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. 😍

I went to Gunwharf quays today and they have a The Cosmetics Company Store and after all the chat around Tom Ford eyeshadows and not having any in my collection, I picked up the Golden Mink and Ember Bronze, was £65 for both.

@OvaHere oh bdk impadia would be lovely, I think the btso will be too new to be included.

@LightandBreezy I still have quite a lot of my Harrods ac to open, but that's how I justify it more, it lasts me all year 😉🤣

@Caggie09 I've been wearing sand and skin recently too, it's gorgeous. Today I've worn the Thameen and Ex Nihilo 😍

@IDontHateRainbows if it wasn't for someone on here, I would've missed out too. I think other people will be looking out for it going on sale a day early too. I'm going to try to WFH the whole week leading up to release day 🤣

@pinkchampagne1 I now have over 100 perfumes, but I'm deffo still getting it. It's too much of a bargain to miss 🤭

I got a CT peach wand in some box of other but it’s completely the wrong colour for me - I should have sold it rather than try it with my skin tone.

I just chucked away the ELF dupe in a deeper bronze shade because that did nothing for me either!

Should I see the Elle mag I will buy if there’s another colour to try. But I too am not pounding the - very - hot streets in a search that is no doubt doomed to failure !

I didn't like peach. Pillow talk medium is best on my medium-deep skin tone although only when I have a tan.

Wow, over 100 perfumes! That is impressive! 😃

Nothing in ASDA but they recently got rid of George and expanded homewares and it's now pants unless you want plates or toasters.

New CB edit coming soon. Quite a nice one.

https://beauty-detective.com/cult-beauty-the-new-nineties-edit-2026/

This is nice too. Although being CT it's pricey at £110 (value £225)
https://beauty-detective.com/charlotte-tilbury-charlottes-mini-glow-go-travel-beauty-bag-2026/

I found a kind of glowy balm stick in my chest of drawers. Korean, the brand is Kahi. It looks like it’s good for glass skin and topping up during the day. So I’ll put it in my bag and see what it’s like.

I watched a Miss Boux decluttering video yesterday.

Good grief!

I know she’s a YouTuber and beauty blogger, but looking at how much stuff she has, (and with LOADS more packed away elsewhere, etc.) made me feel a lot better about my stash 🙀

Here’s the link if anyone else is interested:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GUJiwrkzIB0

On a related note: I would love to know how much money she makes on YouTube- she posts ALL the time and does get some stuff comped, but also has a ‘real’ job.

I do like her videos, but this one shocked me a bit, tbh.

Cult Beauty GWP 💃🏻🩷
The Soft Focus Kit (worth over £125) when you spend £75 on cosmetics.
Hopefully the Holt or the fairy will sell them on vinted, I think it looks quite good.

Oh my cream have a summer goodie bag with £120 spend. Code SUMMER26. It’s got some nice things in and they still have their sale on and stock of the summer tote bag.

https://ohmycream.co.uk/blogs/journal/goodie-bag

Amazon have 20% off Medik8 products today for their prime event

I’ve loved my oh my cream summer tote bag and the sarong is lovely, used it on my hols a couple of weeks ago. With free gift too it’s a steal!

I was tempted to get another one 🙈 but I decided to stock up on the tata harper gift sets that are in the sale because I really like this brand. I haven’t yet tried anything that’s been disappointing.
However, the day is young so I might also order another summer tote.

Good good. I love the cleansing oil, it's the only cleanser I can really tolerate (I sometimes put a balm on top to double cleanse but I need this as the base)

LRP-Antheliios sunscreen has a fair bit off in prime deals too (varies by product but looks like 20-40%)

Next have a free gift when you purchase 2 selected products. A few beauty boxes are included such as the headliners box and Sun-Drenched & Dewy Beauty Box.

Hi, I decided to use a new Eyeko liquid liner today but it stopped working after one eye😹

Does anyone know if liquid eyeliner is prone to drying out in hot weather and, if so, will it be useable once the weather changes?

Or should I just chuck it?

Thanks

Btw: I am loving the ELF eye pencil in Denim that I bought a while back during a mad urge to experiment with blue, (I have brown eyes).

It’s lovely and I really recommend it.

I have also just started using one of my two Colorgram liquid lipsticks - it’s absolutely beautiful and lasts ages on the lips. I have a nasty habit of ‘saving’ things that I think are too pretty to use/can’t easily be replaced so I am glad I made myself use this before it went off!

It’s a dark pink colour and I got it from StyleKorean - the other one is a clear gloss that I picked up in SK - I must get round to using that as well !

Did the goodie bag add to your basket as I have the edit and added the code but it hasn’t added to my basket?

Also if anyone sees the fairy or Holt list the CB gwp please can they let me know as may be tempted to buy one from them 😂

It's actually cheaper on Notino than Amazon prime day - just goes to show these prime day deals are a bit hype-y and often you can just search and find it cheaper elsewhere. For a cleanser it's quite expensive so I'll hang on.

Yes once I added the code in at the checkout stage it showed up. You put the code in the discount box. I’ve just checked and it adds for the summer tote too.

I really must NOT buy that tote and goody bag!

I now have it in my basket to check the code worked…. I need to walk away! 🙈