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

Things that I think would be worth getting.

Glow Recipes Korean Night Vault £176 to £132 https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/p/glow-recipe-korean-night-market-vault/16994535/

Any of the Dr Gross Alpha Beta peels

L’Occitane Advent £87 to £65.25 https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/p/l-occitane-beauty-advent-calendar/16792550/

Makeup brush collections if you’re looking. Westman Atelier and Vieve and Saie. A nice Vieve edit £100 to £75 and a Saie edit now £66 from £88.

Westman Atelier radiance skin set.

The Sunday Riley complete morning https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/p/sunday-riley-wake-up-with-me-complete-morning-routine-kit/16236854/ and evening routines. https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/p/sunday-riley-go-to-bed-with-me-complete-evening-routine/14717045/

I don’t need anything and can always wait for the next 25% off. Else I’d stock up on the brands I like Sunday Riley, Medik8, Summer Fridays, LaNeige, Glow Recipes.

Cult beauty: I'm just going to spend my £10 credit that I've converted and keep my £15 code. I also read the rules which I didn't do before and you have to spend £50 🤦🏻‍♀️ I've had another look today and I still haven't received the £5 credit. Is anyone else missing theirs? I wish they were more transparent with the points, when I was sending back the stockings, I calculated how much would come off but now I'm somehow on -79 and I can't see why as it doesn't show what's gone on and come off 😐 I'm wondering if this is why they've not given me my £5. I decided yesterday that I wasn't going to spend any more money on beauty or fragrance so I ended up buying an outfit from m&s instead, oops!! 🤦🏻‍♀️ I might have to watch confessions of a shopaholic 😁

Patrick Ta is worth getting as I think CB is the only place you can buy that brand in the UK.

Id also like to know this, as im very tempted to purchase!

Boots new edit is Laneige. £35

Nice set but only the lip sleeping mask and the lip balm are full size.

https://www.boots.com/boots-x-laneige-beauty-icons-gift-set-10370207?mi_u=21718841&miecmp=dm337564&pos=1&cid=DM337564&bid=18492978&utmsource=email&utmmedium=email&utmcampaign=BEAUTY%20INSPIRATION&utmid=DM337564&utmterm=&utmcontent=MY%20BEAUTY&micmp=b1b61e26ab5c323d~13927076~~~~~~&misc=t

Anthropology has 25% off most of their beauty if you sign up to Anthroperks.

I've added this to the advent thread too, but if anyone sees an edit or box including a Grown Alchemist hand cream 65ml, please let me know! Thank you 😊

Grr. Not impressed with Cult Beauty. So the much vaunted £25 birthday voucher for being Gold status has not arrived instead I’ve got a code for 15% off a minimum spend of £25. This is absolutely useless as I get 20% no minimum spend throughout the year with my blue light card. I think Cult need to rethink their myriad of offers and actually just offer genuine perks to retain customers who spend a lot with them. Or else we will spend elsewhere!

They've gone downhill in the last half of the year. I suppose from a business perspective I get it. There used to be lots of discount stacking opportunities that meant I've had some really good bargains plus the recycle scheme which used to be great. They've really knocked most of that on the head.

I'm annoyed that the 'gift card' is not a gift card at all but essentially a discount code that only works on full priced items. I wonder if you buy an email gift card as a present for someone it's the same T&Cs and the recipient can only buy full price items?

That's naughty. 🙄😳
Ive a few vouchers due

Can I ask those of you that use and love EGF serum, do you find it sticky and how do you cope with it? Ive started mine few days ago and honestly I cannot stand the stickiness. I tried using less, gave plenty of time to absorb but it still leaves my favc very sticky 😭 I feel like a dust magnet wearing it. Any tips please? I would love to use it given the great reviews it has but at this point it looks mission impossible

Ive a new one that came in a cult edit earlier in the year. You can have it if you pay the postage
Dm me if interested x

I noticed that beauty detective did a review of the CB supreme skin edit this morning and she mentioned that the Bioeffect Egf serum was sticky. I've never found it to be sticky and I think I'm on my 5th bottle 🤔 I've not yet opened the CB one, I hope they've not changed the formula. I do put a night cream over it though.

according to Chat GPT some users find it sticky some don’t . Mine is from CB edit and I was wondering if they are inferior to the ones people buy at full price 🙈 or maybe it just my skin that does not like it.

The one I'm currently using is from the CB Vieve edit, the one before was bought from Harrods and they feel the same 🤔

Ahh, its probably just me ☹️

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I contacted cult beauty about my missing £5 credit with a photo of my order which showed it on. They've now added it on manually. So now to pick which Patrick ta blush I want 😍💃 Yayyy!! Excited 😁

I'm not sure if mine was missing or not. I did have a £5 credit yesterday but that could be from purchase points. I've lost track.

@HolaLolla I’m using the EGF serum at the moment. I think it’s so hydrating that it might just be too much for some skin types. My skin is normal/combi and I only need a tiny bit of the serum or I also get stickiness. I don’t need a moisturiser after it most of the time and I think it works better on just cleansed skin, with no toner etc.

I bet it’s amazing for anyone with dry skin but maybe not a product for everyone. I got it cheaply in an edit and I’m glad to have tried it, but it’s not a love for me.

Sadly I don’t think it will be for me either, my skin is on the oilyish side, guess I’ll just have to move on to something else in my stash 🙈

Maybe of interest to someone: this Kerastase serum is down to £29.61 with S&S on Amazon

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0BZZJWGPQ/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1

Ooh thanks. I've got about a quarter left of the one I bought at last Prime Day. I've really liked it.

@OvaHere Nice! I have the yellow oil version and really like it. Now looking forward to trying this one, too.