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

[OvaHere]

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.

If the blush was a shade I didn't have the SNK edit might tip me as I want to try the Ludatrix scent and really like the Tatcha lip mask plus everything else in it. I could just go into store and sniff it though and I have a ton of lip balm type products to use up.

If it doesn't sell out and ends up reduced at any point I may buy it but it's not a sensible purchase and the year is young as far as edits are concerned. Something else shiny will be along shortly. 😂

The Chantecaille collection is lovely. They always are.

I’m safe with those edits - they are all nice but nothing particularly drawing me to any of them. I am still dithering over the CB stockings for next Christmas though

I did this. I'm not quite sure about the Euro / GBP exchange rate, but I appear to have paid £43.66 for the Skindulgent edit and the Ultimate Holiday edit, with the Fresh Finds kit thrown in. I did use BDAY15 code, but not sure that I should have had such a large discount 🤷‍♀️. My order confirmation gives a €90.50 total, but my bank app total is half that.

There might be a glitch, or I may only receive one item - time will tell...

@Thelifeofawife the perfume ones lean sweet, skin scent, so read notes before you get that one. Something you hate is not a bargain!

cab you list a link please ? Apologies if I’ve missed it!

Ignore - just saw the link. Thank you.

Forgive me, for I have sinned 🤣

The Eve Lom advent calendar is now half price on their website 🧡https://www.evelom.co.uk/products/12-day-advent-calendar
You also get a free travel set, 2 free samples and I had a £10 voucher, so I got it all for £102 💃🥳

I haven't even opened the boxes that the Elemis and Tatcha ACs are in. I might need to just check that my order is correct and then put them all away for next year 🤔 my family find it hilarious that I keep buying advent calendars, so wait til I tell them today 🤣

If anyone wants to buy it, or anything else, I apparently have a link which will get you £10 off and me £10 off 🤑

I love EVE LOM GLOBAL! Shop through my link to get a reward http://rwrd.io/yfw1usv?s

That's a good deal @JoRaRaRa I'm not going to buy one but it's a decent amount for the cost.

I really must try Eve Lom one time. I always sell or pass on their products from edits but you've convinced me I should give them a go. They've never appealed to me as a brand but I can't really say why.

That is a really good deal, JoRaRaRa. I am trying hard to resist!

It’s a good deal, however I’ve never liked their cleansers - not sure why, probably the scent or lack of it 🫣 I’m still waiting for all these Christmas sets to go 60% or more off. It does happen!

The Look Good, Feel Better beauty boxes are reduced - and support a good cause.
shop.lookgoodfeelbetter.co.uk/uk

Me too for the cult beauty advent calendar 🤣

@OvaHere yes, you should try it, I'm like that with some brands though, I just straight out refuse to try them without any reason 🤣

@pinkchampagne1 it's a brilliant deal, you should defo go for it 💁🏻‍♀️

@ITookYourJoob I love the smell of the cleansing balm, it smells very spa like to me 🥰 I use it every night and already have a large amount of them in backup 🙈 definitely didn't need anymore 🤣 The retinol serum is worth £145 though and I do recommend it, so that alone is worth more than the AC. So basically everything else is free. Girl maths!! 💃

Is the CB ac still in stock?! 😲 I thought that sold out yonks ago!

@BakeOffRewatch Ah yes, that might be an exception 😁

@JoRaRaRa I often wonder if I got an out of date one or something (full size cleanser from Lookfantastic edit) and it really smelled like an old soap scum 😬 no one else seems to have the same impression. I might buy the the set if it’s still in stock tomorrow, just to test it properly once and for all.

Yup still sitting in my Cult Beauty basket https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/p/beauty-box/the-cult-beauty-advent-calendar-classic-curation-worth-over-1-100/16582920/ I’ve started selling stuff on Vinted, so wondering if I should get and sell bits, - though one of my listings is in a 2 day check and I feel wary now. I’ve sold about £100 worth of stuff so far that I’m waiting to come in so it’s a lot of Vinted go rogue and close my account or something. But @OvaHere is right, there will be lots of shiny new edits soon.

Re: Eve Lom a/c, code: MVC15 brings it down to £95.63 AND you still get the free gift according to my basket.

I am NOT buying it as I don’t use retinol and the retinol product is the big draw here, but it’s fantastic value.

Thanks @JoRaRaRa for the heads up on its availability.

I must resist but I am sooo weak!

Ah brilliant! 😍 That's a great price!! I thought someone would be able to find a code for it but I didn't want to risk waiting and it selling out. It sold out really fast the other week when Harrods reduced it.

LiB mystery box contains
PK Elasti styler 40ml (hurrah it's not elasticizer)
Gatineau golden glow gradual tan 75ml
Essie clear polish with silver glittter and cuticle oil
30ml Dr botanicals salicylic exfoliator - nope
Bandi SPF 30, got 3 of these now so nope
2 x Ambre superfluide perfume 2.5ml each ???? https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/ambre-eau-de-parfum-100ml-000823185.html
Curel deep moisture spray full size - favourite item
L'oreal infallible setting mist - nope
Whind 30ml Oasis bright serum
Dr Cosmeceuticals Caffeine serum FS fake value brand so meh but looks high in glycerin and panthnol but why is wine listed as last ingredient?
Lelive african glow and restore oil 30ml interesting.

Clearly worth a bit even taking out that Whind seems to be heavily discounted and the Dr Cosme...

M&S have a new Glow Up Edit for £30, which looks quite nice. I'm not getting it as I sorted through my stash (again!) last night and don't need anything - although I might get one to gift

https://www.marksandspencer.com/the-glow-up-edit/p/hbp60916771

There's also the Unwind Edit at £30 too.

Now - if the M&S edit appears on the Beauty Detective site I will be convinced that the BD is one of us!

The Liberty Sleep edit has just arrived, but my virtuous plan to let DH give it to me as a later gift has gone out the window. The package arrived soaked, with the cardboard box in a state of collapse, so I had to open it to check the contents.

I have no idea how DPD managed to get the parcel so wet as I saw the guy walk out of his van straight to my house and put it in the porch - it must have been left out in the rain at the depot before loading. The wash bag is wet, so is currently on the radiator drying out, but fortunately everything else is ok.

The h/w bottle is adorable! (Goodness knows if you can buy replacements that size, though.)

I have put the foot cream and the Dermalogica moisturiser into my DIY calendar, but I will start using everything else now. Tbf, its arrival has cheered up a miserable afternoon, but I mustn’t buy anything else.

I've been thinking she's lurking here lately. Fair play, I think her site is great.

Love BD, I think she gives honest reviews on the products she tests. I stalk the site daily looking for offers.