Glamour Magazine Freebies | Nails Inc "Uptown Girl"

Nails Inc Nail Polishes | RRP £11

Hey everyone! Today's post is just a little mention about a really lovely freebie you can get with your Glamour magazine here in the UK. I know I'm a bit late for mentioning any magazine freebies this month but I thought I would actually try the product first and then give you a better review of it! In this month's Glamour magazine there is a choice of 4 Kate Spade Nails inc nail polishes to collect. You can choose between: Uptown Glamour (a metallic gold), Soho Silver (a metallic silver), Big Red Apple (a glossy bright red) and New York Noir (a glossy jet black).

The polish that I chose was "Uptown Glamour" which is a gorgeous metallic gold shade that looks amazing at this time of the year. I do have a lot of gold nail polishes but not very many with this kind of finish - plus I do love a good Nails inc polish so it would have been rude not to pick one up! I've worn this on my nails a couple times over the past few weeks and I have to say I am really impressed with its formula! As always this Nails inc polish applies very opaque and shiny so you could easily get away with wearing just 1 coat. With just 2 coats you have beautiful looking nails that can either be worn during the day or, if you add a glitter top coat for example, can be worn on a night out! As for how long it lasts, with a top coat I found it lasted a good few days on my nails before it started to chip. This is a great all round polish that's perfect for the Christmas season!

For £2 this really is a brilliant freebie to pick up, especially as it's a full size nail polish worth £11! Plus, if you are on a tight budget for Christmas this year, buying all 4 of the shades would make a lovely present for someone who's obsessed with nail polishes!

Have you picked up any of the Nails inc polishes that are free with Glamour magazine?
What other freebies have you spotted this month?

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Glamour Magazine | Percy & Reed

I feel like I haven't done a "Magazine Freebie" post in such a long time, so I was really excited when I heard there were some Percy & Reed hair care products in this month's Glamour magazine! Percy & Reed isn't a brand I've tried before and this is what I love about free products with Glamour, you can try new brands for just £2! With this month's issue you can collect: the Radiant Colour & Shine Shampoo, the Radiant Colour & Shine Conditioner, the Flawless Finishing Polish and the Volumising No Oil Oil for fine hair together worth £41! As you can see, the packaging is so adorable and the perfect size for travelling!

 Really Rather Radiant Colour & Shine Shampoo 100ml (full size £14 LINK)

This shampoo is designed to give your hair extra depth and gloss. It contains raspberry oil that helps coloured hair shimmer and shine and pro vitamin B5 to add strength! This shampoo has a lovely scent to it and I can't wait to try it out. 

Really Rather Radiant Colour & Shine Conditioner 100ml (full size £16 LINK)

This is the matching conditioner to go with the shampoo. The conditioner is meant to add shine and glossiness to your hair as it contains: raspberry oil, white grape seed oil and aloe vera! It also contains pro vitamin B5 like the shampoo to add strength to your hair.

Quite Frankly Flawless Finishing Polish 100ml (full size £10 LINK)

The finishing polish is a styling product that helps control and groom unruly hair. With chestnut extracts it gives you a soft flexible hold and moisturises with sunflower wax! 

Smoothed, Sealed & Sensational Volumising No Oil Oil For Fine Hair 30ml (full size £14 LINK)

This is probably the product I wanted to try the most! I'm loving hair oils at the moment, so being able to try one for just £2 was great! This hair oil is for fine hair, which is what I have, so hopefully this oil will work well for me! It contains violet extracts which leave your hair smooth, sleek and shiny as well as volumised! Again, this product contains vitamin B5 which helps restore strength and offers a form of heat protection.

Have you been able to try the Percy & Reed freebies?

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Magazine Freebies | Glamour

Glamour Magazine December 2012 UK

Motcomb Street | St James | Glamour Glitter | Elizabeth Street

nails inc. London nail polishes RRP £11

So this month in Glamour magazine, there's the chance to pick up 4 full sized nails inc. polishes worth £11 each! This is probably one of the best magazine freebies in a long time. I love freebies with Glamour, it's only £2 which means you can try new brands really cheap.

The 4 colours available are:

Motcomb Street - this may seem black at first glace but it's actually a really deep and dark navy blue. This applies really well, it's opaque, creamy and will be perfect for the colder months.

St James - this is described as a pillar box red that will add glam to any outfit. I'm loving bright red nails at the moment and this nail polish couldn't have come at a better time. It's my favourite out of the selection and again, this is has the same lovely formula as Motcomb Street.

Glamour Glitter - from the name and not being able to find this online, I believe this is a limited edition polish you can only get with Glamour magazine. It's a fine, gold glitter polish that would look perfect as a top coat, especially with the 3 other polishes.

Elizabeth Street - I'm wearing this polish at the moment and really like it. It's a perfect baby pink that would be great for French manicures! If you're just starting out with nail polish, this would be the best polish for you to pick up. Again, it has the same amazing formula and gives a healthy look to your nails.

All the polishes have a glossy finish and look great with just 1 coat! These are my first ever nails inc. polishes and would love to try some more.

I'm also currently giving away a nails inc. Glamour Glitter polish in my Christmas Giveaway, click on the link to enter!

 
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Magazine Freebies | InStyle

InStyle magazine November 2012 issue

Bene Tint 4ml RRP £24.50 for 12.5ml

Cha Cha Tint 4ml RRP £24.50 for 12.5ml

Swatches straight from the brush (not blended in)

Everyone loves a good freebie, and when I found on InStyle magazine were giving away 3 mini Benefit products I couldn't wait to get my hands on them! The 3 products up for grabs are: Bene Tint (a rose lip/ cheek tint), Cha Cha Tint (a mango lip/ cheek tint) and Sun Beam (a golden highlighter). I picked up the Bene Tint and Cha Cha Tint as there were no Sun Beams left. I'm not too fussed because I rarely use highlighters anyway. But I am really excited I managed to find the tints because I've wanted to try them both for so long! Each mini freebie comes with 4ml of product, which is a third of the full sized product. As I picked my magazines up in Tesco, I only payed £2.50 (£3.80 elsewhere) for each magazine so this is a fantastic deal!

The tints are like mini nail polishes as they come in glass bottles and have a brush applicator. I remember once in year 7, my friend was applying a tint to her lips and I nearly freaked because I thought she was putting red nail polish on her lips haha! I love how the minis are exactly the same looking as the full sized products so you can get a true feel of the products before you go and buy the full size.

The Bene Tint is a lovely pink rose colour which I think will be great for Autumn and Winter for extra rosy cheeks. The Cha Cha Tint however is probably best for Summer because it gives an orange/ coral flush to cheeks and lips. They both apply really well and are pigmented, but you do have to work fast with them as they dry quickly.

As well as getting these freebies with the magazine, if you turn to page 169 you will find that if you bring in that page to any Benefit counter/ boutique, you can get a free mini Bag Gal Lash mascara! So basically 2 freebies per magazine! This is a great magazine freebie set and I recommend you picking it up!

Have you picked up the Benefit freebies yet?
 

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Magazine Freebies | Cosmopolitan (UK)

Cosmopolitan UK Issue November 2012 £3.50

Source: Cosmopolitan Website

Missguided Lipsplash Lip Gloss RRP £5

I feel like I haven't done a Magazine Freebie post in ages! However, there are quite a few out at the moment and I will try to collect them all!

 In this month's issue of Cosmopolitan, there is a free Missguided Lipsplash lip gloss available in 3 different colours: a peach (Peace), a light pink and a hot purple/ pink (I can't find the names of the other lipglosses anywhere! How annoying). You also get a free mini tube of Oral B 3D White, but I haven't photographed it. Cosmo had an issue a couple months a go with a free Missguided nail varnish which I really liked, so was quite excited to try this.

I chose Peace because I'm not the biggest fan of pink lipgloss as I think it looks weird on my lips. I usually go for more orange toned lip products, so thought this lip gloss would be great for everyday use. As you can see from the swatch, it's quite a neutral lip gloss, so will also add a nice 'your lips but better' shine to your lips.

To be honest, there's nothing amazingly special about this lips gloss and I definitely wouldn't spend £5 on it.  It's just the average lip gloss that every girl has in their collection which can be thrown in your handbag for touch ups during the day. It's a little bit sticky and the smell isn't that great, the usual cheap plastic lip gloss smell. But I do like how it looks on the lips and gives them a nice shine.

I won't be picking up the other 2 lip glosses, but if anyone else has made a post about them, I'd love to see it! Also, if you have spotted any other magazine freebies, feel free to let me and others know in the comments below!

Have you tried the Missguided Lipsplash freebie?

Amie ♥

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