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

[OvaHere]

New thread as the old one is nearly full.

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

Previous thread

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5425536-beauty-chat-freebiesgifts-with-purchaseoffers-thread-five

May have already been mentioned Boots No7 have a GWP palette/brush with 2 items, it’s stacks with a code giving £10 off a £20 No7 spend. I got the eyebrow sculpting pencil, stay perfect smoothing eye shadow and the GWP for just over £10.

@IlovePond could it have been You Doux?

@IlovePond what @JoRaRaRa said. I think the Sana Jardin one is very warm in the dry down, but I don’t think Space NK is stocking the brand so unlikely to get that one. The strawberry perfume is very much not strawberry btw!

Sephora gwp with a £120 spend.

Seems like a bit of a random selection of stuff. Anyone ever heard of TYPEBEA? That does look like it's full size.

https://beauty-detective.com/sephora-uk-ho-ho-glow-beauty-bag-2025/

Thanks for the suggestion @JoRaRaRaand @Lurkingshark - I wasn’t able to try that one the other day so it’s not that. Sounds nice, though.

Oh doesn't sound like one id like. I tried commodity milk + yesterday and all i could smell was smoke. I tried to wash off. 😲🤷
Anything with similar notes im not even going to try. I checked it on frangrantica and thought id have liked woody scents but no. ♥️

Yes, me too @Doglover73 - I thought I liked woody scents as well, but I was wrong!

@IDontKnowWhatYouMean my copy of Elle & harpers bazaar arrived with the CT light wand (in pillow talk medium)! Hope yours arrives asap 🙌

@IlovePond just nothing special as Ovahere says with the advents we've got so many options nowand products to try and work through. I've got quite a lot of Bader stuff too. There was niacinamide and hyaluronic acid in them, I don't recall any peptides. I only got the eyeliner because I thought being caramel it would be lighter than the bronze it was, I've got LE and Sweed in brown from advents already, if I'd known it was bronze I wouldn't have bought it but at £2.49, low risk. The packaging was nice though. I think serum and moisturiser was £8.99.

Thanks @Hicupping

My favourite Aldi dupes have been - so far:

The EL Bronze Goddess oil dupes
The DE moisturiser dupes
The gold caviar eye cream - can’t remember what that is duping
The VB Kajal eye liner dupes
The sleep face oil and hand cream - Neom dupes?
The pale blue H2o(?) night cream - can’t remember what this is duping, either
The SR vit C and turmeric dupe

Complete misses:

The green La Soie stuff - La Mer dupe
The Rare Beauty lip oil/tint dupes

I’ve tried the blue - Elemis? - dupes and can take or leave them. Ditto the orange serum stuff.

Started a new thread for when this is finished. About 15 posts to go on this one.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5459827-beauty-chat-freebiesgifts-with-purchaseoffers-thread-seven

For those of us UK based and without the budget or time for a South Korea beauty haul holiday, there’s this place in Greenwich Market. https://www.kmisobeauty.co.uk They had some really good deals in store too! And a lot of the brands people mention on here.

@Seahorses12 if you're still looking to buy some diptyque holiday candles you can get a free 35g Figuer candle and a 5ml scent on their website today with a £150 spend. Not as good an offer as the points maybe, but I prefer Figuer to Sapin so I'm really tempted 😬

Another link to the new thread. People are joining over there so don't know if this one will totally fill up.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5459827-beauty-chat-freebiesgifts-with-purchaseoffers-thread-seven

I’ll do my bit to try to fill up. What’s a good exit with a cleanser at the moment? I had a look at the Liberty festive edits and only the glam edit had a cleaner from skin rocks. https://www.libertylondon.com/?algq=liberty%20beauty%20kit The three are still in stock, fragrance is sold out, I wonder if there will be discounts on them next week like last year.

I can't think of many at the moment. The KS Cult Beauty edit is still available on discount. That has a travel size goats milk cleanser.

https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/p/beauty-box/cult-beauty-x-kate-somerville-edit-worth-over-100/17366782/

This LF one is still available too. It has an AHA/BHA Murad cleanser.
https://www.lookfantastic.com/p/beauty-box/the-roxie-nafousi-edit-worth-over-175/17311927/

The Next Night before Christmas box (£50) includes a 500ml Dermalogica calming cleanser

https://www.next.co.uk/style/su807942/f51533

Thanks @OvaHere . I’m coming to the end of the full size Dermalogica one I received in the Liberty Mother’s Day edit this year. I should probably just buy another one! The CBxKS one is too mini and the LF edit is all stuff I wouldn’t use.

Ive just seen Dermalogica do 500ml refill bags £58! https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/special-cleansing-gel-refill-500ml-000788162.html so a very boring conclusion.

@BakeOffRewatch I don’t recall but did Liberty reduce their edits last year?
I may be tempted if they come down a bit 😂

I will actually use all of that and a £50 beauty edit with 500ml Dermalogica cleanser makes sense versus 500ml refill at £58 @ 80% is £46.40. Love this thread, I can’t keep my eye on everything and even if I did I wouldn’t remember 😂

Yes they did. The man one definitely was and stuck around even after discount. The others sold out quickly after discount. I am sure I did a post on it and will try to find.

I forgot about the next boxes. That's a good one.

@MrsBnow12 did some analysis in this post https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5220938-liberty-london-advent-calendar-2024-opening-thread?reply=141091685

Liberty 2024 festive edits
Men’s was £75 value £255 reduced to £45 www.libertylondon.com/uk/mens-beauty-kit-R609670006.html
Glam was £95 value £365 https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/glam-beauty-kit-000825874.html
Sleep was £80 value £279 https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/sleep-beauty-kit-000825873.html

compare to

Liberty 2024 festive edits
Men £85 value £295 https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/the-mens-beauty-kit-000858369.html
Glam £100 value £407 https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/the-glam-beauty-kit-000858367.html
Sleep £85 value £257 https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/the-sleep-beauty-kit-000858368.html

the Liberty beauty crackers are 20% off so are currently £76 for £266 value https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/liberty-beauty-christmas-crackers-box-of-six-000856423.html showing as out of stock but might be in store

Thanks very much, will have a read and try be prepared in case they do reduce them

I will definitely get the men’s one if it reduces as I love the bag. Candles always put me off.

and with that thread finished thank you for making a new one @OvaHere ! New thread here https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5459827-beauty-chat-freebiesgifts-with-purchaseoffers-thread-seven