UK Release Dates Discussion - All Brands Welcome!

[Anitacska]

Thank Amy! I will go on Wednesday and check out the collection. In the meantime I will order the MES and the light peachy blush when they appear on Debenhams or HoF, and see if I fancy anything else when I see them in person. I really shouldn't get any of the lip products and I have both MSFs (multiple back ups of SR), so don't need those or the pencils. I also want to see the pressed pigments before ordering, but since they're permanent, I'm not that fussed right now.

 

[rockin]

Is Apres Chic definitely going to be at HoF and Debenhams? If so, I'll hold off buying until then. I only want a couple of the lipsticks and maybe one of the MES

 

[Anitacska]

Is Apres Chic definitely going to be at HoF and Debenhams?  If so, I'll hold off buying until then.  I only want a couple of the lipsticks and maybe one of the MES

I don't see why it wouldn't be. It's not a Mac online exclusive. I'll definitely wait.

 

[toobusytostitch]

Oh bother - I've missed everything, everywhere!! First of all over Christmas I had a really bad cold/flu, then I've been away the last three days at a chess tournament with my two youngest So close to London yet so far (Harrow), as it's a sort-of lock-in from 9:30am to about 18:30! (OK, I exaggerate, but certainly no time to get to any shops!)

I see that a lot of the Apres Chic is sold out now on MAC website, so I guess I'll also be waiting for Debenhams - at least I'll get the points

 

[rockin]

Oh bother - I've missed everything, everywhere!! First of all over Christmas I had a really bad cold/flu, then I've been away the last three days at a chess tournament with my two youngest So close to London yet so far (Harrow), as it's a sort-of lock-in from 9:30am to about 18:30! (OK, I exaggerate, but certainly no time to get to any shops!)
I see that a lot of the Apres Chic is sold out now on MAC website, so I guess I'll also be waiting for Debenhams - at least I'll get the points

I missed everything, too. This morning I saw a couple of things I wanted in Debenhams' sale online, logged into TopCashBack, clicked through to Debenhams and both items had sold out in those few minutes

 

[toobusytostitch]

That's really bad luck Oh well, I'm seeing it as saving some money now to splurge when the Guerlain is released - please don't tell me it's already out and sold out??

I missed everything, too. This morning I saw a couple of things I wanted in Debenhams' sale online, logged into TopCashBack, clicked through to Debenhams and both items had sold out in those few minutes

 

[Anitacska]

No it's not, lol.

That's really bad luck Oh well, I'm seeing it as saving some money now to splurge when the Guerlain is released - please don't tell me it's already out and sold out??

 

[jennyap]

I see that a lot of the Apres Chic is sold out now on MAC website, so I guess I'll also be waiting for Debenhams - at least I'll get the points

The only thing that shows as sold out for me is Stereo Rose. I'm waiting for Debenhams/HoF though, I want to swatch things before I buy - and get the points

 

[charlotte366]

Stash slim down complete

, I have created a maybe box for items that I love but don't use, if I don't miss them for 4 weeks then these can go in the sale/on ebay too.

Pictures of my Helmer are coming tomorrow for those interested.

I have taken out a lot of drugstore stuff that I bought 12months ago and never really used, If it doesn't go in the sale (I doubt it will, to be honest) then its heading for the bin. I looked into Give and Make Up but it will cost me a fortune to ship it to them and there is no drop off/collection points near me :-(. I had a really hard time trying to slim down my blush collection and didn't really succeed if I am honest!

Now eagerly awaiting my Spacenk order, it said dispatched so should hopefully have it before the end of the week.

I am then going on a no buy for January, and I am about to start a use it up thread, I know some of you do this on blogs etc, but I thought it might help me to use up the half finished bits and pieces in my collection, I am going to included Make Up, Skincare and Bodycare items, feel free to join in or if you already do it in a blog post why not post a link to your blog post?

I have selected 5 items of make up that I really want to use up as they are not that far off, so I want to try and incorporate these into my looks 3 days out of 7, this should allow me a good opportunity to finish them up but also be adventurous and use the rest of my stash!

 

[Anitacska]

My Space NK order has just arrived with DPD, so hopefully yours will too. What did you order?

I got the Chantecaille eyeshadows duo and the Delices de Roses lip gloss trio (palette).

Stash slim down complete

, I have created a maybe box for items that I love but don't use, if I don't miss them for 4 weeks then these can go in the sale/on ebay too.

Pictures of my Helmer are coming tomorrow for those interested.

I have taken out a lot of drugstore stuff that I bought 12months ago and never really used, If it doesn't go in the sale (I doubt it will, to be honest) then its heading for the bin. I looked into Give and Make Up but it will cost me a fortune to ship it to them and there is no drop off/collection points near me :-(. I had a really hard time trying to slim down my blush collection and didn't really succeed if I am honest!

Now eagerly awaiting my Spacenk order, it said dispatched so should hopefully have it before the end of the week.

I am then going on a no buy for January, and I am about to start a use it up thread, I know some of you do this on blogs etc, but I thought it might help me to use up the half finished bits and pieces in my collection, I am going to included Make Up, Skincare and Bodycare items, feel free to join in or if you already do it in a blog post why not post a link to your blog post?

I have selected 5 items of make up that I really want to use up as they are not that far off, so I want to try and incorporate these into my looks 3 days out of 7, this should allow me a good opportunity to finish them up but also be adventurous and use the rest of my stash!

 

[amy_forster]

Stash slim down complete:yahoo: , I have created a maybe box for items that I love but don't use, if I don't miss them for 4 weeks then these can go in the sale/on ebay too. Pictures of my Helmer are coming tomorrow for those interested. I have taken out a lot of drugstore stuff that I bought 12months ago and never really used, If it doesn't go in the sale (I doubt it will, to be honest) then its heading for the bin. I looked into Give and Make Up but it will cost me a fortune to ship it to them and there is no drop off/collection points near me :-(. I had a really hard time trying to slim down my blush collection and didn't really succeed if I am honest! Now eagerly awaiting my Spacenk order, it said dispatched so should hopefully have it before the end of the week. I am then going on a no buy for January, and I am about to start a use it up thread, I know some of you do this on blogs etc, but I thought it might help me to use up the half finished bits and pieces in my collection, I am going to included Make Up, Skincare and Bodycare items, feel free to join in or if you already do it in a blog post why not post a link to your blog post? I have selected 5 items of make up that I really want to use up as they are not that far off, so I want to try and incorporate these into my looks 3 days out of 7, this should allow me a good opportunity to finish them up but also be adventurous and use the rest of my stash!

I looked into give & make up as I also have a lot of makeup & toiletries that throwing away felt like a crime! I contacted beauty bay & was emailed a postage label meaning it doesn't cost anything to post You can use the label repeatedly & just need to keep the parcels under 2kg each If you like I can forward you the email, just PM me your email.

 

[charlotte366]

My Space NK order has just arrived with DPD, so hopefully yours will too. What did you order?

I got the Chantecaille eyeshadows duo and the Delices de Roses lip gloss trio (palette).

You shouldn't have asked that question, I was VERY naughty! I really need a telling off!

I just check my order on spacenk and it is showing as shipped, but the tracking still states it is waiting receipt of packaging for shipping. Fingers crossed everything is ok, I doubt it will be waiting for me at home when I get back from work, but I can hope!

I ordered far to much LOL:

• Lipstick Queen 10 percent pigment lipstick
• Kevyn Aucoin Rouge Hommage Lipstick
• Kevyn Aucoin Lipstick Palette
• White Custom Shu empty palette
• Shu Uemura Glow on Blush Refill
• Shu Uemura Bronzing Powder
• Shu Uemura Painting Liners in Black & Night Blue
• Shu Umeura Drawing Liners in Metallic Purple & Metallic Khaki
• Shu Uemura Unlimited Supreme Shine Lipsticks in PK337, Rd165 & PK345
• Chantecaille Classic Quad Palette
• Chantecaille Les Dauphin Quad Palette
• Laura Mercier Bonne Mine Palette
• Laura Mercier Signature Colour Eyes & Lips Collection

I have always wanted a Chantecaille Quad but I have never wanted to pay £75 so passed, I look on ebay but never end up hitting the bid button! I ended up with 2 but to start with my basket had 4, the tigars and the sylvia one were in there for a while till I halved the contents to the stuff I thought I would get most wear/use out of!

I prefer my lipsticks to be a cross between balm/gloss and lipstick, I find I wear this type more than super pigmented ones so the lipsticks will all see good use.

I really got into Shu Uemura when I visited Singapore, I love the blushes and the liners, I find they wear really well so I added a new blush and my painting liner in black is nearly out so a half price replacement or two was a bargin!

The biggest bargin in my basket was the Laura Mercier Signature Colour Eye and Lip Collection, it includes:

• deluxe travel size foundation primer
• FS Cavier eyeshadow stick in twlight
• an exclusive designed custom 3 well palette with full size Second Skin Cheek Color in Vintage Pink, Eye Colour Duet in Morning Dew/ Primrose and Eye Colour Duet in Topaz/ Kir Royal
• travel size All Over Eye Colour Brush,
• mini Full Blown Volume Lash Building Mascara in Black
• full size Lip Glace in Sweetheart.

The best bit and the bit I still can't believe is that this only cost £12.50

I couldn't leave that behind now could I? The set retails for £50 on the john lewis website, so was a bargin at £12.50 (75% off) but I just had a look through and worked out roughly what the items would have cost individually, here it goes:
Lip Gloss £18.50
Blusher £20.50
Palette £10.50
Cavier Stick £18.50
Eyeshadow £37.00 (Duo split pans not available but a normal pan is £18.50 and there are 2 normal pans in the palette with the blush)

So excluding the mini mascara, brush and foundation primer sample size it would have cost £105.00, think this is my steal of the sales!

 

[charlotte366]

I looked into give & make up as I also have a lot of makeup & toiletries that throwing away felt like a crime! I contacted beauty bay & was emailed a postage label meaning it doesn't cost anything to post

You can use the label repeatedly & just need to keep the parcels under 2kg each

If you like I can forward you the email, just PM me your email.

Have Pm'd you, thank you!

 

[amy_forster]

Have Pm'd you, thank you!

On its way to you Fingers crossed it all comes through ok!

 

[charlotte366]

it arrived, thank you very much, I can sort that out next weekend!

 

[Anitacska]

That's a great deal on the Laura Mercier set! You're right, it would've been rude to not buy it. I was amazed by how many Chantecaille quads were still available half price. I always buy mine on eBay for around half price and didn't need back ups, but I was glad to buy the duo as I'd always wanted it, but there was definitely no way I would pay £70 for that!!! There's a lovely shark quad coming out in the spring, can't wait for that.

You shouldn't have asked that question, I was VERY naughty! I really need a telling off!

I just check my order on spacenk and it is showing as shipped, but the tracking still states it is waiting receipt of packaging for shipping. Fingers crossed everything is ok, I doubt it will be waiting for me at home when I get back from work, but I can hope!

I ordered far to much LOL:

• Lipstick Queen 10 percent pigment lipstick
• Kevyn Aucoin Rouge Hommage Lipstick
• Kevyn Aucoin Lipstick Palette
• White Custom Shu empty palette
• Shu Uemura Glow on Blush Refill
• Shu Uemura Bronzing Powder
• Shu Uemura Painting Liners in Black & Night Blue
• Shu Umeura Drawing Liners in Metallic Purple & Metallic Khaki
• Shu Uemura Unlimited Supreme Shine Lipsticks in PK337, Rd165 & PK345
• Chantecaille Classic Quad Palette
• Chantecaille Les Dauphin Quad Palette
• Laura Mercier Bonne Mine Palette
• Laura Mercier Signature Colour Eyes & Lips Collection

I have always wanted a Chantecaille Quad but I have never wanted to pay £75 so passed, I look on ebay but never end up hitting the bid button! I ended up with 2 but to start with my basket had 4, the tigars and the sylvia one were in there for a while till I halved the contents to the stuff I thought I would get most wear/use out of!

I prefer my lipsticks to be a cross between balm/gloss and lipstick, I find I wear this type more than super pigmented ones so the lipsticks will all see good use.

I really got into Shu Uemura when I visited Singapore, I love the blushes and the liners, I find they wear really well so I added a new blush and my painting liner in black is nearly out so a half price replacement or two was a bargin!

The biggest bargin in my basket was the Laura Mercier Signature Colour Eye and Lip Collection, it includes:

• deluxe travel size foundation primer
• FS Cavier eyeshadow stick in twlight
• an exclusive designed custom 3 well palette with full size Second Skin Cheek Color in Vintage Pink, Eye Colour Duet in Morning Dew/ Primrose and Eye Colour Duet in Topaz/ Kir Royal
• travel size All Over Eye Colour Brush,
• mini Full Blown Volume Lash Building Mascara in Black
• full size Lip Glace in Sweetheart.

The best bit and the bit I still can't believe is that this only cost £12.50

I couldn't leave that behind now could I? The set retails for £50 on the john lewis website, so was a bargin at £12.50 (75% off) but I just had a look through and worked out roughly what the items would have cost individually, here it goes:
Lip Gloss £18.50
Blusher £20.50
Palette £10.50
Cavier Stick £18.50
Eyeshadow £37.00 (Duo split pans not available but a normal pan is £18.50 and there are 2 normal pans in the palette with the blush)

So excluding the mini mascara, brush and foundation primer sample size it would have cost £105.00, think this is my steal of the sales!

 

[charlotte366]

That's a great deal on the Laura Mercier set! You're right, it would've been rude to not buy it. I was amazed by how many Chantecaille quads were still available half price. I always buy mine on eBay for around half price and didn't need back ups, but I was glad to buy the duo as I'd always wanted it, but there was definitely no way I would pay £70 for that!!! There's a lovely shark quad coming out in the spring, can't wait for that.

I was amazed by the spacenk sale this year, logged on after lunch on Christmas Day needing a break from the family and there was lots there, normally I completely miss it! I had far to much choice, my basket was twice the size but I halved it by checkout time. I was surprised by the volume of Chantecaille, those palettes are normally sort after and it you could have your pick, just excited for it to arrive now, its a week tomorrow since ordering, but I want to play! Just have to be patient, soo hoping its at home when I get back tonight!

I need to have more guts when it comes to ebay, I just chicken out when anything goes over £20!

 

[Anitacska]

I buy loads on eBay and hardly have any problems. If you pay by Paypal (which you MUST) if there are any problems, you're covered. Paypal is almost always in the buyers' favour. I love finding bargains and almost always buy things like Chantecaille there because they often sell for a lot less than RRP. If I buy from abroad, I always ask the sellers to mark the customs form with a low value (it's £15 at the moment) and usually get away with it. I think I've only had to pay customs duty about 3-4 times.

Okay, I shouldn't really be encouraging you right now, should I? Sorry.

I was amazed by the spacenk sale this year, logged on after lunch on Christmas Day needing a break from the family and there was lots there, normally I completely miss it! I had far to much choice, my basket was twice the size but I halved it by checkout time. I was surprised by the volume of Chantecaille, those palettes are normally sort after and it you could have your pick, just excited for it to arrive now, its a week tomorrow since ordering, but I want to play! Just have to be patient, soo hoping its at home when I get back tonight!

I need to have more guts when it comes to ebay, I just chicken out when anything goes over £20!

 

[charlotte366]

I buy loads on eBay and hardly have any problems. If you pay by Paypal (which you MUST) if there are any problems, you're covered. Paypal is almost always in the buyers' favour. I love finding bargains and almost always buy things like Chantecaille there because they often sell for a lot less than RRP. If I buy from abroad, I always ask the sellers to mark the customs form with a low value (it's £15 at the moment) and usually get away with it. I think I've only had to pay customs duty about 3-4 times.

Okay, I shouldn't really be encouraging you right now, should I? Sorry.

No you shouldn't be encouraging me, I don't need much help in that direction! You have enabled me on the Chantecaille front and the Guerlain Voyage powder front this year!

I must confess that I have created a 2013 beauty wishlist, as this seemed to slow my spending down in the last quarter of 2012. I have moved away from MAC slightly, don't get me wrong I love a bit of mac, I just stopped going crazy for every release and now try to just pick up what I love and know I will use!

I have recently tried LeMdeB, Burberry, Hourglass and Rouge Bunny Rouge. I love everything I have from these ranges and I suspect that a few of more things from these brands may appear in the next year.

I really want to try a Chantecaille Lip Chic and get Burberry Lip Cover in Brick Red ( I had a sample that I loved) but I promised myself that I can have these when I finish two other lip products, they are both permanent so are not going anywhere. and I have 2 products which I know if I wore them for a month would be finished, which takes me to my end of Jan no buy!

I think every time I want something I will wishlist it unless its ltd edition when you don't have that option and try not to rush/panic purchase, perhaps be a little more considered.

 

[gracie90]

I went to the MAC counter in Debenhams this afternoon and they had all the new collections out (Apres Chic, Studio Fix, pressed pigments).
I think the only thing that was sold out was Stereo Rose?
So if anyone was planning on getting their stuff instore rather than online, it's all out now!