No buying toiletries in February challenge!

mrs-moneypenny

lynzpower wrote: »

Was paying for a drink in mr Ms earlier and had a wry smile to myself as the woman in front of me bought 15 bottles of dove bubble bath i thought- wonder how long it will take that to use up

oh is it on offer? i've GOT to go to morrys on saturday:whistle:

bev97

Is there anyone else that feels they'll still be on this thread this time next year, still with plenty left to use up _pale_[/QUOTE]

Yes me!
I'm thinking next year and the year after for me. I've got to use up my stash by the end of 2011. (Shower gels only) - they will have come to the end of their "unopened 2 year shelf life". Although, how you can ever tell how long anything has been sat on the shelf in Boots or Binns or a supermarket for, I don't know!! By the time you have got a product home it could be two years old already. :eek:

Anyway thanks for that comment it got me thinking.

mineallmine

rosemary54 wrote: »

just got this months She with a Clarins offer in which I think I wilol have to go for!!!!£15 get you a 45 min session of facial and make up,is refundable against purchase and a free cream worth £19!!!!! had 1 last year and it was very good,sorry ladies I know I should be cutting back but this is an offer I cannot refuse!!!!!!.....)

Oo! Oo! That sounds interesting. What's the free cream.....

lostinrates

bev97 wrote: »

Is there anyone else that feels they'll still be on this thread this time next year, still with plenty left to use up _pale_

Yes me!
I'm thinking next year and the year after for me. I've got to use up my stash by the end of 2011. (Shower gels only) - they will have come to the end of their "unopened 2 year shelf life". Although, how you can ever tell how long anything has been sat on the shelf in Boots or Binns or a supermarket for, I don't know!! By the time you have got a product home it could be two years old already. :eek:

Anyway thanks for that comment it got me thinking. [/QUOTE]

OK. Scientists grew grain found in storage jars in the Pyramids. That's, IIRC- and I might not- as old as 2750 BC , thats 4760 years ago, for seeds, with no preservatives. They weren't just ok, they GREW, they had life in them. They were stored in pretty ideal conditions, but, essentially in jars in a stone shed. Not vacuum sealed, with a saftey plastic closure, and a sell by date.;)

Chances are that a shower gel, full of preservatives and not actually a living product will last a couple of years past its shelf life, especially if is hasn't been opened.;) Moisturisers, skin creams, especially ones opened and used, with bacteria entering the product and kept in a warm room (or airing cupboard, which naughty person was that?) are probably best used up first, but showergels...I'm pretty sure you are worrying over a minimal risk. I have been using one big bottle of Shower gel on and off for over two years and its fine still.

Lemon_Tree

today i finished a dove deodrant. Got loads more to use up though

chickywiggle

lynzpower wrote: »

Was paying for a drink in mr Ms earlier and had a wry smile to myself as the woman in front of me bought 15 bottles of dove bubble bath i thought- wonder how long it will take that to use up

According to hotuk tis reduced to 90p a bottle instead of £3+..... this was at the end of Janury so don't know if its the same offer.

Kaz2904

Well as I'm finishing my nights on Sunday morning, I think I shall do another stock take on the smellies.
I have a carrier bag of bananas which need to be turned into banana cakes so I can get the littlies to help me do that whilst sorting through the stash. If I then figure out how to get photos from my phone to the 'puter, I may treat you all to a peek at my stash.
I am feeling virtuous enough to consider buying some more bath smellies because we have 4 bath bombs left and that's it. Mind you, I'm happy without it (I have bought a chocolate and a strawberry £1 each nspa from asda but they are put away for stocking fillers for DD as we bought DS one of his stocking fillers at £2) if I do see them reduced then I will have to seriously consider buying some but will probably hang fire.

DH got confused by me putting the tresemme in the soap pump and didn't realise it was conditioner until mid slimy wash!

lostinrates

CompletelyLost wrote: »

Phew, finally got to the end of the 7-pages that had accumulated since I was last here.

Today I sort of slipped up, in a very minor way. I bought some Neutrogena norwegian formula hand cream. I don't have any handcream left (though I do have a few 'hand and body lotion' but they're too runny for my hands )... it was only £1.49 in B&M - probably cheap because it had all foreign writing on it. I also bought 'ladies things' - necessity obviously - from Boots with my points, so I'm not counting that as a spend.

Oh and I bought some more Zinc supplements, but I consider these to be a necessity too and they were only 99p so I'm not counting them either

OMO hand cream is a necessity and should be used twice daily. No replacing it would have been wrong, and thats a good, safe reliable choice. Somethings need to be replaced...thats not cheating IMO,cheating would be slipping up and buying shower gel when you have four of them still....in scents you're not keen on...or just in case...;)

Faelia

Kaz2904 wrote: »

(I have bought a chocolate and a strawberry £1 each nspa from asda but they are put away for stocking fillers for DD as we bought DS one of his stocking fillers at £2)

I was looking at those today. Really wanted to buy a strawberry one to use but I don't have a bath, argh! It would've been so much fun too.

mineallmine

Hi,

Used up/got rid of today:

:pLipgloss, binned looked old
:mad:Boots 17 natural Blusher with a twist up brush, off to sis, too pale for me, bought when I was bored one day...
:DLavender oil, used up, packaging recycled - def buy again - nice to add a few drops to the bath
Clinique spot lotion - def buy again, quite reasonable at £10 but have to be careful as can be too drying.
:mad:Lipgloss, off to sis, a Max Factor one, came as a freebie I think, dont like the colour
:mad:Clarins Foundation sample, off to sis - am sick of using foundation that is the wrong colour!
Clinique moisturiser repairwear sample, off to sis, I do like this but I have too many little pots and tubes for travel already.
:mad:Aussie colour miracle leave in spray, was useless, off to sis - she may have more luck.

:A