Bargains Galore #1

Who doesn't love a good bargain, I've scoured the internet high and low to try and provide you with some of the deals out there, that you may not have heard about! 

Recently I posted about how I bagged a free Lush bath bomb - fancy finding about some other deals this month.... 

Counting the pennies with Piggy!

Perfume 

There are some great deals around at the moment, here are two that caught my eye... 

Head down to Savers, (you can't buy online) you can pick up 50 ml of a Prada fragrance, Prada - L'eau Ambree for £24.99! I'd normally expect to pay in the region of twice this for a Prada fragrance. Prada always make great quality fragrances. Grab it while you can! 

When I was younger my first ever fragrance was Tommy Hilfiger's Tommy Girl, and it always has a special place in my heart. There latest summer reincarnation is Eau de Prep and it's half price or more (depending on what size you buy) at The Perfume Shop

Skincare

Clinique have an amazing gift with purchase running at Boots at the moment, but only until the 18/08/2012. Buy two items to receive a cute tin with six mini Clinique products to try out!

Another great gift with purchase offer is from Liz Earle and is only around until the 5th of September. Pick up this trio of items including cult skincare products in the form of their Hot Cloth Cleanser and Instant Boost Skin Tonic, and a free Liz Earle skin tint worth £21 is included (pick from 4 shades). You can also pick the type of moisturizer you receive in this offer to suit your skin type. Oh, and postage is free, what's not to love! This is currently on my shopping list.

Pai Skincare this company specializes in sensitive skin ... HOORAY! Spend £20 on their website here for a free Camellia and Rose Gentle Hydrating Cleanser with muslin cloth worth £19, ends at midnight on the 17/08/2012. All you need to do is quote 'BESTSELLER' at checkout. Go, go , go!

Now to my favourite website for beauty offers, Salon Skincare, this website do some incredible deals with free UK delivery, here are my favourite two of right now.

Alpha H Discovery Kit - 5 mini Alpha H products for £25.00 including 50 ml of Alpha H Liquid Gold to try out. 

Elemis Revitalising Skincare Anniversary Edition - This includes a full size Elemis Papaya Enzyme Peel in limited edition packaging and a full size cleanser and toner to boot. It's £45 but worth over £80, but limited stock, so run quick, not sure which I want more - this or the Liz Earle.

Candles

Quick candles heads up - Yankee Candle is the pick of the day today 15/08/2012, you can choose from fresh floral or fresh fruits. These are currently US exclusives and would cost over £50 to buy separately. QVC have a lot of wax love for £29.84.

For any London lovelies out there!

Head to Urban Oasis in Broadgate EC2 from today until Friday 24th August there's free yoga, followed up with a herbal tea, and Rituals shower gel (not sure what size). Yoga classes can easily cost £10 in London so this is a great deal if you work in The City. Here's the TimeOut London link to find out more.

So there's a quick round up of offers that aren't magazine freebies, hopefully some offers you haven't seen before. Get them before they're gone!

livebathlove,

Laura X

July Empties 2012!

I know this will be later than other empties posts, but I managed to wait until I moved out before writing this post. 

Here they all are ready to be recycled!

July has been a month of skincare and finally leaving some bits behind that I haven't been using for at least 6 months.

First up are bits from Elemis:

L-R Toner, Skin Bliss Capsules and Cleanser

• Elemis Lime Blossom Balancing Cleanser and Lavender Toner - I purchased this along with the lavender toner, as it was recommended to me by a beautician. However I found both of these products didn't suit my dry skin, and I ended up with more breakouts. However I have many friends who rave about this pairing, so I think it suits more normal to combination skin. Cleanser and toner are available for £19.40 each here. I wouldn't repurchase these, but would like to try other Elemis cleansers and toners.
• Elemis Cellular Recovery Skin Bliss Capsules - The name's a nit of a mouthful but I love these capsules I got a week's supply on a gift with purchase when I bought the cleanser and toner. Use the pink oil containing capsule in the morning, followed by the green lavender based at night, for soft and supple skin. A month's supply of 60 capsules at  is £59.30 from timetospa - I would love to repurchase but I think I'm going to need a lottery win first! Will look out for an offer on this.

More facial skincare from Lush:

Fresh Farmacy and the scrummy Oatifix

• Fresh Farmacy - This was advised to me as I noticed that I had a change in my skin and it went oily for a short period earlier in the year. This was non-irritating but did dry me out a bit more than I wanted. I would recommend this to someone with oily/combination skin which is prone to irritation. I have since found there Angels on Dream Skin cleanser to be a great match for my skin. If you like the sound of Fresh Farmacy it's here for £4.70 for a 100g block but I won't be repurchasing.
• Oatifix Fresh Face Mask - Oh man, I love this. It has oats, bananas and almods, it smells amazing, and rehydrates my dry and dehydrated skin a treat, even if I do look like a baby was sick on my face a few times a week. You keep it in the fridge and I get about seven masks out of this. It costs £5.95 from Lush and I find it to be surprisingly good value for money. I'm repurchasing? YEAH BUDDY!

Some candle empties:

Lily Flame Blush (go get you some!) and some Fruit Fusion action.

• Yankee Candle Fruit Fusion - Berries and citrus, if fruity candles are your thing you will love this. Coming in at £18.99 for a large jar, grab it here I would be repurchasing if I was a fruity girl.
• Lily Flame Blush Tin - Now we're talking this is my kind of candle - this baby pink beauty gives 30 hours of burn time, and smells like a beautiful floral perfume. Only buy this bad boy if you like super girly scents. Get them for £8.50 direct from Lily Flame. If I was to advise you to purchase one thing from this post it would be this.

To my miscellanous:

• The Body Shop Lychee Blossom Body Butter - I don't think this is available any more I'm afraid. It's a lovely tropical fruit with a little bit of floral scent. I have few faults with the product, but I prefer other Body Shop body butters which I would repurchase ahead of this.
• Derma Intensive Q10 Hand and Nail Cream - This was a stocking filler from my Mum, I really don't like this it left a film on my hands and didn't moisturise that well. I think this can be picked up relatively inexpensively from places like Savers and Poundland.
• L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara in Dark Brown - I bought this in dark brown by mistake instead of black. Love the formula, and I have learned to love the unusually skinny brush. A firm daytime mascara favourite for me. I will definitely be repurchasing this in either dark brown or black when I've used up some other mascaras. It's currently £10.99 in Boots go get your advantage points.
• Marc Jacobs Daisy 100 ml Eau De Toilette - Daisy is a wonderfully light and cheerful scent, perfect of summer. I'd say it smells quite grassy and meadowy (so it's not a word, but I can't think of a better one) with a little hint of fruity.  It's youthful without being childish and I received a ton of compliments when wearing this. Plus how cool is the bottle? It may be £56 for a 100ml but Boots are doing triple points on some large fragrances (online only) including this one! I have loads of other perfumes I want to try first, but may make a sneaky repurchase of this. 

Wow! A long post, well done if you made it to the end a round of applause for you. I love reading empties post, comment with your post below and I will have a good old read and may discover some new products.

livebathlove,

Laura X