Gift Ideas - Cosmetics

Choosing gifts for women has to be about the easiest thing, as there is a wide variety of goodies that can make any girl happy.  One of the surest ways to a lady's heart is by gifting her cosmetics or make-up sets!   Many beauty brands have special collections and sets in various price ranges for this festive season - so you don't have to be an expert on cosmetics to buy them for your gal!

Body Shop has many deals and savings for the festive season, including gift sets, discounted items and new collections.  There are Christmas Special Editions of their body care products in Vanilla Bliss, Ginger Sparkle and Cranberry Joy fragrances.  Discounts of 20% off can be availed on several of their select standalone products. Their gift sets range in price from Baht 290 to 2,290; out of which some of the promising picks are:

 - Mini Gift Cubes in 5 choices of fragrances: Moringa, Satsuma orange, Strawberry, Olive or Honeymania (shower gel, lotion, bath lily): Baht 290
 - Fragrance Gift Cubes in 4 fragrances: White Musk, Musk Libertine, Cherry Blossom or Rose (shower gel, body lotion, bath lily): Baht 390
 - Mini Trio Body Butter Gift each with 3 fragrances: Baht 550
 - Festive Gift Bags in 4 fragrances: Strawberry, Satsuma orange, Honeymania or Olive (shower gel, body polish or scrub, body butter, bath lily): Baht 590
 - Festive Body Butter Trio: Baht 650
 - Wild Rose Handy Manicure Set: Baht 690
 - Gift Trio Seasonal Hand Cream: Baht 720
 - Born Lippy Lollipop Gift each with 5 fragrances: Baht 850
 - Body Butter Lollipop Gift each with 5 fragrances: Baht 990
 - Deluxe Collection Bath & Body gifts in 6 choices of fragrances: Strawberry, Shea, Olive, Moringa, Satsuma orange, Honeymania (shower gel, body scrub, body butter, soap, bath lily): Baht 1090
 - Vanila Bliss Gift Box (shower gel, body polish, body butter, soap): Baht 1,290

For more info on the gift sets, check out their web pages:
http://www.thebodyshop.co.th/en/promotions.php
http://www.thebodyshop.co.th/Gift-Catalogue/giftcatalogue.html

Bobby Brown cosmetics are perhaps more expensive than others on this list, but are no doubt the most exclusive of the lot. Known for quality make-up products, Bobby Brown is offering a variety of eye palettes, lip & eye palettes, brush sets, lip gloss and compacts in prices ranging from 1,250 Baht to 6,500 Baht. Some exclusive make-up sets can also be purchased online.  Highlights of the Holiday Collection include:

 - Everyday Pretty Lip & Eye Palette - THB 1,500
 - Sequin Shimmer Brick Eye Palette - THB 2,250
 - Ink Eyeliner - THB 1,250
 - Lip Gloss Trio - THB 2,000

More info here: http://www.bobbibrown.co.th

Boots is having a detailed catalog of The Perfect Gift, offering a mind-boggling variety of cosmetics sets ranging from Baht 200 to 2,400 and including popular brands such as No. 7, Seventeen, Boots Extracts, Botanics, Soap & Glory, Sanctuary, Champneys, The Garden Collection, Royal Jelly, and French Connection.  The collections are priced with substantial discounts and hence worth every penny.  Some of the interesting picks are:

 - The Garden Collection Soap Set - 200 Baht (from 280)
 - Royal Jelly Hand Care Kit - 380 Baht (from 450)
 - Boots Extracts Mini Body Butter Collection - 500 Baht (from 600)
 - Soap & Glory Bright & Bubbly Collection - 500 Baht (from 660)
 - French Connection Eye Palette (15 shades) - 550 Baht (from 800)
 - Champneys Brights Nail Polish Collection - 600 Baht (from 900)
 - Seventeen Eyeliner Collection - 600 Baht (from 1,000)
 - Seventeen Complete Makeup Collection - 1,750 Baht (from 2000)
 - No. 7 Vanity Case: Cosmetics Portfolio - 2,200 Baht (from 3,500)

For more information, visit: http://www.th.boots.com/thai/index.php and also check out their gift catalogue here:  http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6383daa8#/6383daa8/2

Skin Food, a popular South Korean skincare and cosmetics manufacturer and retailor, is having Christmas gift sets priced from 290 Baht upto 2,590 Baht.  Products in the sets include shower gels, body lotions, hand lotions, etc. at discounted prices. A gift basket for the sets will cost an additional 390 Baht. Some of the interesting sets are:

 - Tomato Hand Lotions for 290 Baht
 - Paprika-Citron Body & Hair Care set for 320 Baht
 - Goat Milk and Lavender Body Milk - 690 Baht
 - Black Sugar Mask - 1,090 Baht.

More info about Skinfood products is found on their website: http://www.skinfoodthailand.com

Estee Lauder is also having discounted collection sets of their perfumes, skin care products and makeup products - for online shoppers.  Prices range from Baht 1,400 to 5,500, but products are limited in supply.  Some of the interesting sets are:

 - Golden Luxuries set (pressed powder, lipstick, golden clutch) - Baht 5,500
 - Gloss Coffret Lush Lip Glosses with 6 shades - Baht 1,800 (from 3,000)
 - Evelyn Lauder and Elizabeth Hurley Dream Lip Collection (2 lipsticks, 1 red/pink clutch) - Baht 1,400
 - Youth Infusion Hydration set (foam cleanser, night repair cream, moisturiser, night eye repair - Baht 2,800
 - Sensuous Nude Set (Eau de Parfum spray and Body well) - Baht 2,100.
 - Nude Lip Set in Caramel (lipstick, gloss, lip pencil, pouch) - Baht 2,000.

The website is: http://www.esteelauder.co.th/

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Amarin Brand Sale: In Trend In Town

Trendy items of clothing, footwear, bags, watches and accessories, cosmetics and skincare products from the following leading brands are on sale of upto 70% off from May 16-24, 2013 at Amarin Plaza:
 - G2000
 - Guess
 - Hush Puppies
 - Casio
 - Jockey
 - Payot
 - Elizabeth Arden
 - Jurlique
 - etc.

For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/AmarinBrandSale.AmarinPlaza

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Beauty Buffet Summer Splash sale

Beauty Buffet is having a Summer Splash sale with special offers of "Buffet Sets" and free handbag.

The Sets include the "2 pieces for 329 Baht" set and "2 pieces for 399 Baht" set on products as featured in the brochures below.

The 2 for 329 Baht sets include bath gels, body butters and more; while the 2 for 399 sets feature cosmetics like lipsticks, eye-shadows, and mascara.

Besides, purchase of 990 Baht worth of goods will avail you a free lively summer shopping bag.  The offers are valid till April 30, 2013.  For more information: http://www.beautybuffetshop.com

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Gift sets at Beauty Buffet

During the month of December 2012, Beauty Buffet is having many choices of festive gift sets at promotional prices of upto 30% discounts.

There are gift sets of various price ranges, starting from around 275 Baht all the way to over 1,800 Baht.  Items in the gift sets include cosmetics, bath products, body lotions, skin care and hair care products, and many more.

The sale is on at all branches of Beauty Buffet which number almost 70 in Bangkok and over 80 in other provinces all over Thailand.

In Bangkok, Beauty Buffet has outlets at leading shopping centres such as Siam Square, MBK, Central Department Stores, The Mall, Major, Seacon Square, Fashion Island, Future Park, Lotus, Big C Supercenters, Mega Bangna, and also at the BTS stations of Siam, Chidlom, Phrompong and Saladaeng.

For more info, check out the following links:
http://www.beautybuffetshop.com
http://www.facebook.com/beautybuffetfanpage

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Amarin International Brands Sale

Amarin Plaza is having a sale of upto 70% discount at the "Amarin International Brands Sale".

Products featured are fashion clothing and accessories, cosmetics and perfumes, and also children's clothing and toys from over 30 leading brands including Bebe, Morgan, Bossini, Kipling, Calvin Klein, Davidoff, Burberry, Salvatore Ferragamo, Paul Smith, Hugo Boss, Escada, Anna Sui, Bvlgari, Payot and Barbie.

The event runs from September 27th to October 6th, 2012 at the Event Hall on the 1st floor of Amarin Plaza.

For more info check out:  http://www.facebook.com/AmarinBrandSaleFan

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Amarin's Beauty Wish List

Amarin Brand Sale's Beauty Wish List is a sale offering upto 80% discounts on popular brands of women's clothing, shoes, bags, accessories and cosmetics.  The promotional event is good from August 13-22 at the Event Hall of Amarin Plaza.  Brands featured at the sale include Body Shop, Century22, Cherry Blossom, Morgan, Magnifique et moi, Rococo and many more.  There is also an additional 5% discount for customers of AIS and Kasikorn credit card.  For more info, check out their Facebook page:    http://www.facebook.com/AmarinBrandSaleFan

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Fragrance & Skincare Clearance Sale at Amarin

Amarin Brand is organizing the Fragrance & Skincare Clearance Sale, a special promotion offering bargains on a variety of perfumes and cosmetics brands.

Over 30 renowned brands are joining the promotional event to offer up to 80% discounts on their products, including Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, Bvlgari, Burberry, Salvatore Ferragamo, Paul Smith, Davidoff, Escada, Anna Sui and many more.  The must-go clearance sale runs only 3 days from June 27 to June 29, 2012 at the Event Hall on the 1st floor of Amarin Plaza.  

Judging from the first day of the event, the response to the sale has been very good, with crowds thronging the mall to take advantage of the special savings on offer.  If you are planning to check out the sale, it is advisable to know exactly what product you are looking to buy, so that you waste no time deciding or testing out the various goodies - not that this would be easy considering the chaos of the multitude of shoppers there!

For more information, check out:  www.facebook.com/AmarinBrandSaleFan

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Beauty Buffet MidYear Sale

Beauty Buffet is back with its Mid-Year Sale of upto 70% off discounts from June 1 - July 31, 2012, or till stocks last.

Among the discounted price items are cosmetics - mascara, eyeliner, eyeshadow, foundation, lipstick, BB powder, etc. and several body care and hair care products.

Besides the discounted products, the promotion also has package sets of select 2 pieces for 319 baht, and select 3 pieces for 319 baht.

The Buffet Price 2 pieces for 319 baht offer lets you select any 2 pieces from a variety of products such as body lotion, body butter, scrubs, shower cream, and other cosmetics & body care products.

The Buffet Set 3 pieces for 319 baht offer has several products like: collagen shower cream, collagen facial foam, mini curler, Lansley Wrap Up Body Sculpting Film, makeup brushes, mascara softener, etc.





For more info about Beauty Buffet products, visit their website and Facebook pages:

http://www.beautybuffetshop.com
http://www.facebook.com/beautybuffetfanpage
http://www.facebook.com/pages/beauty-buffet-shop/158321227574759

Beauty Buffet has over 70 branches of outlets at leading shopping centres such as Siam Square, MBK, Central, The Mall, Major, Seacon Square, Fashion Island, Future Park, BTS Siam / BTS Chidlom / BTS Phrompong / BTS Saladaeng, Lotus, Big C, Mega Bangna, and many more locations.

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Permanent Laser Hair Removal at Apex with 50% discounts

Apex Profound Beauty, a world-class skin & body aesthetic centre, is having 50% off their courses for permanent hair removal by laser. Each course usually is a package of 5 sittings + 3 times for maintaining (a 6-month warranty). Some of their popular treatments' and prices are as follows:

Upper Lip or Chin - 7,000 3,500 Baht
Under Arms - 18,000 9,000 Baht
Hands - 15,000 7,500 Baht
Lower Arms or Upper Arms - 30,000 15,000 Baht
Lower Legs - 50,000 25,000 Baht

Experts in skincare, skin solutions, weight-loss, body shape-up, and hair solutions, you can locate their branch clinics at the following places in Bangkok, besides their centres at Pattaya and Phuket:-

Siam Paragon, 2nd floor
Siam Center, 3rd floor
Sukhumvit Thonglor 8
Emporium, 3rd floor
Central City Bangna, 5th floor
Central Pinklao, Tower B, 11th floor
Central Ladprao, office tower, 5th & 7th floor
Fashion Island, 2nd floor
Future Park Rangsit, Ground floor

Visit their website for more details or to register for the discounts:
Website: http://www.apexprofoundbeauty.com/en/index.asp
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ApexProfoundBeauty
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ApexBeauty

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Last-minute Gifts

Loft is having a festive promotion "World of Ultimate Gifts 2012" until January 9th 2012.   One of the best gift shops in the city, it has branches at Siam Discovery, Chamchuri Square and Paradise Park. 
http://www.loftbangkok.com

Body Shop is having interesting gift sets of beauty care products. There's also discounts of 15%-20% at certain branches.
http://www.thebodyshop.co.th

Boots is having a Gifts Festival till Jan 4, 2012, with a wide variety of cosmetics, beauty care, bodycare and haircare products, and many gift sets, at discounted prices.
http://www.th.boots.com

Asia Books is having a sale of upto 50% discounts this month, and at Siam Paragon till Jan 4, 2012. Several other promotions include vouchers, lucky dip, etc.   Online purchases can also be made on their website, and they have free delivery all over Thailand till end of December.
http://www.asiabooks.com

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Etude House celebrates 400th shop worldwide

Etude House, the deliciously charming and elegant cosmetics brand from Japan is celebrating its 400th shop opening worldwide, by having promotional gift sets for purchases at minimum set prices.

• For every purchase of 500 Baht upward, you get a Moistfull Collagen Trial Kit worth 225 Baht; and
• For every purchase of 3,500 upwards, you get an O2 White Vitamin C Intensive Serum worth 1,295 Baht.

The promo is running from January 28th to February 6th, and Feb 11-14 2011 (or until stocks last), at every branch of Etude House. There are about 20 stores of Etude House in Thailand, with 16 in Bangkok and 4 in other provinces (Pattaya, Chonburi, Korat and Khon Kaen). For a full list of locations, visit http://www.etudehouse.com/eng/storeLocation/storeLocation.jsp?countryCode=5

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Gift Ideas at Boots

Boots has come out with some interesting gift sets of their attractive house-brand products - perfectly ideal for last-minute gift shopping as well as for those clueless about the art and science of gift buying. What's more, there is even a Buy 1 Get 1 deal on these gift packs, an ongoing promotion from Dec 7, 2010 to Jan 4, 2011.

As pictured, the offerings are as follows:-

Boots Extracts Mango / Cocoa Butter Selection Box - 750 Baht
(Body Wash, Body Butter, Sugar Scrub)

Boots Extracts Cranberry Bag of Treats - 995 Baht
(Body Wash, Body Butter, Bath Cream, Body Scrub)

The Garden Collection Lavender / Rose - 790 Baht
(Body Cream, Hand Lotion, Hand Wash, Bath Gel, Soap, Cotton Flannel)

The Garden Collection Lavender Vanity Bag - 1,100 Baht
(Body Cream, Hand Lotion, Bath Gels)

To visit the Boots Thailand site, go to http://th.boots.com/2009/thai/index.php

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CMG International Brands Sale

CMG group is organizing an International Brands Sale on February 4-7 at the Sirikit National Convention Centre (Meeting room 1-4) with discounts of 30-80% on major fashion and cosmetics brands, including:
- Wrangler
- Fcuk
- Guess
- Hush Puppies
- G2000
- Benetton
- Elizabeth Arden
- Miss Sixty
- Samsonite
- Payot
- Sasch
- Jurlique

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Gift Ideas - Body Shop

The holiday/shopping season is here - which, besides joy, also brings along the challenge (read: Pain) of buying & splurging on gifts for our well-deserveds. Presented here are some sensible gift ideas which would almost certainly bring a smile to the gifted (they'd definitely bring one to me!). The Body Shop is a great place to shop for any special female in your life. You can locate their outlets at all major shopping centers. Here are some of their sureshot winning products:

Moroccan Rose Shower Gel 250 ml - 550 Baht
Moroccan Rose Body Butter 200 ml - 790 Baht
The 'Moroccan Rose' line of products is soap-free, made with precious oil from roses hand-picked at dawn. Also included in the range are: Moroccan Rose Body Milk and Moroccan Rose Eau de Toilette.

Strawberry Body Polish 200 ml - 520 Baht
Strawberry Body Butter 200 ml - around 600 Baht

The 'strawberry' range includes Strawberry Shower Gel/Cream and Strawberry Lip Balm. The Body Butter is perfect for dry skin in winters.

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Watsons New Year Celebration

Leading health and beauty retailer Watsons is having a New Year Celebration promotion with 50% discount on the second piece of the same product purchase. Participating brands include Pantene, Sunsilk, Listerine, Johnson's, Palmolive, Protex, Scott, Kleenex, Lux, Garnier and many more. The sale is at all store branches (which number over 150 nationwide), from November 19 to December 23. For more details or to view the online catalogue of the discounted products, visit: www.watsons.co.th.

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Beauty Buffet

Beauty Buffet - most of us aren't aware of what on earth this is, even though might have unknowingly passed their shops a hundred times while walking the aisles of the countless Bangkok shopping malls.

Beauty Buffet is a brand of a local company Cosmeda that offers a complete range of beauty products - cosmetics, body care, skin care and hair care products; and whats more, the products are claimed to be made from all natural ingredients and are quite affordable too.

It is hard to miss Beauty Buffet shops as they are an eye-candy for us females, being decorated with a myriad of pinkish cosmetics of all varieties, to appeal to our senses, of course. There are more than 26 retail store branches in Bangkok alone (which itself speaks volumes about the popularity of the brand - mostly among the youth, I think) and many more in other provincial cities outside the capital.

You can find some of the outlets located at popular hangouts of Bangkok:
Mahboonkrong Center (MBK), Fl-2
Central Ladprao, G62
Seacon Square, 2ND FL, 2037 and 2096.
The Mall Bangkapi, GS-C19
The Mall Ramkhamhaeng 3, 1B-R4,5
The Mall Thaphra, 1B R10-11 Fl-1
Central Pinklao, G12 Ground Fl.
Neo Siam
Siam Square (Lane 4) 292/2
Big-C Huamark, 156 FL-1
BTS Sala Daeng, S2-20/7

To view their product catalogue, a complete list of store locations, or for more info, check out - www.cosmedashop.com or www.beautybuffetshop.com

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Watsons International Beauty Parade

Watsons has launched its 'International Beauty Parade’ promotion running for 4 weeks from September 24 to October 21 at its 150 stores nationwide in Thailand.
There is a wide choice of international health and beauty brands from over 500 participating products. It is a beauty buffet sale with brands from different regions/countries highlighted each week with special offers.

Each week features offers on beauty products from various brands as follows:-
- Korea and Japan (Beauteen, Rojukiss, etc)
- Europe (Optimum, Ponds, Nivea from England, etc)
- France (Elseve, Clinique, L'Oreal, etc)
- USA (Maybelline, Olay, Neutrogena, Protex, Pantene, etc)

In addition, there is also a ‘Unilever Beauty Rewards’ - with any purchase of 200Baht of Unilever products entitling shoppers to buy participating Unilever products such as Sunsilk, Dove, Clinic Clear, Lux, Vaseline and Close-up at only 29 Baht.

Watsons is a leading health and beauty retailer in Thailand with the highest sales for five consecutive years, For more information about the promo, click here or visit their main site www.watsons.co.th

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Boots Buy1-Get1 Sale

Boots Retail celebrates its 12th Anniversary with promotions of 'Buy One Get One Free' and other price discounts on over 1,000 items during September 18 – November 1, 2009, on all its 160 branches nationwide.
There is a wide range of products with the BoGo deal and other discounts, such as the Boots house-brand, No7 cosmetics, Blackmores, Ponds, Olay, Nivea, Vaseline, Jergens, Revlon, Johnsons', Dove, etc.
Also, if you purchase 1000 baht worth of Boots brand products, you will get a gift set worth 300 baht; and on 2000 baht purchase (of Boots brand) you'll get a gift set worth 750 baht.
For the latest promotional brochure, click here: www.bootsthai.com

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Watsons Health & Beauty Buffet

• Watsons is holding a 'Health & Beauty Buffet’ promo from April 23 to May 20, where you can shop from an extensive selection of over 100 health and beauty products under a special promotion of 3 items for 199 Baht only.
  

Some of the participating items to mix and shop (three) for 199 Baht are:
-Vaseline Healthy White Lightening 250ml (normally at 148 baht)
-Dove Daily Treatment Conditioner 130ml (tagged at 89 baht)
-Organiga Story products, all except Hand Cream (starting at 120-200 baht)
-Neutrogena Fine Fairness Cleanser 50gm (regularly at 89 baht)
-Watsons products like Watsons Treatment Wax 500ml (normally at 89 baht)
-And many more...
The Health and Beauty Buffet promotion is available at all Watsons stores nationwide. For more information, check out their website: watsons.co.th

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