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

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New thread. Everyone welcome to join to chat about beauty bargains or just beauty in general.

Thanks to everyone who regularly contributes and keeps us whizzing through these threads.

Now we're in June we might be seeing the first Advent reveal before the month is out! Exciting times. 😍

Medicube is all over my TikTok feed at the moment. Has anyone tried it? I don’t want glass skin like some people seem to promote but I do want a bit of a glow. I am 55 and my skin, despite using products always looks a bit flat and dull.

Funny you should mention this. I've excluded all Niacinamide, no multi vits, no strivectin neck cream which had a nicotinoate (might be spelt wrong). My itching has done, I'm sure now the strivectin caused an upsurge in itching but it's actually all gone. It's only been a few weeks but it was like someone turned a switch off. Bit hard to tell if it has any impact on rosacea as I've managed to upset my barrier (Mizon jesu mask supposedly calming). I do have a condition (too many platelets) which itching can be a side effect so ymmv but I would absolutely give it a try. I'm finding a lot of my recent stuff doesn't have it in so maybe the trend of having it in everything is changing. The MZ bio placenta serum, Zelens B12, Mz calming cream, idik8 advanced peptides etc etc are all free.

@craftycowbag There a lot of stuff on the Reddit Asian beauty threads about Medicube and false advertising claims (apparently Anua too). Not sure if there’s anything behind it or it’s something you’d be bothered by but might be worth looking into.

@CorneliaStreet and @craftycowbag Medicube is in trouble in Korea atm for false advertising. (I watched a couple of YouTube videos about it recently.)

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the products themselves, but Medicube were muddying the waters between cosmetic and medical benefits for some products in their advertising.

I bought the night wrapping mask @craftycowbag. I couldn't stop myself from peeling it off after about half an hour though 😆 Like a few of those masks (the biodance one that you leave on for 4 hours and the Byoma peel off one) they do leave my skin looking like glass - but it only lasts a couple of hours and I've never actually timed them before going out, so a bit pointless & gimmicky in the end. I haven't tried any other medicube products though.

I also have the Medicube Night Wrapping Mask and I wasn’t impressed. I much prefer the Byoma one.

I intended buying until I say the contents and the price tag is high. Even with well being freebie. I would have likely ended up with the red lipstick and dont wear red.
The edits can be hit and miss but overall ive been happy eith them. You do end up with a lot of repeats if you purchase regularly x

I’ve finally paletted all my Surratt blush and eye shadows and hope to use them more now they’re easier to access. It’s a shame this brand is disappearing from the UK. They’re lovely quality. They remind me of Shu Uemura which I still miss browsing in Harvey Nichols, and Inoui ID which was never available here but I used to order it from Japan (it was a Shiseido brand discontinued in 2007) 💔

@craftycowbag I've nearly finished medicube and won’t be rebuying. Its just ok. Most of it peels off as soon as you get in to bed even with me giving it an hour drying time.

the Jarrold’s pick me up bag works with the 10% off so come out at £36 not £40

www.jarrolds.co.uk/departments/beauty/gifts/beauty-pick-me-up-bag

@wohmum was there an email? I haven’t seen anything about a discount code. Placed a big order last night..!

Just done a Boots order for a few bits. Got an offer on for 20% when you spend £35 on loads of brands, then used code MEAGANSC15 for an extra 15% on top.

Yes, I got an email on Friday with this :

code is SALE26
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Thank you for this - got the cost of some tinted SPF low enough that I could get it free with points 😁

Thank you @Caggie09!

Very tempted by Prada as it’s stacking with the GWP and could get the Champagne and Pink highlighters plus mini lip gloss and mirror for £68 + 600 bonus Boots points (normally £50 each) so I’ve just opened my Becca x Smashbox highlighter which I bought a few weeks ago but hadn’t yet used (and it’s lovely!) to try and put myself off 😂

Thank you :) I've used the code to finally try Armani Luminous Silk foundation and also repurchase my Elemis Apricot toner that ran out this week

Thanks for sharing, I picked up a Chanel Les Beiges touch and added some eye patches as had 400 points for a £50
spend.

I love my surratt blush from Liberty 2024 ac. Something I would have never bought.

Thanks @wohmum - I’ve now spotted two different discount codes from Jarrolds in my spam folder (Basket10 as well as Save26) but too late 😭

So glad you asked this, feeling happier about my many open products, thing is, I have a set of serum, eye cream, moisturiser in a wash bag I take to the gym, another set in the bathroom, and 2 on the dressing table (one with retinol, one without so I can interleave them), oh and another set that permanently lives in my 'going away' wash bag. Takes an age to get through toner, but I do keep the mini bottles so I can decant into them for the different places. I suppose this is an excuse for liking minis, but mostly I just think they're really cute

Opened the Liberty email this morning and wondered why it had a photo of a roll of toilet paper posing as a posh candle

That's not just any ordinary bog roll you know, it's special embossed bog roll for the finest bottoms in the land...

https://beauty-detective.com/cohorted-the-able-skincare-beauty-box-2026/

Anyone heard of Able skincare? It's a high value to price ratio but I'm not familiar. Is it an Avant type brand?

Not planning to buy this but curious if anyone has used it.

I've had an email for this. No not heard of them. I didnt investigate i have spent a lot recently although its my birthday month so doesnt count. 🤣
Still waiting on space nk email. Will ring them tomorrow

Thank you!! I’ve just used this method and stacked it with the Clinique 3 for 2 to stock up on things I use regularly. So, 3 for 2, plus 20% off, plus your code for 15% more — really excellent 🙏