No Buying Toiletries in March Challenge

hollyh

Well done nicci, that's amazing you haven't bought any toiletries in almost 10 yrs. I'm not surprised you're itching to choose your own. I haven't bought any conditioner since Jan last year and i'm sick to the back teeth of it already because it's mostly the same stuff i'm using all the time.

sonee2405

Hi everybody

1IN to report-Bodyshop sweet lemon scrub £8. I love this and couldn't resist it.

UU-3
-Batiste Blush dry shampoo-WIBA yes this is a must have for me .
Feria hair dye -Used yesterday shade was iridescent blonde .WIBA -Yes in 6 weeks time
Lee stafford shine hairspray-WIBA NO Has a very strong smell a bit like ANGEL perfume which gives me a headache.

I had a lovely pamper day yesterday as I've finally recovered from a very horrid chest infection.
Treated face to bodyshop vitamin e sink in moisture mask
Got eyebrows threaded and a face wax, nails shaped and polished in french mani shellac
dyed hair at home with feria (as mentioned in UU)
washed and conditioned hair
exfoliated with soap&glory flake away
used imperial leather foamburst japanese spa shower gel on body(I hate this trying to UU)
toes polished no7 foxglove
Used clinqiue mositure surge on face, makeup and spritz of ysl elle .

sorry for the long post.

mcculloch29

Hello Nicci, what a fascinating story and thank you for sharing it.
It's funny how the toiletries thread didn't take off back in 2007, whereas it has now.
I suppose it's the zeitgeist - spirit of the times - even though this is the MSE forums, people are far more money conscious, post credit-crunch - and environmentally conscious too, less reluctant to bin stuff.

Kaz, what a total pain re the drains and I'm so sorry it's had such an impact on your precious time off.

Viv - I never would have guessed your stash was so large and it looks like you hadn't either!

Sawan.. Who would have known polish came in so many colours...?! Well, not me.

Two tiny UU's A hotel shampoo that I'm mildly amazed has escaped the cleaner and the cut open tube of hair conditioner from the Perfect 10 Medium Brown hair dye. This is a 55g tube and I think I got 7 or 8 uses out of it. I think Clairol do have something similar that you can buy.
WIBA? Well, I have a Foam Party hair dye to use next Saturday, but if anyone is thinking of buying Perfect 10, the conditioner is great. Do make sure to leave the colour on for longer than 10 minutes- don't believe the hype - and to have your hair clear of build up.

I have a couple more uses of a Superdrug leave - in -for - a - while henna conditioner, a little bit of tea-tree conditioner from Tesco, then it's Elvive for the rest of the year, apart from free samples/ stuff in with hair dyes.

SJP

Hiya

Only been missing a couple of days and i've been reading for an hour :eek::eek:

celebrate wrote: »

I gave up after a couple of minutes as she obviously couldn't understand my broad yorkshire accent!!!

My doc is male - thank the lord

mcculloch29 wrote: »

But on the Really Good News front, my sister was told that tests show that her breast cancer (diagnosed last month and operated on last week) has not spread from the breast. The tumour was 6mm, initially picked up on a mammogram at 4mm.

Definitely worth keeping your appointments to have them done, once you reach a Certain Age.

Thats fab news - I second the keeping your appointments, I lost a close friend to breast cancer at 29, breaks my heart to see her children growing up without their mum

Asset - Congrats on the house purchase, you wont have any spare cash to buy toiletries now :rotfl::rotfl:

Hollyh - My ten year old has decided he is using wet wipes for his bum.... :eek: ran out of loo roll so he helped himself to Immy's wipes, said thats the way forward (no worries though, a recent B**ts glitch, so i've got thousands in the loft :rotfl::rotfl:)

Kaz2904 wrote: »

Actually, no I won't just remembered that DH fitted a water saver thingy to the shower head so it now doesn't even wet your hair .

Can you not remove it, use the shower, then put it back on?

charlie792 wrote: »

Think something really wierd has happened this week, after the misery of the begining my OH has encountered a string of incredibly good luck, firstly his work got printed in a magazine, then he got featured on a very well known website (in the industry at least) and today he just found out he won a design competion he entered last year, and on top of that found out yesterday some of his work might be published in a book...Its a strange world!

Thats great news - bet he's well pleased!! :T

charlie792 wrote: »

Have to admit it was a bargain at 99p in bodycare - that shop is fantastic (or evil whichever way you see it )

:eek::eek: oh no, not another shop that needs to be checked out :rotfl::rotfl:

ma-ri-ella wrote: »

derma v10 night cream - decided this was needed at the one i am currently using is about £40-no way am i ever paying that again!! i think i was having one of those i need a treat/yes i can afford your crap miss snooty sales assistant person :mad:

I got some of this to use on the chest area....:D

PudseyDB wrote: »

I've opened both gift sets I got yesterday - In the past I'd have "saved " them.

the new philosophy is working - thats great, enjoy

akh43 wrote: »

She knew all about our thread and said they had been receiving loads of packages and had a transit full of stuff.

It was nice to be able to help just a little

EssexHebridean wrote: »

Clinique have now confirmed BT at Boots starting on the 17th by the way, for anyone who wants to be sure to avoid it!

What do you get for bonus time? Not that I need anything :rotfl: but do you collect advantage card points on Clinique at B**ts?

sawan - Fantastic nail stash....

Vics - Loving the nails, why dont mine ever look that good when I do them??

Celebrate - You still working on putting your stash to paper/excel?

Trudi - fantastic news on Red :T

A few ins for me, but I have spent my Groupon Voucher (before I forgot about it!) :embarasse:embarasse
BS Shea Body Butter
BS Shea Body Scrub
BS Satsuma Body Butter
BS Sweet Lemon Body Scrub
BS Sweet Lemon Body Scrub 50ml - free
BS Cotton Socks
BS Warming mineral mask
L'Oreal Youth Code Serum x 3
L'Oreal Youth Code Night Cream - Botanics spluttering, so needed
OS Honey & shea Shower Gel x 2
Derma V10 Night Cream - to use on the chest area, didn't have any.

So, i'm on the naughty step - again.....

pinkfluffybabe

hollyh wrote: »

Well done nicci, that's amazing you haven't bought any toiletries in almost 10 yrs. I'm not surprised you're itching to choose your own. I haven't bought any conditioner since Jan last year and i'm sick to the back teeth of it already because it's mostly the same stuff i'm using all the time.

I think its funny that we are all toiletries and deals mad, so we stock up like crazy and then we get really frustrated trying to use things up!

When I think about how much I 'wanted' particular things at the time of buying them, it doesn't match how I feel about them now I am desperate to use them up and get on to the rest of my stash. I too really look forward to needing things again and being able to make (hopefully) more informed choices and only buying things when I genuinly need them.

Nicci that is really inspiring

pocket_fluff

pinkfluffybabe wrote: »

I think its funny that we are all toiletries and deals mad, so we stock up like crazy and then we get really frustrated trying to use things up!

When I think about how much I 'wanted' particular things at the time of buying them, it doesn't match how I feel about them now I am desperate to use them up and get on to the rest of my stash. I too really look forward to needing things again and being able to make (hopefully) more informed choices and only buying things when I genuinly need them.

Nicci that is really inspiring

I think you've really hit the nail on the head with that.

Quite a while ago I was glad of the fact that I had all the toiletries I did and would not have to buy any more, but now I just want to use them up. In mad moments I have even fantasised about pouring them down the sink :eek:

I think the key to stockpiling and taking advantage of offers is to not stash too much, else the result will either be wasting or disposing of the products (for the weaker-willed!) or seeing them as a chore to use rather than a pleasure and a 'luxury' to use.

And, after all, offers generally come around again quite soon!

Lemon_Tree

Bev i've just finished exactly the same order for Muslin cloths. I've been wanting some for a while and wouldn't pay full price.

asset2004

ma-ri-ella wrote: »

eek went and bought some stuff from the body shop
Strawberry Gift Cube1£3.50

Coconut Mini Gift Cube1£5.00 £3.50 £3.50

Rainforest Moisture Hair ButterRainforest Moisture Hair Butter 50ml


only cost £9.70 as they took the 10% off straight away plus will get 12% cashback on quidco (saying that i think they still charge an admin fee- noticed it is on topcashback aswell

I bopught a BS shea shower gel yestedya 1/2 pirce to get the free LYB card, but noticed I've been charged for express delivery at £3.99 :mad: and its now showing as despatched. I wnat to cancel the order as I don't ned it that much and more importantly the postage was free so can't see why I've been charged for it. Truied to call their customer services but they are not open on a sunday. Do I refuse delivery? TIA

Fiasco55

Vivh, EH and Swan82 - I am loving those lists - finally someone has posted more travels and nails products then me

Nicci44 - Very inspirational - 10 years without buying - How much cash do you think you have saved?

Kaz - fingers crossed that the water guys are out smart tomorrow for you to get the problem sorted.

Truji - Great news so far.


A UU this morning, my sure deororant kicked it, still have another few in my stash but to mix it up a bit I went stash shopping and selected Sanex spray for a change. £2 in my pot.

My liquid soap (just a refil radox) is almost done as is my atrixo hand cream (spluttering for ages now and cut open and trimmed regularly). Based on this and PRCP I have decided to crack open my xmas 09 giftset of Cowshed handwash and hand cream to use in my ensuite so it is mine all mine.:D

lynseydee

vivh wrote: »

Had a little count up of items yesterday and tried to sort some better storage, anyway the number of items I currently have is as follows:

Body lotions/butters x 42
Body scrubs x 20
Shower Gels x 38
Hand creams x 7
Shampoo x 11
Conditioner x 15
Bubble Bath x 10
Face srubs x 12
Face masks x 17 (3 sachets rest full size):eek:
Cleansers/toners/hot cloth cleansers/facial wipes x 33
Facial Washes x 8
Facial moisturisers/serums x 34 (two samples others 30ml/50ml)
Eye creams x 8 (3 minis, others 15ml)
Eye make up remover x 5
Perfume x 12
Deoderant/Body Sprays x 23

OMG:eek:, How did this happen.

Gosh, that could have been written by me :rotfl: