Beauty chat - freebies/gifts with purchase/offers THREAD NINETEEN

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New thread. Welcome oldies and newbies.

I'm expecting this thread to be busy as we head towards both advents and autumn releases.

There's a dedicated advent thread for advent calendars here to keep up to date with reveals, waitlists etc.
www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5549187-beauty-fragrance-advent-calendars-infochat-2026-spoilers?page=32&reply=153745800

Thanks for the new thread @OvaHere

Thanks for new thread 😊

I always hope for a decent Jet2 discount to stock up on Elemis @QueefofSheena keeps me in cleansing balm. 30% is great.

They had an Armani perfume sample a few days ago but other than that it’s been fairly dire.

Ooh! Time to restock my Medik8 advanced peptides and I may just treat myself to another Laneige glaze craze lip serum, having fallen in love with the one from the Boots cosmo box.

I really like this! But the spend is a bit much.

I might buy the you beauty skincare kit though - just to top up my stash 😆

The CB spend is high for the GWP. I’d buy from the fairy if the opportunity arises.
Sadly, it seems the other seller, mholt, has been deleted.

There's not been many gwp that have interested me this year and both the ones that have I ended up buying from the fairy on Vinted. That's a good thing though. I miss having a stash of very fancy face/eye masks - I've used most of them now from various kits and gwps.

There's only 3 items out of that goody bag I don't have, the Byoma, don't need, Sweed, don't need and the Huda don't want and nothing I want a repeat buy of and thankfully no need to spend £175. If you are though Vouchercodes had £15 voucher on £70 spend yesterday worth a check.

I got a Tan Luxe tanning drops set for less than £20. I like the gradual tan and I'm really happy with the drops. Wish I got more on the return flight

There's some tan luxe at home bargains online at the moment

Part of me is relieved these recent GWPs are a bit duff. My bank balance is looking quite healthy! I’m hoping some decent kits come out soon though, is it likely any will be released by Liberty? Or do we think it will be Christmas fare from now on?

Liberty usually do at least a couple of kits through the autumn period. Next BD members week will be October so probably at least one kit around that time.

I had the same thought RE: fairy 😁

@Talisin I am in love with the Laniege glaze craze from the boots edit too! It’s gorgeous and so long lasting! The edit was great value for me. So much I will use, a bargain for £45.

Isn’t it great? I love the half way between a Summer Fridays type balm and a gloss consistency and the hydration but most of all it’s the cushiony applicator thing that really makes it for me. Anyway, I’ve gone for the Blueberry Jelly shade which will hopefully add a little colour.

I’m feeling very proud of myself for not giving in to the 20% off at SNK. I was tempted by the Medik8 peptides but in reality I’ve got tons of serums in my stash that I need to work through, and they will probably have another 3 or more episodes of discounts before I need any more.
Such growth. I’m proud of myself. Maybe I deserve a treat 😇🤣

Perfume samples back on SNK…

Can I join please?
I got a 25% off my first beauty box at Boots. Only really interested in the cosmo set but typically that’s excluded.
I was looking at medik 8 today and wondered about crystal retinal. I’ve used tretinoin in skin &me but it’s making my skin too dry nowadays so wondered about switching. People using medik 8 have you used tretinoin at all?

Welcome @Brightvoyager! I’ve no experience of tretinoin but I found the moisturiser I used after retinal so important when I started using the Crystal Retinal. I used the old formula Laniege Cica Sleep Mask which felt very heavy but was just perfect.

I started off with tretinoin a few years ago but gave it up after a year. I found it a bit harsh and didn't enjoy how careful I had to be about using other products with it. I now just use other retinoids including Medik8. I also rate Sunday Riley A+ and Paula's Choice 1%.

I also really like the Augustinus Bader one but can't honestly recommend it (outside of getting the odd one in advent calendars) due to the daft price.

I guess most people build up from normal retinoids to tretinoin but I did it the other way around. I feel like that year of using it did kick start my skin being better and I seem to be able to use most strengths of off the shelf retinoids with no issue - perhaps due to that initial course of tret.

I haven't noticed any downsides of stopping. My skin has continued to be in decent shape. Maybe I'd look better long term if I'd kept using it but I found it to be a bit limiting and didn't like using a subscription service.

I was just talking to my son’s girlfriend about this exactly ! She uses tretinoin and says it’s it’s amazing then she loads her face with la Roche posay cicaplast balm . Which I also love when I’ve used Medik 8 retinol 20 . She’s in her 30’s. I was thinking of trying the tretinoin 😂

Thank you, I've decided to check out on some more refy skin base. I've been using it whilst WFH as it's very light, it's great for the hot weather we've been having.

I’ve been dutifully plodding through the roughly ten thousand mini SPF face products I seem to have acquired recently. (Goodness knows how I am going to get through the bigger tubes/bottles before expiry🙀)

The one I would definitely repurchase is the HERA glow SPF - it really gives the skin a glow and I didn’t even bother putting make up yesterday after applying it and my skin looked really great.

All this Laniege Lip Craze chat is making me want Cinnamon Sugar. The colour and applicator looks really nice. The Jo Malone sample has dropped off SNK but I’m going to continue stalking for samples 😅