No Buying Toiletries in July Challenge!!!

steerpiker

VALM wrote: »

This morning have UU a 10ml tube of LE Daily Eye Repair by cutting it in half and over the last week have been shoving a cotton bud in to get the very last bits out :money:. WIBA? The Jury's out on a lot of LE products for me. Depends what Avon does with them. At the moment it's not working as well as it used to as the skin under my eyes is really dry at the moment. I do have another 10ml tube of this (probably take on hols), the last few drops ofElemis Absolute Eye (now that is fabby stuff) and a tube of Boots Vitamin E eye cream to go at so won't really need to buy any for a while unless I find that the Boots one is doing nothing then I may splash out on the Elemis one.

Have a good day everyone. x

I used to have dry eyes too. I've been using the new L'Oreal Youth Code eye cream and I seem to have stopped getting that. So I would recommend that one. It seems to tick all the other boxes (bags, shadows, etc) too.

Minnie Me - just seen that you like the Youth Code face cream. I would never have tried that on my skin as it's oily too, but I might next time I get dry patches (but still got loads of Body Shop Aloe Vera moisteriser to use up first)

steerpiker

Originally Posted by kiplingmonkey
[Quote:] Thank you everyone for being so welcoming to the gang. Feel much better today now I have actually committed to using up this stuff before I buy any more! Have already UU 2 things today:
Full confession now, started June with 1156 items! So would like to hit the 1000 mark by Christmas. Went to Boots to get more deodorant (have this under control as have 1 in use and 1 spare now) this morning and resisted the No 7 offer 3 for 2, plus the buy a No 7 mascara and get a make up brush set free - anyone else out there a sucker for the promos with the free make up bag?

Love reading all your posts and can't wait for some free drawer and cupboard space. [/quote]

Hi KiplingMonkey. Love your name (you can guess why?) My current love is a black Rukam shoulder bag and the monkey is called Lesley.
Only 1156 items?? :rotfl: Looks like we've got more in common than bags. Welcome to the group. I stopped counting my stash, but I can see the back of my cupboards now, so I guess that's progress.

kiplingmonkey

Hi KiplingMonkey. Love your name (you can guess why?) My current love is a black Rukam shoulder bag and the monkey is called Lesley.
Only 1156 items?? :rotfl: Looks like we've got more in common than bags. Welcome to the group. I stopped counting my stash, but I can see the back of my cupboards now, so I guess that's progress.

How did you guess?!! I think I need a no more buying bags thread as well - currently loving a Katie HIP midnight blue patent which holds loads. Also love Radley and I could go on.....Most of my Kiplings and Radleys now come from Bicester so not full price - also a great make up shop there (and Molton Brown and L'Occitane). Lucky I only go 3-4 times a year!

Is there anyone out there with a bigger stash than mine?...

lynseydee

kiplingmonkey wrote: »

How did you guess?!! I think I need a no more buying bags thread as well - currently loving a Katie HIP midnight blue patent which holds loads. Also love Radley and I could go on.....Most of my Kiplings and Radleys now come from Bicester so not full price - also a great make up shop there (and Molton Brown and L'Occitane). Lucky I only go 3-4 times a year!

Is there anyone out there with a bigger stash than mine?...

I thought I had a big stash but yours is about twice the size of mine so now I don't feel too bad

mineallmine

Evening all,

No use ups today.

Some purchases. Planned ones for clarins toner (only a small amount left) and a face SPF cream (the body shop one has nearly run out). Got it with a bonus gift so makes the most of the purchases. All the 4 'free' things will go into my kit bag. The sales assistant was a bit sneeky. I was selecting the more expensive (per ml) face creams that were on offer with the bonus gift, and he said...oh no you dont need those if you're XX age (wildly out!). I still got the ones I wanted, so he could naff off palming me off with the cheaper freebie products. Doesnt he know I'm a member of the MSE club?!

I turned my nose up at a number of offers (there seemed to be loads). So that felt good. :A

trudij

Welcome newbies, and well done everyone !!!!


Ive got a few UUs - my 900ml Treseme (the volume one!) and conditioner have finally bitten the dust - just in time for me to have my hair cut and coloured on Friday. WIBA?? no, probably not unless its on offer - though I do use Treseme on the horses, so I might.

(replaced with L'oreal colour shampoo and conditioner tonight as all I have left is the remains of the john browns (?) ones I got free with Glamour - and they wont last long either)

Nivea deodorant. WIBA?? maybe when its on offer. replaced it with a Mitchum one in the hope that I might not sweat quite so much!!

almost shifted a little lush soap too - and I think once Ive body buttered myself before bed (in a minute!) I will only have one dose of the body shop lemon body butter left.

oh - and ive now won all the lippys and glosses from the benefit/flake thing - and one extra that will be ebayed.... YIPPEE !!!!

Kitchenbunny

Evening, everyone.

I've had one use up today - there was a tiny bit of the Boots Botanics Soothing Eye Make Up Remover left which has now gone - just a little bit left in a 2nd bottle I didn't realise I had and then I'll be out. I mentioned before I'll be buying that one again over anything else, as it lasts quite well and is gentle. £2.99 is good value, imho.

Nearly finished with a tube of Crabtree & Evelyn Source Hand Cream which I got free on the front of a magazine earlier in the year. WIBA? Yes, if I can find where to get it from. I like having a 'luxury' hand cream for work as the soap can be very drying there, and it does work wonders on my cracked skin in winter. I'm also nearly done with a Dove roll-on deodorant. I'll not get one of those again - mainly because I don't think it is a strong enough product for this heat and I like to know I can rely on a deodorant in workout or hot conditions!

Now, all I need to do is keep up the good work of daily moisturising before bed and I'll be a happy Kitchenbunny.

Have a lovely evening, everyone!

KB xx

Jacks_xxx

:wave: Morning my cherubs!

Some short and sweet UUs from me today.

UU Castings Iced Latte WIBA? It comes out quite a bit darker than it looks on the box which works okish on my mid brown hair. but it doesn't really cover my grey all that well. I'm going to try another brand next time.

UU Flexitol Foot Cream WIBA? Absolutely. This is one of my essentials. I've always had dry feet and at this time of year they'll get ugly pretty fast if I don't get some soon. Might try the Scholl Version this time though.

UU Ren Lip Honey WIBA? I might do, it's ok. It's a teeny bit thick and waxy for my taste. I have plenty of lip moisturising products to use up first though.

Hope you all have a fab day today! :j :beer:

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A few UU this week:
bodyshop vitamin e serum
garnier vitammin e moisturiser
& johnsons shea butter exfoliating scrub

footymadgal

I started to use a sachet of Estee Lauder Perfectionist Wrinkle Lifting Serum (CP+) this morning. It feels like a lighter version of the Perfectionist Collagen stuff that I tried the other day. WIBA? Yes, it feels great, but there is a catch. I looked up how much this range is in Boots: £60 :eek:. The CP version is £45. I know that Estee Lauder often has offers with free gifts etc but it would have to be an extraordinarily fantastic offer to tempt me! Thankfully, I won't be in need of moisturisers for a good while yet and so my money is safe in my bank account!