No Buying Toiletries in February Challenge

MinniMe_2

morning all, another couple of UU to report...

UU: Simple face wash gel - WIBA? nope, didn't really do much for my skin.
UU: Boots Botanics engergising shower gel - WIBA? if on offer yes as I really like this one.

Also through out a garnier face peel - smelled a bit funny and tingled too much when I put it on (then quickly washed it off!).

Onwards and upwards! (though think it may be a while before my next UU as thing all seem to be lasting well with no spluttering at the minute!)

tara747

InaPickle wrote: »

I've read quite a few of those: I preferred the Malory Towers and St. Clare's though. They really were the very definition of a high-class finishing school type educations. I always remember the book where a girl spilled a bottle of perfume on her skirt and had a nest of bees land on it as a result! :eek: (I hate bees!)

BTW, there's a thread for you new addiction: 'No Buying More Books Until I've Read the Ones I've Already Bought'. :rotfl:

OMG, I so need to join that thread! :rotfl:

freebird65 wrote: »

Ahhhhhh....Mallory Towers & St Claires......I was such a bookworm as a kid and have all of these - I used to BEG my Mum to send me away to boarding school.

Me too. I wanted to have midnight feasts in a dormitory full of other girls, sounded like great fun!

thevicster wrote: »

I'm using that at the moment too ! Will finish on 21st, haven't noticed much difference so far, but my skin does seem a bit brighter

I'm glad it's working for you! Hopefully the spots etc are only temporary, I look forward to seeing how my skin looks in a week or two.

I so need to get rid of my blackheads too, any tips ladies????

Oh yes, I forgot to say - I'm thinking of having my teeth whitened. I am a bit :eek: about the price, but my eBay sales have been going soooo well lately (see sig) that I think I should treat myself. Has anyone else had it done? I'll be going to my dentist obviously but am a bit scared of the bleaching process i.e. will it hurt? Thanks in advance xo

p.s. going to put £1.66 in the pot for the P&P body serum as that's what I paid.

tara747

p.s. roshy, I am going to say this about 100 times between now and the summer but I am green with envy at you going to Australia!!!

rosemary54

any one else having problems with debs site?I have tried to put 2 Clarins items in the basket but then keep getting an error:(,......maybe DH has blocked it:rotfl::rotfl:

fixx

Ladies,

I have no bubble bath, and just a few lush bath bombs left, and have re-discovered the joys of baths since getting my own bath in my own flat - so relaxing!

I'll still buy the odd lush bomb/bubble bar, and I've got some shower gel I could use as bath foam, but I haven't got a massive stash of shower gel, so don't really need to use it up...

So, any suggestions about a really nice bath foam to treat myself too? I'd like something that makes lots of bubbles, and is also moisturising, and nothing really floral.

I also don't mind paying for something top end, if it's really nice, as it'd be a treat for myself And I'd be buying in the UK on my next trip back.

Ideas?

juliebunny

Fixx, I am a bath devotee and I've honestly never found anything as scrumptious as the Lush bubble bars - you've obviously tried them already though! :beer:

minerva_windsong

UU for me: Lush Waving Not Drowning ballistic, as part of Using Up Bath Stuff Week. WIBA? It's a discon so I couldn't if I wanted to but it did smell amazing so I'd probably buy it occasionally as a treat if they still made it.

Sophy

Absinthe_Fairy wrote: »

I've been very good so far this month - but I think I may just have transferred my addiction. Has anyone heard of the Chalet School books by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer? They are school stories and were written from the 1920s-60s or thereabouts. There are over 50 in the series and I've been half-heartedly collecting them for a long time - this week I seem to have been pursuing this in earnest and have had 4 delivered already and another 4 winging their way to me!

yes, I remember them - they were great books, and I reread a couple last year when I was ill and wanted something cheerful to read :rotfl: I never liked Jo though, even if she was the heroine - I preferred Frieda and Madge

VALM

RebeccaBloomwood wrote: »

I have oily skin .... I often find they make my skin feel tight or dry and flaky. The BS Passionfruit cleansing gel doesn't.

I too have normal/oily skin (although it seems to be getting oilier and also find that foaming washes make it feel tight. I am struggling through a bottle of Decleor foaming wash at the mo (using it at night only) for this reason. During the day I use Elemis Melting Gel cleanser (the new one) but this has an oily consistency so maybe I'll have to switch this to my night time cleanser and then when I run out of daytime cleanser (have another Elemis balancing cleanser in stock) try and remember this one! Wish LE had not messed around with the formula of C&P.

freebird65 wrote: »

Ahhhhhh....Mallory Towers & St Claires......I was such a bookworm as a kid and have all of these - I used to BEG my Mum to send me away to boarding school.

I loved these and also The Naughtiest Girl, Faraway Tree and Mystery books. I think the Mystery books were the prelude to Famous Five and Secret Seven but I never got into these.

bargainbetty

In the spirit of the thread I started doing my list of bathroom 'stuff' yesterday - should be finished on Friday when I drag the boxes back out of the cupboard in the hall as well.

I also decided to begin with a PRCP moment, and showered using the Molton Brown gift set I was given in 2007 and have been saving for a special occasion. It's body wash and gels etc. How special does the day have to be when you want to use something flash to wash your ars.... sorry.

I was also shocked to discover that I have four full 9 roll packs of Andrex. 36 loo rolls. I live alone. Should I be worried about myself?