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

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New thread as the old one is almost full.

All welcome to chat about beauty purchases, upcoming beauty boxes/GWP and to share your bargain finds.

Thanks! I still have the old “batch” but that won’t stop me 😁

My FtF box has arrived and I am really pleased with it. 😃 Thank you to my enabler, JoRaRaRa for bringing it to my attention. You were spot on with your predictions!

The Clarins 12 day advent calendar is reduced and available if anyone wants that to trigger their samples :)

I've been doing so well at resisting all the offers - largely because its taken me 2 days to sort out my stash - but the D&G eye palette is very tempting. I haven't changed my favorite brands on sephora for ages so switching one to D&G takes another 10% off

That is an absolute bargain!! You need to buy both colours 😍

Not sure what you are looking @ITookYourJoob for but Look Fantastic and Noli also got some good deals (peptide cream and mascara). Payday eh!

The Sephora ‘GIFT10’ code is still working. I’ve just gone to process my D&G eye shadow palette and had something sat in my basket from a few days ago that I’d decided not to check out, the code was still there. I deleted the previous items and it still knocked £10 off my order, making the palette £32 - very happy with that! 😃 (resisted temptation to buy the two colour combos!)

https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/p/kosas-x-sunday-riley-virtual-bundle/17701401/

Kosas and Sunday Riley gift bundle £88

Code BDAY15 takes it down to £74.80

Tempted by this as I use all 3 main products - the Kosas concealer is the one I mentioned up thread that brightens.

Trying to be rational about it and de-influence myself. Objectively it's a good deal as SR Auto Correct is £68 RRP but I don't need any of this stuff right now. The Kosas mini I'm currently using will run out before too long but I have plenty of Vit C and eye cream to get through.

I'd also have to go to the effort of getting rid of the bag somehow.

Look Fantastic have their declining discount on again, it's at 25% at the moment and reduces by 1% every 2 hours with the code QUICK. I'm tempted to buy another morphe blush palette even though I really don't need any more blush 🤔🤣

Sephora Mystery GWP with £110 spend

Another picture to sleuth. I spy Bum Bum Cream.

https://beauty-detective.com/sephora-uk-mystery-beauty-bag-january-2026/

Not a fan of mystery GWPs, it's just an excuse for them to get rid of shite isn't it. I mean, they do that with regular GWPs too but usually put in a few decent things to balance out the less decent.

Seems like there's a dearth of good offers at the moment, are we in a bit of a lull seasonally?

Usually you get the valentine and mothers day edits out in force in Feb.

Agree. I once fell for the Sephora mystery gift at checkout they sometimes do. Never again, I can't remember what it was but I do remember it was shite (along the lines of 20ml hand cream).

There's been a few Valentine edits but not many. It's a bit boring but ultimately a good thing.

I've reordered my d&g palettes and concealer and added on the erborian cc redness cream to try out to get the free mystery gift. I hope it's not a pile of crap, but I'll keep my expectations low 🙈🤣 I hope it's worth messing around with the returns.

I am very tempted with the D&G palettes, may see if I can get a VPN to work to place an order….if I can’t I will take that as a sign 😂😂

Ah, I just bought a D&G palette 🙈 I really didn’t need it but I also don’t really have a ‘fun’ palette so maybe it’s okay? I used code GIFT10 and got it for £32.

I’ve just joined the loyalty scheme but can’t see anything about 15% off - does it just come off at checkout?

The Style Korean lucky boxes are available now at $29 each.

https://beauty-detective.com/stylekorean-lucky-boxes-2026/

One of the boxes has a MOEV hair cream. I had a free sample of MOEV shampoo, conditioner and hair oil which I used yesterday (with no other products), and it left my hair silky soft. I was very impressed and have gone back to RP full sizes - as well as both boxes! My no-buy is for February, which won't be difficult as I'll have about a tenner to see me to the end of the month at this rate 😄.

The boxes came to about £20 each with my membership discounts and codes, plus free shipping.

This freebie k-glow beauty bag was also included - https://beauty-detective.com/stylekorean-k-glow-beauty-bag-2025/

Reward code SHA5432 got me a bigger discount than the BD code.

I think the voucher arrives after a little while, you should get it by email i think?

Thank you! I’ll wait x

Accessorize code MYSTERY for random % off. I have 20% off

Re: the MOEV products - the trial kit that i tried is included in the red box.

Thanks @keepincool - how did you manage to get the freebie? It’s coming up at $15 for me.

Thanks

@keepincool - just answered my own question: Order over $100 for the freebie.

Thanks

Im resisting. Ive just bought the concealer but could do with a darker colour and love auto correct but have a few minis and loads of other eye creams. I already have the Vit c serum x

I've got it in my basket but I think I've talked myself out of it. Totally unneeded and I'll be letting myself down if I cave. 😂

I also have another quandary I need help with to make the right decision.

I have £15 in Medik8 points. I redeemed them during their BF 30% off sale only to discover you couldn't stack the reward with offers.

I've now only got until 21.02 to use them on a full price item or they expire. So do I...

1. Buy something I use regularly but is pricey and I already own back ups of. This would be choice of Advanced Peptide serum/ Vit C/ Crystal Retinal
2. Buy the cheapest item the min spend allows for (feel like min spend might be about £30 to add voucher)
3. Let it expire and spend nothing. £15 is a decent discount but it's only slightly more than the 20% off offers that happen all year round on various sites. E.g CR6 is £69 so 20% off is 13.80.