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Free £25 Elizabeth Arden eye shadow with a £2.50 magazine
MSE_Jenny
Posts: 1,318 MSE Staff
This month’s £2.50 Prima magazine comes with a fab freebie: a voucher for a posh Elizabeth Arden eyeshadow palette, worth £25.
What you get
You get an Elizabeth Arden Heritage Color Intrigue Eyeshadow Quad (link goes to a US website, as we can't find it online in the UK). These were orginally £25, but they're currently in the Boots sale for £10; still not bad for £2.50. It looks pretty decent, and would make a great budget Xmas pressie.
How to grab one
Simply buy the December issue of Prima and cut out the voucher from the middle insert. If you've an asda nearby, it's worth noting that the magazine is £1.50 there, instead of £2.50.
Take it along to a large Boots where apparently they’ll give you a free skincare consultation before handing over the eyeshadow. Call 0845 0708090 to find your nearest participating store.
WARNING! Stocks may go quickly.
The offer is valid until 31 December 2008, though stocks are likely to go quickly after this tip’s been in the weekly email. You may want to check that they've got some left before buying the magazine!
PS For men getting this as gifts, luckily not everyone has the consultation experience reported below by the 'dude' in post 11.
Huge thanks to sally06 on the magazine thread & harryharp below for spotting the deal. This separate note was created and inserted so we could give MoneySavers the full lowdown.
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What you get
You get an Elizabeth Arden Heritage Color Intrigue Eyeshadow Quad (link goes to a US website, as we can't find it online in the UK). These were orginally £25, but they're currently in the Boots sale for £10; still not bad for £2.50. It looks pretty decent, and would make a great budget Xmas pressie.
How to grab one
Simply buy the December issue of Prima and cut out the voucher from the middle insert. If you've an asda nearby, it's worth noting that the magazine is £1.50 there, instead of £2.50.
Take it along to a large Boots where apparently they’ll give you a free skincare consultation before handing over the eyeshadow. Call 0845 0708090 to find your nearest participating store.
WARNING! Stocks may go quickly.
The offer is valid until 31 December 2008, though stocks are likely to go quickly after this tip’s been in the weekly email. You may want to check that they've got some left before buying the magazine!
PS For men getting this as gifts, luckily not everyone has the consultation experience reported below by the 'dude' in post 11.
Huge thanks to sally06 on the magazine thread & harryharp below for spotting the deal. This separate note was created and inserted so we could give MoneySavers the full lowdown.
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In December's Prima magazine there's a mini-mag insert ('Prima Extra'), in which there is a coupon for a skincare consultation and free eyeshadow quad worth £25, at Elizabeth Arden counters in Boots (offer valid 1st Nov-31st Dec while stocks last).
I've just got mine, and it's a really lovely set of brown and cream shades, in a very nice mirrored compact in a velvet pouch! I am dead chuffed. You don't even have to have the skin consultation unless you want to- I just handed the coupon to the SA (Chester store) and she just gave me the compact.
I'm not sure all branches of Boots have an Elizabeth Arden counter though, but you can find out the nearest one to you that does by going on the store locator on the Boots website- just put in your postcode and tick the Elizabeth Arden box: http://www.boots.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreLocator?requiredAction=displayStoreLookupPage&displayView=StoreLookupView&langId=-1&storeId=10052&catalogId=110510 -
ohhhh good present then??? i think i will be buying this eheheh
thanks op I am a full time Benefit and Money Adviser for a leading non profit charity and I LOVE my job
Comments posted on this forum do not reflect the views of my employer
Please note forum police I suffer from dyslexia so my spelling and grammar can be dreadful- sorry but I cant help it!0 -
Yes, it would be a LOVELY present, but I'm keeping mine for myself;)x__Indigo_x wrote: »ohhhh good present then??? i think i will be buying this eheheh thanks op0 -
And if you buy your Prima from Asda this month it's only £1.50 and includes a free small bar of dark chocolate so an even bigger bargain!!!
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try getting in bed with a mosquito!0 -
I got mine but I HAD to have a skincare consultation and be shown how I could apply the colours in the eyeshadow palette. I said I didn't want a consultation and so she said I couldn't have the eyeshadow then! She put it through the till and to buy it would only have been £10 not the £25 as stated in Prima. It is a really nice compact and was worth the hassle of having to sit and be pampered! I went to the Merry Hill branch of Boots.0
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what colours does this come in does anyone know?x0
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It tells you in the first post...
Thanks to all who post constructively.
Have an A1 day!0 -
Oooh thank you; I am going to try for this tomorrow!!0
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Thanks OP and everyone above for the information.
I got mine today. SA twice offered a free consulation, saying there are promotion today. I told her no thank you and she was ok without the consulation.
SA gave me a 'special edition' Go Red for woman compact in a red box. Mine also scanned as £10 only. The US online shop sell it at around $20-$30.
The product is as described by the OP. The colour on offer is called Neutral Cashmeres:
This limited edition heritage compact features THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WOMAN, the ideal of “modern” beauty in the 1930’s. Color Intrigue Eyeshadow Quad in Neutral Cashmeres: warm-neutral palette. Rich true color that lasts all day. Includes a dual-ended eyeshadow brush and foam tip applicator.
http://www.goredforwomen.com.au/index.cfm?preview=1&Page=370B21AD-FF62-992E-CD213AA613131318
There are many positive web reviews. I haven't try the eyeshadows yet, but it's a delight to open the box and see the pretty compact. It mades a great X'mas present (for only £2.50!).0 -
Snotty jobsworth SA who looked like a tarted up extra from Dawn Of The Dead refused to give me the stuffing thing.
SA: 'Your Lady must come and have a consultation.'
Me: 'She's agoraphobic.'
SA: 'But there must be a consultation.'
Me: 'OK I'll have one.'
SA: 'Ha, ha.'
Me: 'No seriously, consult me lady.'
SA: 'Sorry Sir, I need to serve a customer now.'
Well, at least the SA on the Max Factor till had a giggle.
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