Magazine Freebies! July 2014

Well, it looks like it's another great month for freebies!
First up is Cosmopolitan priced at £3.70 and out now.
There is a choice of 4 items from New CID - a black mascara or a choice of 3 different shades of lip & cheek tint. Collectively they are worth £60. 

They only had 2 of the shades of the lip & cheek tint in my local shop so I chose the shade Plum Cordial, swatch above. It looks a little bright for me but I've yet to try it on my lips or cheeks but will do a review in due course.
I've never tried anything from this brand before so I thought I would give it a try.
UPDATE: for a review and swatches of all 3 shades, see my post here.

Next there is Harpers Bazaar, out now, priced at £4.20. 
This comes with the choice of 4 L'Occitane fragrances worth £8 each. 
I didn't buy this but I peeked at the fragrance names, although our shop only had 2. 
They were Jasmine & Bergamote and Thė Vert & Bigarade (green tea and bitter orange). 

Elle magazine, priced at £4 has a little skincare set from Malin & Goetz worth £10. 
This travel sized set comprise of a grapefruit cleanser, vitamin E moisturiser and a lip moisturiser. 
I'd not heard of this brand before so I passed on it because I have so many skincare samples already. Now I have looked it up online, I am tempted to go and buy it! 
Have you tried anything from this range? Is it good?

Red magazine, also priced at £4 has a free Rodial lip balm worth £19. 
I did pick this up but then thought better of it because I have numerous lip balms already and returned it to the shelf. 
Again I have never tried this brand before so again I am tempted to return to buy it! Argh! These magazines know what they are doing don't they?! Have you ever tried this lip balm?

The August issue of Instyle magazine comes with a free gift of Neal's Yard hand cream worth £10. 
I didn't go for this because I have several hand creams in my stash and to be honest I rarely use the ones I do have.

Marie Claire, priced at £3.90, has the choice of 2 items from the Balance Me range, collectively worth £25. 
The free gifts are the Cleanse & Smooth Face Balm 25ml or the Moisture Rich Face Cream 40ml. 
I have heard that this magazine is available at WH Smiths for just £2.50 this month but, because I don't have one local to me, I cannot verify this. However, if you have one locally it may be worth trying there first.

Finally, we come to Glamour magazine. This months free gifts are from Clinique. 
There is a choice of a High Impact mascara, Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion or 2 Chubby Sticks in the shades of Super Strawberry or Woppin Watermelon. 
I was thrilled to hear of this freebie so set off to buy both shades of Chubby Sticks. After driving to no less than 4 supermarkets and 7 newsagents and rifling through a hundred or so Glamour magazines with the mascara and lotion attached, I could not find the elusive Chubby Stick. I am so disappointed because this was the only freebie I really wanted this month. Never mind, there are worse things in life than not owning a Chubby Stick! Were you lucky enough to find one? I hope so. 

Well that's it for the freebies this month. Please let me know in the comments if I have missed any. Which freebies did you go for this month?

Thanks for reading and enjoy the rest of your day.
Take care.
CJ xx

Magazine Freebies! May 2014

I popped into the local supermarket today and bought a couple of great magazines with free gifts.

First I picked up Elle magazine for £4 and the freebie was a Benefit Porefessional Primer mini size worth £8.

Now I won't bore you with all the "blurb" of what it is supposed to do because I am sure, if you regularly read beauty blogs, then you already know! That said, I still haven't ever tried it so I grabbed this freebie because I want to know if it is worth the hype. Fingers crossed.

The other magazine I picked up was Marie Claire priced at £2.50 (It's usually £3.90 but don't know if it is only cheaper at Tesco or other stores too so it might be worth checking this out).

This came with a free gift of 3 Aromatherapy Associates items - a rose cleanser, rose moisturiser and a rose mask worth £13 in total. Now I am already a fan of their bath oils but I have not tried their skin care, so I am looking forward to giving this a try.

I have also read that Instyle magazine are doing a Nails Inc nail polish freebie this month. I believe there are 3 different colours to choose from but I didn't look for it I'm afraid, because I rarely paint my nails.

EDIT TO ADD: the colours to choose from are...

- Copacabana Coral

- Sugarloaf Sunset

- Sao Paolo Streets

Instyle magazine costs £3.90 and a Nails Inc polish usually costs around £11.

Have you found any good freebies lately? Please let me know.

Thanks for reading.

Enjoy the rest of your day.

Take care,

CJ xx

Magazine Freebies! March 2014

I've been grocery shopping this morning and picked up a couple of magazines with great freebies.

First up was Elle magazine, for £4 and the freebie was a Percy & Reed Perfectly Perfecting Wonder Balm worth £18.

It says on the tube that "this is, as they say, the cream de la cream. A miracle leave-on balm, to be exact, which helps give you (deep breath): moisture, shine, smoothness, definition, softness, light hold, high humidity protection and manageability. Or, short version, all you need for beautiful, healthy looking and flawless hair. Perfect."

Now apparently this is classed as a primer for your hair and you apply to towel dried hair. I can't wait to try it but I'm having my hair cut tomorrow so I shall have to wait a little longer than usual.  I shall report back once I have tried it, though.  

The other magazine I bought was Glamour magazine priced at £2. 

This had a choice of Model Co freebies - mascara (worth £16), lip liner (£15), eyeliner (£15) or lip gloss (choice of 2 colours £15 each). I had seen the magazine last week with the mascara and both liners but no glosses so I gave it a miss because I don't need those. However, when I saw it today with a lip gloss freebie I grabbed it! (Like I need any more glosses!). They only had the one colour "Berry Pink" which was probably the colour I would have chosen of the two anyway.

Swatch below...

As you can see, it is a very sheer pink with a bit of a shimmer and when you take the wand out, it smells of strawberries!  Yum!

Here it is on my lips...

It is a very natural looking pink, not far off my actual lip colour.  Although it smells of strawberries, it doesn't taste of them. I've only worn it for about 20 minutes so I cannot vouch for its longevity yet but it does feel a little sticky. I love that there is a little mirror on the packaging so ideal for when you're out and about. I think this is a lovely gloss for £2 but if I would pay the full price of £15 for it still remains to be seen...

It also comes with a 25% off H&M card. It is for one use only and valid between March 3rd and April 4th 2014.

Have you found any great freebies lately?  Please let me know.

Thanks for reading.  I would love to hear from you.

Enjoy your day.

Take care,

CJ xx