No buying toiletries in February challenge!

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
welcome to the newbies

managed a few use ups this morning,
a sachet of face scrub,
a sachet of hair mask,
2 sachets of face moisturiser,
little bottle of white musk body lotion, WIBA no have loads of body lotions in stash and this felt watery and i didnt particularly like the smell
smal tube of hand cream, (boots royal jelly) WIBA yes, in the future it was lovely but have more different hand creams to use up first

ive started using a planet spa shea butter foot and elbow cream i found in my stash it is brill, just looked in the current avon book and cant believe its only £1.99 i will buy that again but NOT untill the basket of foot products is used up in my cupboard. THey also do a hand and nail one for the same price but i have hand creams so im going to be good and ive already put the book out on the doorstep to be collected:A.

thats probally because ive realised this is already a huge spend month for me - i brought 2 copies of glamour mag for the angel offers so including what i spent on the mags to get the offers that was over £20. (one is going to be a mothers day pressie for me so DH paid for thast) Then i spent £14 on sactuary stuff so one of the kids could give me the free gift for mothers day. I spent £10 in asda on carex for the offer and brought a hot fudge bubble bath while i was there -it was rubbish smells lovely in the bottle but bubbles dont last and it doent smell at all once its in the water:mad: Then i had to pay £7 for a prescription of hydrocortosone cream when i had that rash, opps and i brought some E45 bath stuff and lotion because it was cheap in tesco. Rash has now gone so thats in the bathroom stash to use after the bed room stash as its newier:o
I've probally spent about £70 this month:eek:.

I've put a lavender body lotion in the bathroom to use up next as a pennance.

rosemary54

joesaunt wrote: »

did nails with No 7 magic polish (the one that changes colour when you put a clear coat on top)WIBA no only got it as had a £5 voucher so it cost £1.50 ,colour with no top coat sludgy grey(called chocolate) and it is very thick and have got air bubbles in 2 nails that I see when I put my glasses on!

What colour did it turn with the top coat?[/QUOTE]
dark plum which is quite nice,I bought the polish as it looked lilac in the store lights so was abit shocked when i used it!:eek:

joesaunt

rosemary54 wrote: »

What colour did it turn with the top coat?

dark plum which is quite nice,I bought the polish as it looked lilac in the store lights so was abit shocked when i used it!:eek:[/QUOTE]

That sounds gorgeous, might have to go and have a look :eek:

Yorkielass

Having a disaster - OH doesn't like the smell of Mist you Madly and doesn't like it when I have it on in the car with him in there (which is most the time as we work at the same place)

He's ok with my using the shower stuff and I haven't tried the moisturiser yet but have an almost full spray (was going to buy the perfume last week on 1/3 off with points thank goodness i didn't)

I really like it but I can't wear a perfume my OH hates and doesn't like hugging me when I wear it.

He does like my perfumes, I've had Estee Lauder pleasures mini (which I finished yesterday) and a bigger bottle of beyond paradise so I guess I'll be using that up

Nothing else used up apart from perfume mini (I did finish another bath bar from lush on Sunday) and nothing else bought.

Babafette

Wish me luck ladies.....I'm going to try and go to Boots this afternoon and return seven small unused items without a receipt. I think I may have to be brutally honest with the SA and admit that I have a problem and would never get round to using it all. I'm actually rather scared. There's probably a few more bits I could sort out and return too.

On a positive note, I did manage to swap the unwanted Body Shop mango shower gel for a shea butter one without any problems.

Yorkielass

Babafette wrote: »

Wish me luck ladies.....I'm going to try and go to Boots this afternoon and return seven small unused items without a receipt. I think I may have to be brutally honest with the SA and admit that I have a problem and would never get round to using it all. I'm actually rather scared. There's probably a few more bits I could sort out and return too.

On a positive note, I did manage to swap the unwanted Body Shop mango shower gel for a shea butter one without any problems.

Good luck Babafette. I've taken stuff back before when I've bought something and then my mum has bought me some too and said that (which is not quite the same I know) and they were fine with it. Have a list of what you want to get with the exchange so you don't grab bits you don't need - and well done with the Body Shop swap :T

Mags30

What's this No7 Magic polish? Is that the actual name of it? Can it be found with the regular No7 nail polishes? I'm intrigued:p

rosemary54

Mags30 wrote: »

What's this No7 Magic polish? Is that the actual name of it? Can it be found with the regular No7 nail polishes? I'm intrigued:p

it is actually called colour miracle(but I could only read that once I put my glasses on so just called it magic!)and the shade i have is miracle chocolate 35.
I only bought it after already buying something else and getting a £5 coupon,think it cost about £6.50
It is a bit metalic looking greybrown that turns plum when clear top coat added that why I called it magic!:rotfl:think it was with the other polishes but it was last year when i got it and have slept since then:rotfl:

Jacjacjac

IlonaRN wrote: »

What is the pawpaw ointment please? If it's better than EA 8 hour cream, I would like to try it

It's from Australia, but I think you can buy it online, it is amazing!!! I is all natural, I find that the 8 hour stuff almost smells like a solvent or something... The brand is Lucas's and it comes in a red tube! Not that I should be encouraging spending, but it is one of my staples, it is cheap and lasts forever (I use it as a lip balm mainly)...

CompletelyLost

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::(:(

Okay, now I've got that out... I was using my new pot of mineral foundation (£17 I paid for it and it was 3/4 full) today and I spilt the whole lot. I tried to scoop up what I could but most of it landed on my jeans and bed, and ground into the material. So I only have enough for a couple of days usage at the most.

I went to Superdrug, tested all their foundations and not of them were a decent match. I'll have to wait 3-weeks for a new one to arrive (learnt my lesson from this - always have spare!) and in the mean time I picked up a 2True pressed powder which I'll have to make do with. It was the closest colour match to mine, all the others in the shop were very pink or orange, it's not perfect but better than nothing.

So I spent £1.95.

Does anyone know of a good makeup that has yellowish tones to suit light asian skin?