No Buying Toiletries in August Challenge!!!

sofababe

UU Boots Ingredients Mango & Orange Blossom shower gel that was £1 with a AC kiosk spit. WIBA? Yes probably. It smelled lovely, but not to "girly", DS (age 20) ran out of his usual FCUK one and borrowed this a couple of days till I found a Boss one in the stash for him. Lathers up nicely and even bubbles well when used as BB

footymadgal

For the first time I've been keeping a running count of toiletries "in" and "uu". Here is my list for August, a day early I know but I won't have as much time tomorrow.

UU

Bath fizzers x 5
Face mask x 1
Floss x 1
Nivea Visage Smooth It Moisturising Scrub sachets x 2
Olive Body Scrub (small tube)
L'Occitane Dry Skin Handcream 30 ml
Simple deodrant
Botanics Relaxing Bath Elixir 75 ml
Radox Shower Smoothie 50 ml
Spa Naturals Shower Gel 40 ml
Botanics Softening Body Wash
Dove Supreme Cream Oil Body Wash 55 ml
Clairol Hair Colour
Clairol conditioner
Spa Naturals Body Balm 40 ml
FCUK Sport Body Lotion
Boots Deep Moisturising Foot Cream
Burt's Bees Foot Cream
Colgate Enamel Protect Sensitive Toothpaste
Nivea Visage Light Daily Moisture Cream 15 ml
Simple Eye make up remover pads
Tesco Vitamin E Face Wipes
M&S Radiance Face Balm (Taken to Charity Shop)
Eyeshadow (Taken to Charity Shop)

In

Pearl Drops Tooth Polish Advance Whitening x 2
Floss
Pantene Aqua Light Shampoo
Pantene Aqua Light Conditioner
No 7 Nail varnish (used No 7 voucher)
17 Glitter Top Coat nail varnish
Miniature Shower Gel (hotel freebie)
Miniature Shampoo (hotel freebie)
Mascara (magazine freebie)
Radox Smoothies Shower Gel (magazine freebie)
Tresemme Shampoo sachet (magazine freebie)
Tresemme Conditioner sachet (magazine freebie)
Hawaiian Tropic Protective Dry Oil Factor 10 20 ml (freebie)
Hawaiian Tropic Lime Coolada After Sun Body Butter 20 ml (freebie)

Hopefully I haven't forgotten anything. Definitely more UUs than "ins" and so I feel as though I'm heading in the right direction. Although I've given in to one or two temptations, I know that I've resisted many more along the way!

Jacks_xxx

footymadgal wrote: »

For the first time I've been keeping a running count of toiletries "in" and "uu". Here is my list for August, a day early I know but I won't have as much time tomorrow.

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Hopefully I haven't forgotten anything. Definitely more UUs than "ins" and so I feel as though I'm heading in the right direction. Although I've given in to one or two temptations, I know that I've resisted many more along the way!

Nice work there footymadgal! It' definitely moving in the right direction - especially as so many of your "Innies" were free! :T:A:beer::j

I've got another UU that just sneaked into August:

UU Dermalogica PreCleanse WIBA? I'm going to try not to buy this any more! I really like the way an oily cleanser gets my long wear water proof make off moving so that it slides right off with my second cleanser. I always think anything that makes me rub and scrub or that doesn't come off completely must be bad for me. To this end I've done my research and I have a Nude Cleansing Facial Oil in The Stash that I'm going to try next because it has much nicer ingredients than the Dermalogica version. My Mir toner mixed with a drop of argan oil do the same job but are quite pricey.

(You'll notice that it hasn't even occurred to me to stop wearing quite so much heavy duty make up! :rotfl:)

WelshWoofer

Just realised that its the end of the month tomorrow and I have spent the princely sum of £1 on toiletries in the whole of August!:j:j

I will join in again in Sept but will need to buy a few essentials things like shower gel and toothpaste.
Well done to everyone else too - I wonder how much we have all saved as a result of this challenge? Hundreds if not thousands of pounds between us I bet!

Alton_Towers

Two more UU's Cowshed shower gel (freebie with mag) WIBA No even on a body puff there wasnt much of a lather and Boots No 7 sauna face pack WIBA Yes a little goes a long way and it does make a difference to the skin, nice and soft and a gentle glow.

I have only done well with UU's after joining here this month as I have been on hols so have made the effort to use stuff and dare I say it spend a bit of me time. I must also confess that although I have had a little spend in Boots I have restrained myself whilst doing the weekly shop and resisted temptation! So thankyou ladies for helping to keep me on the straight and narrow.

Jacks_xxx

rachelmk wrote: »

Just realised that its the end of the month tomorrow and I have spent the princely sum of £1 on toiletries in the whole of August!:j:j

I will join in again in Sept but will need to buy a few essentials things like shower gel and toothpaste.
Well done to everyone else too - I wonder how much we have all saved as a result of this challenge? Hundreds if not thousands of pounds between us I bet!

*Hangs head in shame* I have saved money and held myself back but I've still spent close to £100 this month. :eek:

Here's the run down:

Bought
Bobbi Brown Antigua palette
Mally TSV (Mascara, Click pen lip gloss, and eyebrow boost that I love, eyeliner and concealer that I wanted to try - plus a highlighter, blusher, duo eyeshadow palette, and bag)
TreSonic Sensitive heads
TreSonic Foam heads (These finally came back in stock at QVC after a year so I had to stock up. The TreSonic is pretty useless without them.)

Gained through Swaps
Bobbi Brown Long wear make Up Remover
Bobbi Brown Brush Cleanser
Nails Inc Emperors Gate and Thayer Street
Laura Geller I Care waterproof eyeliner

Swapped away
Assorted brushes from QVC TSVs
Revlon Vital Radiance foundation
elf liquid eyeshadow in gold and green

UseyUppeys
Louise Galvin Shampoo 100ml
Louise Galvin Conditioner 100ml
Louise Galvin Masque 100ml
A'kin Vitamin Masque 200ml
Hairfix 123 1 50ml
Hairfix 123 2 50ml
Hairfix 123 3 50ml
Hairfix Heat Therapy One Use conditioning treatment 25ml
Hairfix Heat Therapy One Use conditioning treatment 25ml
Ren Glycolactic mask 30ml
Dermalogica Precleanse 150ml
Lancome BiFacil 30ml
Tri-Aktiline Instant Deep wrinkle filler 30ml
Laura Geller Moisture Compound spf 30 15ml
L'Oreal double ended lip cream
Natural high eye cream 15ml
Smashbox Photo Finish Primer
Laura Geller Tinted Spackle
Revlon Vital Radiance Green Corrector
sample size Everyday Minerals green redness corrector
Ren Lip Honey
Gale Hayman Lip Lift
OPI Flower to Flower Mini
OPI 30ml Nail Polish remover
Nails Inc Striptease cuticle remover
Ren Rose Otto Body Wash 100ml
1 Spare heads for my sonic toothbrush
Colgate Advanced White 100ml
Tesco Dental Floss Harps 6
Interdental brushes various sizes, 20
Nice & Easy touch up


I have a lot less "stuff" than I had a few months ago when I joined but I'm still buying stuff too. I will have to restock on conditioner, nail varnish remover, and hairdye at the very least in September.

Sophy

rachelmk wrote: »

Well done to everyone else too - I wonder how much we have all saved as a result of this challenge? Hundreds if not thousands of pounds between us I bet!

I think you must be right - I can't believe how little I've bought compared to last year. I also didn't realise how long things last - I thought they wore out much more quickly than they really do!

Finished a pack of cotton wool yesterday, although I did get a couple of bits of No 7 with vouchers, and some (very reduced) brushes, at the weekend

scubaangel

Am back from essex again, not had chance to sit and sort through my stash but the boy thoughtfully bought me a magazine this morning, and has added a cheapie mascara and a Radox Smoothies sample size to it, on the plus side its a different one to one I've had in the past.

Am about to park myself on the sofa with a box to get sorting and listing. Back with my list in an hour or so...

trudij

Im off for a bath, and i have lots of splutterers....

I may be back soon, it might not be for a while - depends how much washing I do to use things up!!

EssexHebridean

Some brilliant UU lists there - well done all! I need a kick up the rear and to start posting regularly on here again I think - I'm not buying stuff, but am slipping back into the bad habit of not using the products I have regularly. On the plus side though I really like the epilator - I was so unsure about it - my pain threshold is stupidly low and I was just worried I wouldn't be able to handle it, but even for me it's not unbearable! Just need to sort out the ingrowing hair problem now!