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

[OvaHere]

Welcome back all.

We rattled through the last thread and with Black Friday round the corner this one will go fast too. I hope we haven't all spent up on advents... 😂

Thank you as always to our regulars for you contributions and if you've been reading and thinking of joining come and say hello. 😊

Went to SNK today and tried the Sarah Creal under eye brightener and concealer. Liked both but they didn’t have the brightener in stock - however offered to order instore
for home delivery. Picked up the concealer instore and ordered the brightener as it was also double points ( and the Bath store was also giving away free cookies with a purchase, so obviously that swung it 😂)

I had a completely wrong order arrive from Sephora earlier this week -I had ordered a chanel water tint and some gisou hair perfume, and they sent a Haus Labs foundation, made by mario eyeshadow palette, and Rhode bronze & blush sticks. I messaged them on Instagram and they refunded me plus let me keep the incorrect order. The chanel water tint was out of stock when I went to reorder, but came back in stock a day later, just in time for the discounts to kick in! Fingers crossed CS will be as helpful for you and you get what you want 🤞🏻

Tbf, your wrong order sounds very much like an @OvaHere order to me 🤣

I was same as you looking for discount / points etc to make the Oura 5 less of an ouch at £500.
I did a lot of research and decided that any BF discounts would be on the 3 or the 4.
I worked out which points scheme gave me the most back , and it was Boots when they are doing double . Ended up £30 worth of points back. So I just went for it rather than waiting for Xmas and im OBSESSED with it . Loved my garmin lily but this is next level .
and of course those £30 boots points will go towards my BF advent fund 🤪

@diamondsandrose sell me the Oura, please. What’s so good about it? I hear positive stuff but have never understood why it’s different to any other smart fitness tech except it doesn’t tell the time 🙈. What am I missing?

I only got 10% off Clarins last weekend @Addictedtobeauty was it a weekend social?

I did for a second think was that my order. 😂It's not though. If anyone gets a MBM palette, eye tint holiday set and lip liner holiday set they weren't expecting it's probably mine.

I don’t know what a weekend social is 🤷‍♀️. It’s 20% off Clarins online at Harrods too- think it’s just a rewards weekend.

I wanted the MBM ethereal palette too but as I’m a low tier member it only knocked £10 off and when I compared it to the ABH palette I bought yesterday I felt like there were some similar shades so I stepped back.

I am still deliberating over the SNK GWP as I want to try the Sarah Creal and a couple of other bits but I’m still a bit away, and I’m already stocked up on everything 😬 but then it doesn’t feel right to put in an order for the things I want and miss out on the GWP

I gave up trying to get enough for the GWP but did order some Sarah Creal bits. All are lovely. I got the under eye in power nap, the face flex concealer, the lip primer and an eyeliner in shade jungle. Thanks for the recommendation. Great new make up line.

I was looking at the under eye but still trying to decide between K.bye and Power nap
I also have the lipgloss in my basket

Hi everyone, checking in after a great 2 weeks in South Korea. As requested by @IlovePond this is the stash I brought home with me, it all cost under £200 and was a mix of chat gpt recommending products and the fab Lisa Eldridge you tube video on K Beauty as recommended by a poster here ( sorry, can’t remember who that was but thank you!). I seem to have ended up with a fair few face masks, used the Torriden ones while I was away and they’re lovely. There are so many places to buy products and so much choice it’s quite overwhelming! I love pond, the vending machine is just giving pouches and vouchers atm no freebies but the assistants were quite generous with freebies at the tills, thank you so
much for all of the recommendations too! Now I just need to understand what each of these products ( especially the reedle shots!) do!!
edited for typos

I meant special - whoops! - which it seems it was. A bit annoying that different weekends have different offers.

Wow @user7172 - that’s a great haul - thanks for posting. I also came home with BOH and those blush pots, (they are wonderful!)

Reedle shots contain spicules. Opinion is divided on them online and I have watched some dermatologists on YT debating their use. If you haven’t used them before, you should start with the lowest concentration - 50 or a 100.

I can also see Anua and Numbuzin in your haul - they are very nice. The masks look lovely. I saw a Torriden shop when I was in Seoul and I wish I had gone in.

Hope you had a great time!

I ordered the Sarah Creal under eye brightener in the lightest shade. I didnt risk the concealer as there was just too many shadec choices and I can guarantee id get the wrong shade. Ill try in store first. Not desperate 🤣

Yes I got the 100 reedle shot, as recommended by Lisa Eldridge, thought worth a go! We had a great time thanks, overall preferred Japan but SK was great!

Cult Beauty have a free mystery gift if you spend over £150, including on the advent calendar. The Ts&Cs say 'goody bag may be shipped separately' and since it's worth over £215' I reckon it's this one: https://beauty-detective.com/cult-beauty-the-summer-selects-goody-bag-2026/

Did anyone get it at the time and particularly recommend it?

GWP from Cult Beauty when you spend £150. Says it’s a mystery gift on the email but when you add it it is ‘The Little Luxuries’.

@namechange0998776554799000 posted at the same time! It shows what it is when you add it.

Haha, I thought I was being a super sleuth 😂 It's the same GWP even though it's got a different name. So it looks like they do end up with excess stock then!

It’s not tempting me in the slightest. I think I might finally be realising that I have enough! 😂

I got this GWP previously and it is a good selection, but must admit I’ve only used the Summer Fridays jet lag mask so far.
I actually unearthed the rest of the set when I was sorting through some stuff yesterday 😅

I got the CB set before and honestly not sure why. I've not used any of it and I think I've given away or sold most of it now 😕

This is what I needed to hear!

Must focus on saving my wish lists up for Black Friday now.

Ive opened my 2 big boxes from space nk.
Have 2 touchland Sandalwood sprays missing.
Good job i opened them as usually just stor gor a few weeks/ months. Although boxes were massive.
On phone to customer services now 🤔
Hope they refund. X