Glamour & Benefit Freebie

Glamour have joined forces with Benefit again to bring you a free product with July’s issue. You can choose from cult favourites; BeneTint, High Beam or PosieTint, these aren’t full size but a 4ml sample size. The magazine went on sale on Thursday so be quick because i missed out last time and these are always popular. I’ve not used any of these products before and would’ve bought all three if they were full size but the 4ml does seem a little cheeky so i only chose BeneTint.

There seems to be some good magazine freebies out at the moment, I’ve spotted a free £5 BodyShop voucher with Instyle (i think), Leighton Denny polish with Harper’s Bazaar and Jemma Kidd lip gloss with Red.

Magazine freebies!

For anyone that doesn't know magazine day is Tuesday when you can grab your hands on the latest copy of your weekly or monthly fix. At the minute there are loads that seem to be offering freebies this month including:

• She - Fashion Babylon book (one of my must-have books for fashionistas, a great insight into the fashion world's secrets and the BBC drama Material Girl on few years ago was based on this if anyone can remember?)
• Elle - Neal Yard Remedies Eyeliner (this is the March issue but you may still find a few copies on the shelf)
• Red - £25 Hobbs/NW3 gift card (March issue -i still can't afford to shop there even with the discount)
• Bliss - Barry M Glossy Tubes x 3

I only popped into Tesco today with the intention to buy Look Magazine as it's a bumper fashion issue for £1 and features all the looks from their high street catwalk show last week (was anyone lucky enough to win tickets?) but Glamour and Cosmo tempted me as well!

Glamour are offering a free Clinique product to celebrate their tenth birthday with the April issue and on their website every day throughout March you can win a beauty product. To enter the competition click here.

The ten Clinique products you can choose from are:
(Top row L-R) 1. Take the Day off Makeup Remover for Lids, Lashes &Lips
                           2. Superbalm Moisturizing Gloss
                           3. High Impact Lip Colour SPF15
                           4. 7 Day Scrub Cream Rinse-Off Formula
(Bottom row L-R) 5. Liquid Facial Soap Mild
                                 6. Moisturise Surge Extended Thirst Relief
                                 7. Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion
                                 8. Long Last Glosswear SPF15
                                 9. High Impact Mascara
                                 10. All About Eyes

Now I'm not a huge fan of Clinique, an ex-therapist at work told me Clinique was like using paint-stripper on your face and I've never dared used their skincare range since then - i hasten to add we don't use Clinique at work! But if anyone can recommend one of the above products i may change my mind. Given that i was drawn to the make-up products and ultimately the one i would get most use out of was the lipstick.

I think all the make-up products are only available in one colour unless anyone tells me different. The High Impact Lip Colour is called Rosette (17) and is a orangey red with gold shimmer, it almost has a rust/deep coral tone to it.

All images are without flash in natural light.

Swatch

Hopefully you can pick up on the gold shimmer in the last pic but in real-life it's more noticeable close-up. Apparently it should last up to 6 hours so I'll try that for work but i reckon this is more of a day colour and would look great with the s/s11 palette.

What did everyone else pick up and should i bother getting any more?

Next up is Cosmopolitan, not quite as good as Glamour but they are giving away a free Missguided Lipsplash worth £5.

You can choose from a red, clear or nude gloss. I was torn between the red and nude but wasn't prepared to buy both with the magazine costing £3.50 so settled on the nude as the lipstick was already a red shade so wanted something different.

The gloss isn't really highly pigmented but what do you expect from Missguided? Maybe they should stick to what they know!

I'm still wearing the Clinique lipstick so a pic of this gloss is to come.

Just a quick mention before i finish, you can get 20% discount at Warehouse in this week's Look Magazine.

An early Christmas present for you....

With the high street vying for your pennies this Christmas I've scoured the net and my inbox to bring you the best deals and discounts - don't go office party dress shopping without reading this!

http://www.office.co.uk/

- 10% off online purchases for 3 days only, ends midnight 25/11/10
Code - "EARLYGIFT"





http://www.tedbaker.com/

 - Free UK standard delivery on all orders placed between 22nd November and 22 December. No code needed. On my wish list: Anitah, Caza or Roverz purse please!

http://www.asos.com/

- 20% off ASOS brand items - not sure how long this is running for so be quick.
Code: ASOS20






http://www.frenchconnection.com/

 - Sample Sale 26th, 27th and 28th November.
Location: Centro One, 39 Camden Street, London, NW1 0DX
Opening Hours: Friday 26th: 9.30am - 7.00pm
Saturday 27th: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Sunday 28th: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Entrance Fee: £1 - donated to charity
Expect coats and jackets from £40 and knitwear and dresses from £20. If only i lived in London :(

- UK Glamour Magazine - the December issue comes with a free Nails Inc polish worth £11. You can choose from: Jermyn Street, Saville Row, Hampstead Heath or Warwick Avenue.
Magazine costs only £2 and includes a 25% discount for Kurt Geiger - double whammy.
I picked up Saville Row - a deep plum, v.wintry.

http://www.boots.com/

- 3 for 2 mix & match across make-up, nails and eyelashes. Doesn't apply to premium ranges, but includes L'Oreal, Urban Decay, Barry M, Bourjois etc. I picked up 3 Revlon products, a matte pale pink lipstick, a deep plum/purple lipstick and a compact blusher - swatches and reviews to come in a new post.





http://www.warehouse.co.uk/

 - Spend £50 at Warehouse online or in-store and receive £10 off - great for party dress season.
My eye is on the one-shoulder column maxi - hands off!
Online code: GRAZ12106 - valid until 30 November
In-store: Voucher in week ending 22 November UK Grazia magazine (Victoria Beckham on cover). Valid until 15 December (not concessions).






I'll update this with any new offers but feel free to post any of your own and let me know what you got with your discounts.