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No to buying unnecessary toiletries in September!

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  • new Pe teacher at school what a dish...pity he is youing enough to be my son:eek::eek::eek::eek:....now do I sign up to his monday night boot camp????
  • having said last night I had no real news on the toiletries front I decided to do a face mask and UU'd my Avon Planet Spa Peel off face mask - WIBA? Yes, I probably would. Nice to find a peel-off mask that comes off in one fascinating piece and oh BOY does it feel like it's doing something as you peel it off, too! :rotfl: (As a side effect, you can wax your eyebrows at the same time! LOL!) I'll continue to work through the moisture boosting one I have on the go at the moment, but may break out the other one I have in the stash too - a deep cleansing one I have been dying to try out.
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  • VALM
    VALM Posts: 5,954 Forumite
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    trudij wrote: »
    Kaz - go to Harry Potter world for me???!!!!! Dying to try butterbeer !!!!!

    I'll be there at the end of next month - this is our first port of call. I may try a butterbeer but I bet it's really sweet. I've actually come online tonight to print off our itinerary ready for when we meet up with our friends at weekend but have found I've only saved half of it. Think I chucked the draft out as well so am gonna have to start again.
    rosemary54 wrote: »
    new Pe teacher at school what a dish...pity he is youing enough to be my son:eek::eek::eek::eek:....now do I sign up to his monday night boot camp????

    Emma's science teacher in Year 7 was gorgeous but sadly she has not had him since. Parent Evenings were so much lovelier then.:rotfl:
    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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  • Alton_Towers
    Alton_Towers Posts: 757 Forumite
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    edited 21 September 2011 at 8:52PM
    A surprise In a Rimmel lipgloss that I have won! Lovely colour in Breathless like a pinky peach.

    EH - you really made me laugh at the waxing of eyebrows to!
  • Thought I would post the stash list of shame......

    Shower gel
    BS sweet lemon
    BS pink grapefruit
    Diorissimo
    Dior Addict
    Radox shower smoothies in cranberry and passion fruit
    Palmolive thermal spa
    Molton Brown eucalyptus
    Milton Brown toko yuzu
    French Connection bathroom
    M&S royal jelly

    Shampoo & conditioner
    Tigi bedhead brunette shampoo
    Tigi bedhead 'some like it hot' conditioner (is massive, will I ever see the end of it???)
    Tigi control freak conditioner (also massive. It's TK Maxx's fault)
    Alberto raspberry shampoo
    Alberto mandarin conditioner
    Timotei shimmer shine conditioner
    Clairol sleek down shampoo
    Clairol sleek smoother hair mask

    Bath oil
    Jo Malone orange blossom, French lime blossom and lime, basil & mandarin.

    Moisturiser
    Sanctuary illuminating SPF15
    Bio oil
    Time delay wrinkle prevention SPF15 x 5 (!!!!)
    Sanctuary facial oil (talked into it by Boots assistant who had marked me out as easily led)
    Decleor arom essence Rose face balm
    St Tropez self tanning moisturiser
    Vita Liberata facial self tanner
    Boots no7 facial self tanner
    Time delay radiance booster

    Cleansers & scrubs
    Sanctuary hot cloth cleanser
    Sanctuary face wash
    Sanctuary face scrub (yes, I had some £5 off Sanctuary vouchers)
    Biore clay mask
    Espa tonic spray. Bought in a fit of madness from bikini wax salon. Perhaps driven mad by pain. Not even sure what it is for!
    L'oreal refinish microdermabrasion scrub.
    Kiehl's blue astringent toner. Might use this to clean the windows since it burns my skin much as I imagine windolene would!

    Tanning
    Make believe self tanner
    Garner summer body x 3 (in Poundland, told myself that I couldn't leave it there)
    No 7 quick dry self tanner
    Hawaiian tropic spray self tanner
    Piz Buin gradual tan lotion (might even chuck this, forgot how Piz Buin stuff smells manky)
    Garner summer body spray
    Sun shimmer instant light gel
    Sun shimmer instant medium gel
    Sally Hansen airbrush legs
    Guerlain terracotta spray for legs.

    Body lotions and similar gear
    Benefit 'take a picture, it lasts longer' leg gloss.
    Nivea body oil
    Vaseline cocoa butter gel
    Urban retreat body oil
    Jo Malone French lime blossom body cream
    MyMy gold body sparkle powder
    S&G hand food
    Boots shimmer sensation
    Molton Brown Thai vert
    Di Palomo orange blossom hand cream
    L'occitane mini hand cream 6 pack
    Nivea skin sheen body lotion
    Body shop shimmer & glow lotion
    Cath Kidston mini hand lotion x 2
    Hair today gone tomorrow regrowth inhibitor x 2
    Skin doctors ingrow fix
    Boots silky leg oil
    Kiehl's creme de corps

    Foot stuff
    Avon footworks AHA cream
    Avon footworks pedi pads
    Sally Hansen heel wrap
    Sally Hansen night time heel lotion (really must get around to using some of this gear)
    Sanctuary cooling liquid foot powder
    Christy foot soak raspberry
    Christy grapefruit revitalising scrub
    Christy cooling liquid talc
    Gelicity foot soak (why would anybody need stuff that turns into blue jelly when you stick your feet in? Truly, I will buy any old nonsense)

    Hair styling
    Trevor Sorbie protect,flatten & shine x 6 (flaming vouchers again)
    Clairol sleek down
    Rusk serum
    Rusk soft wear styling gloss
    Lee Stafford poker straight gel x 2
    Lee Stafford hairspray
    Charles Worthington humidity block hairspray

    (Actually, I spend a mint of money on having straight hair!)

    I'm not even touching the make up and perfume. I can't bear it!
  • asset2004
    asset2004 Posts: 2,453 Forumite
    A UU - Herbal Essences shampoo :p WBA and still got some in the stash! :D
    Life is a coin, you can spend it anyway you wish, but you can only spend it once.
    Go as far as you can see, and when you get there you'll see further.
    Take time but don't waste time
  • Welll... with the new hot air brush I thought I'd better get some products to use with it. In true MSE style I ferreted round Poundland for something to add volume to my very fine, straight hair. I came up with Sunsilk Anti Flat Volumising Cream in a blue pump bottle. Time will tell if it's any good.

    Got great results on hair that was 90% dry with my new hot air brush without using any leave in products, just Elvive shampoo and conditioner. Some reviews report that this make of brush (Vidal Sassoon) cut out a lot, I found instantly that it was very easy to block the air intake. I bet that's what was happening when they cut out.
    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.
  • Helen, my sides hurt as I've had to stifle giggles reading your comments on your stash list, thank you so much for such a great laugh.
    Regarding foot lotion, I've posted before how I don't put this on in bed but always slather my feet in it before putting on cotton socks or trainer liners in the morning. I find it works much better for me this way, as bed socks slip off my feet instantly and I get the foot cream all over the sheets instead.
    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.
  • Forgot to repot my UU when I logged on last night, Lush honey bee bathbomb. Love this one so will def buy again:) My Ebay purchases also arrived so the S&G Ins are offically IN!
    Debt free and busy treating myself:)

    No more toiletries/make up until I've used what I've got stashed since Jan 2011, graduated October 2012. Restocked Dec 13..damn those sales
  • asset2004
    asset2004 Posts: 2,453 Forumite
    Another UU - fcuk pure perfume, it was refill bottle bought for under £1 when they were being repackaged. WBA at that price :D but again have several more in reserve. I usually use it for work and use something else at weekends.
    Really like M&S perfumes, and have several of them :o
    Life is a coin, you can spend it anyway you wish, but you can only spend it once.
    Go as far as you can see, and when you get there you'll see further.
    Take time but don't waste time
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