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No Buying Toiletries in March Challenge
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Just curious, honest, but how do you know when the tsvs are coming up?
Have packed up a little box of stuff and have 12 items ready to send off, just waiting for someone to kindly pm me a label and then hopefully I can post that off tomorrow.
Does that justify my three JF items I bought earlier?
Sounds ridiculous but I don't know how to pm you an attachment. If you pm me your email address though I could get the label to you by email.0 -
If you go to www.qvcuk.com and look at the TV Guide you can look at upcoming shows for 4 weeks' ahead. The shows featured at midnight each day contain the TSV.
What's a TSV ?XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:wave:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX0 -
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14 posts already and its not even March :eek: I can see this months thread is going to be moving as quick as February's - a challenge just to keep up with all the posts.
Count me in yet again, hoping for a better month that February0 -
I'm definitely in too.
I think TSV stands for Today's Special Value
A dangerous combination of three words for anyone on this board!No buying unnecessary toiletries/makeup in May: Unnecessary spend £17.60
May INs: 14 UUs/OUTs/GAs: 11
2012 INs: 77 UUs/OUTs/GAs: 91
Savings from UUs: £60.50
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Hi another newbie here!:j
I've followed the last thread & finally decided to join. I tbought my stash was tiny till I saw it all typed out.
It's as follows
2x garner simply essentials cleanser
Clarins milk cleanser
Boots milk cleanser
Boots Rose toner
Johnsons night cream
Boots vanishing day cream
Nivea happy time body lotion
Sanctuary bodymilk spray (travel)
Vaseline intensive coco butter
St tropez body moisturiser
OS Avicado & white pear shampoo(HG)
OS Avicado & White pear conditioner(HG)
Tgi honey & oat shampoo
Vo5 conditioner
T-GEL shampoo
Loreal elvive colour protect condition spray
Loreal elvive damage care condition spray
Loreal elvive damage care intensive conditioner
Phew i think that's it all, looks more than I thought! Lol
Really need to stop buying for the sake of buying! I hope I can stay strong in March :-)
2x VO5 hot oils
2x dead sea coffee scrubs
1x boots sugar scrub lime & mint
Dermalogica skin prep scrub
Simple face scrub
BS Strawberry SG 750ml
S&G clean girls
Boots coco butter SG
NIVEA happy time SG
Dove cucumber SG
S&G glad hair day shampoo
S&G glad hair day conditioner0 -
Thanks Sunshineyday for starting the new thread!
Right - stash list where I can find it then....
Hair:
Shampoo: 2 x John Frieda Brilliant Brunette (1 in use); Charles Worthington Results; Avon Advance Techniques (HG: ?)
Conditioner: [STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] 1 x John Frieda Brilliant Brunette; 2 x Charles Worthington Results (1 in use); Avon Advance Techniques (HG: ?)
Intensive conditioner: Tresemme (in use), Avon Planet Spa hair mask. (HG: ?)
Serum: 2 x John Frieda Frizz Ease (1 in use); John Frieda Frizz Ease heat protecting (in use) (HG: Avon Lotus Shield)
Heat defence spray: Nicky Clarke Hairomatherapy (in use) Toni & Guy Iron It (Part used) (HG: ?)
Styling: 2 x John Frieda Shine Shock (1 in use); 2 x John Frieda Simply Sleek (1 in use); TIGI Bed Head Shine Junkie (in use); Avon Ultra Smoothing Balm;
Want to try: Alberto Balsam Shampoos, Supermarket own coconut shampoo, Timotei & similar "old school" stuff.
Body:
Shower gel: Avon Senses Sunset 500ml, [STRIKE]Avon Senses Sunset 500ml[/STRIKE] S&G Clean, Girls!; BS Moringa (in use); BS Sweet Lemon; BS Satsuma x 2, BS Mango, BS Shea, BS Pink Grapefruit (HG: ? Maybe S&G iFoam, maybe BS gels)
Bath foam: S&G Calm one, Calm All (in use); Radox Nourish Shea Butter & Ginger (in use); Palmolive Naturals Milk & Honey (HG: S&G Calm One, Calm All/Sanctuary Spa Mande)
Exfoliator: 2 x FCUK Polished (1 in use); [STRIKE]Sanctuary Salt Scrub [/STRIKE]; S&G The Breakfast Scrub; S&G The Scrub Of Your Life; Clinique Sparkle Skin (in use) (HG: Clinique Sparkle Skin / S&G The Scrub Of Your Life)
Body Butter/Lotion: [STRIKE]Sanctuary Spa Kyphi[/STRIKE]; Sanctuary Spa Mande; Sanctuary Spa; BS Moringa (in Use); Avon Planet Spa; S&G Righteous Butter; S&G Daily Smooth; BS Vitamin E; BS Moringa [STRIKE]Avon Skin So Soft Replenishing Body Lotion;[/STRIKE](given away to Homeless drop-in centre) Johnsons Holiday Skin (In use) (HG: ?)
Deodorant: [STRIKE]Mitchum Solid Stick[/STRIKE] ; 3 x Mitchum Roll-on (1 in use); 4 x Mitchum Spray (1 In Use) (HG: Mitchum)
Want to try: Superdrug Body Butter, Primark Body Butter, NSpa Hot butter Fudge bath foam, Tesco Discount Brands Vanilla Bath foam
Hands Lips & Feet:
Hand cream: Avon Silicone hand & nail (in use); S&G Hand Food
Intensive hand cream: [STRIKE]Avon Dry Skin SOS [/STRIKE]
Foot Cream: Avon Footworks Invisible Silicone Sock cream (in use); Avon Heel Softening Cream
Foot spray: Avon Footworks (In Use)
Foot Scrub: [STRIKE]Avon Footworks [/STRIKE]
Lip Balm: 2 x Avon Dry Skin SOS (1 in use); Clinique superbalm tinted (in use); Mini Clinique Superbalm Tinted x2 (Glamour/GWP freebie); Softlips; Carmex; Neutrogena (HG: Avon Dry Skin SOS - now discontinued)
Face:
Face wash: Clinique Mild liquid facial soap (in use); Body Shop Vitamin E Facial Cleansing bar (in use); Olay Total Effects; S&G Fab Pore Hot Cloth Cleanser, Santuary Spa (mini); (HG: Olay Regenerist Daily Thermal Skin Polisher)
Exfoliator: S&G Greatest Scrub of All (In use); S&G Scrub Your Nose In It (HG: ?)
Wipes: Nivea Visage Sensitive (in use); No.7.
Eye Cream: Nivea Visage Natural Beauty Radiance Boosting Eye Cream (In use); Avon Anew Rejuvenate 24 hour eye cream; Avon Anew Reversalist eye illuminating system
Moisturiser: [STRIKE]Avon Anew Clinical Thermafirm cream (mini)[/STRIKE] ; Clinique Dramatically Different (In use); Avon Anew Rejuvenate Day (mini) (HG: ?)
Serum: [STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] 1 x Olay Total Effects; Boots Expert Sensitive Hydrating Serum (in use)(HG: ?)
Night cream: [STRIKE]Avon Care Rich Moisture face cream - Now being used as body cream instead[/STRIKE]) Avon Anew Rejuvenate Night (mini); Avon Anew Reversalist Night Emulsion (In use)
Eye Makeup Remover: [STRIKE]5[/STRIKE] 4 x L’Oreal Gentle Eye Makeup remover (1 in use) (HG: L’Oreal Gentle Eye Makeup remover)
Face Masks: 3 x Avon Planet Spa (Moisturising, Peel off & Deep cleansing) (2 in use) (HG: ?)
Want to try: Avon Solutions day & night cream, Avon ANEW facial wash
Makeup:
Foundation: 3 x Avon Cashmere Finish (1 in use) (HG: Avon Cashmere Finish)
Tinted Moisturiser: Clinique Moisture Sheer Tint (In Use) (HG: Clinique Moisture Sheer Tint - now discontinued!)
Powder: [STRIKE]2[/STRIKE] 1 x Clinique Blended loose face powder (in use) (HG: Clinique Blended loose Face Powder)
Blusher: Bourjois (in use); Clinique Cream Stick blush (GWP size) (HG: )
Mascara: Clinique (GWP Size) (In use); 2 x Clinique High Lengths (GWP Size); No 7 Natural Definition; No 7 Intense Volume (GWP Size); Avon Superextend; (HG Clinique Naturally Glossy)
Eyeliner: Clinique Cream eye pencil (In Use); Avon In A Blink Eye Pencil (Brown) (In use); Avon In A Blink Eye Pencil (Grey) (In use); Agnes B Liquid eyeliner (in use) Avon Glimmerstick (Plum) (In use)
Lip Gloss: Hard Candy Pallette, 2 x Clinique Glosswear "Air Kiss" (GWP Size); Clinique Glosswear "Nude Nectar"; Max Factor Silk Gloss Tube; Estee Lauder High Gloss "Honey"; Chanel Levres Scintillantes (GWP Size); S&G Sexy Mother Pucker
Eyeshadow: There is not enough paper in the world for me to list them all…..!
Want to try : Clinique Moisture Surge tinted moisturiser (New); Avon Gel eyeliners
Perfume:
Cerutti 1881; Lagerfeld Sun, Moon, Stars; Calvin Klein CK1, Estee Lauder Beyond Paradise (All in use) plus various minis
Planned IN's for the month are: Glamour mags with the Clinique freebies, and a couple of Clinique bits from Boots if the bonus Time offer comes along. Other than that, unless I spend the BS voucher from last weeks offer, I need nothing else at all!
TRAVEL STASH:
All these products are mini-sizes - Sachets listed separately:
Shower:
Sanex Dermo-Moisturising
Molton Brown Toko-Yuzo
Molton Brown Pink Pepperpod
Molton Brown Heavenly Gingerlily
BS Shea
BS Moringa
Hotel freebie Wood & Brown x2
Hotel freebie Scottish Fine Soaps
Hydro Basics (?!)
Hotel freebie Gilchrist & Soames
Body:
Molton Brown Coco De Mer Body Lotion
Dove Silkening Body lotion
Boots Mediterranean Mint Melon & Sugar body scrub
Nivea Soft x 4
Dove Visible Effects body lotion
Avon Planet Spa Dead Sea Minerals Body Butter
Hair:
Molton Brown Lilli-Pilli Shampoo
Molton Brown Lilli-Pilli Connditioner
Tony & Guy Frizz Smoothing Curl Shampoo
Hotel freebie Gilchrist & Soames Shampoo x 2
Hotel freebie Wood & Brown x 2
Hotel freebie random x 2
Hotel freebie Scottish Fine Soaps x2
Tresemme Shampoo
JF Brilliant Brunette Shampoo x 2
JF Brilliant Brunette Conditioner
MOP Mixed greens Shampoo
MOP C-System shaping serum
MOP C-System Shampoo
Dove Intense Repair conditioner
BS Rainforest Brilliance Conditioner
Pantene Shampoo
Pantene Conditioner
Toni & Guy Iron It Heat defence spray
Umberto Giannini Sleek & Chic blowdry cream
JF Frizz Ease Wind-Down relaxing creme
Face:
2 x Clinique Mild Liquid Facial Soap
Clinique Mild facial soap
Clinique Rinse off foaming cleanser
BS Seaweed facial wash
No7 Time resisting day cream
No7 Uplifting day cream
No7 Advanced Hydration Day Cream
Clinique Superdefence SPF25 (dregs only)
Olay Total effects Wake Up Wonder
Olay Regenerist 3 Point Super-Serum x2
Olay Regenerist Flawless Skin Cream
Olay Total Effects touch of foundation
Clinique 7 day Scrub x2 (1 dregs only)
Clinique Moisture Surge
Avon Clinical Derma-Full Cream
Sachets:
ROC Lifting Concentrate
Avon Lotus Shield
No7 Advanced Hydration Day/Night (2 part sachets)
Nivea Purifying Facial Wash / Oil Free Moisturising Fluid x3 (2 Part Sachets)
Nivea Refreshing Facial Wash / Light Daily Moisture Cream x3 (2 Part Sachets)
Nivea Visage Young Scrub / Wash off cleanbsing gel / Control It Moisturiser (3 part sachet)
Nivea My Silhouette Gel-cream
Vaseline Intensive Care Firming & Nourishing Body Lotion
No7 Mattifying Moisture fluid
No7 Revitalising Cleanser / revitalising Toner / Protective Moisture Lotion (3 part sachet)
Dove Moisturing Milk Shampoo
L'Oreal Nutrisummer body lotion (2 part sachet)
Elvive Body Boost Shampoo
Dove Care & Radiance Shampoo & Conditioner x2 (2 part sachets)
Wella Vitality Shampoo / Conditioner x4 (2 part sachets)
Head & Shoulders Itchy Scalp Shampoo / Conditioner (2 Part sachet)
Garnier Fructis Shampoo / Conditioner (2 part sachet)
Timotei Copper radiance Shampoo🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0 -
Hoping my willpower holds - I'm on the No Cash Spends again this coming month. For those of us who are doing it, we have the Clairol Foam Party on the 19th to look forward to. I have a ceremony to attend for my maths teaching certificate on the Monday 21st so I think I will actually do it on that day.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.0
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Welcome Kelly! Another newbie, woo-hoo!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.0
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Another newbie reporting for duty! I read avidly during February's post and you all did very well. I have enough of everything to see me through the month but my moisturiser is at the squeezy stage (forget what you all refer to it as but I only have about a week's worth left) so will probably have to buy one but I have a BS voucher so I'm with butler_helen with the notion that it doesn't count!0
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