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  • asset2004
    asset2004 Posts: 2,453 Forumite
    I have a salt sugar scrub for when my hands are really grimy with ingrained dirt or chapped. It has an oily consistency which works like a handcream afterwards.
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  • asset2004
    asset2004 Posts: 2,453 Forumite
    [QUOTE

    also noticed that the wipes are now even more expensive than about a month ago at £7:eek::eek::eek::eek:(Boots own being 3 for £1)[/QUOTE]

    sorry to snip but are Boots wipes 3 for £1?? ;) Where are they as I've missed them! TIA
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  • raven-333
    raven-333 Posts: 2,069 Forumite
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    A UU for me The bodyshop cranberry shower gel WIBIA? yes but have so many others in the stash to use first.
  • Kaz2904
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    Just popping on to sing the praises of Boots at the Mall in Bristol. I went shopping there this evening expecting to get some bargains from the 1200pts event. When I went to the self scanners, I noticed that I didn't have 1200 points on my receipt. I spoke to the chap manning the tills as I had checked the website and it said the 26th- I had got confused by this because it was the day after the online event and it was a Friday evening so I got my diary out to check that I had the right day.
    Anyhoo, he said it was yesterday (Thursday) and I came out in a cold sweat. Explained and he asked another lady. She said it was Thursday too. They both looked at me and took pity on me, she went off to check with her supervisor (without knowing any of the issue) and came back saying that they were going to add the 1000 points for both of my shops. I had spent £70 and £50.
    As I was leaving, I said to her that I hoped she would get good karma too :D
    Sooooooooo, I bought 3x No7 sets £35 each but 3 for 2 and got 4 GWPs, I also got 6 lots of childrens toys for £50. I got 2480 points with this lot too :D:D:D
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  • morning lovelies:hello:,

    Well done Kaz on getting your points, you'll be able to have some lovely well deserved guilt-free treats now!

    I have a couple of 'ins' to fess up to, I had two £5 facial skincare vouchers so I bought Sanctuary thermal detox mask & sanctuary pore cleansing toner

    But to balance this I also have a couple of UUs to report - Sephora toner for combination skin 500mls - bought this in anoutlet store and it has lasted for ages, it did the job but I won't be buying again purely because I have others to uu first

    Naked cocoa butter 400mls, this is absolutely brilliant, sinks in really well and has a very light fragrance, the tub has lasted for ages, the only reason I won't be repurchasing is that I have 20:eek: other body butters/lotions to get through.

    off now to try and get DD out of bed and ready - we are off to the theatre this afternoon and then going to munch our way round the continental market

    have a lovely weekend ladies, xx
  • tara747
    tara747 Posts: 10,238 Forumite
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    edited 27 November 2010 at 12:34PM
    Kaz2904 wrote: »
    Just popping on to sing the praises of Boots at the Mall in Bristol. I went shopping there this evening expecting to get some bargains from the 1200pts event. When I went to the self scanners, I noticed that I didn't have 1200 points on my receipt. I spoke to the chap manning the tills as I had checked the website and it said the 26th- I had got confused by this because it was the day after the online event and it was a Friday evening so I got my diary out to check that I had the right day.
    Anyhoo, he said it was yesterday (Thursday) and I came out in a cold sweat. Explained and he asked another lady. She said it was Thursday too. They both looked at me and took pity on me, she went off to check with her supervisor (without knowing any of the issue) and came back saying that they were going to add the 1000 points for both of my shops. I had spent £70 and £50.
    As I was leaving, I said to her that I hoped she would get good karma too :D
    Sooooooooo, I bought 3x No7 sets £35 each but 3 for 2 and got 4 GWPs, I also got 6 lots of childrens toys for £50. I got 2480 points with this lot too :D:D:D
    I now have a storage crate in my lounge with the gifts in it!

    Awwwwwwwwwww how nice of them!!!!! :A That is really lovely.

    Our SAs wouldn't do that, they are total beatches. When I went to get my P&P set yesterday, the evil No7 SA took it off the shelf for me before I'd even touched it and insisted on ringing it in - with only one GWP!!! Thankfully I had to get something else as well so just took it and put it in my basket, then swiped another GWP on the way to the SS tills, I am wise to their ways. :D :T
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  • asset2004
    asset2004 Posts: 2,453 Forumite
    1 more UU - Boots Botantics nourishing body butter - WIBA again no. It's too hevay and takes a while to sink in. I've been using it on my feet at night. But I still have another 3 tubs to use up first, although I would be happy to pass onto a friend they all have thoise rubber spongy things on the bottom as I bought them as part of a trio set of bath salts and body scrub. Does anyone know how to get these spongy things off, I've been picking athem them but they are not shifting!
    Life is a coin, you can spend it anyway you wish, but you can only spend it once.
    Go as far as you can see, and when you get there you'll see further.
    Take time but don't waste time
  • rosemary54
    rosemary54 Posts: 2,495 Forumite
    asset2004 wrote: »
    I have a salt sugar scrub for when my hands are really grimy with ingrained dirt or chapped. It has an oily consistency which works like a handcream afterwards.
    a little olive oil and a teaspoon of sugar do the same job for free:)
  • rosemary54
    rosemary54 Posts: 2,495 Forumite
    ball was lovely(hence my aching feet) but getting worried about teeth as since I had the filling on the broken tooth(which did not hurt) I have had a pain in my jaw and the tooth is sensitive to cold :(:(:(hate the tought of having to return to dentist
  • Becky_2
    Becky_2 Posts: 1,089 Forumite
    I have another UU to report, Aldi's Lacura hand cream. WIBA? Yes, it's a great handcreme and it only cost 99 pence.

    Hope you all are doing well with this challenge.
    No toiletries challenge, started 18/1/2010 - Putting £1 in my savings jar for every item that I use up. Pot 1 to 4 = £261. Pot 5=£23
    Boots points:£39.21. Extra money in 2012:£674.59. In 2013 £603.48. 2014: £85. 2015: £0 :j
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