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

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New thread because we can't stop chit-chatting and failing our low buy resolutions.

Everyone welcome to join in, new and old alike. This thread is a bad influence zone though so be warned all who enter! 😂

Doh! I meant the LF egg,

The glossy box fragrance does look good.

I’m giving up on the pretence of no buy.

Glossybox have the Mother's day edit available at 12pm today 🌸

Tempted by the cb edit but like others mildly irritated about paying more than an hour ago! I was also going to buy the byoma peel mask from CB but it won’t let me use blue light code on it - it keeps pushing some ridiculous razor offer as being the better offer in basket. I do not want a “free” razor that I have to pay postage on thanks 🙄
The Caroline code posted upthread does work takes it to £28.50 so maybe I am being daft not buying it. But between that and birthday vouchers that never materialised and missing parcels they are not my favourite retailer!

@LoveLabradors does blue light work with codes?

It's a losing battle on this thread @BlueLimes I lasted until 2nd Feb

@BlueLimes unfortutately not. It won’t work on anything at the moment as keeps saying the razor offer is the better offer in the basket 😡

@LoveLabradors i might buy with the £1.50 code.
@keepincool I’m no longer evev trying to resist.

I find Blue Light a bit hopeless with THG retailers, usually influencer codes are better for CB and the restrictions on LF mean it's generally useless.

Despite my irritation I caved in 😁. Let’s hope it actually manages to turn up on next day delivery this time!

I’ve just ordered the JL Mother’s Day box and 3 eyeliners from Zoeva (with a free liostick).

Not sure if to get the CN edit or MZSkin.
Then I’ll be done for the day. 😳

I think the JL fragrance edit and the Mother’s Day box are very good, but I am resisting. I don’t have any JL vouchers to help defray the cost either! No rewards at all for me atm🙀

I’m very tempted by the JL Mother’s Day box, but I did buy the Jarrolds yesterday and the Lumene AC last week, so I’m 50/50. I don’t need it, I’ve got sooo much stuff already and BACs to open still, but there’s a couple of items in the box that I know Dsis would like too so it feels a bit more justified.
I’ve popped it in my basket in case it gets reduced, or the more likely outcome, I do a late night impulse buy 😅

I had originally discounted the CB edit, but now I’ve had a proper look at it, it’s a bargain for what you get. But like others I feel loathed to pay more than I would have earlier this morning. With the lesser discount, and a credit on my account it would come down to £23.50, so it’s likely I’ll give in as the day goes on 🫣

This is the problem when it’s Christmas, birthday, Mother’s Day, there’s always an excuse to treat ourselves 🤣

I ordered the CB edit this morning at full price because I couldn’t get any codes to work, then came on here and saw others had got it cheaper so cancelled it in a fit of pique even though I think it’s really good value even at full price.

Well done everyone who got it a bit cheaper - the Hut Group deserve everything they get when it comes to discounts codes!

I really don’t need it so it’s probably a good thing (though I’ll probably break and order I again if it stays in stock for more than a couple of days 🤦‍♀️).

If it doesn't sell out it will get discounted anyway. I'm 50/50 on whether it will sell quickly - it is one of the cheaper ones, even at full price, so it might.

I got lucky with the code. Usually the edits don't go live that early and I would have missed the boat if it was after 8.30 due to meetings.

My Zoeva eyeliners and lipstick arrived yesterday - very nice!

I couldn’t work out what I was doing wrong with the CB code until I caught up on the thread! Very tempted by the JL box and have a few vouchers burning a hole in my pocket, so might go with that instead (despite last week’s delivery fiasco!)

I got the CB edit with a £5 recycleme voucher so £25 all in. Pleased with that, it’s scratched my itch for now.

I wasn’t thinking about the Jarrolds Mother’s Day kit and now I have FOMO! I might see if they’ve got any in the shop - my teen ha given me a £20 Jarrolds gift card for my birthday so I could use that…

I’d go for the CB edit if I’d a discount code. My sensible head says I’ve a few of the bits already - but then I use the TIMY cleanser and just finished a jar and it’s cheaper than buying a new one….. but then I’ve a tonne of other cleaners to use up…. So sensible head wins currently!

I am tempted by the LF Easter egg though and I have signed up to the waiting list. When did they make the egg available to buy last year? Was it in march?

@TragicMuse If you’ve got a gift card it would make the Mother’s Day hamper a great price.

You’ve actually just reminded me that I have a giftcard from Christmas (multi-shop one). So, do I give in and get the JL box, or hold off and see if something else comes along (I can use at Selfridges, Sephora, etc)…decisions decisions 😁

@Thelifeofawife I have a JL gift card which I'm saving for the Summer BB if they have one. I thought the one from last year was a good one:

https://beauty-detective.com/john-lewis-the-summer-heroes-box-2025/

The Glossybox mothers day fragrance edit has gone on sale. It's £45 but the code 10OFF takes it down to £40.50.

It is isn’t it! OH, and they’ve send me 20% off too! Decision made I think!

My Chanel and Dior palettes arrived today, I've used them both so I guess I'm keeping them both 🤣🩵💙

The bottom left on the Dior palette is gorgeous 😍 The only shade that's similar is the darkest one in each, but the Chanel one isn't as pigmented and is shimmery.

There’s 25% off everything at Escentual.