleyes-exaggerate-eye-definer-10290544?srsltid=AfmBOoo4Lk2ZBmR5sbd1uzT_EX2I-KBGvbvxHdhIw8xXWhscW7igSfDcQFo

I used to just go back and forth a bizillion times until it went on 🤣 Eyeliners I like are mainly the victoria beckham ones, estée lauder and Patrick ta.

I actually don't wear such a prominent eyeliner below that much anymore, I do still do a thick line above. But below I tend to do a third of my eye with eyeliner on the outer side, just under the waterline, then blend it out and in with a thin angled brush to create a softer look. Sometimes I just use powder if I want it to be even softer.

Thanks @JPMJuliz . I am going to order and give it another go.

I use the rimmel pen one for above my eyes. I've tried more expensive ones to try to be a bit more boujee, but they're never as good or my eyes react to it. I swear by that one now and will forever be loyal 🤣

It’s cheap enough not to break the bank and more often than not is on offer/some kind of sale as well.

https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/p/beauty-box/cult-beauty-the-tried-and-trusted-edit-worth-over-150/17510749/

This is on sale now. £45

BDAY15 takes it down to £38.25

Cross post 😊

You also get £5 credit that will be sent on 19th Nov, making it basically £33 💁🏻‍♀️ girl maths!

I think that's just in the app?

Ordered, thanks! This one is a really good little box for the price.

Oh is it? It just automatically takes me to the app and doesn't say app only on it so I assumed it was online too 🤔

I’ve ordered the CB edit, one of the better ones in a while. BDAY15 works and I had £10 credit too.

Yes, I've mainly bought it for the Medik8 cream, but happy to be getting the Dr Dennis gross peels and the leave in conditioner. I might try to sell the lipstick, mascara and toner, just because I don't think I'll use them.

Two full size moisturisers for £40 ish is pretty good

It is a good one. I'm not buying it as I already have a full and travel size of the toner, a different MediK8 cream I haven't yet opened and I really don't need more of the other stuff.

Be careful when trying the DDG peel pads. These are the strongest version of the 3 they do so if you haven't used them before (or other glycolic acid products) they could be a bit stingy.

Top tip for anyone with military in the family, went shopping with dc who is in military and got a huge discount in boots on top of standard offers, no idea if this was normal or staff being extra nice but was so impressed (the 6 deodorants and 4 shampoo she was buying was a clue to why we were there!). I picked up several make up items all heavily discounted. Thanks boots!

I need moisturisers but same as you I am starting to end up with a stock pile of mascaras and hair products as I just don’t use those as much as moisturisers and lip balms and serums. I am all about moisture.

Yeah, we need a good moisture and hydration edit, with a nice lip balm and hand cream in. That's what I'm really missing right now 😩