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

https://www.facebook.com/share/1BzntKws3U/

New sephora in Scotland. That's a long queue 😍🤣

Three new LF edits coming

https://beauty-detective.com/lookfantastic-the-iconic-beauty-edit-2026/

https://beauty-detective.com/lookfantastic-pro-ageing-edit-2026/

https://beauty-detective.com/lookfantastic-lip-edit-2026/

I quite like the lip edit and the iconic edit. Another BIG tub of PK Elasticiser - are they trying to fight the Elasticiser fatigue with full size products in edits now?

Elasticizer 🤣

Some Nice things to try though.

@psuedocream3 depending on what you’re after, this might be of interest - less fancy, but good value and surprisingly full of things I want to use: the Boots minis box

Also worth checking out the Cosmo holiday edit

@OvaHere i really like the pro aging edit. Lots of things I’d like to try but of course I don’t need it and advent season is soon - decisions!!!

@OvaHere i really like the anti aging and lip edit. However, I’m trying to be good. I’ve purchased a few edits from LF which have been reduced so I might wait to see if they come on offer in a few weeks. I have sooo much in my stash that I really shouldn’t but I haven’t had a little box of goodies arrive since Tuesday so I think I’m doing soo well I deserve a treat.

Thankfully, none of these new LF edits appeal to me. I am tempted to get another new season edit though as I really like the virtue leave in conditioner 🥰

On a separate note, @MrsBnow12 is it you who's listed the liberty jellycats on vinted? I'm not a jellycat collector and don't have any, but they are so cute 😍

It was me who listed them, I have collected them for years and before they were popular. Randomly, I went on my first business trip and my now husband gave me a teddy to take with so I wouldn’t be alone. It then turned into easy birthday presents for him. 😂😂
I braved Liberty after work on Wednesday as they launched the exclusive bunnies with Liberty fabric.

The lip kit appeals to me specifically for the MUFE lip pencil. I look out for edits with them in as they rank very high in my fave lip pencils. It's probably false economy to buy an edit for a £21 lip pencil though and LF have 20% off them currently so I could just buy one of my choosing.

There is quite a lot of stuff in the lip edit that appeals though, I just don't need any of it. Like others I might hang on and try to buy with a discount.

We can have a hang on and buy at discount club.

I like the look of all those LF kits although I'm trying not to buy much before I see the advent calendar reveals. Saying that, I did order the March mystery box after I saw the contents of the other two. I paid next day delivery again and have been refunded for it again so it feels like a free postage hack at this point 😂

All, was just in SPACE NK and the £20 off if you spend £100 ends today in store (and assume online!)

Just got a five day ban from Vinted for commercial selling, so annoying!

I was in Edinburgh yesterday and there was still a huge queue to get into Sephora at 4.30pm! DJ and people shrieking into a PA system. Baffled...

Chatting to an assistant in H Beauty she said that the good thing about Sephora is that it will be popular with younger people and so they'll get fewer tweens and teens in trying everything out, making a mess and buying nothing. And we shook our heads at the 13 year olds wondering if they need a retinol serum...

Didn't buy anything as it was too hot and felt too much effort although I did have a look at the Lisa Eldridge Velatura balms as I love the Rose Madder one. The other colours weren't doing it for me though and the one I did like would have been a duplicate of something similar I already have.

However, I have fallen deeply in love with a new perfume - Tom Ford's Tobacco Vanille. Dropped a hint to my husband as wedding anniversary next week and saw him not-very-discreetly looking it up on his phone later. And saw him visibly quail at the price. Not expecting to unwrap on the 14th!

So annoying. Had you posted a few things at once? I’ve had a few perfumes deleted . They seem over vigilant at the moment.

Agree they are on a bit of a drive to ban people from selling too much I also had the ban, I only sell a few things a month that I can't shift on ebay now.

It’s weird. I’ve been selling bits & pieces (not beauty stuff) on eBay for 20 years but when I tried a few beauty listings I didn’t get a single view, despite having 5* reviews and loads of history. No idea what I’m doing wrong. The same items, for the same price, sold immediately on Vinted despite me being completely new on there.

I’d much rather use eBay but doesn’t seem to work for me!

There's a SNK summer gwp coming soon.

https://beauty-detective.com/space-nk-summer-gift-with-purchase-2026/

Luckily nothing I want so I'm safe. 😂

Oh, boo, the SkinRocks app is closing

How much were you posting ? It seems so odd, surely they want people to sell .++

I just came here to post this. Such a shame! I found it brilliant for easily seeing what ingredients were in everything and keeping a wish list of what I want to buy next.

Any other great Apps that people recommend for beauty products?

I'm unhappy about that too. I found it useful for looking up products that would suit (or not) my skin. I'm better with apps than blogs, so not sure if I'll continue following CH. Pissed off that I now need to chase Google pay for a refund on my subscription ☹️

@keepincool oh that’s a pain. I’ve cancelled my monthly payment so I’ll lose access from 16 July. Screenshotting my wish list so I don’t forget!

@BurningTheToast - cheapest place to buy the Tobacco Vanille atm is at SNK.

I might have to get this one. Lots of goodies in there. But I did get their Stylist box too so not sure I can justify another one!

Edited: oh sod it, the voucher still works. That's a really good deal!