No buying toiletries in March challenge!

2boysmum

Forgot to paint my nails, will do this later tonight. Nothing else finished, and received a full size free sample of Simple lip moisturiser in the post yesterday! Hubby was commenting that he thought I was meant to be using stuff up, not getting more! In my defense though it was free and I don't think it will last very long, just don't tell him about the other freebies I've signed up for

Bronnie

2boysmum wrote: »

Forgot to paint my nails, will do this later tonight. Nothing else finished, and received a full size free sample of Simple lip moisturiser in the post yesterday! Hubby was commenting that he thought I was meant to be using stuff up, not getting more! In my defense though it was free and I don't think it will last very long, just don't tell him about the other freebies I've signed up for

Freebies are fine in this challenge...............in fact they are to be actively encouraged as a way of getting a mini-toiletries-fix for free and a chance to advise the rest of us in a WIBA review, without spending any £££££!!

rosemary54

have decided to be good and not buy the L'occitane offer(£35 spend to get goody bag)partly because of all the good vibes from this thread:T:T:T but also because they forgot to pay me last month:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: so am having to be a "kept" woman:eek:
AND no 2 son just emailed to ask for 3 part of loan early so he can pay his rent:eek:

I am still going for my Clarins make over next week but may have to buy some with my boots points to cover the £15 spend(pity as I want the mask @£30 an donly have £28

fed up as the pair of "solid" gold earings that i bought on Ebay arrived to day and are hollow:mad::mad::mad: v annoying as i asked the seller by email and she said they were solid

gtg back to work now:(

Babafette

fixx wrote: »

If you liked the cream, then you could be fairly confident the mask would be ok on your skin at least.

I’ve also tried a botanics moisturising mask in the past which was good, and probably a lot cheaper than Clarins


Last night I managed to finish the dregs of an old shampoo I didn’t like by using it to clean the bathroom with a sponge I wanted to throw! So another shampoo gone, and a nice new puff extracted from the stash, hurrah!

For anybody else who is desperately curious like me and trying to decipher the above from fixx's post: :rotfl:

'If you liked the cream, then you could be fairly confident the mask would be ok on your skin at least.

I’ve also tried a botanics moisturising mask in the past which was good, and probably a lot cheaper than Clarins.:)

Last night I managed to finish the dregs of an old shampoo I didn’t like by using it to clean the bathroom with a sponge I wanted to throw! So another shampoo gone, and a nice new puff extracted from the stash, hurrah!'

VALM

Well I didn't even get past day 1 - I'd hang my head in shame but my purchase was totally justifiable.

Here goes:-

On Saturday I got contant lenses after wearing glasses for a very long time - I'm long sighted. I've been waxing lyrical on here about how I've stopped using eye cream because my eye bags seemed to have got better and I wasn't sure if it was down to my new healthy eating regime. How deluded have I been? Now that I can see my bags (as the only way I could see them before they were shielded by glasses) they are horrendous. Felt like crying. Tried my old concealer on and it just caked and smudged everywhere so last night I had a trip out to John Lewis and bought a tub of Benefit Erase Paste and have started using my eye creams again.

Knowing Benefit the pot will last for ages.

fixx

Babafette wrote: »

For anybody else who is desperately curious like me and trying to decipher the above from fixx's post: :rotfl:

'If you liked the cream, then you could be fairly confident the mask would be ok on your skin at least.

I’ve also tried a botanics moisturising mask in the past which was good, and probably a lot cheaper than Clarins.:)

Last night I managed to finish the dregs of an old shampoo I didn’t like by using it to clean the bathroom with a sponge I wanted to throw! So another shampoo gone, and a nice new puff extracted from the stash, hurrah!'

lol, thanks for that, I don't know what happened! Have now gone back and changed the font - was originally coming up fine on my screen?!

Btw, just had a look on the Boots site to see if I coudl find the Botanics mask, but no joy, think it must have been discontinued It was this: http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/skin-care/boots-botanics-quenching-face-mask/


Edit: Ahhhh, just found the intensive hair conditioner I used to love back on there! I thought it was discontinued and gone forever!!!! :T:j:T:j Right, when I get through the rest I'm trying that again - this was by far the best intensive mask I ever used, but I haven't tried it in a few years...
http://www.boots.com/en/Botanics-3-Minute-Deep-Conditioning-Hair-Mask-450ml_35511/

Babafette

fixx wrote: »

lol, thanks for that, I don't know what happened! Have now gone back and changed the font - was originally coming up fine on my screen?!

No problem, I'm nosy!! I was just intrigued to find out whether you were using code to try and confess that you had fallen off the wagon.....

joesaunt

Well, I had a couple of tubs of bath whip from Sainsbury's for Xmas, one was orange and one was cranberry and they are in a swirly pattern in the tub, almost layered with what looks like cream. Got in the bath last night, got a big handful out of the jar and tried to later it up, it went all lumpy and floated in the water, really horrible. I looked at the instructions and it said use a handful and rub into skin. Got out of the bath really disappointed, I was looking forward to it. I read the ingredients later and could see no mention of anything that would lather up. So I rubbed it into dry skin and it was still lumpy. Although after a lot of serious rubbing it soaked in and my skin felt amamzingly soft. I take it this is a body "butter" type product rather than a bath product. It is so strange and hard to rub in and I can't believe I have two :eek:

Had to buy some shampoo today, if I had have known about the Tesco hitch I would have gone in there yesterday, but I avoid the grabbit board like the plague!!!!! I bought a Tresemme one, because it was on BOGOF, the conditioner can go into the cupboard for use later on, also bought a boots serum, I am getting low on mine and thought I would try this as it was cheap. I also needed a new foundation, so used the voucher and got the No7 mousse for £6.00. I was going to try the new benefit one, but funds won't stretch that far.

Have a dress on order from the Next catalogue, I am off to a party on Thurs night and needed (Yes, needed) something to wear. It has been so long since I have been out, I have nothing smart casual, only jeans or work suits....ex-husband will be there and need to look amazing.

Sold some more bits and pieces on ebay so hopefully this will fund my dress purchase, if I keep it.

CompletelyLost

I've just been into town. I was in Superdrug and their whole Vitamin E range (and also the Natural High range) is reduced. Most things in the Vitamin E range were £1.22... including the vitamin E facial oil, facial scrub, eye cream with SPF, big tubs of moisturiser, etc.

I bought the Vit E eye cream as I used to use the Body Shop's, and I don't have any eye cream left. Was tempted by the facial oil too but put it back. So, spent £1.22.

mrs-moneypenny

afternoon all

went dentist this morning for a check up then got home to a power cut followed by a stint at work so no chance to check in before now

hope all are well and happily pampering but resisting the urge to spend;)
had a few bottles and tubs with just degs in so have used up a few
boots detox body scrub - felt nice but a bit porrigey
lavender body lotion - used up as a pennance for last months over spend
small bottle of sanctuary body wash (2 big bottles still in stash)
tube of toothpaste - i end up using the dregs as everyone else in the house just moves on to a new tube:mad:
couple of sachets of mouisturiser

had a sort out in the bathroom boxes and found a giant tub of petroleum jelly with only a tiny bit in ( youngest is almost 10 so binned that), also found a well past it bottle of body oil that had seperated and smmelt funny and 1/2 a container of fairy sparkle glitter talc (youngest daughter is almost 18 so that got binned:rotfl:)