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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I bought them. Based on the logic that my LE dancing rose lipgloss is one of my favourite ever purchases and one that I re purchase too.

From an email this morning, might be useful to someone.

Elizabeth Arden have 11-Piece Holiday Beauty Blockbuster set worth £305 for £85 when you add £45 worth of other items in your basket. 7 Full sized items in the set (I counted 8 in the set description lol).

In the set:

• FULL-SIZE Advanced Ceramide Capsules Daily Youth Restoring Serum, 30pc;
• FULL-SIZE Advanced Ceramide Lift and Firm Day Cream SPF 15 PA++ 50ml;
• FULL-SIZE Eight Hour® Cream Intensive Moisturizing Hand Treatment 75ml;
• FULL-SIZE Eight Hour® Cream Lip Protectant Stick Sunscreen SPF 15
• Eight Hour® Cream Skin Protectant 15ml;
• FULL-SIZE Grand Entrance Mascara Dramatic Volume, Length and Lift, Stunning Black;
• FULL-SIZE All Gone Lip and Eye Makeup Remover 50ml;
• FULL-SIZE Flawless Finish Skincaring Pressed Powder;
• White Tea Original EDT 10ml;
• FULL-SIZE High Drama Eyeliner, Smokey Black;
• Ceramide Lift and Firm Eye Cream 5ml.

@LoveLabradors I bought the CC gloss, Selene eyeshadow and Damask lip refill. I thought those were the best of the holiday colours.

I bought Bohemian Cherry with the case when that came out. I love the shade but I don't think it really suits me, even with a light touch it's very dark and makes me look like my teenage goth self. I can just about make it work if I blot a lot of it off and put a gloss on top to sheer it out.

I sometimes wish we could return stuff that doesn't work for us like they can in the US. I think I will get much more use from the beautiful case with this cool pink shade.

@OvaHere yes the damask rose is very pretty, as is the sequin red lipstick. I agree it would be amazing if unsuitable items could be returned! Hopefully we will both be very happy with our purchases! 😍

M&S has 3 holiday gift bags
https://beauty-detective.com/ms-the-bath-body-bag-2025/

Also Sephora Skincare bag coming soon worth £254 priced at £69
https://beauty-detective.com/sephora-uk-skincare-must-haves-set-2025/

Caudalie Vinoperfect Brightening Dark Spot Serum Deluxe Size
Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops 15ml worth £18 Full Size
Summer Fridays Jet Lag Mask 10ml
Dr.Sam’s Flawless Cleanser 50ml worth £10
Tatcha The Water Cream 10ml worth £24
Topicals Faded Eye Mask
Ultra Violette SPF50 Supreme Screen 15ml
Sol de Janeiro Delicia Drench Body Butter 25ml
Sol de Janeiro Badalada Lotion Packette
Medik8 Deluxe Crystal Retinal 6 4ml
Byoma Hydrating Serum Deluxe Fresh Rose Toner 100ml worth £25 Travel Size
Augustinus Bader The Body Cream 100ml worth £88

Even more sorry to say they’re fantastic. I was worried about transfer and wearability but you can’t see it on the glass I’m drinking from and I just had lunch and it’s still there.

@BakeOffRewatch mine is out for delivery today.

Which is your favourite in order of ranking and are they different enough to warrant a 2nd? Now I know the pink isn't as full on as the photo suggests I could be tempted but I'm not sure from the try on videos I've watched whether it's different enough. I think KP is a bit too brown for me.

I thought the sephora set sounded good, but they are small sizes and I don't need it, I need to not buy it 🤣

Has anyone ever bought anything from boop.? I've just bought this LE gloss https://boopbeauty.co.uk/products/lisa-eldridge-gloss-embrace-lip-gloss I think it's a gorgeous colour and I struggle to resist a bargain, even if p&p is £4.99 😕 you do get a free gift though. I'm considering getting the peek a boo pink lip gloss too 💕😁

How exciting?! Let us know your thoughts 😁

That’s a lovely colour. I’ve never used that site before, I’ll have to check it out properly

It is, isn't it?! 😍 I've never bought anything from them either but they have good reviews on trust pilot so hopefully they're not a scam 😬

I’m looking for a nice palette to keep for travel, to streamline the stupid amounts of stuff I usually take ‘just in case’. Any recommendations please wise ones? Mainly eyeshadow but a blusher would be useful too. Pinky blusher, neutral or smokey eyes

What about one of the Natasha Denona face palettes? There's one in the Glossybox Advent this year so plenty on Vinted.

I think overall there are 3 versions. Glam, Love and Hyper-real.

The Glam one was the one in Glossybox advent.

Wow that website looks amazing, never heard of it but think it will be my new obsession!

LE parcel arrived. The gloss is lovely. Pinky, peachy shimmer. It's more everyday wearable than I thought and it's a colour different enough from anything else I have. I don't think I need a 2nd one though. Haven't tried the other stuff yet.

This is nice. It is £60 though and is excluded from discount codes

https://www.asos.com/asos-initiatives/asos-face-body-luxe-lovers-beauty-box-worth-167/prd/209005999

@OvaHere Is that the Chameleon one?

Yes. It's quite sheer on it's own though is a bit buildable. I'm yet to try it on top of a lipstick but I think it will look nice with the lipstick I bought.

I'm relieved to hear that the chameleon gloss is quite sheer. Mine should arrive today too. I watched some of the LE videos last night, they were good, I need to practise applying eyeliner now! My dream would be to have LE do my make-up, but the tutorials will have to do for now 😀

I've ordered from Boop! a few times, all good, a couple of niggles I had were rectified quickly and to my satisfaction, would definitely recommend! :)

Ah thank you 💜 my order is already on it's way, I can't wait 😁

Have also used Boop, and agree, they’re good. I like the fact they tell you why things are cheap eg overproduction etc too!

Oh yeah, I've just gone back on and seen that, thank you for pointing it out 😊 I did wonder if I'd end up with a lumpy, gone off gloss but I feel better about it now 🤣

Thanks @OvaHere I’ll look for them

I’ve been in London this afternoon and also bought a LE Chameleon lip gloss 🤣tried all 3 of my hand and that was the one I loved, it’s so nice and double points ( although no discount as I couldn’t wait until Friday 🤣) . I also took the opportunity to smell Matiere Vanilla even though I’ve sold it and it’s def not for me so that was good!