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No Buying (Un-needed!) Toiletries in JULY Challenge!
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Afternoon ladies
I've finally posted on the swapsies group! Also got some outs to report. I've chucked out:
1 x Virgin Vie Brightening Boost (must be about 10 years old!!)
1 x Almay Amazing Lasting Concealer (ditto!!)
1 x Bourjois Pressed Powder - using mineral powder foundation, so wont need it for years lol
2 x lip glosses - so ancient, I dont even know what brand they are!
I still need to make a list of whats lurking in the bathroom and in my wardrobe lol.
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1 UU to report : bottle of Philosophy Pure Grace liquid soap. WNBA - came in a TSV kit and was too fragranced for me as it dried my hands out. Used it mostly as a shower gel.Back for the No Buying Toiletries challenge. I pledge to only buy when I run out of a product that is not already in my stash no matter what wonderful emails land in in my Inbox or threads I read on MSE re: glitches!
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I'm pasting my stash list. Listed everything including the smallest sachets
Also, 5 OUTS in the process - threw out 2 old unbranded lipsticks, Superdrug 2True clear lipgloss (too sticky), eye shadow that cracked, and gave a Nivea sample to my boyfriend, who will actually use it
Sorry for a long post! 129 products:
SKINCARE
Hand/body moisturizers
L'Occitane Dry Skin Hand Cream (30ml)
Salcura Zeoderm sachet x2
Salcura Spray (15ml) x2
BS Shea Body Butter (50ml)
Organic Surge Tropical Bergamot Body Lotion (200ml)
Jergens naturals Aloe Soothing body moisturizer (200ml)
Gorgeus by Gok Molten Gold body oil (200ml)
Gorgeus by Gok Rich Moisturizing body butter (180ml)
Facial Cleansers
Benefit Foamingly Clean Facial Wash (9g)
Avene Cleanance 200ml
!!!!!!!! Cranberry Winter Milk Cleanser (150ml)
Burts Bees Camomile Cleansing Cream
Face/Eye Moisturizers
Pai Rosehip Bioregenerate Oil
Benefit Triple Performing Facial Emulsion (9ml)
Shu Uemura Deepsea Moisture lotion sachet
Simple Clear Skin Oil Balancing moisturizer (75ml)
Clinique DD (30ml)
Nivea Men Extra Soothing moisturizer sachet
Clinique Moisture Surge (30ml)
Avene Hydrance Optimale Legere (40ml)
Benefit It's Potent eye cream (3g)
!!!!!!!! Tender Care Protecting Balm (15ml)
Facial skincare
Avene Cleanance K (40ml)
Olay 3 point serum (7ml)
supermarket brand face mask (75ml)
Clinique Anti-blemish Solutions toner (200ml)
Sun lotions
Ultrasun SPF30 (15ml)
Avene Haute Protection SPF50 (50ml)
MAKE UP
Make-up palettes x3
Face base
Veil Finishing Powder (35g)
Another old powder (dregs)
Dermacolor Camouflage Cream (25ml)
Bourjois Mineral Matte mousse foundation (18 ml)
L'oreal True Match Minerals SPF15 (10g)
Bare Escentuals Mare Minerals (9g)
Clinique Moisture Surge Tinted Moisturizer sachet
Smashbox Photo Finish primer (7ml)
Blushers/bronzers
Maybelline Pure Blush Mineral Quartz Peach
Victoria Jackson bronzer
unbranded blusher pink
Nina Ricci concealer in use as bronzer (6ml)
Lashes
Clinique High Lenghts mascara (4.7ml) x2
Clinique High Impact mascara (4g)
Victoria Jackson mascara (6g)
Fake lashes x3
Lips
Nivea Pure and Natural Milk and Honey lipbalm
another lipbalm, SPF30
Victoria Jackson coloured lipbalm x4
Miss Sporty lipstick Striptease
Versace lipstick Red
Jemma Kidd Make-Up school lipgloss
Avon lipgloss red
Rimmel lipstick Heather Shimmer
!!!!!!!! Black Cherry lipstick
!!!!!!!! Mauve Silk lipstick
lipstick sample
!!!!!!!! Lip Definer x2
Versace Comfort Lip Pencil
Avon Duo lip pencil
No7 lipgloss pink
Clinique Superbalm Currant
Eyeliners
BS Eye Definer Emerald
BS Eye Definer Black
Miss Sporty Eye Pencil Brown
Victoria Jackson black/brown duo
Sleek Ink pot (yellow)
Rimmel Glam Eyes liquid liner (3.5 ml)
Eye shadows
Ruby & Millie Perfect Eyes eyeshadow palette
Barry M Dazzle Dust golden
Red, green, silver copper and brown shadows (various brands)
Brow
Famous Highlighter brow pencil
Famous brow gel
Make-up removers
Boots Botanics Soothing Eye Make Up Remover (150ml)
Simple Eye Make Up Remover (125ml)
Nails
Elegant Touch Classic French Nails
Revlon Colourstay red
Revlop Colourstay topcoat
Elegant Touch French manicure clear
Rimmel French manicure Nude Silhuette
unbranded sparkly brown and golden
Nails Inc Caramel
Mavala Nail Polish Thinner
Boots Essentials Nail Polish remover (250ml)
PERFUME
Agent Provocateur Maitresse
Eclipse
Eau de Cartier Essence D'Orange (mini)
Marc Jacobs Daisy (mini)
Dunhill (mini)
Elle MacPherson solid perfume
Elizabeth Arden 5th Avenue (mini)
SHOWER, BATH & HAIR
Shower & bath
Palmolive Naturals Shower Milk (250ml)
Organic Surge Tropical Bergamot shower gel (250ml)
IWOOT Rose Bath Buds
Shampoo
VO5 deep nourishing shampoo sachet
BS Rainforest Shine shampoo (400ml)
Head and Shoulders Classic Clean (200ml)
Herbal Essences Beautiful Ends (400ml)
John Frieda Sheer Blonde Moisturizing Shampoo (250ml)
Batiste Diva dry shampoo (90g)
Conditioner
Aveda Smooth Infusion Style-Prep smoother (10ml)
Aussie Hair Miracle Moist Conditioner (250ml)
Aussie Hair Frizz Miracle Conditioner (250ml)
Herbal Essences Hawaiian Hibiscus & Coconut (200ml)
Hair styling
!!!!!!!! Extreme Styling wax (100ml)
Umberto Gianini Natural Curls styling spray (200ml)
Nivea Styling Spray (250ml)
Nivea Styling Mousse Volme Sensation (150ml)
Gel (150ml)
L'Oreal Elvive Styling Mousse Extra Volume (200ml)
Tres Semme Freeze Hold Hairspray (500ml)
Shaving etc
Kind of Shaves Woman shaving gel
Gilette Foam Sensitive skin
Veet sensitive wax strips
Braun Silk-epil pre epilation wipes
Edit: seems to have !!!! o.r.i.f.l.a.m.e
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Most excellent stash list there! The following convo took place in our house earlier.
"DS, have you seen my brand new Mitchum deodorant? "
(Sheepish muttering followed)
Me: " Buy your expletive own DS, it's for WOMEN!"
DS: "But it's UNSCENTED."
Quite how that absolves him from buying his own, I don't know.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 -
finally got another uu- johnsons baby lotion 500ml- wba and have another in stash.going to use up a avon 1 first cause i have one that is less than half full.£365 a year spend challenge - this has included food/clothes/beauty?? who knows where I am
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Afternoon all.
Have uu a mini BS seaweed facial wash, really nice stuff and I have another 2 in the stash. Am moving onto a half used no7 foaming cleanser which I use as a facial wash, this foaming stuff lasts forever, oh just before i use that I will finish off the teeny benefit facial wash sample.The devil makes works for idle hands0 -
I've been back from holiday for a couple of weeks now but have only just got round to getting back into routine. I managed quite a few UUs of sample sized toiletries but brought just as many back, I think. Pretty harmless, as all free. I did have a couple of purchased - some talc at 5 Euros (eek!) and some Burberry perfume which is £58-£62 here, but £40 in Gilbraltar. It will last me years and I needed it anywah (honest!). Oh and a half price Johnsons Baby Oil - to clean the stainless steel in the kitchen, so that doesn't count!
I look forward to starting to read all your posts again and hope you all manage to need some sun tan oil this year.Solar Suntellite 250 x16 4kW Afore 3600TL dual 2KW E 2KW W no shade, DN15 March 14
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Hey everyone. No INS or UU to report but had a phonecall from my bank to say that three American companies had fraudulently tried to take money from my bank account. Thankfully Halifax noticed and blocked the transactions but they've cancelled my card and are going to send me a new one. I'm so careful with using my card online and it's my secondary account so no money goes into it other than money I transfer from my main account and the main places I use it in are shops. I praise Halifax for being on the ball but it's still so annoying.2019 Wins
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£2019 in 2019
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Evening all!
My last UU of the month as predicted: Liz Earle Energising body scrub 200ml. This was actually a generous freebie with a cleanser/toner/moisturiser purchase. WIBA? Maybe. It was very nice, lovely scent as you would expect & nice consistency. However, I feel that the Sanctuary salt scrub really gets my skin glowing and it costs about the same.
This would actually have been a good month for me, if it wasn't for the b'day gifts....I haven't made one toiletry related purchase :j :TDo nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end - Edward Whymper0 -
UU S & G Calm one calm all used up as shower gel. It was a LHJ!! Onto an I foam now.
Off to Alton towers next week (unfortunately no connection) so am going to take some sample sachets to UU.0
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