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.

Looks amazing. Im not looking.
I had 3 very big boxes come from liberty yesterday so i need to sort out and sell some stuff.
If anyone wants my vinted name let me know ♥️

Yes please!

Me please @Doglover73

@Doglover73 yes please

I’m almost up to 30 items sold on eBay, (which is annoying as two of them were cancellations by the buyer after purchase, but before shipping, but they still count towards my yearly total).

I have removed two thirds of my listings until next January and will remove the rest once I have sold a couple more things to avoid the risk of going over the limit.

There are NO circumstances under which I am giving my NI number to eBay and I really don’t want to fill in a self-assessment form either, for the sake of a couple of hundred quid in sales of my own stuff!

I know they won’t tax me, but it’s so ridiculous having a thirty item max, (I have no problem with the £1700 cash limit!)

Being committed to SPF means I have had to break out the Gatineau fake tan from my stash! thankfully I have a couple because OMG, it’s really good!

Those of you who bought the YSL Le Vestiaire Parfums collection, which one is your favourite? I really like muse and gold but babycat is very addictive so I can see why people like that one. I found myself smelling my wrist a lot. I'm going to buy a 35ml bottle of one of them with the voucher, but I can't decide which 🤣

Babycat is the stand out for me and then Blouse and Gold. Not sure I will use my voucher, it finally arrived this morning, so if anyone would like it feel free to DM me.

I've just put muse and gold on my wrist to smell again and decide, decided on muse and now the voucher doesn't work 🥺
Blouse is nice but I have a lot of rose fragrances. I was tempted to blind buy lavalliere but that also has rose in and so I don't think my stash needs it. To be fair, it doesn't need any of them but I want to use my voucher 🤣

I have a tube of it but have never used fake tan before. Should I use body lotion first? And does it wash off - so use it in the morning after showering? And will it come off on my bedclothes?

Sorry, I'm so clueless at times!

Arghhhh Yesstyle ordered on 17th won't ship till 7th.... come on.

@Doglover73 please PM me your Vinted details too!

@TragicMuse tell me more about the Gatineau please: I’m red hair, white skin pale and on the lookout for something that helps me look a bit more alive. How long does it last?

@BurningTheToast and @Fillybuster

It doesn’t come off on clothing or bedclothes. It’s very like body moisturiser in that it sinks in and the colour develops in over a few hours. And then you can layer it for a deeper colour. I have done one application so far and am now not glaringly milk-bottle-white!

It doesn’t wash off exactly but it does fade, and if you exfoliate it will
come off more quickly, but one of the people I follow on insta puts it on 2 or 3 times a week to keep it consistent. But you can also just go light for an I’m-not-a-ghost-honest look.

I remember loving it last year and am rediscovering it now, it feels like nice skin care!

@TragicMuse

Thanks - will try it tomorrow morning. It would be nice not to be quite as dazzlingly pasty!

Excellent!

and it’s not streaky!

Does anyone know whenever space nk do discounts like 20% does perfum de marly normally be included? Someone on this thread mentioned the delina la rosee which I tested when shopping the other day and I can’t stop thinking about it since but it’s so expensive xx

It was me that bought it last week. I can't remember if it's usually excluded on SNK but it's 15% off at John Lewis at the moment and in the past I've seen it 25% off at Escentual

Do SNK even stock PDM? Never seen it in store.

I’ve been a bit scared to try it so thanks I will brave it. Do you use a mitt to apply?

Shay & Blue offer

Selfridges have a k beauty box out. £60

Nice box but too expensive for the RRP compared with SK boxes.

https://beauty-detective.com/selfridges-k-beauty-skincare-kit-2026/

Thanks @OvaHere nice but too expensive for the contents.

Although ordering from somewhere like SK or YesStyle is not as cheap as buying in Korea itself, it’s still so much cheaper than getting a UK based edit.

I do think UK retailers are taking advantage of customers by hiking up the price of Kbeauty products so much. They are relying on people not checking the price of the products elsewhere.

There quite a bit of glow recipe in tkmaxx. Some stuff is 50% off rrp. So may be worth a look for any glow recipe lovers.

I dont think I dare look on tkmaxx site 🤣

I’ve just managed to have a basket that is more than £200 but I’ve walked away for now!