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If you've spotted any hidden Boots products in your local Poundland or B&M store please do let us know, we'd love to hear about them!
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  • angelwds
    angelwds Posts: 620 Forumite
    Not poundland I'm afraid but just incase there are any members from Cyprus, there is a new shop in Pafos called 'The Euro Shop', who are selling many Boots products, including No7, Sanctuary, Botanics and Time Dimensions (Delay), for just 2 Euro each! I have stocked up on No7 SPF 25 Sun Cream and Completely Quenched Body Moisturiser to name but two....

    I hope this helps someone...:o
    :A OFFICIAL Boots Tart :A and member of the PAH! club :rotfl:
    Lapsed member of the £2 coin savers club.....:rolleyes:
  • lauraland
    lauraland Posts: 1,677 Forumite
    Checked this out in my local b&m after reading about it on the forums a few weeks ago, and right enough found a 'pure' overnight foot moisturiser, peeled the label back and found the botanics label underneath. 69p in b&m - £3.49 in boots.
    I got ham but i'm not a hamster.....
  • Sarita
    Sarita Posts: 25 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Surely not so clever to go to the Boots press office with this...they risk is they'll stop doing it.
  • DaisyDaisy82
    DaisyDaisy82 Posts: 70 Forumite
    Just walked into our local 99p shop and got boots botanics shampoo and condition. Its £2.99 in boots.

    There was no lable disguising it.

    http://www.boots.com/en/Botanics-Hair-Shimmering-Blonde-Shampoo_35517/
  • madfrenchgirl
    madfrenchgirl Posts: 1,729 Forumite
    The one in Solihull do the Hand Night Cream and the Night Serum as spotted in this blog...https://www.cosmetics-savings.com
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  • Many 'own label' products are made by a company called McBrides, which also produces items under its own name (you can find these in many 'pound' shops around the country). It's a complete waste of time paying loads of money for stuff like bath foams, shower gels, shampoos, face cream, body creams, moisturisers, etc. etc. as these are all basically detergents, etc and many brand names are also produced by companies like McBrides which makes all this stuff for the different labels. For instance you can easily use those big bottles of bath gel to refill your handwash pump - if you read the labels you will see that it's exactly the same ingredients. BUY THE CHEAPEST YOU CAN FIND. Ladies: experiment with the cheap moisturisers and body creams, etc. and find one that suits you - no need to pay loads of money for the 'premium' brands - it's all the same ingredients.
  • newmum1
    newmum1 Posts: 1,341 Forumite
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    Hi all, i managed to grab 4 of the botanics foaming bath float in Erdingto high st, birmingham. I also went into B&M but no joy there. I found the labels really easy to peel of just run hot water and it glides off. :)
  • jenflan
    jenflan Posts: 4 Newbie
    I go bath soufle, face moisturiser and firming lotion in Runcorn Poundland. In the B&M I got the tan lotion at 2 for £1!! and the hand cream was 59p and face mask 69p!
  • merikiito
    merikiito Posts: 41 Forumite
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    Boots are one of the biggest manufacturer of own label products in the UK. They have been making own label product for other multiples for a very long time. You will find they make for Asda, Tescos and more so its no surprise that Boots own label product ends up in discount stores and discontinued lines are cleared/jobbed out. Will it worry Boots, no of cause it won't because they may have sold to them anyway.
  • maureenjscott
    maureenjscott Posts: 210 Forumite
    Just been in B&M Bargains in Wishaw, Lanarkshire - Found at least 5 of the 'Pure' products including the summer glow type stuff - all appeared to have labels underneath the 'pure' label. I've bought the mineral mask and definately Boots Botanicals label underneath. They also had a tub of what looked like powdered milk for your bath which i would assume is also boots. all were well under £1 and the summer glow was two bottles for the pound.
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