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

Think I'm safe from that one as I've never heard of Sculpted by Aimee and I'm NOT going to look. It's the edits that get me. But not any more. Honestly. Really truly.

Found the Orabellas left a sticky residue on my skin which I couldn't abide.

Edited to say "I now have 2 of the LiB Sunsmart edits - it's they are great value with the reduction. I'll use everything in it them. 😁

Demonstrating once again why this forum is so dangerous!

@keepincool I may now own 3 or 4 of the Debenhams FF edits just for the serum, even though I haven’t yet tried it as I need to finish my BoJ niacimamide first 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

Was it the Decree Elixir in the Debenham's edit that everyone loved?

Thank you, I've ordered another Debenhams female founders set. I love the decree serum 😍 I really need to focus now on de-stashing.

I’ve got three of the Decree serum and not even tried it yet so I must resist 😑

I've finished my Decree serum and was about to post that it didn't make a notable difference to my skin. Having had a closer look, the one I've used is the Daily/PM Treat Tincture, which I think I picked up on Vinted. Now I need to hunt for the Debenhams one.

Has anyone tried both and able to give a comparison of the 2?

I've tried both. In fact, I'm currently using both at the moment. Treat tincture is the pm one and protect elixir (Debenhams edit) is the am one. I really like them both.

Thanks @JoRaRaRa - I was using it both am and pm. When I find the elixir I'll use it in the evening.

No, elixir is am 🤭 They do say on the bottles so if you forget, you can just look 😊

I keep my am and pm stuff separate so I don't muddle them up.

Doh! this may be why I don't get the expected results - I don't read things properly 😂. Mind you the instructions on products are in teeny tiny letters that I have to use the magnifier on my phone, which is a pain

My endless weeks of being good have come to an end this week, Sali CB edit, then the Boots cosmopolitan box and now the LIB sun edit. With the code it was just too good. I really have gone rogue and now need to step away from here 😂

I’ve been bad this week too. The CB Sali Hughes edit, a load of skincare from Notino and more beauty stuff from Next. I was just starting to see a bit of shelf space in my cupboard - not any more 😂

Harrods scent seeker tote is surprisingly still in stock.

I noticed this whilst looking to see if by any chance the advent calendars were available

I think a lot of people are holding out for the fragvent. I found the scent seeker ok, I sold the rude oud.

@MrsBnow12 Have your Violette FR blushes arrived yet? I’m very curious to hear about them!

Liberty scent edit back in stock

I caved last night and bought the Liberty edit with some of my beauty drop credit.

Yes and I love them, they blend beautifully and last all day. I originally got the Rose Fume and Latte praline and have now ordered the Ambre Flame Rouge and En Feu.

I just caved too. after wanting to wait until pay day and then missing out on the Sali Hughes edit, I didnt want to risk it!

Oh, so glad you like them! Are they very pigmented?

They are quite pigmented, no-where like YSL which I find too pigmented. They blend out beautifully and melt into your skin and very buildable. I would recommend trying to swatch them if you can

Oh no, I may continue to stray from the path of righteousness 😂…. One for the Zoeva eyeliner fans on here! Really like them all bar the metallic lime as really not sure that work on me. But love the exclusive one in the kit!

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I will try them the next time I’m in Notting Hill, thank you! I find YSL to pigmented and definitely don’t need more powder blush (I recently acquired four Ilia powder blush) but I really like everything else I have from Violette FR so it’s tempting!