No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries in November Challenge

Think I had better stay out of the Secret Santa. At the moment my collection consists mostly of Lush and The Body Shop, if I get anything else I'll only become obsessed with that too and buy the entire range of whatever it is :rotfl:

Have used up a couple of things: Lush Grass Shower Gel (WBA if I ever want to smell like grass in the shower), Lush New Shampoo Bar (WNBA as it stripped the colour from my hair) and Schwarzkopf Yoghurt and Red Berry Conditioner (WBA as it was great value for £1).

Hopefully, this might help some people to use up their items more quickly:

• clear lipsalve on cuticles and elbows
• face toiletries on body (moisturiser, wash-off cleanser, scrub)
• lipstick as cream blush
• cream blush as lipstick
• highlighter eyeshadow on cheeks, decolletage, legs
• clear mascara to slick back flyaways on hair and to tidy brows
• body wash/cleanser/shampoo to refill handwash
• perfume in air diffusers and as room spray (spray on lightbulbs when they are cool and as they warm up when they are switched on, it will fragrance the room - do not spray on when they are warm/hot as this might crack the bulb)
• hairspray to remove sticky labels and remove pen marks on clothes
• clear nailpolish to protect labels on products and backs of heels on shoes

I also carry some products in my bag so that I have more opportunities to use them up when I'm out and about. Lip products and moisturisers are ideal for this. One other strategy I use is to take out products from my stash that I'm going to use for that month and store eveything else. Otherwise it can be overwhelming, especially getting ready in the mornings. It means that I'm that much closer to using up one set of products rather than rotating through all of them. I get quite a buzz from chucking an 'empty' in the bin!



I think for those of us who have a lot of makeup, it's also worth going through your stash to make sure if there's anything that might have gone off. Powder products will probably be okay and can keep for years but cream products don't keep that long. So if there's a change in consistency and it smells funky, it should probably be chucked.

mcculloch29 wrote: »

Only one person has asked for a sample so far,* so just to repeat, I can post you out sample sachets of Pantene AquaLight for fine hair (new packaging), Repair and Protect for Normal/Thick hair and Protect and Smooth for coloured hair plus £1 money off coupons valid at T*sco. RRP for 250 ml is £2.69.

*Do you detect a note of desperation in the voice?

And

I've sent you a pm but haven't given you many details as I wasn't sure if you'd have enough volunteers now

I hope not as I'm a sucker for a freebie

Bunnykins xx

Have one UU. It wasn't actually me it was my hubby who finished off the last of my shower gel. I wouldn't have minded so much but it was the shower gel I was using that goes with my current perfume, I had about a week's worth left and the reason he used it up was that he wanted to play with the pump bottle in the bath

I can see I'm going to have fun with "two" kids next year

I haven't posted on here for ages. Hope you are all doing well with the challenge. I am doing well, most of my hotel freebie stash is now gone, hurray. Apart from that UU's are slow at the moment but I had one today LE's Energising body scrub, I love this one but I am now trying to find a body scrub which is a bit cheaper than LE's £17.