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No Buying Toiletries in November Challenge....

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  • alja
    alja Posts: 838 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I have used up one of my rescue oil things and also a radox bath salts thing (which wasn't actually on my list!) desperately trying to get through the massives of body lotion that I have!
  • Willow92
    Willow92 Posts: 2,186 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Please forgive me for I have sinned...

    I got some more deodorant as mine is running out :O
    Savings £8,865.22 £/15,000 Aiming to save enough for a house deposit.
  • hugs to all those that need it and you all are incredibly nice to everyone - gives hope to the world!! :)
    Just one UU today, a dove roll one the yellow fresh one WIBA - yes it's ok but i do prefer the soapy freshness of the original IYSWIM makes me feel cleaner (don't worry I do wash lol but the dove smell lingers all day and is soapyfresh!)

    have a good day x
  • I've been doing some decanting at the weekend by emptying a Radox Energy Boost Shower Gel into 2 handwash holders for use in the kitchen and bathroom. I've got plenty of bubble bath that can be used as hand wash as well and so I don't plan to buy any more for a long time. I've also emptied the remains of a 750 ml Avon Advance Techniques 2-in-1 Healthy Shine Shampoo and Conditioner into two travel size bottles. The 750 ml bottle was a great value buy but as I came nearer to the end of the shampoo it was very difficult to squeeze out! I am pleased that the two mini containers take up less room as well!
  • Sophy
    Sophy Posts: 486 Forumite
    Afternoon all - 2 UUs - a Sanctuary bath creme and a No 7 body polish. Both ok, but wouldn't go out of my way for either.

    I've bought some stuff... a lip gloss with the Debenhams £5 voucher, and a Glamour for the freebie nail varnish. Then I took the page from Glamour to the Benefit counter for that free sample offer, and swapped 2 GWP mascaras for the Clinique ones in the Boots offer. Oh, and I bought another lip balm. But all very cheap/free, so still in the spirit of the challenge (nearly) :p:rotfl:
  • fixx
    fixx Posts: 792 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    3 small uu's for me - all sample sizes:

    Madara ecoface regenerating night cream. WIBA? Maybe - very nice, but not as thick as I normally expect a night cream to be!
    Aubrey Rosa Mosqueta moisturizing cream. WIBA? No - I didn't like the smell! Couldn't use this, but it did seem like a good cream...
    Green People Vita min fix nourishing 24-hour cream. WIBA? Maybe, lovely smell, lovely texture, did the job, and felt very 'fresh'.

    Nice as the best of these are, I don't think any of them are quite as good for me as my fave clinique DD lotion, so I'm off tonight to buy some :D
  • podsbird
    podsbird Posts: 59 Forumite
    Count me back in - bit late this month, but was in UK on hols last week. Managed to get 3 packs on facial wipes in Tesco at 27p a pack - bargain!
    Turned my back on toiletries last month (or at least, I stopped thinking "don't buy, don't buy") so things seemed to have found their way into the house, not any more! Watching the toiletries buying like a hawk this month.
    2011
    Still trying to reduce the toiletries mountain, now a hill........ :j
    Sealed Pot Challenge #1221
    Less shoes less shoes less shoes etc
  • noynoy
    noynoy Posts: 380 Forumite
    uu to report..avon lotus shield conditioner..wiba? probobly not didnt smell great or do much

    2 outs to report..my white eyeliner pencil from boots natural collection ?meant to make you look more awake..but it was rock hard tried softening it by warming but didnt work..stuck with it for about a dozen uses, before getting fed up and giving it to my sons to use as a colouring pencil!..And the other item no17 white shimmer body powder..had this since the millenium..but im 32 too old for body glitter i think lol!

    and loads of ins BUT>>>>>there where all free! my mum had a clear out ..and my sil keeps giving her stuff from avon..the avon stuff is brand new lso im selling that stuff, also dh noticed my shampoo etc was a little low so he bought me some more bless him

    so ins are
    3 x lipsticks different brands
    one 12 pan eyeshadow compact
    one bronze multistylio
    one avon squeezy lipgloss
    3 small nail polishes (like i need more lol...luckily they are only tiny)
    one basite blush dry shampoo (glad mum gave me this as ive wanted to try it seeing as some of you are addicts)
    frucitis shampoo
    frucitis conditioner..im told this is on offer at £1 a bottle as is the shampoo
    wella? honey and yogurt shampoo..this was also on offer for just 70p at asda
    and an avon magix creme to powder compact which is too pale for mum but suits me great!

    im sure there was something else ummm

    ooh ladys check out asda they have soap and glory christmas gift sets which seem very cheap to me..wonder if dh will bring me home one of those if i do some favours (insert wink icon)
    total debt 4711.00 at lbm (4217.31) dfd aug 2012 :eek: overdraft 800 (400.00) kill overdraft first, loan 1500.00 ,creditcard 2411.00
  • podsbird
    podsbird Posts: 59 Forumite
    :eek: - this thread is having a serious effect on me!!! If only someone would start a 'no buying chocolate till you've lost two stones or at least until you can actually fit into the clothes you own' thread I'd be laughing:rotfl:

    Can we start that one next year? I'm in ;-))
    Tho it always take me till about end of Jan to finish the xmaas stash of chocs!
    2011
    Still trying to reduce the toiletries mountain, now a hill........ :j
    Sealed Pot Challenge #1221
    Less shoes less shoes less shoes etc
  • littlepinkstars44
    littlepinkstars44 Posts: 2,950 Forumite
    edited 8 November 2010 at 6:18PM
    Another UU to report:

    Body Shop Vitamin E Moisturiser. This had been hanging on for weeks now, even though i've been covering myself in the stuff on twice a day, finally finished it up this morning though!

    WIBA? Maybe, if it was on offer. It is good and my skin feels softer, but no visual difference on my face that i can notice.

    Now i am on to the Body Shop Carrot moisturer.

    And some splutters:
    Lush Charity Pot
    Lush American Cream 100g
    Ghost Deep Night perfume

    My Lush The Comforter shower gel seems to be never ending, been using it almost every day for the past 3 weeks, and it doesn't seem to have gone down at all!!! I think it is secretly breeding in the bottle while i'm asleep!

    Also have some OUTS to report, sold some things on the Lush Forums this afternoon:
    Lush Summer Pudding soap
    Lush Candy Fluff ballistic
    Lush Magic Mushroom bubble bar x3
    Lush Strawberry Feels Forever
    Nails Inc mini aspen glitter nail polish
    Nails Inc mini south molton street glitter nail polish
    Nails Inc mini Jermyn street glitter nail polish
    Nails Inc mini caviar topcoat glitter polish
    OPI Kyoto Pearl nail polish
    OPI Japanese Rose Garden nail polish
    OPI Italian Love Affair nail polish
    OPI Melon of Troy nail polish
    OPI A-Rose at Dawn…Broke by noon nail polish

    Off to update my list now!
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