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

I am so tempted by the SK lucky box (and a load of other stuff, obviously). I have so many products stashed though. But I love trying new things and find SK stuff so exciting!

@FlipperSkipper - I can’t say for certain, but if you want the LB, I would buy it sooner rather than later before it either sells out, or SK withdraws it. (It’s only available until 16/7.)

Atm, there is a $1 Relay Deal where you can pick up three or four products for $1 each. These go live in the morning UK time and are available for 24 hours or until they sell out. (They were available to purchase at 7.45am this morning, which is a little bit earlier than on previous days, I think.)

I decided against the LB, but timed my purchase for a day when I wanted particular Relay Deals!

I’m quite surprised, but as of 1.07pm, today’s relay deals are still available, as is the LB!

I think it's decent actually. I prefer a GWP with a lower spend anyway, but I've been wanting to try the AKT and Salt & Stone deodorants and I love the Necessaire lotion, so it's tempted me. I also prefer a GWP with fewer items but where everything is a decent size (at least 10ml but ideally an actual useable size). I needed to buy Medik8 retinal anyway and the only place I can get that cheaper is Sephora with 10% off my brands which isn't a huge amount, so I justified the GWP by getting that + the Prequel pre-gleanser since it's exclusive to Space NK.

Harrods AC spoilers on BD

oooohhh - exciting. The first six are good uns, although disappointed to see brompton immortals in there again, I still have 90% left from last year.
At least if I don't get my hands on one I can predict what will be on ebay and vinted in a couple of months time and plan to stock up.

Lots of tiny tubes, no makeup that I can see.

My The New Nineties Edit arrived today. Put some bits straight up on Vinted but keeping the Hourglass mascara, Natasha Denona palette and Vieve lip gloss for now. I really don’t need anymore eye shadows but the palette does look nice!

No word from Harrods yet re the GWP they sent me instead of the Scent Seeker set. I sent them a chaser. I’m overseas for a couple of weeks from Friday (which I told them from the outset) so it’s getting rather annoying now! Hoping they let me keep the GWP though.

There's a flash25 offer on LF inc it seems all erborian plus other brands.

Me again TK maxx MZ face oil only £20! https://www.tkmaxx.com/uk/en/women/beauty/all-skincare/skincare/reviving-facial-oil-30ml/p/42093935

Mine arrived too but haven't had time to open it.

Anyone else feeling absolutely gutted? 😭 I need a beauty buy to get through the defeat. Who in their right mind thinks it's a great idea to try to defend a 1-0 lead for 40+ minutes?! 😡 Fuming!

I'll confess I didn't watch but would have been up for a special bank holiday so sympathies.

Did your Patrick Ta Mystery bag arrive?

I know. Such a disappointment.
Looks like Bellingham will be available to curate a skincare range after all 🙃

@OvaHere My PT mystery bags haven’t arrived yet. I’ve not ordered from them before so unsure what the standard timeframe is

I didn't order one. I'm just being nosy about what's in them. Hopefully you get it soon.

Yeah, I really thought it was the perfect time with starmer going, it would've been in his leaving speech. Then left it to Burnham to fund 🤣🤣

No, it's not arrived yet. I don't think it's even with the courier yet, or at least it wasn't last time I checked. Of to go check now 😀

Also, the pub was rammed, completely different to the group games when we had it all to ourselves. I was so scared that someone would stand on my toes from cheering so much, clearly there was no need for me to worry 😐

Crap cup anyway 🤣 doesn't even look like a cup 🤪

at least we played more like gentlemen.

Mine arrived, contents detailed below:
Contour brush 1
Plumping gloss 2CC
Lip balm 5ml
Eye illusion eye shadow duo I’m with her
Double take creme & powder duo She’s the moment

I also ordered a mini duo to get free postage and a free mini duo of She’s the girl

Ooh exciting! Looking forward to receiving mine. I need to go look back at the shades you’ve mentioned as I don’t know them off the top of my head

Which mini duo did you order?

That sounds like a good mystery bag, I'll be happy if I get the same 😀

Haha, yeah, we didn’t even want it anyway 😝😅

I'm gutted. I did promise myself that I'd treat myself if we lost, although I need new clothes so might have to see what's left in the sales. Im already looking forward to the Euros though.

I ordered the Mini must have duo set which included
She goes to the gym and She’s seductive

i must be all blushed out as ordered two Violette FR plume blushes from Liberty, I will be running out of space soon

@MrsBnow12 I’ve just checked the shades and I think they are all good ones. I’m not sure if the duo blush shade would be a bit too orange for me, but I think I could make it work by mixing with something else.

I ordered too bags as it looked like there was 2 options, so hoping for either a good mix, or a duplicate bag of really good shades 😅🤞

I really do need to stop buying now and wait for the advents. I’ve been receiving parcels most days for the past couple of weeks and still have some to come.