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

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New thread for when the old one is finished. We rattled through the last thread being a chatty bunch.

Everyone welcome to chat about beauty and/or share bargain finds.

Am an avid reader here and was wondering if you could help at all please? Are there any good deals on Estée Lauder double wear foundation at all?

Oh no! I don't trust harrods on stock control after the AC fiasco.

Mine shows the same. I'll be a bit gutted if it doesn't go through. @IDontHateRainbows may have a good point about ND delivery. I didn't need it next day so it didn't occur to me.

I think they probably pick off the next day ones as priority, sorry if that means my order took the place of anyone on here ordering earlier.

Its only due to mainly my impatience but also the lack of knowing if someone would be in that i chose next day as £12 is steep! But probably worth it in the grand scheme of things. Just hoping it makes it through the storm now.

Boots have 20% off premium beauty at the moment with code SAVE20. I think the EL Double Wear is included.

Can't see any foundation offers on the EL site but whilst looking I did spot they're doing the DW concealer for £20. I have this one and it's good.
https://www.esteelauder.co.uk/products/642/product-catalog/makeup/face/concealer

It makes sense. If someone pays £12 (which is steep) for NDD then they have to honour that first.

It's a tip I shall bear in mind with future Harrods bargains.

Thank you, will have a look.

Oooh, I didn't realise that's what they did. I never even thought to pay for NDD. I just assumed it would be first come first served kinda thing. Anyway, lesson learnt. This was a great tip someone said earlier in the week too, for when there's glitches / rogue codes, get NDD and hopefully it's on its way before to you before they notice 🤫🤭 If the elemis order doesn't come, I'll be gutted but I don't exactly need it 🤣 and I do have the Tatcha ac and the Bioeffect set on the way 🥰🥳

https://www.marksandspencer.com/2026-wellness-box/p/hbp60916831
M and S edit £30. I quite like this as a wellness/pampering type edit.

Similar one from OK but twice the price at £60
https://www.okbeautybox.co.uk/products/sleep-better-box-worth-over-245

Fenty mystery box £29.50
https://fentybeauty.co.uk/products/fenty-mystery-box-volume-1

There's a new Harpers Bazaar beauty box - £96 (hopefully the email link will work)

https://www.hearstmagazines.co.uk/harpers-bazaar-beauty-box-15-email

Contents:

• ZELENS Z-22 Ultimate Face Oil, 30ml, RRP £80.00 FULL-SIZE
• MATTER OF FACT Resurfacing + Hydrating Serum, 30ml, RRP £79.00 FULL-SIZE
• VOTARY Nutrient Cream Light, 50ml, RRP £75.00 FULL-SIZE
• AMOUAGE Guidance Perfume, 7.5g, RRP £45.50
• LBTY Ianthe Oud, 8ml, RRP £45.00
• AVEDA Scalp Solutions Exfoliating Scalp Treatment, 150ml, RRP £39.00FULL-SIZE
• RITUALS Ayurveda Scented Candle, 290g, RRP £24.90 FULL-SIZE
• SHISEIDO Ultimune Power Infusing Serum, 10ml, RRP £23.00
• KATE SOMERVILLE ExfoliKate® Cleanser Daily Foaming Wash, 30ml, RRP £16.00
• SHISEIDO Ultimune Power Infusing Hand Cream, 40ml, RRP £15.00
• NEIL’S YARD REMEDIES Women's Balance Foaming Bath, 100ml, RRP £12.00
• ORIBE Gold Lust Restorative Night Crème for Hair, 15ml, RRP £10.00
• BYTERRY Tea to Tan, 10ml, RRP £6.00
• HARPER’S BAZAAR Digital Magazine Subscription, £25.98

I opened this thinking it would be full of avant, but no its really good and has amouage guidance which its worth getting for so 'where do I sign....'

I'd love to try that perfume, I might try to get it on vinted when people start listing them. I'm not a big lover of zelens and definitely don't need another face oil, or any of the other items actually 🤔

My Harrod's Tatcha and Bioeffect orders are landing today along with the Cult Beauty standard delivery of brushes. My Hourglass brush wasn't sealed and the wrapper was ripped on it on my NDD order so I can't go ahead with my plan to refuse delivery. I want to check the one in that order as now I'm thinking the one that came the other day has been returned 🤢 Or swapped for a fake 😨

My Elemis ac is still sat at stage 1, I think it'll get cancelled. Think it's unfair how they do the orders if that's the case. I'll be more gutted for my mum though if hers gets cancelled. She doesn't normally stash like we all do and does use elemis. I was quite surprised she bought it as usually she buys as she goes. I might phone them 🤔

I'm thinking the same. I've got a bad feeling. I know I had no business buying it in the first place but I'll be really disappointed. Maybe I angered the low buy Gods. 😂

I think there is a good chance the Harrods Elemis orders will still arrive. I’ve had previous orders stay in a “being processed” state for a while before being sent, and they have eventually arrived (not always in a logical order though, so later orders sent before earlier ones). I know there have been many issues previously with the Fragrance calendars, but the scale of what they were dealing with there is likely to be very different to this.

New boots box looks very good value and lots of moisturising basics which I'm well stocked up on so will pass £40. beautyadventcalendar.net/boots-little-lifts-beauty-box/

@AprilLady I hope you're right. I could see it being something they don't have a lot of stock of though. Even Harrods probably don't expect to sell many of these calendars in the £500 + bracket.

I was a little surprised it wasn't sold out by the time I saw your post which was around 2 hours after you made it. Usually massive reductions like that on a site like Harrods go very quickly.

My harrods delivery should be here by mid day, definitely worth paying the extortionate delivery charge, will update on contents when it arrives.

Good luck to those with dispatch pending, sounds like there's still a hope. You would have thought they would cancel the order if OOS.

I placed my Harrods Bioeffect order yesterday, only paid for standard delivery, and DPD say they are going to deliver it today! Which is nice.

Fingers crossed for everyone awaiting dispatch of their Elemis calendars.

Maybe I should have done that. Dont mind if tatcha gets cancelled but really want the elemis now 🤣

My harrods haul arrived with tatcha and elemis - in the elemis calendar is a voucher for a free elemis facial at the harrods store - I don't live in London so it's no use to me but if anyone who can make use it wants to PM me, I'll send it on.

@IDontHateRainbows Ah I was wondering how it was 25 days when only 22 products mentioned

I've just spoken to Harrods and they've told me that they don't have any issues with the stock and anyone who ordered the elemis calendar yesterday will receive it 😁 Let's hope they're right. Harrods have messed me around before with orders.

My Tatcha and Bioeffect orders have arrived 🥰 I've still to open the Harrods 12 day hair and body calendar 🤣 I'm quick to order all the beauty and skincare stuff, but not the baskets so I can actually sort it all out and get it organised 🤦🏻‍♀️

Honestly the Elemis x Harrods calendar is excellent at that price. Competing for best value BAC of the 2025 Christmas season I think. Hope you do all receive your orders