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

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New thread as the old one is nearly full.

Everyone welcome whether you are looking for beauty bargains or just want to chat.

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Cross post @Skibunnygal I got peachgasm

Ooh I'm nosy. Can you DM what the gift was?

I may try and fight my way in to the tilbery shop & see exactly what goldgasm looks like on my skin tone. I fear i may look like i have jaundice!

Me too!! (Please!)

Also how did we get to page 39 already? We've been very chatty this month. 😂

It was the Rodial Bee Venom serum rrp £60 for 10ml. I was shocked when I checked the price. The year’s sub was only £24

@Skibunnygal I think it was only peachgasm (which I've received), glowgasm and pillow talk medium shades that you could get. I don't remember spotlight being mentioned. I did get impatient and ended up subscribing to get all 3 🤭

I did that too 😬😁

Ah, now you mention it the old brain cells are rattling some sort of recollection!

Hi, the LE sequin lipglosses came back in stock online today at SpaceNK. Chameleon Chaos is already sold out, but I have just managed to bag myself the pink one as my Xmas present to me,(which is the one I preferred anyway).

Bit annoyed at missing all the BF discounts but I used my £5 reward credit so all good.

Note: This would be my Xmas present to me on the day, gift box and all - not the 900 other things I have already bought myself 🙈

I'm still waiting for the LE products I treated myself to at SNK during the BF deals. I think Royal Mail have lost it. They keep saying the parcel has been rerouted to another distribution centre 'by mistake'. If their tracking is correct, the parcel has done the same 250 mile loop around the UK twice. I've no idea how to approach this.

Those who have received the Elle magazine - when did you order?
I ordered on 22 Nov but haven’t received anything yet. My order was just for the one-off copy of the magazine with the free CT gift and a free copy of Harpers Bazaar, it wasn’t a subscription.
Thanks x

@DidILeaveTheGasOn - have you contacted SpaceNK CS - they sent the parcel so they need to chase. Hopefully it can be resolved and you get it soon 🤞

Contact SpaceNK say it's not arrived yet and can they please process a refund. It's on them to deal with the costs with the Royal Mail then. Even Cult managed to reply to me within a day to say they'd refund on similar circumstances, so SNL will definitely be on it.
And if it does turn up then hopefully that's a nice Christmas present form the universe!

I ordered on the 22nd too and I had an email on the 10th to say it was on its way but it’s not arrived as of yet. Hopefully we won’t be waiting much longer now 😊

Thank you, I've emailed them. I really don't want a refund, I want all my LE goodies at a great discount. Maybe there's some sort of supernatural triangle between the north West and Birmingham and that's why my parcel keeps flitting between distribution centres?

Went IRL shopping today. Was very good and managed not to buy anything despite a trip around Space NK and various department stores. I do reek of many perfumes though.

Whilst you were fragrantly swanning around Space NK I was living it large in Aldi. They had plenty of the Bader dupe stuff which wasn't of interest after looking at ingredients, but they had eyeliners for 2.49 silky kajal. I got the caramel one which is a bronze. Glides on beautifully, well at least on the back of my hand. Worth a try for that price. Black, dark brown, slate and the caramel.

I've not been to look at any of the latest dupe stuff in Aldi. Trying to stay away from it because I end up buying stuff impulsively then never using it because I have more exciting things in the stash. Then after a while passing it on or putting on Vinted. I need to learn the lesson that I won't use stuff like Bader dupes when I have the real thing in a cupboard.

I bought some of those Aldi pencils and really like them!

My store didn’t have the AB dupes. What was so wrong with the ingredients @Hicupping as a matter of interest?

@OvaHere I sprayed the Dedcool no1Taunt on me again today in store and I don’t think it was the one I tried yesterday that smelt do nice on me.

The Dedcool today smelled sort of burnt, almost smoky, whereas whatever I sprayed on yesterday from amongst the SpaceNK advent calendar selection smelled more like warm vanilla.

Do you or anyone else have any other suggestions for what it might have been? I know it wasn’t the Maison Margiela Lazy Sunday because that just smelled chemically on me today.

Thanks

On a sort of related note:

Big shout out to the young women who were helping customers in the three SpaceNK stores I visited over the last 24 hours - they were polite, friendly, helpful - a credit to their company!

Maybe try Frederick Malle Acne Studios? The dry down is lovely- clean, sweet and has vanilla notes. Really quite different to the initial spray and very long lasting.

Ah @Addictedtobeauty - I did try that one yesterday as well. I shall give that another trial spray asap. Thanks!

I had a min Aldi haul as well; caramel kajal and picked up a new chestnut one as mine is getting close to a nubbin. Mini sandalwood which is a less strong version of Le Labo santal, and Floral Love which is unfortunately 100ml and is supposed to be a dupe for V&R Flowerbomb. It is now a dupe for ai freshener in my loo.

@IlovePond i was in SNK yesterday and agree the staff were really helpful.

Hi, 15% c/b at Quidco today for Cult Beauty with £15 back on a £50+ spend. First 2000 opt-ins, today only.