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

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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

CB Nineties edit is available now. I'm not going to get it but I think it's a nice curation. Lacks a grungy type lipstick though.

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

Am reading Pretty Iconic by Sali Hughes and she lists the Cool Spice MAC as an icon

Bags can be used as packed lunch bags. Very stylish for a Tupperware. I havevthe blue one from the Beach Event. Lovely items but according to my calculations it’s not worth 200£. More loke 160. Still lovely though

That's a good idea, but I work from home 😐 I've sold one of them already.

I wear lip pencil so infrequently that I’ve still got my original kicking around.

My first thought was “what is it about this box that makes it 90s vs current?”

My second was. “Oh, that’s why the pro-aging offerings resonate”

😂😂😂😂

Not pro-aging. Delusional.

🤦‍♀️

So I lied about not buying this. I discovered CBAFF took it down to £33.55 so I caved. Also the Vieve product is a lip product - I missed that first time around.

It's felt like a rough work day so I wanted a treat. 😂

MSE10 - gets you £10 off the boots Cosmo edit so £45 instead of £55

Does anyone know if Harrods GWP available instores? Im having a FOMO now

Ah, thank you for the code. I wanted to order Naked Sundays SPF50+ Hydrating Glow Mist Setting Spray and it stacks with the SPF offer so it was £19.17 down from £30 and then I didn’t want to pay for shipping so I threw in the Nineties edit, paid with £50 status points and £2.73 cash 😅 Will probably sell on most of the Nineties edit but see how it looks when it arrives.

Thank you for this! I’ve had my eye on it for a few weeks but was waiting for a discount. I also forgot it was £10 Tuesday, I’ve picked up a few bits from that too

Well, I have cracked and done a SK order as I couldn’t bear the idea of my credit expiring 🙀

I didn’t buy one of the special boxes available during the current FESTA event - they look good, but I have SO much stuff already. Instead I bought more MOEV treatment cream and some other items, including a Laneige cream that was under $6 and three of the $1 relay deals.

I stopped myself buying any more lipstick as I have far too much already.

It’s still quite a lot of stuff as I qualified for a few freebies on top of my order but at least I ordered things I was keen to try/use, rather than getting the pre-filled box.

I have enough haircare to last me for the foreseeable future and I really mustn’t buy anything else.

BTW: The SK Lucky Box is available atm for $29. It contains ten skincare items.

Here’s a link to the SK Lucky Box:

https://www.stylekorean.com/product/stylekorean-timedeal-lucky-box-must-have-items/1783318283

Liberty has 20% off makeup min £100today for Beauty Drop members, I bought two of the Violette FR blushes I have and my eye on.

Also Space NK have a new gift with purchase for a £95 spend, not their best gwp in my eyes so will be happy to pass.

The Space NK gwp

Oh that spaceNK is a bit pants!

Thanks @MrsBnow12 . I think I can resist this one. However, I do need some deodorant but do I need £95 worth. 🙈.

Tis a bit, and I wanted some Prequel stuff, but meh.

That’s typical, I spent £100 at SpaceNK a few days ago 🙈

I absolutely don’t need anything else, and I’ve probably got most of the stuff in that GWP anyway

Did you get the £20 off though? That was a better deal, I think!

I just bought three Ilia blushes 🫣 and another Bisou Balm (Guimauve). I’m not interested in ACs though so I used £40 of BD credit and £30 of Loyalty vouchers meaning I only paid £34 and got the Ilia cosmetic bag GWP as well. Definitely good for powder blushes and Bisou Balm now (this is my fourth!).

Does anyone have any recommendations for decolletage/ cleavage cream? I've big boobs (and bum, and stomach, losing weight on the jags but it's slow!) and I've noticed in recent photos that that area is horrendous.

I am terrible at using body lotion on my torso, so perhaps that would be a help, even with "normal" lotion. I was thinking perhaps a retinol body lotion, any recommendations?

@LouScot - I have been using up my unloved Boots SPF 40 day cream on my neck, alternating with random serums when I remember. I am also plastering myself with spf.

This seems to be helping.

A lot of people like Prai neck cream, but it has a tendency to pill.

@LouScot I use the same retinol creams (and others serums, creams etc) on my neck and décolletage as my face.

(I have tried some specific neck creams as well which I like - I'm much more concerned about my neck than chest 😅)

Retinol body lotion specifically - i don't use them on chest, but do on underarms and stomach. I tried the Murad cream, bit found it a bit too thick to easily apply. I'm using an Alpha H retinol 'reboot' body treatment at the minute, which I'm preferring - easier to apply and rub in, but no idea if it's doing much yet!

Really looking forward to hearing how you like the blushes! I bought one of the eye shadows which is very nice.