No Buying Toiletries in June Challenge!

Shadowsfall

Nice one, cheers for the new thread!

Well done to all the User-Uppers and the new mommy and the holiday goers! And everyone else as well

No further UUs to report, just a few purchases

Tesco Cocoa Butter Body Cream (£1!) bargain as it's really nice.
Tresemme Mousse and Hairspray as I was out of both. (£4 each, but big bottles...)
Loreal Casting Creme hair colour in Dark Chocolate... my hair was getting a bit 'meh' so I livened it up considerably! OH loves it, I was well chuffed. I got a sidey fringe cut in Sunday too while having a trim and love it

Can anyone recommend a cheap yet powerful conditining treatment for coloured hair that really does it's job? The conditioner in the hair colour box was excellent and all gone now as I have long hair.

It's PYNT for me so I'll be getting on it! Catch you all later :cool:

lostinrates

Oh yes,I might need mouthwash too. In fact,Imight need some corsodyl or something, it might be my imagination but I think I have some gums starting to recede.

footymadgal

I'm starting off June by being a bit naughty!! I'm on holiday this week (at home) and will be going shopping today. I'm planning to go into Boots to use my £5 skinnie voucher on some Olay face cloth thingies. I had some of these a few years ago and just use them occasionally as they are good for exfoliating your face and are handy to take on holiday as they are light and don't take up any room. I sometimes cut them up into four and just use them on my t-zone and so they go a long way. That will cost me £3. Apart from that, I'm planning to buy some Aloe 99 from Holland and Barratt which is on offer until 16 June at £2.99 (usually £4.99). I have one and a bit tubes left of aloe but use this mostly in the summer months (to soothe after sunbathing) and OH uses it too (soothing after shaving). I will get 2 x 200 ml tubes (that's very restrained as I would normally buy 3 at that price!). The one thing I may possibly need to buy later in the month is roll on deodrant at 99p. So, I'm planning to spend £10. It's resisting any good glitches that come along that is the problem!! Also, if I get a summer holiday booked up I shall start looking out for deals on suncream. I have got some left over from last year but always worry a bit about using up the stuff from the year before in case it isn't effective. If I do go away I will probably take with me a combination of the old and the new. Even if I book a holiday, I'll try and resist buying suncream until July.

Yesterday was PY(T)NM - (T) being toenails! I only paint my toenails as I don't like my hand nails painted. This is the first time I've painted them this year but now I've started this will become a weekly or twice weekly habit. I used No 7 Stay Perfect "Pink and Dink" although I would describe the colour more as a coral-brown. WIBA? Yes, I love the colour. Guess what though? I've got loads of nail varnishes to use up and so shouldn't be buying any for a long time yet!

Bronnie

rosemary54 wrote: »

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noticed my bust /nec k area looking rtather crepey after sunbathing and thought about buying the Dove stuff seen advertized recently but it had a very bad review on Boots so decided not to.


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Aargh! me too Rosemary.....feeling a bit of a lemon for not being able to resist the rays now too :o.

Slathered night cream on it on hols and have been attacking it with DD's EA 8 hour cream and also my BS hemp hand protector, which is becoming a cure-all for me. Looking a bit better anyway. Hoping to start a course of facial glycolic peels tomorrow, my skin looks carp after this hol. A bit congested after all the sun cream, heat and perspiration no doubt and a couple of spots and a couple of mozzie bites from a swine that was humming past my ear in bed on the last night :mad:

Bronnie

rosemary54 wrote: »

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noticed my bust /nec k area looking rtather crepey after sunbathing and thought about buying the Dove stuff seen advertized recently but it had a very bad review on Boots so decided not to.

Just had an email from them for a free sample

http://www.dove.co.uk/visible-effects

fixx

Hello everyone and lovely new thread

I'm in again this month, having miraculously managed zero spend in May! A quick update from me, as I have loads to do today…


I have quite a few use ups to report from the last week and a bit, woohoo!

• Another John Frieda sheer blonde moisturising conditioner. WIBA? No – as before, good, but not the best value for money, doesn’t last very long for me!
• Clinique Sparkle Skin (Bonus Time size tube). WIBA? No – good, but I’m sure I can find cheaper scrubs that are as good if not better.
• Seah Hairspa Pearl Masque Intensive Conditioner Cream Mask. WIBA? No – did nothing!
• P&P 5ml sample (last one!). WIBA? Yes – am on to my full size bottle at last!
• Estee Lauder Hydrationist lotion sample. WIBA? No – good, but nothing special. Wouldn’t make me switch from what I already use.
• Clarins HydraMatte lotion sample. WIBA? No – same as above.
• Body Shop Body Butter – Mango. WIBA? Yes – my favourite body butter, I love it… Though I do have some other varieties to try that I’ve never used before, but I’ve loved the mango one for years (though I only use it in summer, and prefer a nutty one for winter).
• Also binned a small Clinique Happy to be perfume (bonus time size) – it’s either gone off, or I just *really* don’t like the smell. WIBA? No… don’t think I ever liked it to be honest!

I’ve almost got to the end of my conditioner stash, scarily! I’ve only got 1 and ½ full bottles left, and 2/3 of a travel size one. So this weekend I might head over to TK Maxx and look for a large Tigi Dumb Blonde reconstructor. I think the best thing about this challenge for me is now really knowing what I like and don’t like, and not having the stress of deciding what to buy (and the disappointment from failed experiments )


So I will have to buy a few bits and pieces this month, as I have nothing similar left in my stash (or soon won’t):

• Conditioner (as above)
• Batiste
• Facial scrub – not sure which one, any recommendations? I used to love Aapri, and my hunt that down again…

raven-333

Going to set myself a budget of £20 for this month and ease myself into this but i will try to use this for things i really need and havent got and not for duplicates of what i have. I havent had a chance yet today to get started on my sorting but hopefully will latter on.

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
im still in

have used up a few bits forgotten exactly what now:o, and have actually resisted buying (apart from a three pack of champneys sample sized products at the carboot for 50p yesterday and 2 packs of hairdye thast were on offer in superdrug) disadvaantage of using the root touchup kits for ages now is that while my hair looks ok(ish) on top when i wear it up the underneath layers have lots of grey in:o. ive gone for a shade lighter than normal.

i have found that ive not been using up quite so much as ive been so busy recently the pampering has deminished so i must try and get a pampering routine going again.

didnt do PYNM yesterday (paint your nails monday) so am hoping to get a cost on fingers and toes today:D

have a good pamper all

WelshWoofer

Just a quick spend to report....
Popped into to Pound shop whilst in town and picked up a Macleans Whitening toothpaste pump for yes you've guessed it £1! Its about £2.89 in Tesco I think so a bargain!

Pootle_3

Howdy all

I'm still here too (and will be for quite a while....)

Spent £31 last month, on fab Elemis kit x 2 and BS 50% offer.

I am really pleased that I resisted the Decleor anniversary on QVC yesterday (great offers and free p&p). Was very tempted but held out and now it is over and I feel ok.

Nothing I need to buy this month, unless my 2 tubes of body lotion go really fast.