cheaper beauty

Lizzy77_2

Hello,

Anyone know of where I can enter competitions or get beauty products for cheaper? I'm trying to get a couple of things to surprise my daughter but all the brands she likes are way over my budget.

weeowens

Passed to dalkirst to move to CCC.

Your search field is quite vague so maybe you could narrow it down & search MSE Comps.

To search for what you are after on MSE is done via this:

On any Forum page, just above where the threads are listed you will see the option to ‘Search this Forum’, click this & then select ‘Advanced Search’.

A new screen will open, which is the Advanced Search screen & seems to be more responsive to searches.

Please refer to the image below for numbered steps.

1. Key Words.
   Take the main part of a comp page address (URL) & type / paste it here.
   For Example, if http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/competitions/show/id/2704 is the comp page, use keyword: goodtoknow.co.uk
   Also, for the radio comps, try searching for the part of the url that starts '/Article...' it should bring up the other stations if they have been posted.
   
   I recommend you only use the main part of the comp URL as sometimes comps change location on a site.
   
   If that search brings back too many results, then try using a word from the comp which will have been used if it was posted on MSE to narrow it down slightly.
   For Example, goodtoknow.co.uk watch
   
   You could also use the answer to search again, just to ensure you aren’t about to post a comp that is already on here.
2. Search Forums.
   If Competitions Time is not already highlighted in the list, simply scroll down the list & click on it to highlight.
3. Also search in child forums.
   Ensure this box is ticked, it means the search will also check in Competitions Time sub forums (the I won! Forum, the Game Over Forum & the Regular Competitions Forum).

Click on the 'Search Now' button & it will bring back a list of results. Read through the list carefully to see if the comp has already been posted. Repeat the search a couple of times with different search criteria to be more certain that the comp is a new one.

Something else to be aware of is that it can take a couple of hours for the forum software to include new threads into the search function. If you take a quick glance down the last couple of pages of threads to check for comps that sound similar to the one you are about to post & don’t see anything then you are about ready to post a new comp!

Another way some MSE Compers use to search for specific comps is to use the Google Search Engine. If you wanted to search for, say, Kung Fu Panda comps in the forum then you would type:
"Kung Fu Panda" "competition" site:forums.moneysavingexpert.com
(Please note the placement of the speech marks as that is very important!)
This would then return results relating to your search request.

JessicAhh

I would try following the FB and Twitter accounts of the brands that she likes using - often brands will post their own competitions on there.
Also, sometimes they advertise in their email newsletters, so worth signing up for those.

Other places that I can think of which sell a selection of brands, who have regular comps are:
1) Debenhams Beauty Club
2) Space NK
3) House of Fraser
4) Fragrance Direct

Also, look for comps to win vouchers for, e.g., John Lewis / Debs / OneForAll etc, as they can be used to buy the nice beauty products

Out of current comps I can think of, M&S have a very good one for a Jurlique set.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4864131

Hope this helps
Welcome to the board xx