No Buying Toiletries in August Challenge!!!

lynseydee

Finished off a body scrub this morning. According to my list I only have one more of these left but I'm sure I have another one so not too bad. Going to try using an exfoliating mitt for a while and see if I get on better with that than just using a scrub. Will help to use up some more of my shower gel too :j

Cherry_Blossom_Storm

Hi everyone, another newbie here! I've been browsing this site for a while and in this thread I think I may have found my spiritual home, so hope you don't mind me joining in!

Currently, I am drowning in hundred and hundreds of bottles, tubs, tubes and pots of various toiletries - I think I can honestly say I could get away with buying no new toiletries bar deodorant and what I have would last me at least 2 years! However, it's my downfall and I keep finding new products that I just HAVE to try, or feel like I deserve a treat... I'm sure you've all been there! Anyway, given the tiny space I have in my London studio flat (i.e, you couldn't fit a cat in here, let alone swing it!) it's starting to drive me mad. I'd throw a load out, only I couldn't bare the waste and that's not very moneysaving, is it? :rotfl:

So, I'm hoping you lovely people might be willing to help keep me on the straight and narrow - please give me a good shouting at if I buy things I don't need.

I'm also loving the camaraderie, knowledge and reviews coming through on here - unfortunately it panders to my 'I must go and try that' gene, but I'll have to create a list for when I'm finally allowed to buy again!

I'd post a list of my stockpile, but it would take you lot about a week to read and I wouldn't subject anyone to that!

Anyhow, wallet closed, challenge on... :T

Lemon_Tree

well i UU something today, though technically it was a throw away. Sanctury refreshing foot spray, i had to throw it because the bottle cracked, probably got stepped on or something. I would probably buy again, but i'm sure there's other one out there.

InaPickle

Cherry_Blossom_Storm wrote: »

Hi everyone, another newbie here! I've been browsing this site for a while and in this thread I think I may have found my spiritual home, so hope you don't mind me joining in!

:wave: Cherry Blossom Storm!

Consider us your official bum-kickers, and if you like, post a ist of your stash to marvel at, Looking forward to your reviews.

VALM

Two UUs for me this week:-

A small pot of S&G Flake Away WIBA? In travel size yes. I do much prefer the S&G Spa Sugar Scrub though and have one last huge pot of this left in my stockpile. I think I have a travel sized tube of LE scrub in my stash which I'll take away to Egypt with me in October otherwise I will repurchase Flake Away to take with me.

A huge bottle of Philosophy Vanilla Birthday Cake shower gel. A bit of a cheat as this actually belongs to my daughter but had I nothing open to put in my bath yesterday (haven't had a bath for ages - I do shower though folks!!) so asked if I could finish this off. Love the Philosophy shower gels and would repurchase this one for her. There are other Philosophy fragrances that I prefer over this one though.

Confession time now. On Friday last week I purchased the Laure Geller TSV on QVC. I use Balance N Brighten and love the blushers so figured it was a good buy. I do have Benefit Dandelion which is similar to the LG one but I'm coming to the end of this. The LG one is actually better than Dandelion.

Yesterday purchased some Vitamin E Oil from Superdrug. I have two Elemis Bliss Capsules left to use (will report on these whn I UU) and a 2ml vial (sp?) of LE Superskin Concentrate in my stockpile though I want to take this away with me in October so do need this.

Went into Boots for a meal deal and found Elizabeth Arden Visible Difference cream on sale n their clearance shelf. Down fro £44.00 to £12.50. I'm on my last pot of Elemis PCMC so this will do nicely for usage before Christmas when hopefully MrM will replenish my stock of PCMC! :money:

roshydoshy

morning girls hope your wrapped up warm against this unseasonal cold weather!! (well its freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezing down here in Luton!)

A small UU, another Charles Worthington brunette shampoo WIBA perhaps if on offer, i'm bored of this shampoo at the moment but that is because it was stockpiled!

Can't think of anything else at the moment although I am pretty sure I've used a few things up....well, no new buys anyway :A

have a good day x

trudij

Forgive me ladies for I have sinned....

(well - only a little, and im not certain that i have actually sinned, cos it means Ive only got one spare set!)

last week I bought some pantene in tesco (Ive UU the cheryl cole advertised one at last,so needed some) 500ml bottles are £1.95 at the moment!) coulndt get the aqua one, and i needed some then,so buoght the shiney one (with the conditioner too). today, i went to get some more batiste (or whatever its called - ran out of that a few weeks ago,not got round to replacing it till today - btw - got the diva one, smells lovely!! thanks whoever recommended it!!) and they had the aqua shampoo and conditioner in stock,still at £1.95, so i bought both....

so Ive only got one on the go and one in stock - but i kinda feel like ive sinned.....

oh - for some reason my reply where i said about the cheryl one was removed (god knows why,but it was!!) so here we go with that again - it was the colour protect one - WIBA?? no. I may be worth it, but the shampoo definately ( IMO!) isnt....

roshydoshy

trudij, i think someone mentioned before the l'or*al word is banned for some reason!

trudij

roshydoshy wrote: »

trudij, i think someone mentioned before the l'or*al word is banned for some reason!

:eek: lol - wonder why !! (though that would make sense of it !!!!) have edited my last post to say "cheryl cole product" and Cheryl.... :rotfl:

a_silver_lining

Love this thread!

Starting as a student this September. Been on a great wage and living with partners for the past 5 years and yesterday I was given some boxes of toiletries from my previous life…. It has only just hit me that I’m going to be living on a very very strict budget!

I managed to sort through them and put a shoebox full (or more!) of unopened, lovely items I will be happy to give as gifts. One thing I pride myself on is my gift giving and I collect items cheap through the year and stash them away so I never have to splurge for birthdays, xmas etc, this way I tend to spend £5 total rather then an easy £20 quick buy.

Anyway! Just piled up the remaining stash. I think deodorant and toothpaste are all I’m going to need to top up in a long while… I thought the amount of stuff I put away for gifts was scary, but the amount of half used bottles I’ve obviously got bored of has given me a little panic!

Decided to use the vast supply of mini free sachets first as I have collected about 2 weeks worth of shampoo, conditioner, body wash and cream…

Shower gel+ body scrub: almost 20 bottles, though many of them are mini ones.

Hand soaps/shower soaps: 10! Going to donate some to the shared student bathroom….

Too much toner, make-up remover, face wash and face cream….

Creams: 10 or more…. Loads of these went into the gift basket, so can’t believe there’s 10 left!

Enough shampoo + conditioner to last the year.

Wow…. Embarrassed... I am such a hoarder and the boxes are taking up so much room under the bed.