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No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries in November Challenge

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  • rosemary54
    rosemary54 Posts: 2,495 Forumite
    re Debs and primers....have now bought my HG primer from cheap smells via quidco so got 6% cashback and it was half the price of Debs and free post:j:j:j:j
    Yves Saint Laurent
    Top Secrets
    Flash Radiance Skincare Brush 40ml ....cost £17.95

    i love it and found it much better than Clarins beauty flash as you can tell as last time I paid twice this price and was still happy !plus i use it every day and it does last well
  • A couple of UUs Tesco value face wipes and LUSH gingerbread house mmmm def buy again
    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
  • Not doing too well on getting the stash down :/ Had lots of freebies in the post recently which has just added to it!

    Spent my £10 L'oreal voucher on my dad for Christmas and £3 Nivea on him too. So at least I'm not adding to my stash! Opened a new shampoo and new conditioner so I will put some money into a pot when i've finished it :D i've kept a list on my laptop so i know what I'm using and what's finished!

    Goals: Save £500 for emergencies, Save £200 of Amazon vouchers for Xmas, fix my holey clothes!
    Frugal living 2014
  • sawan82
    sawan82 Posts: 856 Forumite
    500 Posts
    UU
    Mandara Spa Sugar Scrub Citrus Spice: WIBA? No! This smelt nice enough, but it's consistency was just strange. Not really scrubby, it felt more like a weird sludge in my hands. I think I will be staying away from this range, unless shower gels are on an amazing offer. I only have one scrub left in stash, a mini TBS Sweet Lemon one (yep, bought the wrong size online :p) which I'll move onto.

    Splutterer
    Organic Surge Handwash - this is kept at work & in theory only used by me. Thinking of decanting one of my shower gels into the pump bottle.

    My shower gel stash still just isn't moving fast enough, I am making more effort to apply body lotion though as I had started slacking.

    Thank you for all the responses about primers Ladies, you're all wonderful to help me out :beer:

    Also, all this talk about perfume reminds me that my niece dropped my bottle of EA Green Tea, but now the spray isn't like a spray, it's like a shot of water (unpleasant enough). It also doesn't seem to smell of anything much anymore. Has this happened to anybody else, or is there anyway around this? A bit upset as I did like it, it was bought cheap for me by my brother, but it's a 100ml bottle, and I've probably only used about an 1/8th! TIA
    No buying unnecessary toiletries/makeup in May: Unnecessary spend £17.60
    May
    INs: 14 UUs/OUTs/GAs: 11
    2012 INs: 77 UUs/OUTs/GAs: 91
    Savings from UUs: £60.50

  • hanval
    hanval Posts: 114 Forumite
    Sawan & Seaside dreamer - thanks for your concern.

    I have sinned: this morning I ordered the Sactuary ootw from Boots. I'd already earmarked it for the sales and as it was 1/2 price I decided to get it. And by some terrible coincidence, the No7 Christmas eyeshadow palette also landed in my basket. Unless there are any more family emergencies I won't be in England to collect them until 2012, so don't have to proceed to the naughty step just yet ;-) I do have some splutterers though, so am hoping for some UUs soon.

    Have a good weekend
    Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end - Edward Whymper
  • Hi ladies,
    Hope everyone is well.

    1 UU for me: Dove go fresh body wash-pomegranate and lemon verbena. WIBA? Yes probably, lovely scent, usual Dove loveliness.
    1 IN: Trial facewash to test. Hopefully it's nice.

    I have a couple of other shower gels and shampoos that are almost splutterers.
  • asset2004
    asset2004 Posts: 2,453 Forumite
    Finally managed to track down the Lidl Madame Suddenly perfume :j it was £3.99 and is lovely, glad I bought it :o (although I have plenty of perfumes) :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
  • InaPickle
    InaPickle Posts: 5,968 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    It wasn't technically mine to throw down the sink, but I was sick to the back teeth of the sight of an OAP bottle of Rio Rosa de Mosqueta in the bathroom, so out it went!

    Honestly, it can't have been much younger than me and I don't ever remember seeing it used. I will be very interested to see if people ever notice it has vanish.

    Methinks certain other people in this house could do with joining this challenge. ;)
    Please call me 'Pickle'
    No More Buying Books: ???
    No More Buying DVDs: ???
    NMB Toiletries ??? and I've gone back for my Masters at the University of Use Ups!
    P
    roud to be dealing with her debts 1198~

  • rosemary54
    rosemary54 Posts: 2,495 Forumite
    was going to be bad(twice:eek:) by buying sanctuary spa box from sanctuary spa and then from boots(along with other stuff) then after putting in basket I thought "Why am I doing this when I still have some of last years SS stuff in the cupboard?"

    so closed down sites:j:A:A:A

    fed up cos Dh just said he is going away again for most of next week and the one after and have only seen him a few mins today after him being away all week:(:(:(
  • hanval
    hanval Posts: 114 Forumite
    rosemary54 wrote: »
    was going to be bad(twice:eek:) by buying sanctuary spa box from sanctuary spa and then from boots(along with other stuff) then after putting in basket I thought "Why am I doing this when I still have some of last years SS stuff in the cupboard?"

    so closed down sites:j:A:A:A

    I wish I had your willpower!!
    Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end - Edward Whymper
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