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

[OvaHere]

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. 😊

Anyone else finding the JL box a bit dated?

@Hicupping So you’d only pay a penny? That’s nuts. Off to check my emails!

You guys are a terrible influence! I just bought a Dior eye shadow palette and the Dior lip balm medallion for my teen as Christmas gifts to get the Fenwick GWP 🥶

Does anyone have this Dolce & Gabbana highlighter?

https://www.sephora.co.uk/p/dolce-gabbana-everlift-luminizer-light-oil-infused-soft-halo-powder-9g

It's on sale and the packaging is sooooo pretty.

Featuring: The Face The Future Mega Mystery Bundle (£49.99) and Mystery Product (£29.99). They were all in the same box so I am not sure which product is the standalone mystery.

Contents:

Haircare:

1. Philip Kingsley and a rare sight of his endangered species, the Elasticizer! Not seen in the wild since the late 90s, this is a surprise addition to this bundle and I am super excited to try it! Woo!
2. It’s ya boy Phil again with… Swimcap! The ultimate in hair security, this bodyguard prevents unauthorised access to your WiFi and encrypts your tresses in utf-8.
3. Murdock - Sea salt spray - hang ten with this surfer spray. Instantly injects volume into ya bonce, apparently.
4. Oh are we still on hair products?
5. yes
6. FUL - All Rounder Shampoo - Look, all I can tell is they put a Shampoo in this without a conditioner. You know how we feel about that.
7. FUL - Gloss and Shine Styling Cream - Ludicrously enthusiastic in disco packaging, with POWER INGREDIENTS like <tv advert voice> Shine 9000 and Prolapse B5 wait no that can’t be right
8. Percy & Reed, crimebusters of the hair, with their Wonder Balm hair primer. It smells nice.
9. Are we STILL on hair?
10. Hairgain leave-in scalp treatment! Reduce hair shed! Get thicker, fuller hair! Does it work on cats? Asking for a friend that is covered in cat hair…
11. Holy shit after 42 products we’re done with hair!

Skincare:

1. Oskia London Renaissance Cleansing Gel: Time to get that Middle Ages glow just in time for the invention of the printing press! This looks nice actually.
2. Dr. Levy Fire & Snow 5-Day treatment protocol: Peel and serum. Very Game of Thrones! Fire and Snow sounds like Aaagh! and then… ahhhh.
3. Germaine de Capuccini - is this pasta? - etc-exosome what the fuck pdrn + HA cura hidro what the blazes is it I can’t work it out. But whatever it is, it has 20 PENETRATION POWER. Have mercy.
4. MZ Skin - Microtox tightening eye serum - Yay I am absolutely delighted to see this little guy! Come and join your other little friends from the Mintd boxes!
5. Gatineau - Exfoliating PHA + BHA Glow Tonique - Really keen to try this after the loss of my beloved REN glow tonic.
6. Neal’s Yard Wild Rose Beauty Balm one pot wonder, this little pot will feed the cats, moisturise cuticles, wash the car and explain string theory. Well, I don’t know about that, but it smells lovely.
7. BeautyPro Eye Therapy under eye masks - I’m really looking forward to using these, my under eyes like go gather up and hoard all my stress and then go PING and crumple like an accordion right before a meeting. What do you mean I need to drink more? 🍷
8. Innersense Harmonic Treatment oil for scalp and skin - honestly this thing has the tagline on the back of, and I shit you not, ‘I nourish with the healing powers of self-love’ 🤢 I - no I can’t
9. Goldfaden MD Wake Up Overnight Regenerative treatment - and then it just says Problem - Aging skin like it’s going to take me out overnight.

Cosmetics:

1. Just the one here: Sigma Jewels eyeshadow palette. I’m quite pleased with this, looks like a confident return to 2017 make up looks. I’m loving the glitter.

SPF And Self Tan:

1. Bringing it home with the most-wanted products in October, in the north, we have Hello Sunday SPF30,
2. Ultrasun SPF 50, for gods sake, and
3. Three Warriors Gradual Tan. I’m out.

You should write stand up comedy sketches @DidILeaveTheGasOnthia is priceless 🤣🤣🤣

I wonder what the items in the photo were then as it doesn't look like you've received some them 🤔

Wait which ones are missing? 5 and 9? 11-42?

Why do they look like tampons though

@DidILeaveTheGasOn - I can clear up your standalone mystery product mystery... It's the 'Little Guy' (aka MZ eye serum). Received mine two days ago.

Thank you @Paetina! @Advententhusiast you rotter 😂

Well that’s just brilliant you should have a job in marketing I would buy what your selling !
self love 🥴🤣🤣🤣
I really like the signs set I have it thought meh then tried it and I love it it great pigment .
and I honestly feel we may have to stage an intervention with you . You just don’t have enough body and face 😂😂😂😂😂

@SunnyPinkMoose Honestly I feel like I’m almost done shopping, tomorrow feels like a good day you know? I still didn’t get the Fenwick GWP and I’ve had two glasses of wine and sat through Anna Kendrick and Tom Holland doing Hot Ones and I feel rather queasy for both of them. They did really well though!

Also I could be really tall and have a face like a big shoe, you don’t know! Ah, bulletproof argument there, face like a shoe, classic.

I also haven't bought the Fenwick bac with gwp either. I did get very close, right to payment screen. But I went and bought the new Chanel blush instead 🙈🤣

Oh no you didn’t @JoRaRaRa <tsk> what, er, blush was it? 👀

The new one from their Christmas collection https://www.chanel.com/gb/makeup/p/151749/joues-contraste-intense-mont-rose-cream-to-powder-blush/
The photos there don't do it justice. Have a look at it on insta at people's swatches, it's stunning 😍

@DidILeaveTheGasOn 😹😹😹😹

@DidILeaveTheGasOn I've had that Goldfadden sample before and really liked it but the full size is expensive and not widely available.

I love your reviews @DidILeaveTheGasOn 😂😂😂 The real question is will you stay strong in the face of wine, BACs and GWPs or will a cat wrestle your credit card from you and place an order purely for the delivery box?

😳Are you part cat? How did you know that was going to happen?! 😁
Unusually for me, so far I have resisted the wiles of many cats and GWPs! Maybe one brain cell is becoming aware, in the way that one can become aware of a rapidly approaching train, that now might not be the best time to shop frivolously given the ten beauty and fragrance calendars arriving in December. Shit, maybe eleven after today, I don’t know, I can’t count that high 🤷‍♀️

@JoRaRaRa did you not see the word “intervention” and @DidILeaveTheGasOn ignore her she’s a bad influence !

lord you two are going to keep the beauty industry alive on your own 😂

Oh @JoRaRaRa why did you have to show me the blush 😩. I do NOT need it but am convincing myself I do and for the gorgeous winter packaging! I do view you and @OvaHere as the final word on blushers. Have you tried it IRL? Is it likely to sell out?

No, I've not actually tried it, I've just gone off other people's reviews and swatches on insta 🙈 I really should try it before I use it 🤣 I'm going into town on Saturday so I might see if anywhere is stocking it yet. It sold out earlier but they must've restocked it. When I saw it was back in stock, I grabbed it 😍 Other places like selfridges, John Lewis etc will get it in stock too but you get samples if you buy directly from Chanel.

🤣🤣🤣 my stash is nothing compared to some people's on here.