No buying new toiletries etc until.....

debidoodle

tara747 wrote: »

What's Turbo Lister?

It is an Ebay tool that allows you to list & save items, you then upload them to Ebay when you are ready.

tara747

atwitsend wrote: »

Oh crikey, I still have last christmas stuff still in packets, yet have spent £60 on half price soap and glory sets from boots I deffo need to put a couple away for presents for my sisters birthday and possibly christmas 2010 :rotfl:
I really should have a good clean out and chuck out stuff I will never use!

What is wrong with us???????? I feel like I need to go into rehab, I'm getting cold sweats thinking about the Boots 75% sale and not being able to buy anything :rotfl:

tara747

debidoodle wrote: »

It is an Ebay tool that allows you to list & save items, you then upload them to Ebay when you are ready.

Thanks for that. I guess you could leave it till the next 1p listing day?

Tigger888

Great idea - I will be joining in too - I don't have too much make-up but I have so much body lotion and shower gel! Be back later with a list!

GrammarGirl

Oh I want to do a list now! Will count up and post tonight. I just remembered I have three drawer-sorters full of stuff, mostly nail varnishes. Gah. Maybe I am a beauty junkie and I just didn't know it?!

judyjetson

I don't think I dare make a list, I've got an awful lot, but in my defence I'm on a few testing panels (Boots, Ayton Moon) so that's where the bulk of it comes from, or I've had some good full sized freebies.

I started cutting down on buying toiletries last year when I realised I had three large drawers full of stuff (and some boxes). :eek:

What I'm trying not to do is buying stuff just because it's cheap/reduced/on special offer unless I actually need it or it can be used for presents, and even then its only if I know it's something that they use regularly, otherwise I'm just contributing to their toiletry mountain! :rotfl:

Things I must stop buying on impulse: lip glosses/balms
Things I'll continue to buy: Lush bath bombs

Everything else is on hold until it actually runs out. Probably won't need to buy shampoo for at least three months as I bought a litre bottle of Aveda shampoo, which we all use and it lasts donkeys, plus I had some shampoo to test last week as well.

tara747

I don't buy much makeup in comparison to my friends but somehow I do seem to have a lot!!

Mostly:

2True mascaras (I love it and it is 3 for £5)
Freebie foundation samples
Lipsticks and eyeshadows

I only ever buy stuff on offer or in the sales so I don't spend that much!!

InaPickle

OMG I can't believe how many of us there are out there, and how many of us have joined this challenge in such a short space of time! Between us we could stock a branch of Boots! Good luck, girls (notice how there are no boys yet?! )

teabythesea

I own around a thousand pounds worth of beauty products...! I refuse to buy any for the rest of the year!! I have loads of soap and glory, lush, clarins, benefit aah you name it!! x

Caroline73_2

Count me in please!

I had a massive toiletries declutter on Monday and chucked out so much old stuff.

I have a big drawer full of excess left! Make up, shower gels, deoderants, perfumes, body lotions etc. I'm guilty of buying something new and starting that instead of waiting until I have finished the old one.

What I have done is put my everyday stuff in a vanity case. 1 each of shower gel (molton Brown Eucalyptus), body lotion, body scrub, shampoo, conditioner, hairspray, cleanser, moisturiser, serum, eye make up remover, and then one of each bit of make up I use. I have been taking this from bedroomto bathroom as I need it, and this way I am not tempted to go into the drawer to take anything else out. Perfumes (5) are on top of dressing table so I can use one everyday. they are all open so I figured it didn't matter.

Of the things in my drawer I have put them into clear bags - one bag for bath products, one for skin care, etc. Again the bags make it less easy to dip into the drawer.

I don't have any extra moisturisers so I will have to buy that fairly soon I think. Not too worried about that - I buy quite pricey stuff usually (molton Brown, bare escentuals, Clarins, Chanel nail polish is a must!) but I use Boots cheapie cleanser and moisturisers which are £3 each.

I'll go and update my signature now.