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Shoppers are rushing to Boots to bag bumper box of Benefit makeup for just £17 – and it includes a £25 mascara

Shoppers are rushing to Boots to bag bumper box of Benefit makeup for just £17 – and it includes a £25 mascara

The Irish Sun21-07-2025
BEAUTY fans should sharpen their elbows as shoppers are racing to Boots for a Benefit bargain.
Taking to the Facebook group Extreme Couponing & Bargains UK one woman revealed how she got five posh Benefit products for just £17.25.
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Beauty fans are racing to get their hands on a Benefit gift set that is selling for £17.25
Credit: Facebook/ Extreme Couponing & Bargains UK
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The tin contained some of Benefit's most popular products
Credit: Facebook/ Extreme Couponing & Bargains UK
The lucky shopper picked up the Benefit Most Loved gift set which normally retails for £34.50 and includes £96 worth of products.
The pretty pink tin includes Bad Gal Bang! mascara, the Pore-fessional primer, Hoola bronzer, benetint lip and cheek tint as well as the 24 hour brow setter.
Captioning her post the makeup fan wrote: 'A bit of a bargain in Boots today, Benefit collection, reduced to £17.25, the mascara is £27 on its own!
'It has the full size mascara, full size lip stain, mini brow gel, mini pore primer and mini bronzer.'
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Fellow shoppers were quick to like the post, eager to get the hands on the bargain for themselves.
And it isn't the only way you can save in Boots.
A finance expert has shared that there is an easy hack many people can do next time they are in store.
She shared how women should not be tempted to 'pay more for pink packaging.'
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She explained: 'It costs £5.40 for the 30ml bottle but if you head over to the men's skincare section you can get exactly the same product for way cheaper.
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'This one costs £2.50 for 50ml of product so you're actually getting more product for half the price.
'When you compare the ingredients side by side they are identical.
'Nothing is different apart from the fact that one is in green packaging and one is in pink packaging.'
She advised when you are shopping for toiletries that it is worth checking if the men's section has a cheaper alternative as 'pink tax' is 'very real.'
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