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.

I got an all black Canfield backpack that DS is eyeing up for college. I also bought someone’s orange Stratford on Vinted so I’m happy to just use that.

They sound good @QueefofSheena

Blimey this thread is on page 39 already. We'll have filled this one up in around 3 weeks - I think that might be a record. 😁

I saw the Byredo Vesuvius palette is out now and it is gorgeous! Does anyone know of any dupes? I'm looking at Natasha denona retro glam, which is less than half the price - does anyone own it and can recommend? As much as I love the look of the byredo, I definitely can't justify the cost

Not exact dupes but check some of these out for similar. I have one of their palettes and it's nice quality.

cosmicbrushes.co.uk/collections/makeup

Ooh, very pretty, thanks!

@IlovePond - I got the Citron Bantry too! It's nice, but I probably wont use it. It says it's small, but for me it's a big bag.

Has anyone had a reaction to the Zelens Z-22 oil?

I tried it last night and felt a bit warm and itchy…

Maybe it was the combo of going on top of a Skin Rocks retinol night serum (I only use that a couple of times a week). But if that’s not the case I’ll be having to ditch it.

@keepincool - I am sorry it’s not for you. They do accept returns but postage isn’t free. Otherwise you can return for free in exchange for a credit. There’s a lot on eBay atm, but it would probably sell quite quickly at the LD price.

Hope you are not too disappointed.

Oh lord - I think I want at least half of those palettes now!

Good going especially as most of us are meant to be doing low / no buy 🤣🤣

I think our girl VB must have hired a fleet of snails to deliver these orchid palettes 😩🐌

I agree!!
I did order the LE Betty palette from Liberty and has been delivered today, it’s gorgeous 🥰

I have Smoulder and The Lovers. They're very good for the price. I need to play with them more - they're quite pigmented as indie shadows tend to be so they scare me a little bit. I've got better at eyeshadow after a lot of recent practice so I need to give them a another go.

I’ve bought Smoulder. Those multichromes are just so beautiful - no idea how they’ll actually look on but I look forward to attempting it.

I’ve got Smoulder from Cosmic Brushes too. I think they’re brilliant quality for the price. The mattes are pigmented but they blend out really well.

I want the Nudetrals one too but think it might be too warmed toned for me.

This is how my Smoulder is looking - it’s definitely got some use! I use the darker mattes as eyeliner using an angled brush.

It's not a problem at all - they are very generously sizes bags and great quality. I'm sure I'll be able to either gift it or sell it on 😊

I'm tempted by Angelic. I didn't realise they'd had a new launch. Lord knows I don't need it and I can't even decide if it would suit me but it looks very pretty.

I need to go look for a youtube review.

Angelic is really pretty. The new Beauty. Bay one is a similar colour story I think (sorry, can’t link as any links to that site seem to get blocked on here).

I think it's probably too similar to The Lovers to justify buying it, I can see a lot of overlap. Need to sit on my hands.

I've gone for the Lovers palette and put my name down on the waitlist for the Nudetrals one - they look lovely. I might return my ABH palette and just use these.

I used code JAVFLYNN for 10% off too 😊

Sorry for being a bad influence 😆 I love the look of all the palettes but I keep telling myself I don't have enough occasions to wear such pigmented/glittery eyeshadow. Much easier to justify £26 rather than £92 though!!

I'm tempted to get this one, I like the sparkles in it ✨ I might see how much credit I have with them. Part of me feels that I should wait though and stop going for purples. I now have the dior plum parade, clé de peau dreams express in tea safari that has a glittery lilac in, chantecaille flamingo dusk with the plum in and hopefully soon, the vb orchid. I think I need some other colours.