One of my favourite things to do is to shop the sales and grab a bargain or 12! Online sales shopping is the best, or perhaps I should say dangerous because you tend to buy more and spend more! Or at least I do! I absolutely love a bargain, the sales after Christmas are the best for this in my opinion, you can get full-size products half price just because they’re packaged as a gift set! Along with some treats for yourself it makes for the perfect opportunity to snap up some early presents for your loved ones to gift throughout the year and for Christmas. Yes, there I said it, my 2018 Christmas shopping is well underway thanks to the sales.
I tend to head for the department stores and places like Boots and Superdrug for my initial bargains as they have so many brands under one roof. After that I head for my favourite shops to see what offers they have. I like to start out with a list of items of particular interest to try to give me some sort of control when it comes to adding items to my basket rather than a free for all. You all know how easy it is to get click happy with that old add to cart button. Does anyone else go over their basket about 5 times taking things out which you didn’t realise you added?! Cause, same!
The Body Shop were one of the first companies to slide into my inbox announcing their half price sale. I wasted no time at all in getting myself over to their site. Already a huge fan of their products and the brand itself I added a flurry of items to my basket, with nearly all of it from the Christmas range which wasn’t my initial intention but they’re all so good I just had to! From both Frosted Berries and Frosted Plum ranges I picked up the sugar scrub, body butter, shower gel, body lotion and hand creams. From the Vanilla Chai range I got the sugar scrub, body butter, shower gel and hand cream. I think its fair to say I’m well stocked until Christmas 2018 with all of my delicious goodies!
In addition to the festive body treats I also snapped up their Pomegranate Firming Night Cream as I’ve not tried it and I quite like their skincare products, plus it was half price so why not! My final item I bought is their Vitamin C Instant Glow Enhancer to give my dull winter ravaged skin a quick pick me up!
While casually browsing the Superdrug website I couldn’t help but notice further sale reductions and many gift sets were now less than £5!! In my usual flurry of excitement I began adding things to my cart left, right and centre! Completely unintentionally it all ended up being from the Zoella Christmas Snowella Range. After some adding and removing items in my basket I finalised my purchase with the Snowella Winter Soiree Makeup Bag, Sparry Night Set, You’re Cracking Christmas Cracker Set, Brew Me A Bath Set, Winter Wonder hand cream and Snowella Pom Pom Perfume body mist.
Being a skincare junkie I of course nabbed myself some cracking bargains if I do say so myself! My first skincare finds were from one of my favourite brands, Glamglow. I swear by their masks and already have three in my collection but as they are quite pricy so they aren’t something I would head out and buy willy-nilly anymore. Marks & Spencer had halved the price of Glamglow Flashmud Brightening Treatment which I was yet to try, but at half the price I couldn’t resist, especially as it was a full-size jar! So with that my collection has grown to 4. I also made my first purchase from Glamglow that wasn’t a mask thanks to the Feel Unique sale. They had the Glowstarter Moisturisers reduced, I bought the Pearl shade for my fair skin, I’m sure I only paid around £18 for it! Absolute bargain considering full price is £36 or so!
My final skincare purchase was in the shape of the Clarins Multi-Active Skincare Set from Debenhams which was reduced to £28. I was keen to try the Multi-Active range and I think this set will give me a great opportunity to see how it works for me, and at a fraction of the cost of buying the individual, full-price items from Clarins. I’m excited to see how they work out for me, so stay tuned as there might be a post on them in the future.
Ok so it was actually never my intention to buy the Bumble and Bumble Spoiled Silly Gift Set, but when I realised the invisible oil alone cost £35 for the same size in the set, plus a deluxe invisible oil primer, and compact tangle teezer, well I simple had to have it. I had always been keen to try Bumble and Bumble but the pricing put me off a little. I am so glad I snapped up the set which was down to £25.33 from £38 in Boots because it turns out I actually really like it! Something to note, it says use sparingly, please do. The first time I pumped out about 6 pea-size quantities, I was like an oil slick. Two pumps will do the trick, trust me.
Now let’s talk makeup! You really didn’t think I’d have left this part out did you? I’m a very happy bunny with my beauty finds as some are products I’ve been keen to try. I finally got my hands on the cult favourite Too Faced, Better Than Sex Mascara, it is a deluxe size and it was a mere £7!! After seeing many rave reviews I’m so excited to try it! The next product I’d been dying to try was the Laura Geller Baked Gelato Swirl Highlight in Diamond Dust. There were many times I had this in my basket ready to check out but I never actually did. When I spotted it in the sale for £12 there was no holding me back! It was mine! What an absolutely stunning shade it is too!
My next item wasn’t something I had planned to get, but I was x amount away from free shipping so I snagged the Nails Inc Sparkle All The Way polish in a cute bauble with multicoloured sequins, it’s a gorgeous colour and I can’t resist a bit of glitter! My final purchase was the Smashbox Mini Lipsticks Set for £20.00 from Boots. I have so many lipsticks but I’ve committed a beauty crime by keeping them way beyond their expiry dates. I need to clear out an eye watering amount of my existing collection. Buying new ones to replace them with will hopefully ease the pain of getting rid of so many. Here’s hoping anyway!
Did you grab any bargains in the sales?
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You got some amazing deals! I picked up that Glam Glow moisturiser in the Feel Unique sale to, it was to good to miss xx
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I didn’t pick much up this year so I’m drooling over some bargains you managed to get. I did get some of the Body Shop’s vanilla chai stuff though and it’s heavenly! x
Sophie
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I love sale shopping, especially makeup. Although you’re right I definitely buy more stuff than I necessarily need! I adore the body shop vanilla chai range. I don’t care if it’s for Christmas, I’d use it all year round. Love those cute little Smashbox lipsticks too. You got some great stuff! X
Really good blog post. I always tend to to to Boots for the sale & I forget about places like The Body shop. Will have to swing by & see if I can get any good bargains.
This is such a great post and I’m always after deals and sales too and I love The Body Shop products too especially thier body butters! Lovely post! Ayse x
Love this post, your photos look gorgeous! You got some amazing finds in the sales, especially the Too Faced mascara I’m gutted I missed out on that one X
I wish i had more patience when it came to sales! I give up way to easy! You grabbed some great bargains!!! Xx
Wow you picked up so many deals in the Boxing Day sales! I swear by the Better Than Sex mascara, its my absolute favourite!
Really want to try the Smashbox lipsticks, the packaging looks amazing!
Heather xo || http://www.xhighlandbeauty.co.uk
Nothing better than finding a bargain! Loving the look of those body shop sets. Lucky girl, I found near enough nothing in the shops near me 🙁 !
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Jazziepickles xo
You got some fab deals I look forward to seeing some reviews on the products.
Natasha//
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The Body Shop always has the best sales and its always the time to buy from them I say, otherwise I think their products are quite pricey haha! You picked some great things xxx
UmmBabyBeauty
Wowsers! You nabbed some amazing bargains! I’ve ignored the sale emails because I’m on a spending ban until I go to New York in March! xx
Beautylymin
WOW! You picked up some right bargains! I love how many goodies you got! x
Oh wow you got some amazing deals! I got quite a lot from The Body Shop in the sales haha xx
Superdrug had some amazing offers! Great sale haul x
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That Smashbox lipstick set looks lovely! And I love those goodies from The Body Shop!
Ahhhh everything looks so good! Amazed at how many bargains you’ve gotten, wish I could shop online-tend to avoid it cause I love swatching things before buying x
You picked up so many wonderful products! I love the new year sales when it comes to beauty! I managed to get my hands on loads of Snoella Zoella products!
My mu also picked up an essie nail varnish advent calendar for only £10 (originally £56!!) and gifted it to me!!
So gel you found that better than sex mascara for so cheap!
Tabitha xx
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Your photos are STUNNING! You grabbed so many good deals too x
You got such a good deal on everything here especially the glam glow bits! That is so good! Got to love the body shop bits too! 🙂
Erin || MakeErinOver
This post is dangerous when I need to save!! I’ve heard that Superdrug’s sale was brilliant this year and those items you got from the body shop look amazing – love the photos! x
I wish I invested in a few beauty sales because it’d be nice to try the zoella range!
You picked up some fab bargains there – I love the bodyshop for sales, they’re always so good. I also love soap and glory as well x
Ah wow! You got some amazing goodies! I especially am jealous of that GlamGlow mask – I’ve been dying to try them for the longest time!
I LOVE a sale, but have tried to steer clear this year. Wish I hadn’t now! Also can I just say, your photography is beautiful x
Bargain bonanza! Great job. I should really try a little harder with this sort of thing, I must miss so many bargains because I don’t try.
You grabbed some right bargains! x
I didn’t know Feelunique sold Glam Glow, now I’m going to be keeping my eye out for their sales. I love what I’ve tried and definitely need to try more! I love a great beauty steal to xx
wow you got so much! i love the smell of anything from the body shop!
Emily xx
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ooooo that Pomegranate Firming Night cream from The Body’s Shop sounds amazing! 😍
oh my god you got some amazing bits! I’m disappointed in myself now for not looking harder!
I adore the Smashbox lip set so much! That packaging is gorge xx
Wow!! So much awesome stuff! You got some amazing deals. I always love the Zoella packaging but never tried her stuff. Maybe I’ll try and something in the sales 💕. Great post! And your photography is gorgeous! 😘 xx
Bexa | http://www.hellobexa.com
I love when The Body Shop do sales because they’re always great!
Wow you picked up some amazing items!! So jealous of all The Body Shop products you got, they always have the best sales!! xx
Zoella’s packaging is absolutely beautiful (and so is your photography)! Ooh, vanilla chai, bet that smells incredible!
Aleeha xXx
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That Smashbox lipstick set looks amazing! I had it in my hands in store before the sales and decided not to get it. Definitely regret that now.
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Okay first thing’s first these photos are STUNNING! Secondly I need literally all of those Body Shop products!
Shauna | http://diariesofadramatic.com