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.

Thank you. I can’t seem to get the dropper to fill up, I have to just do a little drop then another, so I’m obviously not using enough.
I bought another set so I’ll switch the droppers and see if that helps 😃

Do let us know what you think when you've tried it.

I always inwardly groan at droppers even when I love the product. There's no need for droppers when pumps exist. 😁

I give it a quick shake and push the button down hard before I unscrew the cap. When it’s unscrewed, the dropper is full. Hopefully that helps or the new dropper is better.

I'm having to use more than they say, probably at least another half dose? I thought maybe I was doing something wrong, the dose is automatically "there", yes? I haven't been suctioning it up or anything if that makes sense?

Ah, edited as have just seen about pressing down before unscrewing. I'll try that tomorrow.

I've just noticed that M&S now stock a range of K-beauty products (not sure how I missed this)

Currently 20% off too.

https://www.marksandspencer.com/l/beauty/k-beauty

Sainsbury’s do too @keepincool - I have nectar points I might use on buying some BoJ products to try.

Sephora are doing a Be Mine beauty bag with app orders of £115 or more, today only.
I like the sound of the F&M hair mask but not enough to spend £115.

I’m feeling relatively virtuous this week. I have managed to sell - for absolute peanuts - a couple of high end Liberty a/c items and three of the perfumes from my recent stocking purchases.

Tbh, they’ve sold for so little it was hardly worth packing them up, but it’s making me feel better to have sold rather than bought stuff.

It all adds up 😊 and it's better to sell it for peanuts then just having it gather dust in a drawer

So true @JoRaRaRa

I'm almost certain I have that hair mask in the drawer with all my hair products. I think it was in a FtF box last autumn.

And @Thelifeofawife I discovered last night that the dropper seems to fill on closing, not opening. I don’t know why? I was playing with it, to see if it would fill halfway like yours.

I noticed that if I turned the bottle lid one turn, then pressed the dropper button, with the lid on, it filled consistently.

It might be a question of fiddling to find the best method and I just had beginners luck.

I go through hair masks quite quickly, I have long hair and I make sure I apply one at least once a week so I like when a new one pops up in an edit. I do have a few to try out and I bought a full size of the CR one that we got in the Harrods ac, but I love trying out different ones. I've recently had a F&M scalp oil which was OK, nothing special and I think I prefer champo, but I probably didn't have a big enough bottle to give it a proper go.

I've always found that the decree pipette is always refilled when I close it. The presser goes down, then when you open it, it goes back up, so I assume that's when it refills. I only had to mess around with the ones I've had before when I've been getting to the very end of the bottle.

I do really rate the CR mask. It's probably the best I've tried. LF had a really good deal on a large one towards the end of last year. I sort of regret not getting it but I have too many others to use up.

I know it's not beauty news - but my mystery Roka purchase is due today. Has anyone else had theirs?

Hi @keepincool I got my LD. I will attach the pics. I really hope you like yours 🤞

I did quite well - a nice selection, but I already have a yellow Bantry from last year’s LD that I have yet to use, so didn’t need another one! My friend is coming to ‘view’ it today and may take it off my hands.

I was undecided about the green Canfield as I already have a black/blue one that I use all the time and the ‘military tonal’ colour is giving me army surplus vibes. However, DS2 said he will have it for his birthday but ‘still wants money’. I think I have got the raw end of that deal 🤣🤣🤣

I will probably keep the pale blue Stratford as it’s a lot bigger than the Roka Chelsea bags I got last time. Otherwise my friend is eyeing that one up too!

My friend got a grey medium Canfield, a blue striped wallet and a purple sling/bum bag. She doesn’t really like any of them and is going to return. I feel a bit bad for enabling her as she is feeling a tad grumpy about it 🙈

I also bought someone else’s LD bag from eBay and I love it. Even better - I was able to part pay with some eBay earnings.

They look great @IlovePond - I like the blue bag.

I went for a medium lucky dip as I'm not keen on big bags - I may also end up with a purple bum-bag - but that would be fine for walks and holidays 😊

Tbf @keepincool - the bumbags are great - a really good size, but I can’t get on with them myself. Some people wear them as slings. Please post a pic when it arrives!

Also not strictly beauty, (but they do sell skincare😹), if you have H&B rewards, check your balance as they are giving time limited £5 credit to account holders due to updating the system.

I went mad and bought three packs of pumpkin seeds with just 28p to pay!

They also have some good deals online.

Mine arrive today but I’m not home to see them until tomorrow

Looking forward to seeing yours too @SheilaFentiman

Hoping the fam follow instructions to bring them inside from whatever random spot Royal Mail selects 😀