No Buying Toiletries in June Challenge!

Lemon_Tree

to think i could have waved at you whilst i was waiting for the exhaust to be sorted

Need_a_break

pinkandwhites wrote: »

I have never used Cowshed products, but these names really made me laugh and make me want to try them now! :rotfl:


Love from Candice x

Snipped

Lol me too, does anyone know if there is a " hate being a fat cow" product :rotfl:

noelphobic

noelphobic wrote: »

more of my stash:-

Elle Macpherson Replenishing Hand Cream (50ml)
" " Calm to the Senses Bath Soak (50ml)
" " Velvet Skin Shower Melt (50ml)
" " Release the Day Bath Soak (50ml)
" " Soft Shimmer Body Creme (50ml)
" " Sparkle & Shimmer Body Scrub (50ml)
" " Fresh & Smooth Body Scrub (50ml)

Boots Fresh! Strawberry Surprise Body Cream (140ml)
Vaseline Intensive Care roll on deodorant (50ml)
Supersoft Kids Detangling Spray (150ml)
Lush Flying Fox Shower Gel (about half of a small bottle left)
S & G Clean On Me Shower Gel (75ml)
True Spirit Purifying Bath Essence (about 2/3 of a 100ml bottle left)
Sunshop Cooling Body Gel (30ml)
Balm Balm Rose Geranium (30ml)
Small bottle conditioning shampoo from Ramada Hotel
small soap from hotel
FCUK Polished Eau de Toilette, handbag sized spray
St Ives Nourishing Shampoo (400ml)
Dove Visible Care Renewing Creme Body Wash (55ml)
Trevor Sorbie Colour Preserve Conditioner (75ml)
S &G Flakeaway (about half of a 50ml tub)
Scholl Freshstep Refreshing Foot Spray (150ml)
John Frieda Luxurious Volume Thickening Shampoo (about half of a 50ml tube)
Boots Gorgeous Feet Sensationally Smooth Foot Scrub (50ml)
small soap from hotel in New York that I went to in 2004!
another hotel soap
Naturaleve Vanilla Lip Balm
Soltan SPF25 (lipstiick sized)

and more!

Lush Girliglo Spray on Body Moisturising Mist (about half of 100ml bottle)
M & S Isis Body Spray (100ml)
Garnier Foot Cocoon Nourishing Massage Cream (100ml)
Oral B Sensitive Mouthrinse (300ml)
S & G Clean on Me Shower Gel (75ml)
Insette Extra Hold Hairspray (45ml)
Insette Clubbers Extra Hold Hairspray (45ml)
Balm Balm Rose Geranium (30ml) (another one!)
Thicker Fuller Hair (sample sachet)
No 7 Total Renewal Micro-dermabrasion Exfoliator (25ml)
No 7 Age Rewind Night Cream (15ml)
No 7 Soft & Soothed Gentle Cleanser (30ml)
M & S Royal Jelly 2 in1 Shower and Moisturise (50ml tube but not much left in it)
S & G Hand Food (125ml)
Cranberry Lip Butter
Mitchum Anti-perspirant spray (35ml)
Sanctuary Body Butter Spa Essentials (50ml)
Neal's Yard Power Berry Daily Moisture (50ml)
Herbal Essences Shampoo Sachet
Herbal Essences Conditioner Sachet
Dove Supreme Cream Oil Body Wash (55ml)
Charles Worthington Really Shiny Gloss Spray (100ml)
2 hotel soaps
Elle Machpherson Lime Solid Perfume (love this!)

I have realised that I have a habit of buying small sizes of toiletries on the basis that I will use them when I go away. Unfortunately I don't go away as often as I would like so don't need the huge amount of small sizes that I have! I am definitely going to use up some of these items and listing them should prevent me from buying any more!

BakerGirl

Sue14 wrote: »

Finished 1 of my partly used deodorants today, about 3 or 4 more to go!

Sue.

I had a stash of aerosol deodorants bought as BOGOFs but I have come to the conclusion that more is being sprayed around the bathroom and sucked into my lungs than going under my arms. So yesterday I bought DeoDry roll-on from the BS. So far so good. I have done the sniff test. OK I know, TMI but hey don't tell me none of you have done it. I still have to use up 2 sprays but at least I have a replacement that I know works.

Lemon_Tree wrote: »

hi everyone, just back from a holibob. Was being very virtuous and then whilst there i was given 2x Dermol shower gels, 1x Demol lotion hand pump & 1x double base gel pump.
all given to me by a well meaning relative who understands the trials and tribulations of excema. Especially when it's on your hands.
I did find a new use for aqueous cream - i used it instead of shaving foam/gel. Previously i've always used cheap hair conditioner and this was just as good if not better.
It's probably already been mentioned here but if not then it may help someone use something up instead of buying new.

Thanks for that tip Lemon Tree. I have a Naked conditioner that I don't think I'll ever get through so will try it out tomorrow on my legs.

mineallmine

noelphobic wrote: »

and more!

Lush Girliglo Spray on Body Moisturising Mist (about half of 100ml bottle)
M & S Isis Body Spray (100ml)
Garnier Foot Cocoon Nourishing Massage Cream (100ml)
Oral B Sensitive Mouthrinse (300ml)
S & G Clean on Me Shower Gel (75ml)
Insette Extra Hold Hairspray (45ml)
Insette Clubbers Extra Hold Hairspray (45ml)
Balm Balm Rose Geranium (30ml) (another one!)
Thicker Fuller Hair (sample sachet)
No 7 Total Renewal Micro-dermabrasion Exfoliator (25ml)
No 7 Age Rewind Night Cream (15ml)
No 7 Soft & Soothed Gentle Cleanser (30ml)
M & S Royal Jelly 2 in1 Shower and Moisturise (50ml tube but not much left in it)
S & G Hand Food (125ml)
Cranberry Lip Butter
Mitchum Anti-perspirant spray (35ml)
Sanctuary Body Butter Spa Essentials (50ml)
Neal's Yard Power Berry Daily Moisture (50ml)
Herbal Essences Shampoo Sachet
Herbal Essences Conditioner Sachet
Dove Supreme Cream Oil Body Wash (55ml)
Charles Worthington Really Shiny Gloss Spray (100ml)
2 hotel soaps
Elle Machpherson Lime Solid Perfume (love this!)

I have realised that I have a habit of buying small sizes of toiletries on the basis that I will use them when I go away. Unfortunately I don't go away as often as I would like so don't need the huge amount of small sizes that I have! I am definitely going to use up some of these items and listing them should prevent me from buying any more!

Well done to you on listing all these lovely products, you've got some gorgeous stuff there. If I was you I would have a mammoth pamper session. Dig out a towelling robe, some nice clean towels, make sure plenty of hot water and lay out all the products you're going to use. Maybe target using up the sachets to get a real feel good boast of used up stuff. So for instance:

shower gel or bubble bath
shampoo (I use unloved shampoos to wash my make up brushes)
conditioner - a real treatment type one
face scrub, dont forget your neck, then you'll need a flannel
face mask
then relax, relax, relax.

then body cream all other, put on some fab face and eye cream
then take a snooze. when you wake, slather on some more cream in the drier areas like elbows, knees, shins, feet. Then another sleep. You'll be exhausted from all that pampering.
:A

Kaz2904

I have UU 2 bottles of elderflower champagne. What? Oh yes, this is the toiletries thread! OK, I've not used any of them up BUT, I am nearing the end of some things . I'm hoping to use up the FCUK pure moisturiser spray jobbie soon. I still can't find my ped egg that I bought a while back.
Tonight I will be digging out a fatty cream from the cupboard to put on my feet. After some weeks in sandals, they are suffering a little. I need to redo my toenails too as I took the varnish off on Thursday and haven't had a chance to change them yet. I hate naked toe nails!
See you all soon. Any sign of Tara yet?

vatic

After a long period of silence, I've had another couple of use ups! :j

Lush Lemslip buttercream WIBA? Probably not, or at least not for a very long time. It wasn't as moisturising as I was hoping it would be with my dry skin. I ended up using it as a shaving cream in order to use it up and it was good for that purpose.

Lush Honeybun bath bomb WIBA? Yes, but I'm a little over baths at the moment after going through a period where I had a bit of a fetish. The bathwater never got very hot though so it was chilly bath and probably the world's quickest!

Now I just need to use up my Lush Marilyn 'hair mask' so I can have 5 black pots to take back and get another Lush mask free! I've been using the hair mask as a conditioner instead but can't wait to use it up because it's a bit too heavy for my taste and weighs my hair down.

My OH is very proud that more stuff is going out than coming in, he made a comment about it this afternoon

VALM

Three UUs for me this week:-

2 x L'Occitane hand creams. One was a full size Lavender which is my HG hand cream and I will definitely repurchase although I do have a tube of S&G Hand Food on the go and half a tube of Philosophy Amazing Grace handcream somewhere (had to stop using this as it was drying my hands out rather than moisturising them!). The other UU was a very small tube of the shea butter one which I probably wouldn't repurchase. Find it too thick.

Other UU is a tube of Neutrogena facial scrub. WIBA? No, will be going back to my old tried and tested Biore Pore Unclogging Scrub.

Now does an Avon order that will not arrive until beginning of July count as a June purchase? Damn my neighbour for becoming a rep again! The only thing I have ordered though is a tinted moisturiser as I don't have one and my Balance N Brighten is making me look a little washed out at the moment. Can't be bothered to apply bronzer as I never get it right and end up looking terracotta.

Have also applied to join the Beauty Bible Tester Panel which I have never done before but wouldn't mind trying some new products and considering, if accepted, I only pay £30.00 for products that are guaranteed to be of value over £100.00 I think this is :money:in itself.

Also, this week I have won another £5.00 Boots voucher to add to the one I won last month and haven't spent yet. Will probably buy my Benefit Lemon Aid with it so it will only cost me £6.50. :money:

footymadgal

noelphobic wrote: »

I have realised that I have a habit of buying small sizes of toiletries on the basis that I will use them when I go away. Unfortunately I don't go away as often as I would like so don't need the huge amount of small sizes that I have! I am definitely going to use up some of these items and listing them should prevent me from buying any more!

Small sizes of toiletries are often not the best value either but they are cute aren't they! When you have used up some of the small bottles, you can always wash them out and use them to decant stuff from larger bottles to use when you go away. Don't forget to stick a label on them and write on what's in them though! I've also stored up a lot of miniatures (many from gift packs and some freebies) for when I go away but like you I'd never use them up in the one or two times a year I do go away and so have started to use them at home.

noelphobic

footymadgal wrote: »

Small sizes of toiletries are often not the best value either but they are cute aren't they! When you have used up some of the small bottles, you can always wash them out and use them to decant stuff from larger bottles to use when you go away. Don't forget to stick a label on them and write on what's in them though! I've also stored up a lot of miniatures (many from gift packs and some freebies) for when I go away but like you I'd never use them up in the one or two times a year I do go away and so have started to use them at home.

yes, I do keep some of the small bottles/jars and decant stuff into them. I went away with a friend a couple of years ago and couldn't believe she had actually BOUGHT a pack of empty jars/bottles for this purpose! I bought some small size bottles of shampoo ages ago and decant shampoo into these when empty - saves having to write anything on because I know there is shampoo in the shampoo bottles even if it's not the brand of shampoo that the label says it is! I also have small S&G body butter jars that I decant stuff from the large jars into.