No Buying Toiletries in April Challenge

sarah*a

mcculloch29 wrote: »

The vouchers run out on June 27th and the £15 is broken in to £1, £2, £3, £4, and £5 vouchers.

I'm right with you on those thoughts of waiting to use the colour Sarah. I have my eye on one of the Herbal Essences conditioners you so kindly linked to. :T

You're very welcome hun Don't forget, if you plan to spend more than £10, to do the survey from the link on the back of your last SD receipt and get 10% off

mcculloch29 wrote: »

That action epitomises what I love about this thread - we are all so keen to help each other! If you had said to me that some of my really happy times online would be on a beauty thread ... well, I wouldn't have believed you... But they are. I would have put the group hug icon there, but it's just too dodgy...

:rotfl: That hug is well dodgy :rotfl: but I echo your sentiments - OH thinks it's been good for me to have my 'toiletry girls' :rotfl: and not just because we have more room in the bathroom cabinet now

Two UU after my lovely bath:
S&G Flake Away 50ml: WIBA? I like it - it really does make my skin smoother - but I think it's more of a shower product as it tends to hang around in the bath and float on the top - constantly sticking to my skin - rather than sinking to the bottom as some of the heavier scrubs do. So, in essence, yes I will probably buy another mini (maybe while they are on 1/3 off) and keep it for holidays as thats the only time I get to use a shower
25ml Rescue Oil: WIBA? Yes - It's good for my scars and stretch marks. I did have some Bio Oil Samples but sent them to my pregnant SIL so may have to pick another bottle up from £land next week.

I've decided I'm not going to count OH's bubble bath in my stash anymore as I can't keep up - I bought two bottles (500mls each) on Tuesday and he now has one bottle and one bath's worth left :eek: so each bottle is going to last five baths :eek: thats 100mls a bath :eek: I think I may have to stock up while it's on 2for£1.50 - or start buying Value ranges at 30p a bottle and just one 'nice' bottle a month :rotfl: Part of the problem is the bath itself - well the taps - the hot tap on the bath doesn't work so we can only fill it by using this weird suction method involving the sink and a piece of garden hose :rotfl:

Ah well - after we've sorted the PC, cleared the garden, reseeded the lawn, de-cluttered DD's room and the spare room, replaced the hall and stair carpets and cleaned the living room carpets we might get round to fixing it :rotfl:

Right - off to CTM and do my feet :cool:

EssexHebridean

Kaz don't beat yourself up - you didn't let her down this morning when you sat and sorted that badge out, did you? You did that in spite of being tired - a "bad" Mum would have said "Blow it - it's not my fault it's wrong, it can stay where it is" but you just knuckled down and sorted it out. And yes, you definitely escape the naughty step as the raffle ticket was essentially a charitable donation.

Nice pamper - I've used:
S&G Calm One, calm All
L'Oreal Gentle eye makeup remover
Clinique Liquid Facial soap
S&G Greatest Scrub of All
FCUK Polished Body Scrub
And since I got out:
Nivea Visage natural Radiance eye cream
Avon ANEW Sterling Night Emulsion
Will use handcream last thing before bed too.

No more UU's out of that lot, although I noticed this morning that my BS Moringa BB is probably on it's last couple of uses.

And I have just a vague feeling I may have seen herbal Essenses Conditioners in Poundland this morning. I was standing in front of the shampoo's / conditioners and know I saw them on a bottom shelf *somewhere* and can't think where else it might have been.

xoxo_2

sarah*a wrote: »

I've decided I'm not going to count OH's bubble bath in my stash anymore as I can't keep up - I bought two bottles (500mls each) on Tuesday and he now has one bottle and one bath's worth left :eek: so each bottle is going to last five baths :eek: thats 100mls a bath :eek

He sounds as bad as me!!:rotfl::rotfl: I pour loads in, fill the bath as deep as possible then have to fight my way through the bubble wall to get in :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

sarah*a

xoxo wrote: »

He sounds as bad as me!!:rotfl::rotfl: I pour loads in, fill the bath as deep as possible then have to fight my way through the bubble wall to get in :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl: I don't know what OH does with all the bubbles as there's never any left when I get in (yes we share the water - he likes it scalding hot and I like to have a bath without worrying if I'm cooking my insides :rotfl: so by the time he's done it's just right for me )

A quick heads up for any ladies who've been putting off eBaying stuff - it's a free listings weekend (2nd & 3rd) so get flogging

vivh

Kaz2904 wrote: »

Argh! April the 1st and I have an in. I thought I was safe as we bought some raffle tickets at the gang show this evening and we never win but we won a big bottle of bubble bath. It's in a beautiful glass stoppered bottle though. Oh well, we'll use it after the chocolate one we have on the go at the moment.
Do I escape the naughty step as we didn't set out to buy it and we were alocated the prize? I hope so!
Well as you probably all forsaw, I didn't dye my hair this morning. It took me an hour to get DD's badge done and then I fell into bed. Very tired. Unfortunately so tired that I slept through all alarms and got a phone call from DD's school as I'd not collected her. As I was rushing out the door, DS's school phoned too such a bad Mum.
Poor beggars, poor DD is so tired this week and I've barely seen her what with her rehearsals and my cold. I really let her down on a really important day and I feel so bad about that. And I feel coldy still
Oh well, tomorrow's another day. I can finally get this house cleaned up as it's a pit at the moment (Hope I don't feel bleurgh still!).

Oh Kaz it sounds like you've had a bit of a rotten week. Try not to feel like you are letting your daughter down, there is so much pressure on parents to be perfect I think we forget about all the little things we do, keeping them well fed, in clean clothes, clean hair and so on and so on. Schools and clubs don't help at all do they, they want things doing a certain way but never seem to tell you until you've done it wrong and they seem to think you have absolutely nothing else to do.

sarah*a wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl: I don't know what OH does with all the bubbles as there's never any left when I get in (yes we share the water - he likes it scalding hot and I like to have a bath without worrying if I'm cooking my insides :rotfl: so by the time he's done it's just right for me )

A quick heads up for any ladies who've been putting off eBaying stuff - it's a free listings weekend (2nd & 3rd) so get flogging

I would def buy him cheap bubble bath if he's using at that rate.

sarah*a

vivh wrote: »

I would def buy him cheap bubble bath if he's using at that rate.

Yeah - I could alwayd add food colouring and decant it into his Radox bottles if he complains :rotfl::rotfl:

Has everybody rushed to their nearest BS to get a BB before they run out It's awfully quiet this morning

tommyk

A uu to report!!!!
a lovely avon bubble bath, rose scented and very nice indeed.
i have already ordered a replacement in work so no need to browse the pound shops looking for more:T

Sophy

Moring all - uu another lipstick :T - nice, but they've stopped making it:rotfl:. And a tube of P&P eye cream - probably won't buy this again, but it wasn't bad.

sofababe

Kaz2904 wrote: »

Argh! April the 1st and I have an in. I thought I was safe as we bought some raffle tickets at the gang show this evening and we never win but we won a big bottle of bubble bath. It's in a beautiful glass stoppered bottle though. Oh well, we'll use it after the chocolate one we have on the go at the moment.
Do I escape the naughty step as we didn't set out to buy it and we were alocated the prize? I hope so!
Well as you probably all forsaw, I didn't dye my hair this morning. It took me an hour to get DD's badge done and then I fell into bed. Very tired. Unfortunately so tired that I slept through all alarms and got a phone call from DD's school as I'd not collected her. As I was rushing out the door, DS's school phoned too such a bad Mum.
Poor beggars, poor DD is so tired this week and I've barely seen her what with her rehearsals and my cold. I really let her down on a really important day and I feel so bad about that. And I feel coldy still
Oh well, tomorrow's another day. I can finally get this house cleaned up as it's a pit at the moment (Hope I don't feel bleurgh still!).

Please don't feel bad, I'm sure your daughter doesn't feel let down at all. She knows what a great supportive, busy mum she has. My DD told me yesterday that I dragged her up pretty well :rotfl: and taught her not to be a snob or stuck up about anything or anyone She doesn't normally say things like that so I was pretty chuffed. This was all over me asking her if she'd like me to get her a "Ghost" oil in my next order as her real thing is nearly gone.

IlonaRN

Please count me in again this month!
And for the next many months

UU: Palmolive Soft & Gentle stick deodorant/antiperspirant. The last centimetre fell off! WIBA? No, there are others that I prefer more - particularly the Body Shop DeoDry which is my favorite.