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

Speaking of eyeliners, can anyone recommend one for tight lining which stays put? Tried to do this with my VB eye liner and it doesn’t work at all.

I’m really surprised that the Debenhams female founders edit is still available! I’ve already got 3 so it’s a no from me. I was planning to get a second of the one with the murad cream in but that sold out.

The LiB offer is great, thankfully I managed to get mine at a similar price a few weeks ago. I definitely don’t need another as it’s way too much spf for me to get through with zero holidays booked.

The Zoeva eyeliner kit looks lovely, but I’ve barely used the 3 I already own. I love them but just don’t use them a lot, my favourite of the 3 has disappeared, so I need to hunt it down and start using it again.

I'm feeling rather virtuous that I’m not being tempted by anything today, especially with all these bargains!! 😇 probably helped by my LF new season edit having arrived today

Rimmel Scandaleyes Exaggerate eyeliner, the retractable one, it’s quite waterproof, I have to take it off with micellar water first, as panda eyes otherwise with just oil/balm + cleanser.

Try Huda beauty. I have the liquid liner so not ideal for tightlining but it does nottt budge, so worth trying the kohl.

Morning all, I spent over an hour 🙀 last night watching Miss Boux’s latest Makeup Decluttering video. It made me feel a lot better about my stash whilst reminding me not to buy more!

I know that makeup/skincare videos on YT and Insta are her side hustle, but my goodness she has FAR too much stuff for any one person to use.

It probably sounds weird, but I actually felt quite anxious watching it all.

Here’s the link in case anyone is interested:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TkGULD1wKbI&pp=ugUEEgJlbg%3D%3D

Spoiler: She doesn’t really get rid of much after all that 🙈

There was talk of lip balms earlier in the thread. All Beauty have up to 60% off Elizabeth Arden (plus other brands) and the 8hr lip balm and lip protectant sticks are more than half price off

https://allbeauty.com/collections/elizabeth-arden

20% off at Skin Rocks for Caroline Hirons’s birthday!

20% off beauty at Liberty today too.

And 20% off at Medik8 today for Me & Medik8 members.
must be the day for it, they can’t all be celebrating Caroline Hirons birthday 😂

I have £20 in points at Medik8 but you can't ever combine them with other discounts. Frustrating.

Has anyone who ordered the ilia when they were doing the deal earlier in the week either received or had dispatch notification? My.order is annoyingly stuck it would seem, no email conf but money taken. Will contact them next week if no joy but im away. Frustrating

No, I've just tracked it and it hasn't been shipped yet.

@IDontHateRainbows The status of my order is ‘unfulfilled’ but the FAQ says processing can take 1-3 days or longer during promotional periods so I’m not too worried yet. I think this is day 3.

I wouldn't mind if they cancelled it tbh. I've got plenty of lip gloss, liberty makeup bags and sharpeners 🤣 I'm not really sure why I ordered.

The shade of the lip gloss is right up my alley and I like everything else I’ve tried from Ilia so I’ll happily have it but also not too disappointed if it gets cancelled. I already have the bag from the Liberty GWP!

I wore the Soft Focus blush in Breathless that I bought from Liberty recently yesterday and it is really lovely. I’m excited to try the others.

That was me (asking about them.) My new regime of Laneige Lip Sleeping Wax at night and La Roche Posay Cicaplast Lèvres during the day is definitely helping but I do fancy trying the Elizabeth Arden one as well.

Thanks @keepincool - I don’t really need any more lip stuff but dsis gave me the EA lip balm a couple of years ago and it really is one of my favourite products (& I’ve managed not to lose it!). Tempted to get another for the stash. Ugh.

Mine has literally just arrived, am WFH today. Pencil sharpener, mini lip gloss and liberty bag all present. Will see if I can take a pic..

Just tried lip gloss, it's a lovely shade for everyday

My Ilia ordered has arrived, I didn’t get tracking and came with RM. I ordered a lip crayon and sharper need and got the free bag and mini gloss.
Thanks whoever first posted about it

@IDontHateRainbows my ilia order arrived today too. Hopefully yours will arrive soon. On the shop app mine still says waiting for details even though i

I didn't order from Ilia but I did order a couple of their shimmer eye sticks from the Liberty BD week and got the free bag. I'm very impressed with the eye sticks, would recommend.

I really like their cream shadows so I think I’ll have to give these a try at some point!

I love the ilia enamel lip gloss and recently bought the blurring blush in Glimpse, love that too

Rare Beauty lip oils at Home bargains for £8
home.bargains/search?q=rare%20beauty