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. 😊

Not much resolve here I spent £176 on boots just now. In my defence I got the aftershave my stepson wanted for Christmas for 25% off though . I expect there will be some good deals today as it’s prime day on amazon.

Oh blimey I’d forgotten about prime day. Off to have a look. Any resolve I have will no doubt be dissolved 😂

Some good deals on Medicube on Prime today.

I’ve got some useful stuff from Amazon (repeats of what I already use - cerave moisturiser, St Tropez purity bronzing mousse, nioxin shampoo set), plus an Anua milky toner (and a volcano Paw Patrol toy for DS - hoping to save for Christmas!). I’m hanging around for my car to be serviced and MOT’d which is a dangerous combo killing time!

My CB Luminous edit has arrived. I would actually buy another one, its really good value. Hopefully another code pops up👀

So pleased with my CB edits!

I bought the Forever Loved mostly for the skincare elements so I've listed the bronzer, mascara and lip pencil on Vinted but if they go quickly and without hassle then I might buy another, mostly for the AB rich cream

My CB edits have arrived. They are so good. I bought The Luminous Skin, The Forever Loved and the Overnight Renewal Edits. Would definitely buy all 3 again if there is another code. The first 2 are in such lovely boxes too.

We can have a CB edit code watch. I want one more of each 😊

Great idea. I’m also looking out for one that works on the advent calendar. Although I really really shouldn’t. 🙈

edited to add: my postie came stumbling to the door with the giant CB box jokingly telling me he thought he’d told me no more big boxes. My response”sorry they soo over package these days”. My DH response “she can’t help herself and I apologise in advance because it’s about to get worse with Christmas coming” I am absolutely taking that as I must live up to expectations and buy even more!

You’ve probably seen there’s a £20 gift card. 🤞 for a discount.

yes that definitely sounds like a challenge (you can meet!).

Yes but because I’m greedy then I need a discount as well. I actually dislike those gift vouchers because it’s rare that I buy anything without a discount code.

I’m spitting feathers! My SK order arrived and DH attempted to put some of it into my refilled Shiseido a/c.

However, it turns out that three items are missing - two of which are Kpop merchandise I ordered as Xmas presents for DS1.

I tried contacting SK via their chat, (there’s no email), only to come up against the request for a picture of things that are missing 🙈

I just took a picture of the first page of the order slip so I could then write in the box: X, Y & Z items are missing.

I have a horrible feeling they will want me to get everything out from where I have unloaded it and take pictures of everything that DID come in order to attempt to prove a negative 🙀

I have no confidence that I will get a refund - it’s about $30 worth of stuff so I am pretty angry about it. (Plus, I genuinely wanted it!)

Does anyone have a CS email for StyleKorean? There isn’t one on their site.

Thanks

Re: Prime

Some Kerastase Genesis products are heavily reduced.

I ordered some Medicube toner pads, completely forgetting I had already ordered some from SK. Hopefully they will have a long use by date!

If anyone likes the Verden herbanum bath oil FTF have it as their spotlight drop at the moment. £14.99 for 100ml bottle down from £85.

Just a heads up: ASOS seems to have been hacked.

My DF visited recently and said “oh your advent box pile hasn’t gotten any bigger”…challenge accepted! 🤣 I ordered another advent and a load of CB edits.
Then I went to put a couple of the boxes upstairs and winded myself because they were so bulky 😅
I regret nothing 🤣

What do you mean?? How??

What do you mean?? How??

@XelaM - it’s all over the news. I just contacted ASOS and they confirmed it. I have asked for my account to be deleted and changed my password, but it’s a case of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted, unfortunately.

I wanted to mention it in case anyone was planning on ordering stuff, (probably not a good idea, atm!)

Thank you! I've now read it too

@Thelifeofawife Snorted at you being winded from having to carry cardboard mountain up the stairs! We’ll all have abs soon.
@IlovePond The missing items (and the request to take a picture of things that haven’t arrived) is so frustrating. I hope you get it sorted.
Today I put all my edits away and counted up how many products I’ve used since I started tracking in November last year - over 200. My target was 100 in a year. I took this as the green light to shop my stash for October and I must say, it was fun! I wasn’t sure if I should focus on one particular brand or not but some brands seem quite grown up and serious, like Medik8 for example. I need nice-smelling things and interesting things as well as Super Grown Up Skincare. Quite looking forward to using all of these.

They all sund decent prizes.

In other news, my CB edit has arrived. I've not opened it yet, I'm making dinner.

Thanks for the heads up re ASOS. I’d better check my account details etc.

CB have bolloxed up my edits. Paid for 2 with the 20% code at the same time as others on Sunday morning. Got a dispatch notice by Sunday lunchtime. Then….nothing…. I checked the tracker this morning and it shows still on its way from CB to Relay, no change since Sunday morning. So I contacted CB CS, who first insisted it hadn’t yet been dispatched and I should wait 2 more days, despite the receipt showing same day delivery, and then, when I showed them a screenshot of the dispatch note, still insisted I had to wait 2 more days.

I’m convinced they will sell out and I won’t get my edits, and I really want both of these. I’d buy again, but not at full price. Gah!!!

@Fillybuster that happened with my advent calendar and I was so stressed out and worried that they would sell out before they would resend. Unfortunately, they are very slow at resending, I got the CB bac 6 days late.

The boxes the edits are in are beautiful! Was going to throw away, but now planning to keep them.

I have now officially run out of space though - LF BAC, Boots skincare AC, LiB Men’s AC, luminous edit, wonder of scents edit, and the recent LF box offer (3 monthly boxes for £30) on top of my existing stash and I’m now just storing stuff in boxes in my office 🤦‍♀️