No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries in December

Hello. I am joining again. Last month was a bad month for me in that I bought some Philosophy stuff, the LIB advent calendar and the Estee Lauder make up artist colour collection. I wondered why I had gone off the rails and then I realised. My mum died recently and this is my first Christmas alone. She always used to make me up a stocking of bath/body products. As soon as I remembered that I realised that I have sort of been buying the presents for myself. So, I won't be hard on myself and I do like what I bought, but I definitely have to stop this as I need to save money and declutter as I want to move next year. I will try and use up at least ten items this month.

A few UU this morning - 3 splutters finally spluttered their last:-

- Jason Jojoba shampoo WMBA - it's good when my scalp is playing up but if I can make myself stay away from dairy the scalp will calm down anyway. (I'm a bit intolerant rather than allergic and overindulgence leads to dry skin and a gippy tummy). Anyway, I have an Akin shampoo that will do the job in the meantime

- Avalon tea tree conditioner WMBA - same reasons as above.

- Korres cedar body lotion. WBA - it's lovely both texture and perfume - but I have at least 2 years of body lotion in stock so will just use my unperfumed body lotion when I want to use the perfume I have which is also cedar based (Serge Lutens Feminite du Bois). Come to that, I have some cedar aromatherapy oil so could always mix some of that with the unperfumed lotion.

I also UU a Lush cherry bath bar. WNBA - for the price it costs for one bath I'd rather buy a posh bottle of bath oil. Lush products just don't make me feel like I am pampering myself. Despite the use of aromatherapy oils a lot of them smell quite artificial and they tend to make a horrendous mess in the bath.

Finally UU two sachets of Aesop Parsley seed treatment - one was empty when I opened it so opened the second too. Not sure if I WBA - it does seem very hydrating but it is very expensive, although you are only meant to use every three days so I guess a bottle would last a while. I like the fact they use lots of aromatherapy oils in their products too.

Hermia wrote: »

Hello. I am joining again. Last month was a bad month for me in that I bought some Philosophy stuff, the LIB advent calendar and the Estee Lauder make up artist colour collection. I wondered why I had gone off the rails and then I realised. My mum died recently and this is my first Christmas alone. She always used to make me up a stocking of bath/body products. As soon as I remembered that I realised that I have sort of been buying the presents for myself. So, I won't be hard on myself and I do like what I bought, but I definitely have to stop this as I need to save money and declutter as I want to move next year. I will try and use up at least ten items this month.

Hugs to you hon, that must be hard.

I was trying to match an old Clinique lipstick (Carmen) as its such a good shade for me. Got a Clarins one quite near the colour but Oh Dear - HATE the texture & it doesn't last 5 mins - so that was 16 quid down the drain. At least I managed to keep one of the little brushes they use so I can eke out my old one a bit longer

I ended up buying the elemis tsv yesterday despite saying I wouldn't. I will use everthing and it was really good value.