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

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Oh great research there!! 🧐 That makes me feel so much happier 🤣

Yes, sadly I was a bit pleased it didn’t stack with the CB edit or I would definitely have cracked and bought it!

Another reason to be put off the CB gift card is that they make them quite hard to use. They apply as a code rather than account credit, so if there’s a discount code available then I’ll always use that instead of my gift cards.

Trinny London free gift set (worth £68)* when you spend £50 or more on gift sets,
no code needed

Good to know @ElizabethG81 - thanks.

Is anyone going for the SNK gwp? I'm toying with but not sure if I can justify spending £185 just to get it?

https://www.spacenk.com/uk/beauty-gift-with-purchase.html

I wasn't impressed with it to be honest, lots of tiny samples. I think we have all become a bit spoilt these days with so many full sizes in beauty boxes etc.

I went for the space nk gwp - I fancied the fragrance advent calendar and added the haircare stocking, so it wasn't too bad.

There have been soo many kits and edits out recently I've hardly bought anything - that's my excuse anyway

I think it looks nice, there's some good stuff in there, but I don't need anything so I'd be spending £185 on crap. I do feel a bit irritated that I've bought both the advent calendars, the crackers and the LE lipglosses and not had a gwp though 😮‍💨

Not sure what I did to qualify for it but Cult Beauty just added a free Oribe Gold Lust set to my basket 😂 (the total amount spent including 20% discount and account credit was £85 but I think it was added after I put a Color Wow box set into my basket). I also got the £15 gift card and free Byoma lip mask with the Byoma starter kit.

I think I'll hold out for the Boots showstopper. I had the SNK fragrance calendar and a VB eye pencil in my basket but I really don't need any more fragrance.

I did purchase the Fenty perfume for a tenner today on Boots £10 Tuesday, that will do for now 😊

Latest in Beauty men’s advent is currently £80 but code MENSAC31 takes another £31 off.

25 days and lots of full size products.

https://www.latestinbeauty.com/collections/boxes/products/25-days-grooming-advent?om_campaign=omme_bddcb95c-d98_83811_429285&om_profile=271e-98fd49-018a112f&om_send=4b7ef13a5b804420a82dbc5eb47107a5&utm_campaign=omme_bddcb95c-d98_11_11_2025_tuesday_ac_men_offer&utm_content=variation_a&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ometria

Ohh I might get this for my brother. It's his birthday end of November. That looks really good value for money.

I bought the cult beauty edit plus the fragrance stocking. I used BDAY15 to get 15% off plus I got the £15 gift card. It didn't initially add tge gift card, but I added something from the email link which added the gift card, then I removed the item but the gift card was still there. Had £10 credit s9 altogether cost me £54

Which color wow set did you go for? I might be tempted if I can also get some free hair stuff 😊

Thank you for that - I've just purchased to use as various xmas gifts for men in the family - now all family members are getting beauty boxes 😊

I got the Color Wow Slay Anti-Frizz Kit which includes I believe the full sized Dream Coat spray my daughter swears by, as well as the Money Mist and a shampoo.

Any recommendations for best grooming advent calendars for men? I'n very tempted by the Latest in Beauty calendar, but any other recommendations?

Thecult beauty Oribe free gift is supposed to be on a £70 spend on haircare, but unfortunately doesnt seem to add regardless of what you buy

Ahh I had this with the CB Charlotte Tilbury mascara that was meant to be a free gift with any CT eye products but never added to the basket. I contacted CB customer services and they said it meant it's out of stock 😥

@XelaM Ah that makes sense. You got a great bargain there. Of course DD has decided she wants hair care sets for Christmas, this would have been ideal. There doesnt really seem to be any hair care edits or good offers lately/yet which is a shame

It looks like the Boots Showstopper is available now (couldn't find it on the website, but comes up via google!) www.boots.com/boots-showstopper-beauty-box-10372563?traffic=paid.shopping&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=19971247868&gbraid=0AAAAA-AdmwQaDigYPTOyy4mFFv_L8ZZdN&gclid=CjwKCAiA2svIBhB-EiwARWDPjmtgFDKoKu6VaHv5Lzk3N_sI8Qv9m1u5QM2fjk1DHeFtIEam4QbnaxoCzwMQAvD_BwE

Very annoying that the Boots Showstopper is not available on the app as I think you can't get the same offers/discounts on the website as in the app

Apologies if this has been mentioned already;

Clarins are doing 11 samples with most purchases today - eight are pre-selected and you can choose the remaining three.

Postage is £2.95 for small orders, but you have to select that, otherwise it defaults to £3.95.

I bought a men’s cracker for £12 even though DH has less than zero interest in skincare, (but maybe it’s time he starts). That seemed to give me another men’s gift of samples for free, plus the 11. The whole lot cost under £15 with postage. I went through TCB, who were offering 6.8% on Clarins, but it doesn’t seem to have tracked.

I do like the Clarins samples - so was pretty happy with my haul.