Beauty advent calendars 2017 - are you buying one?

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  • lucia22
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    They are so tempting but I think I will give it a miss unless I get given one as a gift. I won't be asking for beauty products/toiletries as gifts so hopefully that will keep my stuff down. I feel a bit of inner calm every time I get to chuck out a used bathroom product. :)
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  • indiepanda
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    lucia22 wrote: »
    They are so tempting but I think I will give it a miss unless I get given one as a gift. I won't be asking for beauty products/toiletries as gifts so hopefully that will keep my stuff down. I feel a bit of inner calm every time I get to chuck out a used bathroom product. :)

    I know the feeling - I am trying to focus on using up part used products to get my stash down. Especially things like part used sample/travel sizes where I took something on a week away and then it wasn't full enough for the next trip so I started another one. Get some nice quick wins using those up - sometimes just a day or two of use and they are done!
  • MSE_Rhiannon
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    lucia22 wrote: »
    They are so tempting but I think I will give it a miss unless I get given one as a gift. I won't be asking for beauty products/toiletries as gifts so hopefully that will keep my stuff down. I feel a bit of inner calm every time I get to chuck out a used bathroom product. :)
    Oh I know, recycling something from the bathroom is like :j :j :j :rotfl:

    I do use a lot of minis, though I normally refill the bottle for holidays rather than recycling them ;)
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  • Former_MSE_Andrea
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    Did someone mention recycling?

    :j:j
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    MSE_Andrea wrote: »
    Did someone mention recycling?

    :j:j
    As often as possible :rotfl: in fact, I have the thing where I can't decide if I should keep the bottle to reuse 'just in case' or if I should recycle it :eek: you always need it after you've recycled it!
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  • Kim_kim
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    marrowgirl wrote: »
    I bought the M&S one last year, opened all the doors the day I bought it and shared the goodies with my mother in law & sister. It was quite a good price to try products I would not have otherwise however when I looked at a couple of the prices of the items in store they were so expensive I won't be buying full size. I will probably buy the calendar again this year.
    I will look after Christmas again to see if there are any other ones s on sale too.

    I bought the M&S one too last year, but I'm a good girl:p
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    I'm thinking about getting the bloom one this year.
  • mickeymouse303
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    I really like the idea behind these make-up/beauty calendars. My issue is that you don't really know what you're getting until you've opened it and tried it out.
  • fixx
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    mickeymouse303 wrote: »
    I really like the idea behind these make-up/beauty calendars. My issue is that you don't really know what you're getting until you've opened it and tried it out.

    Most of them you can find a full list of contents online - there are lots of bloggers and others e.g. magazines doing reviews with full contents list.

    I agree, I wouldn't buy one without knowing what was in it, and knowing that it was worth it for me.

    Chances are this year I'll get the M&S one - I really did get a lot of value from it last year. 3 of the items have now become recurring must-buys for me, and I'd not tried them before. And virtually everything else I enjoyed using also.
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    fixx wrote: »
    Most of them you can find a full list of contents online - there are lots of bloggers and others e.g. magazines doing reviews with full contents list.

    I agree, I wouldn't buy one without knowing what was in it, and knowing that it was worth it for me.

    Chances are this year I'll get the M&S one - I really did get a lot of value from it last year. 3 of the items have now become recurring must-buys for me, and I'd not tried them before. And virtually everything else I enjoyed using also.

    We will be doing the same, plus potentially some videos when we can get our hands on some that aren't out yet ;)
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  • poppy_f1
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    nope, im not 100% convinced they are good value, bought the benefit one and boots one the past few years but theres a lot of the stuff i wont use so they outweigh the ones i will use
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