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Hello! Given the topic of this board, the Forum Team want to make sure that posts are useful but remain in line with the Forum rules, which state: "However well-intentioned, avoid seeking and/or offering medical advice, as it could result in unwanted consequences for all concerned." Aside from the fact that such content…
New to the Health & beauty MoneySaving board? Start here
💅 Here's some relevant content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Beauty Downshift Challenge * Cheap Glasses Deals * Cheap Make-up & Beauty Deals * Cheap Perfume * Beauty Pie – can you ditch the high-end products for cut-price alternatives? * 10 Extreme Beauty MoneySavers, eg, make lip balm from kitchen oils * How to Bag a FREE…
Lose weight with Slimming World in 2025, You know you want to.
Time for a new Slimming World thread as we go into 2025. Feel free to join in. We are all at different stages of our journey & some are awesome target members. We are a lovely supportive wee group. Some go to group & some go it alone. As we move into new year feel free to pop in to our lovely thread. All welcome.
No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries June 2025
If your beauty and toiletries are taking over your life, then this is the thread to help you work through the stash and motivate you to not buy anymore (hopefully!) Welcome all newbies and regulars to this very friendly and chatty thread where we give lots of lovely tips on how to use up your stash and lots of support and…
Shampoo advice
I have thick, wavy, coloured hair, which gets greasy but dry on the ends. At the moment I'm suffering from a dry scalp - post menopausal (?) and I just can't find a shampoo that works in my hair. I have tried Faith in Nature, which tangles up my hair. Monday shampoo, my hair goes greasy the following day, even their…
Has anyone else's skin got more sensitive as they get older?
I can not really wear any make up at all any more, used to wear full face every day and have given my teenage daughter all my high end stuff as it just makes my skin itchy and sore and my eyes weep. And then rashy and irritated for a few days after. Have tried with/out fragrance/SPF etc etc I'm not seeking advice or a…
Cheap Sanitary Products
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Frump to Fab - 2025
Happy New Year 🥂🍾 Welcome to the new bright and shiny all singing all dancing new thread. Are you ready to transform yourself this year. To get fit, healthy and gorgeous. To ditch the frump and to get FAB-U-LOUS. To emerge from the chrysalis into a beautiful butterfly. Are you fed up with being a downtrodden workhorse, are…
URGENT! I need a practical eyeliner pencil.
So I don't slice my bludy thumbs trying to sharpen the unsharpenable. My most hated of tasks - amongst quite a few - is to try and sharpen - with a craft knife - wifie's bludy eyeliner pencil. The lawdbedarned combination of hard-as-steel outer pencil shell, combined with as soft-as-cheese interior ready to squidge at the…
Prescriptions halved from 56 to 28 - is this right?
I had a "medication review" recently both of my prescription amounts have now changed from the usual 56 tablets to 28. Can they do this? It's going to double the cost! I've already been conned out of 2x£9.65 due to this (they halved the amounts due to the pending review, and it looks like they haven't been reinstated to…
Toothpaste help
I'm in menopause so have some gum recession and teeth not as white as they used to be. Looking for something to help with gums and enamel, not wanting try bleach or whitening strips. Lots saying oral b toothpaste but there's so many out there, and some say sensodyne pronamel? Any help please
Best tabletop water filter for under £50?
For the last few years I’ve used epic water filters imported from the US but as I get more and more expensive (currently £53 for a replacement filter) which lasts me about nine months, I was hoping there would be a UK equivalent (as cloe to as effective as the pure epic water filters) It’s important the filter can remove…
trying to save money on supplements, any thoughts?
Hi folks, hope all is well we started the new year on a tighter budget want to cancel subscriptions on my vitamins costing total of £84 a month any ways of saving? are any supermarkets online or coupons sites etc? No clue any help would be appreciated.
La Dolce Vita - 2025
Happy New Year to One and All. Wishing you all health, wealth and happiness. 🥂🍾 Welcome to the new thread. Where I catalogue my attempts to live "The Sweet Life" on the tiniest of budgets. My aim is to live a life of ease, plenty and abundance whilst deliberately living below my means to avoid debt. So far so good. I am…
Beware of justmylook .com
Has anyone else had a bad experience with justmylook? I used to buy regularly from them until they only sent half my order, offered me a refund for what I didn't receive and never refunded me. I left messages on their facebook page asking them to get in touch, private messages, I've tried to phone them on a couple of…
Allergies using bed sheets pillows etc
Regarding allergies from dust/pollen etc on sleeping sheets, duvets, pillows, what's the best way to deal with it? Throw out pillows every two years, duvets every three? Keep all sheets but wash regularly and after washing keep in some sort of clothes storage bag to keep dust/pollen off them? My kid suffers from allergies…
No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries May 2025
If your beauty and toiletries are taking over your life, then this is the thread to help you work through the stash and motivate you to not buy anymore (hopefully!) Welcome all newbies and regulars to this very friendly and chatty thread where we give lots of lovely tips on how to use up your stash and lots of support and…
HOW much for varifocals??!!??
Just been quoted nearly £1000 for varifocals by a local independent optician. £245 of that is the frame. Having had a bad experience ordering varifocals online, I don't want to go that route, but this seems excessive. What are others paying?
Over 700 people die each year from falling down stairs in the U.K.
A friend of mine's husband died a few weeks ago, he had fallen down the stairs, and was in his early 80s. He was perfectly fit when I last saw him, a few months ago, and I don't know the exact reason he fell (i.e. did he slip, lose his grip, lose his balance, etc.) and my friend wasn't there when it happened. An ex work…
Difficulty using glasses-direct website
I'm trying to order glasses from one of the weekly deals. Could someone check what happens if you press the 'select lenses' button on this page https://www.glassesdirect.co.uk/glasses/frames/henry-matte-black-l-15923 On my two browsers it just reselects exactly the same page! However, on one occasion somehow I manage to…
Dental Implants - UK or Abroad
Hello all, First post (apologies for it being long) and wanting a little advice as I'm undecided. I'm in need of a dental implant. I have a regular dentist in Corfu who I see 3 times a year and they have quoted me £1k. She's very professional, thorough and I value her opinion as there have been times when she has provided…
Renting beauty tools
Hello, has any one every rented an expensive beauty tool such as Dyson airwrap or an LED face mask? What was your experience and can you recommend a website?

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