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No Buying (Un-needed!) Toiletries in JULY Challenge!

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  • skintscotslass
    skintscotslass Posts: 2,860 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    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.

    Hope you all have some sunshine today xx
  • VALM
    VALM Posts: 5,954 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    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!

    SPC Member 046
    £2. Challenge member 55
  • Alioth
    Alioth Posts: 207 Forumite
    edited 30 July 2011 at 11:10PM
    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
  • mcculloch29
    mcculloch29 Posts: 4,972 Forumite
    Rampant Recycler
    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.
  • ma-ri-ella
    ma-ri-ella Posts: 980 Forumite
    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
    20,000 step a day challenge
  • vivh
    vivh Posts: 324 Forumite
    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 hands
  • Living_proof
    Living_proof Posts: 1,923 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    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.
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  • LadyMorticia
    LadyMorticia Posts: 19,899 Forumite
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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.
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  • hanval
    hanval Posts: 114 Forumite
    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 :T
    Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end - Edward Whymper
  • 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.
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