No to buying unnecessary toiletries in September!

Alton_Towers

I have an IN also the Burberry Body perfume sample - and I agree its a lovely little bottle!

UU a Umberto Gianni brightening elixer - still got 6 more tubes to go.

bohemianrose9

Evening gals,

I was just wondering if any of you had tried Lush's dusting powders? I've got a craving to buy some toiletries and I figured that at least I don't have any powders! What do people use talcum powder for? Is it after using body lotion or instead of? TIA x

muddled_midget

Hello

I originally joined this thread about a year ago and got my stash under control but recently it seems to have started to take over my house again and it feels like every spare space is hiding more. So I thought I's rejoin you and have a pamper session just to to make a start.

So tonight, while DH is away I've used

Herbal Essences shampoo
Herbal Essences conditioner
Avon lotus shield serum
Toni and Guy heat defence spray
Avon shine serum
No7 cleanser
No7 toner
BS oat mask
Simple moisturiser
BS mango lip butter
Radox herbal bubble bath UU :jwill prob buy again once the 7 in the stash are gone...
Elle Macpherson body scrub UU :j(but WNBA as far too scrubby and difficult to get out the bath after!)
BS moringa body butter
CCS foot cream
Nail varnish remover
No7 nail varnish in Salsa for my toes
Natural Collection nail varnish in Champagne for my fingers

Am feeling gorgeous from head to toe now, and that's 17 products that have less in than this morning!!

MM x

Carolyn12

Hi all,
One UU to report: boots essentials cucumber face wipes. wiba? Possibly, I have another three packets in my stash though, so not for a while.

One freebie in: courtesy of someone at oh's work, a new benefit lipstick, was told she was giving them away because she didn't like the colour. Woohoo, it was a lovely gift at 6am this morning

I think i'll be back tomorrow, I have a sg that looks as though it has one use left.

ruby_eskimo

Sorry to but in everyone, but I desperately need some more participants for my masters thesis. Appears that I have lost a large amount of data somewhere and I'm panicking now! The link is HERE and it will take about 10 mins tops! Thank you all who help me out!

Willow92

UU to report, finished a tube of the new boots zingy mint shower gel tonight

xoxo_2

ruby_eskimo wrote: »

Sorry to but in everyone, but I desperately need some more participants for my masters thesis. Appears that I have lost a large amount of data somewhere and I'm panicking now! The link is HERE and it will take about 10 mins tops! Thank you all who help me out!

All done hun xx

Helen1971

Oh, how I love reading the stash lists! Carolyn12, I'm with you on this one (I.e. Plucking up courage to post my own stash list of shame).

Ruby Eskimo, glad to see that somebody else shares my talent for buying unnecessary foot care products. I had a word with myself a few weeks ago when tempted to buy a foot mask and made it clear that life really is too short for foot masks!

Also fascinated to spot other people's Achilles heels: eyeliner (lady morticia), nail varnish (Minerva wind song), travel sizes (Essex Hebridean), facial products (shjo; you may be amused to discover that the spellchecker on the device attempted to change your name to 'sumo'!) and body shop products (absinthe fairy; what a collection!).

I'm aspiring to be like the star performers who seem to have whittled their stashes down brilliantly.

I was thinking about why we all seem to have so much stuff. Reading this thread it's clear that you're all smart, funny women so why the need to accumulate so much?

I think that for lots of us it's got something to do with having understood at a young age that we're judged on our appearance and feeling (irrationally, irrespective of how smart we are) that there's a product out there that will make us perfect or irresistible or like the images of airbrushed perfection we're constantly confronted with.

For me it started with feeling less feminine than other girls in my early teens because I was tall, skinny and flat chested (quite like it now, although not as skinny as I was then!). I've got dark hair and pale skin and I remember a girl in my class saying, "ooh, aren't you hairy! Look, isn't Helen hairy?" and pointing at my arms. So in my mind, accumulating make up, toiletries and perfume (and yes, things to make my feet - size 8 to match my height and showing the signs of having spent many years in heels - prettier and more girly) made me feel that I was more like other girls! Self tan mania also began around then.

I'm sure we each have our own motivations but I think the reason using stuff up is so satisfying is that by doing so we're kind of confronting our demons if you see what I mean!

VALM

adilade wrote: »

sarah- I buy the asda little angels cotton pads and they are great, you get 100 in a pack and they are huuuge and really strong. I think last time I got them on 2 for £2, but they are now 2 for £2.50 if that helps:)

I find that the Boots cotton wool pads in the baby section are cheaper than the ones in the beauty section. I go through a lot of these as well and would love to use something else. After reading this will try removing my eye make up with a mulsin cloth. Not so sure about applying toner or using nail polish remover with it though.

ruby_eskimo wrote: »

Sorry to but in everyone, but I desperately need some more participants for my masters thesis. Appears that I have lost a large amount of data somewhere and I'm panicking now! The link is HERE and it will take about 10 mins tops! Thank you all who help me out!

Completed this for you.

footymadgal

Becky_2 wrote: »

By the way, has anyone used any of Sanctuary's facial products? Are they any good?

I've currently got in use a Sanctuary Pro-Collagen Youth Serum which I've been using over the summer as a moisturiser. I really like it and WBA .