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

[OvaHere]

Beauty addicts assemble.

A new thread as we are powering through them at quite a rate now.

Thanks to everyone who contributes to the beauty chat and we are always happy to see new posters.

Join at your peril. It can get spendy. 😬

I've just seen the new MBM ethereal eyes palette is sold out at Sephora. Not sure if it will come back during the sale or whether it's 'sold out' for the purpose of the sale.

That makes it an easy decision though so I'm not mad.

I'm having an internal battle with myself about just skipping the sale altogether and just getting my MBM/Rhode wants during the next event in the autumn when I'm actually there to take delivery. It would be far more sensible. It's just difficult to ignore the 25% off now pull. I keep telling myself this sale will happen again in October!!! 😂

Worth looking at Boots - £5 off £20 hair products plus lots of other offers.

@OvaHere I'm trying not to buy by reminding myself of the constant offers. Hard though - I keep checking my stash to reign myself in.

The best deals were Black Friday - I don’t think it’s too early to start my list 😳

@Thelifeofawife zara have some really lovely things at a reasonable price of you need a couple of pieces to see you through to goal weight 😊

I'm tempted to get Never Ending Summer from CB with the free gift, but I don't need any more perfume and want to wait for the new hair edit.............

@OvaHereThat makes my decision re the palette easier as well - I was on the fence as do not need another neutral palette.
I don’t think Rhode is included, I went through the exclusions and that is the one that stood out.

Thank you, I found the thread! Very helpful

The MBM palette was already out of stock when the first post was on her about the sale, because I went to see what it was like.

Look Good Feel Better Radiance Box reduced from £50.00 to £29.99

• A Drop d’Issey eau de parfume Essentielle 50ml – RRP £85.00
• Elizabeth Arden Hyaluronic Acid Capsules 30 pcs – RRP £51.00
• Refy Brow Sculpt Full size – £18.00
• Revlon Illuminance Gel Blush Brilliant Berry or Striking Rose – Full size RRP £9.99
• Kiko Everlasting Colour Precision Lip Liner in Warm Nude or Rose – Full size RRP £8.99
• Philip Kingsley Swimcap Chlorine Hair Protection Water Resistant Mask 200ml – Full size RRP £39
• Yardley Magnolia & Fig Body Spray 75ml – RRP £2.50
• OPI A Sherbert Thing Nail Polish – Full size RRP £18

https://shop.lookgoodfeelbetter.co.uk/uk/beauty-box/beauty-box-radiance-edit

Oh that looks tempting @psuedocream3

my Zoeva order arrived 😊
I’ve ordered the metallic aubergine to try plus tots of grey and sapphire.

I was looking by at those shades too, and another one but can’t recall which it was 😅
Is there currently a deal on like last time? I had already purchased loads of other things so decided to hold off, but they do look good and I’ve just been paid 😏

Thank you, I’ll try to have a look over the weekend! I did a big Zara haul last year but now most of it won’t fit 😅
I need to look in store as I can’t stand the layout of their website 😵‍💫

If you buy 3 you get the sharpener and the little bag. I don’t normally want more bags (clutter) but do think I’ll use to keep my growing number 😳

I wore the sparky blue on a night out recently and people were asking what it was - definitely makes eyes look bigger, stays put. I’ve been using on upper lid near the lash line and as eyeliner - as they show on the website. It’s so effective (wish I knew this earlier !).

edit - the cost for all was £45

If they release Rhode Teacup in time for the discount it’s really nice!

Thanks. That's another thing off the list. Maybe I will be able to walk away in the end and wait for the next one. 😬

@BlueLimes what's the name of the blue colour. I had a basket ready to checkout last week but then remembered I had hildun ones although ive found they do move a touch.
I nearly ordered a bright green one that did look lovely then saw someone wearing it on youtube vid and thought thank goodness I didnt. Too old to pull that off and dont go anywhere special 🤣

Great, thanks! The sharpener and bag will be useful.
What colour eyes do you have?
I have blue eyes and have used blue on my lids before and it’s been nice, but wondering whether another colour will be more wow

I've finally packed my stuff. It's light for me I guess. In the end blush wise I've gone with.
CT powder blush
CT glow wand
3 x Summer Fridays cream blush
LE Velatura balm
Rhode pocket blush
Mini NARS
2 x HG blush in the Dragon palette.

Written down that's a lot for 9 days. 😂The 3 x SF is a bit OTT but I really like these and I don't feel like they will have a particularly long shelf life before expiration so I want to use them all a bit more.

I have managed to fit everything in a large SNK travel case.

Skincare and toiletries are in a separate case. I packed a lot of minis in the end, a lot of Elemis/Tatcha because I had a fair few. It's quite different from what I'm currently using at home but it's all stuff I know I don't react to.

@OvaHere that is a lot of blush 🤣 where are you going to?

I will be packing for a few days away when I get home from work and you know you're a beauty addict when rather than wondering if all the clothes you want to take will fit in the case you wonder if all the beauty and fragrance will!

I saw this , boots skin + spf box for £55. I say all the time I really need to wear spf.more, although I'm currently in the.Canaries wearing spf 15 😏

beauty-detective.com/boots-spf-skin-beauty-box-2026/

I bought the coral Dior blush this morning after deliberating for ages. I struggled to notice the difference in the pictures online.
I also didn’t notice the eyeshadow palette was available in two shades so passed on the blue- I definitely would have bought the browns if I’d seen it (but then would have felt compelled to add something else to get the free gifts) so have decided to focus on the fact I’ve actually saved loads rather than spent a bit.

@Doglover73 it’s metallic sapphire. It’s so juc, I purchased another as a back up. I love the green and do have an ancient metallic green from urban decay I wear at Christmas. I think they are surprisingly easy to pull off (hopefully not deluding myself but I have seen any looks of horror or mirth as yet).

@Thelifeofawife i have very dark brown eyes. I’d think green would also look lovely with blue eyes? I think brown with blue also looks good?

Mine are brown. Off to look 😆🫣

@BlueLimes
It was metallic emerald I saw.
Is it just me that'll now spend ages choosing and hours would pass if I let them.
😆

I haven’t purchased that one (yet) it’s definitely on my wish list - it doesn’t look too bright. Have you looked at the teal with green gold sparkle ? That looks lovely too.

Look fantastic have sone great offers including 40% off sone kerestace products.