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

[OvaHere]

Time for another thread. Spring and Summer releases are trickling out to tempt us AND the advent calendar waitlists are appearing...hope you are all feeling suitably Christmassy. 😂

Thanks everyone who continues to contribute to the chatter and welcome to any newbies who want to join in.

Thank you for the new thread 🥰

Must be my day for freebies as I just got this from SpaceNK, bought a £4 sheet mask to get the Tatcha goodies. Very excited as I’ve been wanting to try Tatcha. (I joined the thread around the time everyone was buying Tatcha on discount but didn’t take the plunge).

I feel like it's going to launch on the 26th, because all my current rewards expire on the 25th. That's odd timing though, because you'd think they would launch it for the bank holiday/bank holiday weekend. If it does, I really hope the rewards stack!

In the meantime I'm so fed up of waiting for the Harrods GWP I'm going off half the stuff in my basket and have started buying bits cheap on Vinted instead 🙈

Has anyone used Gatineau products before? They seem to have a really good offer on at the moment.

Thanks for the new thread @OvaHere

My Boots SPF beauty box arrived yesterday and I'm very happy with it for £39.20. By my reckoning the contents are worth around £218.

https://www.boots.com/boots-spf-and-skin-beauty-box-10382452

Oooh @keepincool mine is waiting in a box on the side - came today!

Thanks to the PP who mentioned the CT cream offer on the JL rewards (sorry I looked back but couldn’t find the original post) 😊

Also thanks @JoRaRaRa for the heads up regarding the postage. I didn’t know you could just pay for postage rather than buy something else!

Lucky you - enjoy !! I want this email too (come on beauty gods!!).

According to Really Ree the Harrod's GWP drops on Friday 15th. I've had a basket of stuff at Harrods in anticipation for about a week - but I'm still not sure about actually getting it as I don't really need anything and the GWP contents didn't excite me that much. Perhaps I'm ill. Something's clearly wrong! 😂

I’m annoyed - the Trinny Lip to Cheek from the Jarrolds bag contains talc so that’s a no, no from me. Weirdly, the Violine from the Liberty a/c doesn’t contain it.

Very disappointing- I thought all reputable companies were moving away from using talc nowadays.

Where’s the contents list for the forthcoming Harrods GWP? ReallyRee is listing last years’ contents.

https://beauty-detective.com/harrods-beauty-gift-with-purchase-may-2026/

Thank you for the new thread, @OvaHere!

There are so many things I’ve got my eye on at the moment, but they’re all dispersed across different platforms and wishlists. I must consolidate my thinking in order to optimize for GWPs.

Another thanks for new thread @OvaHere!

I’m still waiting for my Stylevana order but have emailed them and it’s due to be sent soon. Slightly annoying as the last order I made was despatched really quickly. I’m twiddling my thumbs now!

I’m wondering if Look fantastic monthly box subscription is worth it? I don’t know if it will just increase my donate pile or if products/ selection are good. May box looks okish. There are a couple of things I wouldnt use but the price point is very good. Also what sort of discount do you get on the edits? Are these discounts only avaiable with the 12 month subscription or does the rolling monthly one give you access to the discounts too?

Looks like the JL beauty box is now out of stock online. Well that might be saving me £200 as I was holding to buy this box until the GWP releases.

For anyone eyeing the Oh My Cream! edit, the green Casa Lopez bag is back in stock.

Tarte have an offer of 7 products for £70 (you build a kit with one thing from each category - eye, lip etc). I've never tried the brand, I remember it was discussed on here before and people were positive if a little lukewarm. Probably not an offer I'll go for but thought it was worth mentioning.

The link below mentions dollars, but it's £70 with free shipping to the UK

https://tartecosmetics.com/en-gb/pages/custom-kit

I had it for 12 months and my conclusion was no. The ratio of things I didn't really want to those that were nice to have wasn't enough for me to renew.

I think edit/AC discounts were in the region of £5-15 but I found by the end I wasn't interested in buying enough of the LF edits to keep on with the box.

I also found monthly was just too often to be getting a box. If you're someone who doesn't buy much beauty outside of getting the box then it might be fine but I really can't make that particular claim. 😂

Tarte tubing mascara is good. I think it's a good offer if you want to try stuff out.

Another who doesn’t think it’s worth it unless you have plenty of people to share products with, I had an annual subscription and didn’t renew it. The majority of my items ended up being donated or given away as wouldn’t use them.

Ended up ordering the Paradise set and got the Glow set as a free gift.

This looks very tempting @grateful3 did you use any discount code? I’ve never used their products but would be very willing to try. 🙈

@Beautyfox I couldn’t get any codes to work but maybe someone else on here has one that works. Reallyree on Instagram has just posted a video of these bags and what’s inside them. I’ve never used Gatineau before but am a sucker for lovely bags and gwps so I thought I’d give it a try.

I used to buy Tarte about a decade ago. It was good and well thought of then but I think it’s fallen out of fashion. Much like Stila. They didn’t really evolve as brands.