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'm wondering if the Sali Hughes edit might make a reappearance, but without any applicable codes?

Morning, I think, @IlovePond because it has vit C

Cult Beauty, for all their faults, are quite useful for looking up how to use products - as well as SNK. Although CB, SNK and the SR website all say the vitamin C can be used am & pm, I would probably only use it in the morning.

I ordered at 7:26 then ordered one for my daughter 11 minutes later. Over 38k orders were taken between those 2 orders!

Thanks @SheilaFentiman and @keepincool

@HolidayHattie my extreme dry patches sometimes respond to 1. The votary balm got in the liberty BD 2. Skin food weleda ( not for everyone) 3. For lips, blistex intensive cream in a tube or Carmex yellow pot ( again not for everyone) 4. Being left alone z

anyone got codes for Look fantastic? I’m after the pro-🤣ageing box…

Thanks for sharing the CB code earlier. I managed to get one before they sold out. My sister has a birthday next week and this will make a super gift.

For Elemis lovers, QVC are also doing a TSV offer on the pro collagen sets todayElemis QVC

It's a Vit C day cream. Similar to the Kat Burki one that appears in Liberty edits sometimes.

Ooh I like the Black Cherry variation. I have way too much Elemis though.

I LOVE the Kat Burki cream!

Sali Hughes has confirmed on insta that it's sold out 😳 People are kicking off that it must be resellers that have bought multiples 🙈🤣 I think it's more us lot that have bought them all.

Although @Housewife2010 that's an insane amount. I'm so glad I bought one otherwise I'd have had fomo right now.

I haven't tried that yet. I got a small one in a beauty drop box when I first joined but made the mistake of giving it to my sister.

@HolidayHattie just standard coconut oil, from the supermarket. I usually keep a jar in the kitchen, not for cooking but for skin conditions and general alternative to skincare or as a body moisturiser at random times. I also use it for my dogs to brush their teeth but I decant it in their own jar first!).

I mentioned it because it works and also because it doesn’t leave an oily film as it absorbs quite quickly.

Honey is another kitchen favourite of mine for any burns or bad skin reactions.

Goodness me! The one time I happen to be up at 7am and it's sold out before 9am 🤯 proud of myself for just picking up 2 rather than going mad buying things I absolutely don't need 😇 I deserve a treat for that...

I would have bought it but in reality I don’t need anything in it. Plus I’m still irked about being in minus credit with CB.

I feel less guilty about my stash now, as recently both DS and DSD have needed things and I’ve been able to obtain them from my bedroom warehouse 😅 Saving time and money 😇

Look at us being sensible. The least likely suspects for that! 😂

Anyone else terrified about what the Harrods fragrance advent will be like if the Sali Hughes edit can sell out in an hour I reckon the Harrods fragrance advent could sell out in about 10 minutes 😂 I am so glad there seems to be some other potential players like Selfridges and Boots for fragrance advents this year to provide some potential comfort for all of us which miss out (I will still be super sad though if I do miss out)

Yes, but I'm trying to be chill about it. Trying being the word!

There's only 2 scents I actively really want (although unknown to me ones could be amazing) and if I narrow it down further it's the BTSO I will be gutted not to get. There will immediately be a glut of them on Vinted and eBay so I will be able to get one, even though it will pain me to pay £50 or whatever the market rate lands on.

I'm trialling not going online for the first couple of hours of the day, for productivity reasons, so when I first came here this morning and saw 60 comments I wondered what had happened ( and panicked it was Harrods FAC related 😂) Luckily the Sali Hughes edit isn't one I'm interested in although it's a good bargain for sure. I also have mixed feelings about the CEO Afterglow @OvaHere I like the scent but didn't like it as a moisturiser particularly so ended up using my one from the 2024 SNK calendar as a face mask to use it up. Then weirdly when it ran out I missed it! I've got the teeny one from JL for now though and many other masks to use.

I'm also on a no/low buy until the calendars are out as I don't want to accumulate any more for now. I decided I had too many beauty products so stopped buying them, but only really managed that because I switched to buying fragrance 😂At some point I may need to find a new hobby!

It's more gel like, supposed to be brightening. I didn't get on with it. Prefer the ceo glow/ rich one although it's quite thick so better for winter.

There are only a few i would really mourn so will pick up on ebay, if you wait a few weeks prices inevitably drop as the market gets flooded.

After watching that Sali Hughes edit sell out I'm even more convinced the Harrods fragrance AC will be a nightmare to get. Im glad I picked up the scent seekers tote and liberty kit as I could make my own 12 day calendar with them if I need to.

@OvaHere @Thelifeofawife i am impressed and concerned at your restraint 😂
” bedroom warehouse” that made me chuckle .

Impending advent season is scaring me into being a little more restrained than usual. 😂