No buying toiletries in March challenge!

h007

used a small body shop strawberry body butter - WIBA? no! I feel very sticky and smell like strawberry jam lol

rosemary54

lin.c wrote: »

Indeed I am, but always a day early

I love sala but it seems to rub off easily depite a top coat:(only used on my toes but ha dto repaint both little toes after a couple of days,not doing hands at the mo as still v short after breaking 3 nails in 1 week:(

not finished but thought I'd comment on YSL french nail pens(about £25 on the plane last year)WIBA def no if you use more than 1 base coat it goes pink and smeary(is there such a word?!) and the white pen is impossible to do well on top of nails so I do under and it gets on the fingers and sticks!

Babafette

Morning all. I'm steeling myself for another visit to Boots this morning to try and exchange the four handbag sized tubes of John Frieda Frizz Ease.....

I'll test the water for a refund onto a giftcard first I think, but if that's a no go I'll just exchange them for some Flixonase nasal spray as my hayfever has been horrendous these last few weeks.

mrs-moneypenny

morning all

rosemary54 wrote: »

a friend who had a snake that she allowed to roam free in the house woke up to find it on the floor next to the bed ridged and thought(for some strange reason) it had swallowed a broom handle.She and OH managed to get it into the car and take it to the vet who said I will have to put it down.seems that snakes go like this and lie next to the victim they are preparing to eat to see if they will fit:eek::eek::eek::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:and that it was too dangerous for them to keep, made me laugh but could have been nasty!

a friend of ours also told us this was happening to a snake keeping friend of theirs. Friend had a big python that suddenly went off its food and was seeming more 'affectionate' (if snakes feel that emotion) as it seemed to want to keep laying next to him. He contacted someone thinking the snake was ill and was told get shot of it its starving itsself to make room for you and keeps sizing you up to check if its got enough space yet:eek:. He donated it to a zoo i think.

Had a lovely pampering session yesterday used up a little sample bottle of Spa shampoo that i got free WIBA well if im ever lucky enough to win another weekend at Pennyhill ill be sure to stock up on the freebies:rotfl:.
used a sachet of sanctuary salt scrub. (have more in stash) and a M&S peel off face mask.
threw away a gloopy bottle of nail polish after an unsuccessful attempt at doing nails:mad:. Did nails using some sally hansen hard as nails as a base coat (its quite thick so that may be the problem) used some of the avon nail drying oil on top of the top coat waited about 1/2 hour before doing anything then managed to smudge my polish to such a degree that it all looked thick and cloggy took it all of and last night did nails again using the hard as nails as a base (again) and 2 coats of a no7 polish followed by top coat. all i was doing was watching tv. id smudged 2 nails before going to bed and having done a small bowl of hand washing this morning polish is peeling off in sheets. Can i assume the sally hansen is past it and throw that as well please:D

asset2004

Forgive me for I have sinned, caught caught up in the BS glitch yesterday so have some moisturising cream and lip balm on its way to me.
But...
I have used up a FCUK body scrub - WIBIA - yes, smelled lovely and had a really nice texture,
and a Boots Meditarean show gel - WIBIA - probably not but I only paid 20p so would if I saw it again at that price!
and a Time Delay hand cream - WIBIA - yes but I have about a million hand creams to get through first and this goes back to the Boots Time Delay skin voucher a few years back when I got it free and 200 ACM points back!!

Babafette

Babafette wrote: »

Morning all. I'm steeling myself for another visit to Boots this morning to try and exchange the four handbag sized tubes of John Frieda Frizz Ease.....

I'll test the water for a refund onto a giftcard first I think, but if that's a no go I'll just exchange them for some Flixonase nasal spray as my hayfever has been horrendous these last few weeks.

Well I chickened out. I didn't recognise anybody on the tills today and the Flixonase was in a special box which had to be taken to the pharmacy counter. Feeling a bit bad overall these last few days anyway so didn't want to cause a scene.

lin.c

rosemary54 wrote: »

I love sala but it seems to rub off easily depite a top coat:(only used on my toes but ha dto repaint both little toes after a couple of days,not doing hands at the mo as still v short after breaking 3 nails in 1 week:(

I noticed that this colour on my nails matched that of a red Hackney carriage as it passed by me on the way to work

So far it's sticking, sorry yours went awry

I can commiserate on the shortness though, as I was an awful nail-biter for most of my life and even though they're still weak and break at times, I know that they grow back in no time, as shall yours

Sorry you chickened out Babafette; next time perhaps?

lostinrates

I thin the cats have been readng the stuff about snakes on this thread. I was ill last night and have been sleeping all day. The cats woke my up at lunch time my taping my face trying to force feed me half a slow worm!

I managed to chip a nail in bed/being ill over night...a little finger one...weird.

I've missed my skincare routine today: the cold sore is miraculously subsidingthough, and I will have a bath this evening...so I will use products

VALM

mineallmine wrote: »

Hi, thanks for that. I had tried some of this serum in one of the department stores (having read SO much hype about it). Right know to give that one a miss then. You could always write to Elemis about your disappointment?

Thanks for that, think I will. I know I am not alone in this opinion though as I'm also a forum member on shoppingtelly.com and other members have expressed a dissatisfaction with it as well as some of the reviewers on qvcuk.com.

Today, I've finished a 200ml bottle of Liz Earle Instant Boost Skin Tonic which I actually decant off into a 30ml spritz bottle as I find the product lasts longer when used in a fine spray. WIBA? - not sure, I am on the hunt for my HG toner and did think this was it but surely there are others out there that are just as gentle but cheaper. In my stockpile at the moment I have a bottle of Champneys (which I bought some time ago from Sainsbury's when it was reduced), a bottle of Elemis toner which came with the set mentioned in my previous post and another LE one. Considering the LE one lasts a good 4 months I won't be repurchasing hopefully until next year anyway. x

Kaz2904

That'll be why your skin was bad then LiR. Poor you, hope you soon feel better.