No buying toiletries in February challenge!

*Vikki*

Used up all my small perfumes now, have 4 big perfumes left now, need to work using up two. Then keep the two I like, and replace when needed.

All make up I don't want/like or use has been given to sister so I only have what I like and use.

Used up a refreshers lip balm, and the pink johnsons face wipes I didn't like, I like the green ones better.

eklynne

Evening girls
Thank you to everyone who sympathised with my hair dilemma. I did end up going for lunch and after a couple of mojitos wasn't as concerned about it. My OH made me feel pretty silly for over reacting, it is after all only hair, it'll grow back.
Anyways, I have fallen head over heels in love with a product that has been in my stash for AGES. Sanctuary Spa Essentials Body Lotion. WOW. The smell is gorgeous, and it kind of heats up on your skin and feels all tingly I've never bothered with it before, as I generally don't like body lotion, but this stuff is fab. Anyone else a fan?
So, after tonight that will be done (it's only a wee bottle) and I will def be buying that in the future, can see it becoming one of my all time favourites. I've never rated Sanctuary before, I've always thought it was a bit mature? Just shows you how wrong you can be about stuff!
DD had 3 friends to stay last night, I actively encouraged them to get tore in to the shower gels kicking about the bathroom this morning, so I'm hoping the Lux shower creme will finally be gone. I 'procured' it from a hotel last month and it's just so bland. That'll teach me.
Just popping for my shower before Lark Rise to Candleford (my one guilty pleasure!)
Hope you've all had a nice weekend ladies

lostinrates

Its seven thirty, and I'm ready for bed (I know, ridiculous...but DH and I like to snuggle up on a sunday evening because he goes away for the week on Monday morning...) and I have just finished my Roc Complete Lift Night Cream.

I bought this in a double pack with the corresponding day cream because it was on the discount shelf in Boots. The day time one is ok..its a moisturiser...but the night time one has been lovely. I'm just going to use a non diffeentiated day/night cream now...I have an elemis one barely touched... but I look forward to finishish my stock now so I can have a special night time cream again soon. I think it makes my morning/night time routine feel a little more....enjoyable. I would buy this Roc one aain, its not too heavy, but heavy enough for someone who barely uses heating. I also use a barrier cream often outside, and oilc cleanse, which has reduced the richness I need from a moisturiser, but not the want to fight aging!


Also, I'm chugging through the very expensive new concentrated version on Estee Lauder Night repair serum. I have the beginning of slightly crepey skin on my cheeks, like many people who spend a lot of time outside in bad weather, despite not having too many other bits to worry about (i'm 30) and what I've been doing has really been working..I've been screwing up my face in the mirror just now and can not see any of this previously slightly crepey skin....so I'm chuffed! I also think the new night repair eye creme is super..nice and light texture quickly absorbed. These two are definite future repeat purchases. Incidentally reading my new botle of the ''traditional -though recently re-worked night repair serum, it now says to use morning and evening, I'm sure it used to be a night only product??

eta: DH has asked me to add ..I knew he'd get into this, he has finished his face wash in the other place, and has taken a half used perlier cleanser from here, and he's finished to shower gels which he's had lingering around for ages.

Mags30

butler_helen wrote: »

If you're unsure of which cream you might like in the body shop and ask for a sample they fill a lovely little tub with any of the creams you think you might like.

I love those sample pots, they are perfect for reusing when you ask for foundation samples in other shops;)

tara747 wrote: »

Hello all!!!!

Mags30, I got the moisturising gloves at mum's and am going to try them tonight, thank you sooo much! They look gorgeous. :A

You are very welcome. Enjoy:)

thevicster wrote: »

Also bought an 'into glamour' impuls body spray as I love the smell (it was £1 in the co-op). .

I bought that too (I posted yesterday €1.50 in Tesco) and I absolutely :heart2:it.

tara747

eklynne wrote: »

Evening girls
Thank you to everyone who sympathised with my hair dilemma. I did end up going for lunch and after a couple of mojitos wasn't as concerned about it. My OH made me feel pretty silly for over reacting, it is after all only hair, it'll grow back.
Anyways, I have fallen head over heels in love with a product that has been in my stash for AGES. Sanctuary Spa Essentials Body Lotion. WOW. The smell is gorgeous, and it kind of heats up on your skin and feels all tingly I've never bothered with it before, as I generally don't like body lotion, but this stuff is fab. Anyone else a fan?
So, after tonight that will be done (it's only a wee bottle) and I will def be buying that in the future, can see it becoming one of my all time favourites. I've never rated Sanctuary before, I've always thought it was a bit mature? Just shows you how wrong you can be about stuff!

I love Sanctuary stuff! Are you talking about the white body lotion with the orange lid? I like it, and love the gingery smell, but the texture is slightly too thin for me. This challenge has taught me that I am definitely a body butter girl! Having said that, I have a full sized lotion in my stash but that is going to a friend for her birthday along with a Sanctuary body wash. Their body butter is absolutely divine, as is the Mande Lular (I have a full size and mini ML in my stash and am currently using my last - sob - body butter). They are both definite WIBAs!!! :j

Mags30 wrote: »

I love those sample pots, they are perfect for reusing when you ask for foundation samples in other shops;)

I do that too! It's so funny when you ask for a sample of foundation and the SA says 'I'm sorry, I *would* give you one but we have no tester pots right now' and you whip out your own pot!!! :rotfl:

trudij

Ok - I give up. What on earth do you do with moisturising gloves?? Im kinda feeling that Im missing out on something great and I should have a pair....

Bronnie

Hi all!

Just a quickie as am still at work!!

2 more Dove deodorants (freebies with voucher) and a Boots Time Delay eye cream, which I picked up to use the £5 skincare voucher and cost £1.35 as I got a few extra pennies off with the Dove voucher. Never really perservered much with eye creams, can't ever see a difference to be honest, but another feel-as-though-I should-be-using product, so will give this one a go!

Local Boots is irritatingly small and didn't stock the Dove body butter:mad:, so will get this next time.

fixx

eklynne wrote: »

I just finished a wee mini tub of 'the righteous butter'.
I'm starting to think I maybe use too much? The minis only do me two applications, is this normal? It's not like I have a particularly large area to cover either...hmmm....
I also finally got round to replacing (well sort of...) my lost foundation. The Benefit girl in Frasers stopped me and I just could not resist, so i thought here's an opportunity to try something new, never had Benefit foundation and only use their 'You Rebel Light' tinted moisturiser. Anyhoos, the very flattering assistant suggested my skin was 'good enough to get away without foundation' *blush* and I am now in possession of 'Some Kinda Gorgeous', a sponge on make up that turns to powder on your skin. I have to say it really is rather lovely on.

tara747 wrote: »

That's lovely about your skin, that 'Some Kinda Gorgeous' sound like good stuff! I have Dr Feelgood and hardly ever use it... must start.

I agree about the mini products. I found that my mini Righteous Butter (50ml) only lasted me about 3 applications!! But a big tub of Body Shop body butter (200ml) will last me for about 16!!! Weird!

Yep, I'd get about 5 goes out of a mini tub, just on my legs Although I think I get through the Body Shop boy butters just as fast... Currently using Bio Oil instead on my arms to get rid of some scarring, otherwise I think I'd spend a fortune on body butters!

Yorkielass wrote: »

I've got a semi confession - have just bought some GHDs (on offer naturally ) and they came with a heat protection spray free. But I would have bought them without it!

I'm going to get rid of the 4 random half used sprays and serums I have as none of them quite work whereas the spray is great

I got that spray in the past when I bought my ghd's, but never got on with it, I hated how it felt in my hair. I also got a serum free, which I've just dug out again and started using when I finished another one - I hate it as well, makes my hair feel awful and look lank and dirty really quickly! Which is probably why I stopped using it in the first place

Just goes to show that different things work for different people, which is why there are so many options out there I guess!

fixx

lostinrates wrote: »

May I suggest having a glass, on the hour, every hour, starting as soon as ou wake? It gets you in the habit. You can increase from there if need be.

I'm working on it - I think I'm just too lazy to get water as often as I should - so silly! I'm sitting with a pint glass beside me right now though, and have been drinking all day. I'll be good in future :A

Mags30 wrote: »

There are even beauty products in the fridge which I found when I cleaned it earlier:o

There was a LUSH "love lettuce" facemask, the fresh ones that they keep on ice in the shop (so it's supposed to be in the fridge). It had expired ages ago though so I used it as a scrub to exfoliate my legs in the shower. Does anybody manage to use those up? You're supposed to apply it every day but once a week is as much as most people would use a facemask.

It takes me ages to get through Lush facemasks - I have almost finished one that I've used maybe 10 times already?! And I have another full one waiting in the fridge - that might be Love Lettuce as well actually?! Its been there since the start of Jan, so might be out of date by now

RightyTightyLeftyLoosey wrote: »

mandymoomoo wrote: »

Ladies, I have had a semi-epiphany. Like you, I love love loved the eye brightening cream. Anyway, this week I had some of those £5 off time delay vouchers and I discovered that the Time Delay Wrinkle Reduce Eye Cream is pretty much the same (as far as I can remember) as the eye brightening cream.

http://www.boots.com/en/Time-Delay-Wrinkle-Reduce-Eye-Cream-15ml_124370/

And only £1.84 when using the £5 off voucher. I have stocked right up! Also the Time Delay Wrinkle Night Serum appears to be V V similar to Protect and Perfect and only £6. :T

That's the eye cream I'm using at the minute which I'm trying to finish. I keep changing my mind about it - sometimes I'm not so keen, and I think it might irritate my eyes a little, but then sometimes I think it really works. Hmmm...

Babafette

Hello ladies and welcome to the newbies. I've not posted for a while as things have been a bit difficult for me of late, but I am pleased to report that I have not bought a single thing this month. Unfortunately I've not exactly been whizzing through my stash, but I guess at least I am starting to use things up and I have managed to consign a few empty bottles to the recycling bin these last few weeks.

CompletelyLost wrote: »

Dove colour repair therapy shampoo. WIBA? Definitely. My favourite shampoo, usually on offer for £1 and my hair (which has very greasy roots & dry ends) stays clean-ish for 3 days, whereas with other shampoos is starts getting greasy after 24 hours.

I'm intrigued now. I don't have coloured hair, but I'm still searching for the miracle shampoo that will stop my hair getting greasy within a day after washing.

tara747 wrote: »

p.s. love your stash, mandymoomoo! These pics are like !!!!!! for toiletry addicts ha ha !!!

PMSL!!! How true!! :rotfl:Thanks tara, that's cheered me up a bit.

eklynne wrote: »

Got a haircut yesterday and I'm really not happy. I have (had) long hair, past my boobies (can't think of another marker to describe it!) and she's taken FAR too much off
It's now sitting just under my collar bone and I am so upset.

Oh god, I can totally relate. I had my long hair cut a year or so ago and it was way too short for my liking. I was absolutely inconsolable for several days..... It probably sounds daft, but it's such an awful feeling when you run your hand through your hair and the hair stops much sooner than you remembered if you know what I mean...... However, on the plus side, it's probably nowhere near as drastic as it actually feels to you, you will get used to it, it will grow back and it will be in much better condition when it does start to grow.