In the Magazines: June 2013

It's a little known fact that magazines - specifically those of the beauty and fashion variety - often like to draw in the consumers with freebies. The simple truth is that we all love a good freebie and the publishers know this. I've found more than one holy grail product through freebies or sample sizes given away in the glossies and I have to say, I have been known to make multiple purchases of one magazine to collect all of the shades or scents. Being such a fan, I decided to start running a monthly feature on the products you can get your hands of in the magazines, and seeing that magazines are always running a month ahead, today I present you with June's freebies...

Marie Claire: This month, MC are giving away a variety of Avon products to choose from, including (eyeliner) and a lipstick in the shade 'Smitten Red'. Evidently the lipstick has proven the most popular (in the centre of Leeds at least), as I only managed to find one copy with it included... which I snapped up as quickly as I could. I haven't worn this lipstick properly yet but I did try it on last night and I'm impressed with the pigmentation and how easily it can be applied. If you like a good, strong red then you might like this product. You'll also get a sample sachet of their (new?) BB Cream thrown in too.

InStyle: The sister magazine of MC is giving away my all time favourite nail brand this month, Nails Inc. There are three full sized shades on offer (worth £11 each!) including a light pink and the two shades that I went for, 'You're A Peach' and 'It's Red, Babez'. I'm not so much a fan of that second name, but we can ignore it for the time being. Given that these polishes are worth £11 and the magazine costs (£3.90), it would almost be criminal not to give them a go. ;)

Elle: When my uni friend Isabella and I were browsing the racks in WH Smith recently, I was absolutely thrilled to see a mini 'They're Real' mascara (yes, the famous Benefit 'holy grail' mascara). Mine recently dried out and I've been trying to use up an Urban Decay one, but to get my hands on a product worth £9 for so much less was fantastic. If you've been hearing lots about this product but not wanted to shell out £19 on a full sized product, see if you can get your hands on a copy of Elle and I promise you won't be disappointed!

Harper's Bazaar: Perhaps a bit more 'upmarket' than some magazines, but I've heard good things abut Ren Skincare recently and this month they are offering a sample of their Moroccan Rose Otto Body Cream and being a lover of rose products, I felt it would have been silly not to give it a try. I'll let you know my thoughts on this when I've tested it out.

So, that's it for magazine freebies this month. I feel like this month has almost been decided based on my favourite things haha. Will you be picking any of these up? Are you a bit of a freebie junkie? Let me know in the comments below!

Thanks for reading,

Rachel x

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