Beauty chat - freebies/gifts with purchase/offers THREAD TWENTY TWO

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New thread. Welcome back everyone. It's taken a while to get through the last due to how busy the advent threads have been.

All the holiday releases are coming out now and Black Friday is looming. So take a seat and buckle up. 😊

You guys might talk me round on the GA stuff at this rate.

Mint’d have the MZ skin retinol skin booster on sale, £65 down from £110.

https://mintdbox.com/products/mz-skin-retinol-skin-booster-1

Good to know that some people like GA, was starting to feel a bit guilty about donating it to the hygiene bank, felt a bit like kicking someone when they're down

I think the LiB Impact Of Beauty Collection looks good for £80. Lots of full size products. It includes a RevitaLash conditioner - I'm not sure if that helps with lash growth like the serum?

https://beauty-detective.com/latest-in-beauty-the-impact-of-beauty-collection-2026/

What’s inside:
○ RevitaLash Cosmetics RevitaLash Advanced Eyelash Conditioner 2ml, Full Size, worth £75.68
○ K18 Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask 50ml, Full Size, worth £70
○ Neal’s Yard Remedies Natural Defence Hand Cleanser 40ml, Full Size
○ ISAMAYA Eyeliner in Ink 0.05ml, Full Size, worth £35
○ Weleda Skin Food 10ml
○ Hair by Sam McKnight Easy Up-Do Texture Spray 250ml, Full Size, worth £29
○ Rodial Collagen Lip Oil in Sugar Coral 3.9g, Full Size, worth £32
○ VIEVE Skin Dew 7ml, worth £12
○ NUXE Huile Prodigieuse Multi-Purpose Dry Oil for Face, Body and Hair Roll-On 60ml, Full Size, worth £26
○ Dr. Organic Boost Brightening Vitamin C Serum 30ml, Full Size, worth £14.99
○ grace & stella Energizing Eye Masks, 6 pairs, Full Size, worth £9.99
○ Jerome Russell Color Bomb Clear 300ml, Full Size, worth £14.99
○ Floral Street Enchanted Masquerade 10ml, worth £29
○ COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence 100ml, Full Size, worth £25
○ Real Techniques Full Beat 4 Piece Brush Set, 4 brushes, Full Size, worth £25
○ Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge, 1 sponge, Full Size
○ MUA 10 Shade Eyeshadow Palette in Silk Nudes 11g, Full Size
○ BYOMA Cleanse & Hydrate Trio 5ml / 5ml / 10ml

I think the GA face wash is fine, got it in a Boots box and it sits in the shower for a quick morning cleanse

For those of you that got the Decree Protect Elixir and Treat Tincture a while back, I’ve been using mine for a while now and I really like them both. I’m actually surprised by how much I like them as I was perfectly happy with the Medik8 I was using before. My skin glows at the moment (even if I do say so myself! 😅) Also really loving the Sulwhasoo Revitalizing Overnight Mask which doesn’t seem to be easily available here (bit odd CB don’t stock it!) so I’ll have to stock up when I’m back in Asia next year.

From the BAC thread (which you're probably all on anyway): lots of half price Elemis on TK Maxx today

I may end up going back to elemis pro collagen cream. Used for years but then discovered Cult beauty etc and other brands but ive confused my skin and over used stuff so scaling back which is annoying as I loved buying and trying different stuff. Unfortunately my skin has had enough and going through meno.

Ive had some sort of fungal /sebborheic dermatitis as I has red patches at side of my mouth/nose. I did try hydrocortisone for a few days but didnt do much.
Scaly skin that just kept coming. Saw this online and been using for a day and its looking a lot better already.
I know others have mentioned having it so thought this may help. 🤩

CEW box should be due soon, regretted not getting it last year.

I was just thinking about this earlier and trying to remember when it came out.

Cew? I don’t think I’ve had enough coffee yet.

Using Mary's site it's about 20th Nov so I'm a bit early tbf

Says they will be back this year https://cewuk.co.uk/product/cew-beauty-edit-2025/?utm_source=shopmy

Me too. I was so close to getting it, but not sure why i didnt. Hope its as good as last year🤞

I'd forgotten how expensive it was £175, but it did reduce a fair bit but I can't remember how much.

What
is
cew?

I feel like it was maybe £120 reduced. It was a really good box. If this year's is good I will still be looking out for the reduction though.

It's a beauty awards thing.

https://cewuk.co.uk/awards/awards/beauty-awards/

The CEW box was excellent last year. It had the Tatcha The Silk Sunscreen which is one of my favourite beauty box discoveries.

I regretted not getting it last year and hoping it has things I want this year. From memory it had lots of products I wanted BUT in one edit - rather than having to order several boxes - fingers crossed.

Ah I see. That might be ringing a distant bell.

Has anyone tried the Shiseido serum in this edit?

https://regimes.uk/products/post-summer-survival-skincare-regime

I havent @DidILeaveTheGasOn but it was in a CH kit a while back and is very popular. Good reviews.

I've got that Regimes edit, I love the Shiseido serum, it's the first product in a while that I haven't wanted to end.

Sounds like a perioral dermatitis I had last year when I overused actives and damaged my skin barrier.
What helped - scaled back everything and only double cleansed in the evening, warm water only in the morning. Then PURITO Wonder Releaf Centella Unscented Serum, followed by the LRP Cicaplast Balm B5 Multi-Purpose Repairing balm. Rinse and repeat for a few weeks until completely healed, otherwise it'll come back as soon as you restart actives.

Oh no <mock sulking> now I’ll have to order it.

I had that edit @DidILeaveTheGasOn - bought in November 2025 when it was called something like "The Christmas morning box", I finished the serum - it's nice and absorbs quickly/doesn't interfere with others but I didn't notice any dramatic changes to RP.

10% cashback with Quidco off the Molton Brown AC at the moment.

8% cashback on anything else.