No buying toiletries in March challenge!

judyjetson

Well, last night I did use the Lush Xmas bath melt that looked like a lump of coal (can't for the life of me remember what it's called) and quite frankly, I'm glad that was a limited edition. It's one of the few Lush products that I've actively hated. Didn't have much of a fragrance, and left gritty little black bits all over me. I looked like I'd been down the mine when I got out of the bath, and the less said about the state of the bath the better. WIBA? Not in a million. And hopefully this one will stay consigned to Lush's "not our best success" pile.

I'm keeping some little sample/travel size stuff on my desk at work to use up as well - Quash hand sanitiser, Liz Earle hand repair, lip balm, mosituriser, etc.

I haven't given in to the Clarins counter so far, but then again I've been at work and not been out shopping.

Pootle, thanks for the Beauty Bible, link, that's really helpful.

freyasmum

rosemary54 wrote: »

I ended up spending £25 on the mums day offer plus £5 for a new card for discounts BUT as I went through quidco(thanks for posting that as never used)I got £5.40 back so now paid for membership and after that went onto halfprice perfumes for the boujairis(?spelling)lip gloss offer and got some more money on quidco

i bought some Sally hanson nails hardener,emery boards and cuticle cream at about £1 each (big discount) so have really been bad:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

how did yoy spend only 25p tho on the mums offer??????

I use topcashback too - you don't have to pay an admin fee with them and sometimes you get a little bit more cashback too It's great fun seeing it all add up :T

It was a mega glitch - the £16 code worked with certain combinations and not just the one that was supposed to work so I ended up chancing my arm with 5 gifts bags (£10) and a half price cherry body butter (£6.25), minus the £16 code. I couldn't believe it worked and then actually had it delivered :j

So that's my mothers day present from DD (:cool::o), with a S&G flake off (bought with points).

EssexHebridean

Finished up a pack of Boots Expert sensitive waxing strips last night - WIBA? Yes, I've used these before and found them very effective. Painful, yes, but effective nonetheless! Went on to a new pack tonight (I never have the nerve to do the whole of both legs on the same night since I had a bad reaction on one occasion - it left me with horrible itchy painful skin all over both legs for 24 hours, one would have been bad enough but both was :eek::eek::eek:!!!

I keep seeing people saying how good S&G flakeaway is - I've got a mini one stashed away to take on holiday so I'm looking forward to that!

Bronnie

Pinkphoenix wrote: »

Boots Mediterrean Grape, Avocado and Lemon Body Butter WIBA? I wish I could but I think it's been discontinued! (How long had it been lurking in my drawers?!?:eek: It was soooooo lovely and smelt gorgeous
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There was loads of it for £1, tagged onto the end of a Mother's Day display in Boots Birkenhead last Saturday, along with some of the other stuff from the Mediterranean range:D

Babafette

EssexHebridean wrote: »

I keep seeing people saying how good S&G flakeaway is - I've got a mini one stashed away to take on holiday so I'm looking forward to that!

Me too. I must confess I've got five minis in the 'Admit It You Want Me' sets stashed away under my bed....... :embarasse

freyasmum

EssexHebridean wrote: »

I keep seeing people saying how good S&G flakeaway is - I've got a mini one stashed away to take on holiday so I'm looking forward to that!

Yea, that's the one I meant. Not flake off; that sounds rude

Trust me :rotfl:

roshydoshy

roshydoshy wrote: »

ohhh gosh i thought i was doing so well trying to use up everything and then my sister that works for benefit turned up with a load of samples....what can i do?!:rotfl:

scrap that - she's now turned up with a box of full size products :eek: oh the 'benefits' of having her as a sister (pun intended ) lol

IlonaRN

Oh wow, lucky you, roshy!
I've never tried benefit, but the products look lovely.

VALM

I finished a 15ml tube of Elemis Gentle Rose Exfoliator yesterday. WIBA? Not sure. I have another small tube unopened that I'm going to take on holiday with me. At the moment I'm not happy with the cleanser I'm using and until I use up the stockpile of cleansers I have I'm going to reserve judgment on exfoliators as well. Once I find a cleanser that works as well as the old formula C&P and my skin starts behaving - at the moment it's prone to getting whiteheads again - and I don't need to use harsher exfoliators containing salicylic acid maybe I'll buy it. What I'm trying to say is that it's lovely to use but without a good cleanser to start off with I'm not sure that it's doing anything. x

roshydoshy

i know definately am lucky! used to spend a fortune in there but then i found ebay - most sell them for half the price of the shop on there. i'm not trying a sales pitch for them but i really do recommend going to their stalls in department stores, they were always willing to go through and match products for me, and they are encouraged to give make overs/lessons to show the effects so you can try before you buy....then get it on ebay or buy with boots points for cheaper lol:j

i have to stop talking myself into cosmetics shopping!