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I wanna cheap Origins skincare

Hi,

I am looking online to see if I can find discounted Origins skincare. Boots sells them for the same price as the Origins webstore. I could use the boots current offers but most of the stuff is out of stock.

I have looked at some of my usual online store but can't find one that stocks these products.

Any clues? Thanks.

PS: I am looking to buy the white tea sking guardian, which is really smooth and calms my skin after blemishes break out. So if you can suggest a cheaper alternative, all the better!! ;)

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  • jenniewb
    jenniewb Posts: 12,843 Forumite
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    edited 27 November 2009 at 3:55AM
    Wait till after Christmas/New Year- the gift sets all get reduced then, not massivley but around 30% on the rrp of the set.

    Am an Origins perfect world fan too! But the price is just too high for me, I tried ebay but its not much cheaper. I have tried other brands, I have very very dry skin which gets spots if I use anything unnatural (like mineral oil- otherwise known as vaseline, or lanolin and various other skin care additives).
    Nuxe I found was great- the Nivannesque cream is beautiful! I used my Boots points to buy it...until Boots stopped selling it!
    Now I'm using Lush Celestial, its a good cream and hasn't given me any spots yet does a great job of moisturising. It also has NO mineral oil in!
    Kiehl's do a facial cream called Ultra Moisturising cream, its a nice cream but not for my skin as its so sensitive the cream made it sting! You can get samples from their counter which last a few days. Its worth testing before you buy anyway but can be great as something to tide you over if your waiting for the sales to start...

    Other brands which gave me spots were: Boots No.7 (any of!) Lancome for dry/sensitive and aging skin (luckily only samples!) Olay (regenerist and definity, not tried the others) Simple and various other high street non natural brands.
  • pcg2001
    pcg2001 Posts: 1,406 Forumite
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    Thanks Jennie for the tip.

    I am also looking at Boots.com to see if I can get a nice combination of items and a good points offer with their xmas offers - they now have a gift with 2 purchases but it is out of stock. Off course I would rather spend less money. So I might simply wait until I have enough points.

    I am not sure I can prevent the blemishes... you see, I get them once a month. But I know my skin does not agree with the Boots stuff (which is a shame since I still have lots of it from the many deals they do with vouchers, luckily some of it is just cleansers and toners). I will try to find more natural stuff as you suggested.
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