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

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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. 😊

QVC agave a nice deal on the NEOM mini pod, comes with an oil and a 30ml Sleep mist £49.95
i have the large pod in the living room which I use every day, so thought this would be a good one for my bedroom https://www.qvcuk.com/neom-wellbeing-pod-mini-3-piece-collection.product.256362.html?sc=srch

I have 1 of these pods but forget to use.

Update re space nk. Got through after 45 mins.
Not dispatched yet although showing as dispatched on order page x

They used to have ok customer services. Like everywhere else now, enshittified.

I can't get anywhere with Sephora CS. I've tried email, webform, FB and Insta. ChatGPT gave me a phone number but the line is perma busy and cuts you off after 5 seconds - no queue system or anything. Absolute shite.

Is the Cult beauty New seasons selects goody bag now only available if you purchase the advent calendar? I was going to do an order ans then the goody bag disappeared so I assumed it had run out, but I noticed on beauty detective she said you get it if you purchase the advent, and it does come back into my bag if I add the advent. But it doesn’t say this anywhere? I find the cult beauty website and app hard to navigate compared to others.

I’m sure I read on another thread that the GWP stacks with the calendar. Maybe try adding another item and removing it, sometimes the websites have a wobbly.

I notice the SNK GWP has disappeared from my basket so I’m guessing that is now sold out

I just ordered the CB advebt and both GWP goodiebags stacked with it

My Sarah Creal eye brightener I ordered instore yesterday has already arrived! Very impressed 😊

I only get the Halloween one. Is there a code I’m missing?

eduted to add: I’ve worked it out. Now do I hold for a BF discount or do I go for the gwp’s oh decisions. Can anyone recall how much this ac got reduced to last year?

The code for the extra goody bag is CBGOODY

It’s def more health based as well as fitness imo. Which I like . Hardly know it’s on. Battery lasts forever ! Looks good 😊 I got the 5 in gold .
Lots about sleep , menopause insights , your step goal moves about depending on your readiness , linked to how much good sleep etc you’ve had , tells you when you are at your best ( morning person etc ) body temperature at night to track meno , heart variations etc , cardio health and capacity , just loads of really interesting stuff about yourself .
I feel like I’ve got a doctor following me about giving me advice !

Tried the Sarah Creal lip primer today and I like it. It sort of blurs and mattifies my lips. I've tried it with a couple of lipsticks whose formula I don't love and I do feel like it's improved their wearability.

I think it's a similar product to the Merit/YSL/CT lip blur balms that came out over the summer but in a clear product. So it kind of transforms existing lipsticks into something more blurring with a bit more staying power.

Feel like I'm going to end up with quite a bit of Sarah Creal's range before I'm done. 😁

Oh that sounds lovely! I was on the fence about it but I think I’ll have to order it now. It will be my third Sarah Creal item in about a week!

Are we expecting any more Christmas releases? I’m assuming SNk and flannels aren’t doing their crackers etc now. I’m surprised SNK haven’t released any Christmas edits. I fairly sure I have purchased Sephora Christmas edits in the past and I haven’t seen these either. I know CB have released lots of little edits but there felt like there was more last year. Am I being impatient or have the retailers just not bothered this year?

I think they'll be a few more pop up for the last minute xmas shopping crowd. Lookfantastic just released a Black Friday edit. Not one that I want but it has a large tub of Elasticizer for the fans. 😂@MaryBD has details on her site.

Violette FR launched at Sephora today. Thanks to @MrsBnow12 for the info.

It's included in the sale which ends tonight so if you are Gold and wanted to try the brand worth it for the 25% off. Still worth it for Silver but I guess you can get 20% off elsewhere at other times.

I've just requested to join the MN group on FB after trying four perfumes this morning and only liking one of them. One in particular invoked a visceral 'oh that's very ham forward' reaction and I'd like to get rid of it as fast as possible...

Whatever it is, you're really selling it to me @DidILeaveTheGasOn 😂😂

The elasticizer factory must be getting bored...

The Elemis QVC offer is now live. £70 for full sizes of marine cream, cleansing balm, oil, body wash & lotion.

I won't be buying but if anyone sells off the body wash, let me know. I generally love the limited editions they put in these but I have plenty of all the other bits this year.

https://www.qvcuk.com/elemis-pro-collagen-face-body-indulgence-5-piece-gift-collection.product.256785.html

LF have another edit coming soon on 15/11 for £105. It's not particularly remarkable other than it has 50ml of Jo Malone Scarlett Poppy cologne if anyone is a fan of that.

https://beauty-detective.com/lookfantastic-x-molly-mae-edit-2026/

Edit - maybe that was hasty to say it wasn't remarkable. It does also have other full size products - a white company candle, EL ANR and Laneige toner. It's actually fairly decent and probably great for gifts. 😄

I was just thinking the same 🤣

Interestingly, I listed a few things on Vinted yesterday and a tub of Elasticizer was the first thing to sell (and without a discount)!

I do like Elasticizer but I recently got a 500ml tub from Vinted and then a set from QVC with another tub in, and a couple in edits, so I needed to part with at least one.

In reality the booster is actually better for me, because I’m too impatient to wait the full time it says to leave the pre-treatment on for, but even 10 minutes does help

Double advantage card points on Maison Margiela at boots

https://www.boots.com/maison-margiela-replica-memory-box-fragrance-discovery-set-10392695

This is so temping but I already have so much Violette FR! It doesn’t come up often for more than 10% off.