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. 😊

I didn’t have the Sisley samples but had Dr gross.

however, I also stocked up on deodorant because of the 20% off and if you spend £65 on body (not totally sure what’s included) you also get a nice SDJ fall gift.

Enshittification. Trying to get the most work done with the least people due to min wage increases.

SNK samples I had

AB Overnight Cream - looks like the 7ml tube that was in the gwp unless that's misleading and it turns out to be a sachet

Dr B Sturm serum sachet

Dr Dennis Gross Peel Pads x 1

Sarah Chapman Overnight Facial - looks to be maybe a 5ml tube.

I bought some cheap eye patches. Worth it for the AB as the 7ml (assuming it is that) does quite a few nights.

Did anyone manage to do an order with Boots and get the free luxe icons gift? My order has arrived today without the free gift. I know there were problems with the website but my confirmation and despatch emails both show the free gift included.

Cool, I hope you find it!

(I had to delete my post cos apparently I’m no Queen of Redaction 😀😀)

Better to be safe 😊

I am very confused. I have an online card, which according to Boots help page means that it does not have the three end digits.

Mine has the three end digits in asterisks. When I type the number in, Boots tells me ‘that account is not recognised’ and it has deregistered itself, so not linked and, therefore, cannot be linked to the Apple wallet.

Somehow, I have a physical card number, without ever having a physical card.

I am going to call them again tomorrow. 😞

Thank you so much for your help and patience x

Oh my word, that all sounds very complicated! I hope that they can help on the phone

My haircare GWP was sent separately in a different parcel and arrived on a different day than the actual products I ordered. I would call them to confirm though. They will give you the tracking details for the parcel if it was sent separately.

I previously got the luxe set with an earlier order and it's lovely so hope you get it soon.

I’m collecting my order from store tomorrow so I’ll let you know!

I just got a ridiculous number of SNK samples, especially considering I had £5 off after all the delivery debacles and was only placing an order to use up Ndulge points before they expired.

Augustinus Bader Overnight Restorative Cream
Dr Barbara Sturm Hyaluronic Serum
Dr Dennis Gross Universal Peel
Sarah Chapman Overnight Facial
Sisley Eye Longevity
Sisley Face Longevity
Summer Fridays Jet Lag Eye Patch

I'm sure they're all one-time sachets and half of them won't turn up, but it's an interesting departure from the old approach of having to select 2.

How do you get the SNK samples? What do you need to do to be able to see them?

I ordered a £3 mask and they added on a load of samples, I hope they arrive now 🤣 I have done a rodial mask tonight though so I guess I'm just replacing that one. Did anyone pick up the Selfridges or Look Fantastic mask edits?

Order, go to checkout and they all appeared! I'm a Deluxe member, not sure if that makes a difference? But I have been for a few years, and this is definitely new - normally you have to pick two from a small selection. I'm guessing it's a mistake...

I’m a bog standard member and they were
there at checkout!

Hmm. I used to be a fairly regular SNK customer, not in recent years. I’m getting 2 samples, no choice (Sturm & Creal) regardless of basket size.

Not getting any samples at all lol

This ASOS box, is it just me https://www.asos.com/asos-gifting/asos-womens-fragrance-discovery-set/prd/211555700#colourWayId-211555701&recsreqid-4828eaab27f15dd24cf1c7df770c6b36

I’ve had no reply from Blue Light Card about the QVC Elemis offer but ordered anyway. I should get 10% cashback with my Lloyds credit card and the £10 QVC voucher and it’s a good bargain anyway. I chose Lime and ginger.

Boots GWP - winter beauty bag - with £20 spend on selected cosmetics eg OPI holiday set

Here’s the bag - it comes in different variants so no way to be sure of what you will get!

www.boots.com/boots-winter-2026-beauty-bag-gwp-10397807?srsltid=AYCX9vIlIh-0KeRVCePijl_5UejWZlA02veCPaOWoqRTEtpq2-FwRduM

I don’t know Regimes but I follow
Andrew Wheatcroft on instagram and this looks like a nice box

regimes.uk/products/the-winter-renewal-regime-worth-280?_su_rec=stYgH_RBCeVXbtrYf7xHVe3YwkFGo4WyDTs2O0gdTdpkuYOQwIpNu_monyKcKZsSZYN9vmHwG9P-YSokP1qZwhZl_YhXaIvep9rtuIOa0QQRbwit0ArKVnzTd4p2PA9ixCHH6v745ilGoFUuvlZ-yExt6UwdJUVl2mL2hjmGItJGRtQbTXHm1U3l7DTj6fQwL6t25Kh8LLTWy6zbZkEAsaImuD5CXdR5wiPubbIsmfSOYytuP-kEqW6PmKDVSfhJ9vNC-xM-&_su_rec_id=b9ae7e3f-8af3-448a-80ad-c32bd4c21bac-1793865824

Thanks for this, no idea what I'll get but it's worth a punt as it's such a low spend. I bought a wonderskin lipstain and a revlon lipstick to get free shipping as well.

Cult Beauty doing a gwp with £75 spend. It’s a choice of a Glow Recipe trio (worth £48) or a Saie trio. Seems to work with the advent calendar (which still has the Little Luxuries gwp too).

I was going to share this and saw you had already.
The Kate Somerville is my favorite second or morning cleanser so have picked a couple of these up

Yes, I bought both - I love a face mask! The Selfridges one is definitely more luxurious than LF of course, with Rodial, MZ Skin, AB and 111Skin included. although the LF one does have Rodial and 111Skin too.

Miss Boux has an unboxing of the LF one on youtube, and like me, she was impressed by the concertina box they came in - although, also like me, she was bemused why there are 13 slots, but you only get 11 masks!