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

[OvaHere]

New thread for everyone. Welcome back and hello to newbies and lurkers.

Advent season has now officially kicked off despite the heatwaves. There's a dedicated thread for advent calendar discussion with spoilers here
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5549187-beauty-fragrance-advent-calendars-infochat-2026-spoilers?page=1

This is a good set. I’m only interested in the Dermalogica eye cream though which I’ve had before and really like the softness of it. I’ll hold off for now, see if a discount comes along

I received and opened my Harrods scent tote yesterday. The bag is cute but I definitely prefer the green to the orange one, so I may sell that on. I only did a sniff (not spray) of the fragrances to get a bit of an idea which I might like, the FDB rude oud actually seems nice so I’m looking forward to going to the shop to try that properly.
The Ex Nihilo lust in paradise smells lovely (I thought it would).
I couldn’t get a sniff of the Montale one so no comment on that.
The Bibbi deep lotus reminds me of the ladies restrooms at The Ivy - which no doubt sounds bad but I always like the smell when I walk in there 😅
The Maison Crivelli muse nurasana is the one I tried in Selfridges, so very happy about that.

I also got the Harrods Christmas crackers, thanks to the PP who mentioned them, they are lovely!

Pro ageing sounds wrong- I don't want to age! Surely it should be anti ageing?

I quite liked their use of the phrase pro-ageing over anti-ageing! Ageing is inevitable (if you're lucky) and your skin's needs are different, so I like that they've put a positive spin on that.

Prequel has landed- prices much better than first indicated.

I wish they had a set of minis of the Prequel. I’m quite interested in trying a few things but don’t want to pay for full size!

Face the future hair edit. May get

Very true. Why should we women (and let's face it it is women) be made to feel bad for, basically, surviving?

I'm still working my way through my tote although I liked Maison Crivelli musc nurasana so much that I've already bought another one from Vinted. I've just sprayed the lust in paradise though and now I want a back up of that too. I'm beginning to think I should have just bought two totes 😂

Surviving is the word to use ♥️
Especially with menopause thrown in the mix
Ime anyway.♥️🤣

The Not-Dead-Yet Edit probably wouldn’t be a bestseller 😀

Quote from myself last thread:
"Has anyone tried Prequel products, specifically the gleanser and the half and half? I was planning to wait until they launched in spacenk in July, but I've just seen on a Caroline Hirons video that the prices are £40 each for full size! They're cheaper on glow trend at the moment and I can get the remedy vitamin c there too 🤔 "

Fortunately this was nonsense and the prices were dead wrong in the CH video, gleanser is £20 for full size 🙌 I already bought the things I wanted from vinted as people were selling their PR packages, but i'm glad I didn't spend a fortune anywhere now 🥳

I read something today about women having babies in their late 30s (🙋‍♀️) have a continuous “maelstrom of hormonal chaos” with pregnancy, breastfeeding, and then peri 😬. Can that be the next thread title @OvaHere ? 🤣

😂 “dared to age past 29”

@SheilaFentiman 😹😹😹😹

The "It's only down hill from here edit"

It’s typical - the one perfume Liberty do that I actually like, the one in this month’s BD, is a) only a tiny sample AND b) not in their calendar🤬

I put some on last night and can still smell it this morning - it’s lovely!

I am feeling slightly more positive towards Liberty since the arrival of this month’s BD - it’s a good one!

I love the perfume too, it smells great on me. Hopefully it will find it's way into the 2026 scent or summer edits if those are in the pipeline 🤞

Btw: If anyone fancies trying MOEV shampoo, TKMAXX have the 300ml bottle online for £6.99.

I absolutely love this haircare range. I have been using the treatment cream every day when washing my hair and do think it looks better.

I think it's a great edit surprised at some of the comments. A WA lip liner in a very wearable colour is fab. Probably work well as a lippy with some balm too. Not a big fan of Maria nila but will try, plus I've got 1l shampoo and conditioner from Briogeo coming. Serum would not be my choice but full size! and I've not tried the bog standard AB cream before. Fragrance dry down didn't work for me but I was thinking of getting an 8ml of it so that saved me. Fab box of things to try.

I think it’s a great box @Hicupping. I was just about to cancel BD, but am having second thoughts now.

My Liberty BD hasn’t arrived yet but I’m happy with the lip pencil, I already have the matching lipstick!

I second this - the Moev hair range leaves my hair very soft. I used the shampoo, conditioner and hair oil.

I did cancel after the April box, it was such a disappointment. I then had a 3 months for £20pm offer so rejoined to get a discount and early access on edits.

I had £140 in vouchers, which seemed to disappear when I rejoined, but Liberty CS soon sorted it out. IT just needed to link my new BD account with my old one.