UK Release Dates Discussion - All Brands Welcome!

[rockin]

Yes, it used to. Also if it was a gift then it was £60, I think. Now it's £15 regardless. I wouldn't mind paying the extra 20% or whatever it is, but it's the post office's charge that annoys me too, that's why I try to avoid it if I can.

I thought it used to be £18, or £36 if it was a gift. I didn't know they'd done away with the extra 'gift' allowance now

 

[mushroomteagirl]

It used to be £18, I'm sure. That amount hardly buys you anything, though. The worst bit is the Post Office adding their £8 charge (assuming that hasn't gone up too) on top for doing next to nothing - scandalous! I've been caught twice, and each time the PO charge was more than the actual Customs charge

I've had that before too. £8 PO charge and only £1 odd customs charge. It is scandalous!

I've got another big order coming from th US so i'm hoping i'm luckier next time.

 

[toobusytostitch]

I have Virginmedia phone, broadband and TV too. In fact it's Virginmedia I'm thinking of having my Blackberry on. With SIM only, I can get it for £7 a month on a 30 day rolling contract. If I'd gone with Orange, who my current PAYG phone is with, it would be twice the price and I would have to be locked into a 2 year contract! The phone, a 9320, seems pretty easy to use - very intuitive for the most part. I need to find out more about BBM and which apps to install, for example I'm told the Facebook app it comes with isn't too good and there's a better one I can get. Any recommended apps?

That's the deal that I'm on - really good value. I don't use the apps too much tbh, nor even the BBM bit, as no-one else I know uses it either! I did try the Facebook app, and it just annoyed me, so I 'lost' it. The ebay app IS good though, and I feed my google calendar down onto it via the email settings - that's useful so that I know where I should be and when

 

[toobusytostitch]

It used to be £18, I'm sure. That amount hardly buys you anything, though. The worst bit is the Post Office adding their £8 charge (assuming that hasn't gone up too) on top for doing next to nothing - scandalous! I've been caught twice, and each time the PO charge was more than the actual Customs charge

Yes - definitely the PO charge is the biggest rip-off - paying all that just so your parcel can take an extra ten days or so to get to you while they examine it in Customs If I'm ordering fabrics/needlework things from the states I make sure it's a once-a-year sort of purchase so that I only pay the charge once - I don't mind so much the Customs charge, as I suppose that is the actual 'rightful' tax/charge.

 

[toobusytostitch]

My things came from Guru MU Emporium yesterday too. Really good products at a great price (sounds like an Asda advert!). Went into Crawley - as said, Debenhams was a bit low on brands - I thought it had a lot more from when I went in three years ago or so, think I'm remembering somewhere else I think - possibly Kingston! Got one of the Christmas special glittery vanity case deals though - for exactly the £45 that I had on my card They didn't have the Lancome new blush in stock, despite having the tester out - otherwise I'd have had one of them for sure!

Also went to Lush - mostly bought sale things for my daughter, and a couple of things for my fifteen-year-old son, who is going through a horrible spotty phase poor kid! He's loves his 'products' - worse than my seventeen-year-old daughter

 

[Anitacska]

Yes, you're probably right, I was thinking 60 because that's what it was in USD.

I thought it used to be £18, or £36 if it was a gift. I didn't know they'd done away with the extra 'gift' allowance now

 

[Anitacska]

There's no Debenhams in Kingston. The Bentalls beauty section is brilliant though, it has almost every brand including Guerlain, Mac and Chanel! If only they also had UD and Stila that would be great. Plus a better beauty reward card.

My things came from Guru MU Emporium yesterday too. Really good products at a great price (sounds like an Asda advert!). Went into Crawley - as said, Debenhams was a bit low on brands - I thought it had a lot more from when I went in three years ago or so, think I'm remembering somewhere else I think - possibly Kingston! Got one of the Christmas special glittery vanity case deals though - for exactly the £45 that I had on my card They didn't have the Lancome new blush in stock, despite having the tester out - otherwise I'd have had one of them for sure!
Also went to Lush - mostly bought sale things for my daughter, and a couple of things for my fifteen-year-old son, who is going through a horrible spotty phase poor kid! He's loves his 'products' - worse than my seventeen-year-old daughter

 

[Anitacska]

I forgot to say, I'm going to Bicester Village on Friday! A friend asked if I wanted to go with her and another friend. So excited, they have a CCO there. Not that I need anything... but you know!

 

[toobusytostitch]

There's no Debenhams in Kingston. The Bentalls beauty section is brilliant though, it has almost every brand including Guerlain, Mac and Chanel! If only they also had UD and Stila that would be great. Plus a better beauty reward card.

Not Kingston then!! Maybe Croydon? On the whole they all look the same Yes, Bentalls is probably my favourite store around here - they're also so very nice. When I was in there with my youngest daughter (aged eight at the time) they made such a fuss of her - giving her samples of perfume etc and moisturising cream. Probably a good ploy for future AND current customers!

 

[Anitacska]

Really? I need to take mine with me then, lol!

Not Kingston then!! Maybe Croydon? On the whole they all look the same Yes, Bentalls is probably my favourite store around here - they're also so very nice. When I was in there with my youngest daughter (aged eight at the time) they made such a fuss of her - giving her samples of perfume etc and moisturising cream. Probably a good ploy for future AND current customers!

 

[toobusytostitch]

Really? I need to take mine with me then, lol!

Ah, but you've got to get past Build-A-Bear without any tantrums remember!

 

[Anitacska]

Not if I walk from the Bentalls car park!

Then we go straight through the ground floor of Bentalls. Actually minie don't care much about Build-a-Bear, luckily. In fact we've never been to one. I don't even know if they know what it is.

Ah, but you've got to get past Build-A-Bear without any tantrums remember!

 

[rockin]

Benefit UK are giving away umbrellas on Twitter - 20 a day of them. I won one yesterday.

Here's today's tweet about how to win https://twitter.com/Benefit_UK_IRE/status/289342330463453184

 

[Alisha1]

Benefit UK are giving away umbrellas on Twitter - 20 a day of them. I won one yesterday.

Here's today's tweet about how to win https://twitter.com/Benefit_UK_IRE/status/289342330463453184

Congrats! You're always winning things! I need some of your luck!

 

[toobusytostitch]

Just a heads-up that a lot of the Guerlain Spring collection is now on Debenhams - not under Guerlain as a brand, but on the New Arrivals tab - there's the meteorites, the two quads and four of the lip products - think there's a mascara too? Can't remember, and it's only five minutes since I looked!

 

[Anitacska]

Ooh, thanks! I definitely want to swatch the eyeshadows and lipsticks first, but I will buy the Meteorites unseen. At the moment I'm not happy with Debenhams, so will probably buy from HoF instead.

 

[toobusytostitch]

Ooh, thanks! I definitely want to swatch the eyeshadows and lipsticks first, but I will buy the Meteorites unseen. At the moment I'm not happy with Debenhams, so will probably buy from HoF instead.

I went for the Meteorites and the two palettes for now - they've got one of their extra points for a £35 spend, so I thought I'd give them a chance! Just hoping that the despatch email says the right things when it arrives!

 

[Anitacska]

No Jo Malone products at the Bicester CCO. I didn't get much, only picked up 2 Volcanic Ash exfoliators, very pleased though as they were £15.75 each and they're £21 on the website! I didn't really want any make up as I tend to buy all the LE stuff I want when they come out, but I saw they had loads of the Gareth Pugh pigments and Strada blushes, that dotty Beth Ditto powder, some of the graffiti palettes, some MES, etc.

I have Plumful, it's a pretty every day shade and it's a Lustre so it has a nice texture though they do tend to wear off faster HTH


I have been wanting to go to Bicester Village for years! Mostly just to visit a CCO..! Can you check to see if the sell any dicontinued Jo Malone products please? I've always wanted to know if they ever go on offer...! Anyways enjoy your trip

Congrats! You're always winning things! I need some of your luck!

 

[PeachTwist]

I have Plumful, it's a pretty every day shade and it's a Lustre so it has a nice texture though they do tend to wear off faster HTH

Thanks! I gave them a list and they told me Plumful will be on it's way to me on Monday, yay!

 

[PeachTwist]

I'm having absolutely ZERO luck with the mail lately.

My Mom ordered a Christmas present from me from the US and it still isn't here. A lady on here sent me a package god knows how long ago now from the US and it still isn't here either. A package I sent around October time hasn't made it's way to it's destination so I'm trying to get the post office to refund the money etc.

Everything fails lately.