FeelUnique Wellbeing and Skincare Mini Haul

Feelunique are currently celebrating their 16th birthday and they have some incredible offers on their site right now.  With savings up to 33% off skincare, luxury gift with purchases, 3 for 2’s and savings on top brands such as ELEMIS, Caudalie, Nuxe, Bioderma , Tan-luxe and many more, it is time to fill your basket and also maybe get your hands on the birthday beauty bundle! Plus, if you get to the bottom of this post, I have an exclusive discount code which will give you some amazing savings!

I always have a basket full of products which catch my eye as I am browsing the Feelunique website during zoom meetings (camera off) and when I am travelling around London.  I love looking in the 'New In' and 'Best-selling' sections to find out what people need to purchase or are currently loving, all in an effort to avoid FOMO.

I was kindly gifted a voucher to make a purchase of some of the items sitting in my basket, which currently stands at 15 products, mainly skincare, a few fragrances and of course some makeup are all there tempting me to purchase them.  However, with my voucher, I did purchase two products which I have lusted after for a long time, one coming from a brand I am just an enormous fan of and the other, I know very little about but have seen this particular item raved about on my social media feed.

First up from Aromatherapy Associates, which is on offer with Feelunique with 23% off is the Aromatherapy Associates De-Stress Muscle Bath & Shower Oil (37.99). Support Breathe is the one oil we always have at home in its many forms, it is a life saver when you have that winter cold, feel a bit meh or just want to lay back and relax into nothingness.

The Oil has two main Essential Oils which are Black Pepper which helps to ease muscular aches and paints as well as Chinese Ginger which warms the muscles and the joints as well as boosting circulation.

The second product I ticked off my list and out of my basket is from Lumene and it is the Lumene Nordic Hydra Oxygen Recovery 72h Hydra Gel Mask (£16.24).  This mask is currently on offer with 22% off and it is described as being one which is perfect for hydrating skin and provides 72-hour non-stop hydration, making it perfect for dehydrated skin.

It is Infused with Nordic superwaters including pure Arctic spring water and organic Nordic birch sap. Alongside those, you will also find the inclusion of lingonberry, bilberry and cloudberry waters, all of which are said to come together to help to give that fresh, plump & healthy look.

I am really looking forward to trying both of these products and I will be back with more thorough reviews once I have.  In the meantime, I do have an exclusive discount code giving you 15% off and it is valid until Halloween - simply type in BeautyQueen15.

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Best Beauty Advent Calendars Worldwide 2021

It will come as no surprise that here in the UK we have rapidly approached 100 Beauty Advent Calendars, they have arrived in all different shapes and sizes, prices and many are recyclable, reusable and designed to be re-purposed.  However, as well as being lucky enough to have a choice of Advent Calendar here in the UK, there is also a whole host of options outside the UK and as many of you keep asking, I thought I would share some of them with you as well as state where they are from.

YesStyle Beauty Box Advent Calendar which hails from South Korea but is available to anyone in the U.K. for just £130.98 right here.

Inside this calendar you will find 24 skincare and makeup from K-Beauty brands such as COSRX, Holika Holika, I’m From and Dear,Klairs to name a few. The contents are said to be worth more than $350. 

Not one I expected to see, but from Chanel is the most iconic of all perhaps. 

Shaped liked a Chanel No5 bottle, the unique Advent Calendar featuring 27 boxes numbered from 5 to 31 - very clever! Products inside include everything from nail polish and lipstick to fragrance and other accessories including a bracelet and a snow globe. Currently on sale with Chanel for $825, I can think of a few people who will hope this comes to the U.K.

From QVC we have the TILI Beauty Advent Calendar and honestly, QVC need to release an Advent Calendar here in the U.K. - which they tried to do one year and nothing much came of it.

Inside this Advent Calendar is 24 products from brands such as Benefit Cosmetics, Elemis, Peter Thomas Roth, Floral Street and Sunday Riley. It is made up of skincare, makeup, fragrance and is on offer for just $64.75 which is incredible value for money!

The next Advent Calendar to catch my eye comes from Saks Fifth Avenue with their Ready Set Refresh offering.

Featuring a 14 products from a range of skincare, fragrance, and haircare, you will find brands such as Eve Lom, Sunday Riley and Foreo and it is on sale now, priced at just $75.

From Douglas comes an Advent Calendar titled 24 Exclusive Beauty Highlights for you and it looks pretty good!

Inside the Advent Calendar there are 24 doors to open and they reveal beauty products worth over € 350! You will find the likes of 111Skin, Morphe, Dr Barbara Sturm and Keys Soulcare to name just a few. This Advent Calendar is on sale now for just € 59.99 right here.

From Anthropologie we have the George & Viv 24 Days of Beauty and I absolutely love both the look and contents of this one!

This Advent Calendar features 24 incredible brands with their products, all of which you will find hiding in numbered drawers.  Brands such as Youth To The People, Sunday Riley, Living Proof, Caudalie, Alpha-H and ESPA to name just a few of them and this Advent Calendar is on sale for just $72, which again is amazing value for money!

From Sephora we have two pretty amazing sounding Advent Calendars. The first one is the Holiday Vibes Advent Calendar. Here in the UK we might not be able to access the US Site but we can get onto the French site and order from them!

This Advent Calendar has a value of over $100 but it is on sale for just $45/ €49.99 and it is packed full of Sephora own-branded products and would be an amazing way to get to know what they have to offer.

The second offering from Sephora is the Sephora Favourites Advent Calendar and this one is amazing and priced at just €129.90.

Inside you will find brands such as Fenty Beauty, Huda Beauty, Benefit Cosmetics, Olaplex, Too Faced, Tarte and some of Sephora's very own products. Each of these 24 products will be hidden inside a numbered box and it is incredibly tempting to order it!

From Flaconi we have the 24 Beauty Gifts Advent Calendar for 2021 and it is a 24 day Advent Calendar.

Worth over €180 the Flaconi 24 Beauty Gifts Advent Calendar 2021 is on sale for just €49.95, and inside you will find brands such as 3ina, Essie, Polaar and Weleda 

to name just a few.

Alongside those mentioned above, I always find it fascinating to see what Lookfantastic and Glossybox have to offer their customers overseas, especially when it comes to beauty boxes because often the products are so much better than what is in offer here in the UK, it is just a shame we are unable to grab them.

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Lookfantastic Scent Edit Autumn 2021 Box

The third installment of the Lookfantastic Scent Edit has arrived for Autumn and if you love fragrances and like me, I’ve the chance to try them out within a familiar environment, then this is a great box.

The Scent Edit and the Summer Edit which we have already seen, laud the foundation for this box and they are really popular. 

Autumn has arrived, and what better way to indulge your senses than with these iconic fragrances. Housed in a specially designed box, sample 5 incredible perfumes along with an exclusive sample of Armani Lip Gloss and Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery concentrate.

The Lookfantastic Scent Edit Autumn 2021 Box is £55 but it does also contain a £55 voucher to redeem against any full-size fragrance of your choice. So within this box there are five deluxe sample sized fragrances to test and try and should you find one you absolutely love, then you simply redeem that voucher against it. This edit also features two extra samples too.

Contents

• Armani Sì Passione Eau de Parfum 7ml
• Armani Lip Maestro Mini - Shade 400
• Yves Saint Laurent Libre Eau de Parfum 7.5ml
• Lancôme La Vie Est Belle En Rose Eau de Parfum 3ml
• Maison Margiela Lazy Sunday Morning 7ml
• Viktor & Rolf BonBon Eau de Parfum
• Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate

I have tried all of the fragrances within this edit and would struggle to choose a favourite of those five offerings, though today I am wearing Lazy Sunday Morning by Maison Margiela which is just divine!

You can find the Lookfantastic Autumn Scent Edit on sale right now for just £55!

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John Lewis Virtual Weekend Goody Bag

If you are a member of John Lewis Partnerships, which is free to join, you will be alerted to their Virtual Beauty Weekends which are packed full with must-see masterclasses, live skincare tutorials, panel talks and a whole lot more. 

The classes are subject to a small fee of £15 for a silver ticket and £35 for the gold ticket. Both ticket prices entitle you to a £15 voucher you can spend with the brand hosting after the event, but if you are lucky enough to get a gold ticket, you also get a free goody bag and this time it was worth over £265.

My goody bag arrived a few days ago and honesty, the contents are just incredible and it is divided into three sections.

First up with skincare saviours we have five products which are designed to help revolutionise your skincare routine and keep your skin looking refreshed, nourishes and glowing! So, the products we have are:

• Kate Somerville Goat Milk Cleanser (15ml) - Gently removed makeup, dirt, oil and other impurities, all whilst maintaining the skins natural radiance.
• Elemis Papaya Enzyme Peel (50ml/full size) - An exfoliator which is infused with natural enzymes from Papaya and pineapple, designed to protect and brighten the skin.
• Fresh Rose Deep Hydration Face Cream (15ml) - an advanced gel cream that hydrates and replenishes the skin overnight. Said to be powered by a combination of hyaluronic acids for ultra-soft skin.
• Murad AHA/BHA Exfoliating Cleanser (15ml) - A creamy exfoliating cleanser which combines physical and chemical exfoliant for smoother skin.
• Clarins Super Restorative Day Cream (15ml) - Perfect for use in a morning for replenished, plump and radiant looking skin.

The second section of products have been titled “Best Face Forward” and together they are designed to reinvent your go-to look as a collection of makeup must-haves.  So here we have:

• Charlotte Tilbury K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick (3.5g full-size). The shade Stoned Rose, it is described as being the perfect neutral lip shade. Enriched with a breakthrough antioxidant that leaves the lips soft with lightweight diffusing pigments for an ultra-brilliant colour.
• Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Cream Shadow Stick (0.9g) - The shade Taupe, this shadow stick is said to last for up to 8 hours once applied and as well as a shadow, it can also be used a base.
• Laura Mercier Pure Canvas Primer (50ml Full Size) - A 100% silicone-free primer that is packed full of skin-loving ingredients which work to lock in your skincare and prolong the wear of your makeup.
• MAC Extreme Dimension Mascara (8g Full size) - This lightweight mascara is designed to give volumised lashes with a 24-hour wear. The moulded brush also helps to maximise coverage.
• Hourglass Confession Ultra Slim High Intensity Lipstick (9g Full Size) - In the shade I Am, this shade is described as being the ultimate red to amp up your look and not only is it refillable but also easy to apply and gives a satin finish.
• Dior Addict Lip Maximizer (2ml) - If ever there was the cutest mini, Dior wins that prize! This Lip Maximizer delivers a plumping effect and shine due to the Volumising spheres of hyaluronic acid.
• NARS Narsissist Wanted Eyeshadow Palette (Full size) - Featuring 6 pure pigment matte, satin and shimmer shades:

1. SATISFACTION (shimmering golden pink)
2. DELIRIUM (metallic rose)
3. MENDOZA (shimmering pink copper)
4. SHOOTING STAR (sparkling champagne)
5. SHADOW HILL (matte saddle)
6. WICKED GAME (satin cranberry)

Together these shades are just absolutely stunning and the palette I already love.

Then finally we have Finishing Touches and this section is said to be a perfect collection of products for when you’re on the go and need some handy essentials for an instant refresh. So the products we have are as follows:

• OTO CBD Ritual Hand Balm (30ml) - Bringing together pure CBD and Shea Butter alongside Olive Oil and Aloe Vera Leaf for an intense moisturising balm.
• Claus Porto Banho Citron Verbena Mini Soap (30g) - Enriched with Shea Butter for a silky smooth lather and finished with a fresh citrus fragrance.
• Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo (92ml) - I don’t think I need to state just how much I adore this dry shampoo, it is my one and only! A Paraben-free dry shampoo that eliminates oil, sweat and odour and leaves the hair feeling clean without the white residue.

So there you have the entire contents of my goody bag from the John Lewis Virtual Beauty Weekend and I am sure you will agree just how amazing it is.  

I’ve decided that as the Charlotte Tilbury lipstick is a shade I already have, to give it away to one of you. There is a rafflecopter widget below with two mandatory entries you must complete - if they are not completed, your entry will be deleted. After those, there are some non-mandatory entries you are free to complete if you wish and the rest of the terms and conditions are below.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Terms and conditions 

• This giveaway is open internationally.
• One winner will be chosen at random via Rafflecopter to win the Charlotte Tilbury Lipstick
• You must be 18 or over to enter, anyone who is under 18 must seek parental permission before entering this giveaway.
• There is no purchase necessary to enter this giveaway
• There is no cash alternative 
• Information given when entering this competition will remain confidential and will not be shared with anyone else.
• Every entry will be checked and verified, with any incomplete, false or duplicate entries being removed from the giveaway as mentioned above 
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• The winner will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to respond. If the winner does not respond within 48 hours, an alternative winner will be selected randomly again via Rafflecopter

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