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No Buying Toiletries in Jan 2011 !!!!

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  • bev97
    bev97 Posts: 293 Forumite
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    Hi everyone.

    Love this thread -finally caught up and just so excited for Tara - Molton Brown is one of my fav's and if you do sell any on ebay I sold one 100ml bottle of MB shower gel for £9.50 last year.:j
    One UU- L'occtiane Verbena shower gel 75ml - WIBA yes already have one verbena and another citrus verbena stashed away.

    Also just put a pump dispenser on a shower gel to use it up as hand wash (well it all goes dowm the plughole anyway).:)

    Can I ask for some advice please?
    Can't find an eye cream for puffy eyes - tried nine different creams/serums last year and still have these annoying bags under my eyes - :(
  • mcculloch29
    mcculloch29 Posts: 4,972 Forumite
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    A UU to report - bit of an odd one, a small tea-tree leave in conditioner that was part of a shampoo and conditioner set from Aldi. I'd got it when I was looking after my grandchildren and my daughter mentioned that head lice were a problem at their school.
    WIBA? It was an Aldi special buy, so probably not available. but it actually turned out to be a very good detangler. My hair is as fine as a child's, so children's products often suit me.

    You will see on my signature that my exceptions to not buying toiletries are deodorants (will need one c. June, methinks) and half price Original Source shower gels.
    Well guess what. Wilkinson have them for half price now! My first toiletries buy for 6 weeks was a honey and shea butter shower cream (If you have never tried this - DO!) and a lemon and tea-tree shower gel. I ignored the mint and tea tree as my son has just started using that one from the stash, he slathers it all over so it will probably last him a week.
    97p is a great price for the gels/creams. Other fragrances were lime and the odd winter special of black pepper and cardamom. I didn't like this one, but all others are great.
    If you need handwash, I noticed the OS handwash was on offer. I'd already vowed to use up some of the bubble bath for this so resisted. Well done me!
    Erma Bombeck, American writer: "If I had my life to live over again... I would have burned the pink candle, sculptured like a rose, that melted in storage." Don't keep things 'for best' - that day never comes. Use them and enjoy them now.
  • Hello all, been a good girl - even went in Boots to enquire about my S&G bonus buy but didn't buy anything! The lady checked on the system and says it is on it's way - woooooooooooooo!

    Have just realised i have had the same bottle of Clean on Me on the go for a year now (I do wash, but baths!) however am even more determined to finish it (esp because I have 2 more and others and more S&G on the way!!!) My husband appears to be using it as well so I shall allow him to continue til its finished then dig out some old Nivea thing for him to start on next... he really doesn't care what he washes in which is a bonus for me when finishing things... but not when I love them!

    Wow that took a while to say! Hope you are all beautifully pampered x
    DFW Nerd #131
  • evening ladies,

    a uu today - S&G face wipes from the tote, I didn't really like these which surprised me as I tend to love most S&G products, I found them to be a bit dry compared to other cheaper brands (i.e. Tesco vit E ones at 48p) so won't buy again

    well done Tara on your absolutely brilliant Molton Brown glitch:T:T:T:T:T

    keep up the pampering girlies, xx
  • EssexHebridean
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    I would also be interested to know how insistent Boots are on a receipt when exchanging items, for exactly the same reason as asked above! :D:o
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  • InaPickle
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    Forgive me sister, for I have sinned :o (I still partially blame you lot, though! ;)):

    Some stuff I ordered in the Boots sale arrived yesterday. This included S&G 'Wait on Hand and Foot' and 'Pamper Proof' sets, and a bag of Original Collection treats (mainly intended for presents for others in the upcoming year).

    And today, that £29.99 S&G set (so kindly mentioned here!) arrived. :o:o Yes, that is on top of my pink box from before Christmas :o:o:o and the oodles of other stuff I have to use up. :o:o:o:o

    Someone tell me to return something NOW...
    Please call me 'Pickle'
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  • tara747
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    Hi all, no time to read through but I am promising myself a huuuge catch up at the weekend :)

    Just wanted to say a massive THANK YOU to Mags30 who has just alerted me to a very good glitch (only available in Irish Republic sadly so that's why she didn't post it here, but I thought that a public thank you was in order). :)

    Catch you all tomorrow, night night xoxoxo
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  • roshydoshy
    roshydoshy Posts: 814 Forumite
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    InaPickle wrote: »
    Someone tell me to return something NOW...
    PICKLE return it ALL now.... Boots have changed their returns though the address is

    Boots Returns c/o roshydoshy

    i'll forward it on ;)

    :rotfl:
  • ma-ri-ella
    ma-ri-ella Posts: 980 Forumite
    not much to report today i did finish a mango shower gel from bodyshop that i got in the january sales last year..wiba? prob not i did like the smell but my fav shower gel still has to be sanex just cause it doesnt have much of a smell so good for using perfumes over it. got a few makeup products at the very end of there lifespan but didnt have them on my list as there almost gone anyway.been eyeing up the soap and glory from boots-love that stuff but so far being good. got myself a storage container from asdas(10) to put my makeup in,only problem being it doesnt all fit so i have that and a johnsons baby box :Poh another thing was talking about a usa tv show about people who hoard stuff,does anyone know the name of it? i need some encentive to declutter
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  • roshydoshy
    roshydoshy Posts: 814 Forumite
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    tara747 wrote: »
    Hi all, no time to read through but I am promising myself a huuuge catch up at the weekend :)

    Just wanted to say a massive THANK YOU to Mags30 who has just alerted me to a very good glitch (only available in Irish Republic sadly so that's why she didn't post it here, but I thought that a public thank you was in order). :)

    Catch you all tomorrow, night night xoxoxo
    Ohh Tara/Mags is it a good one? Does it count if I get it delivered to my aunties/cousins house in ROI for a pick up next month :p
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