No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries in January 2012 Challenge!

terryj1974

Liverpool One is a FANTASTIC branch.
As are Nottingham,York and Cardinal Place in London.
But for godsake AVOID the one at Meadowhall Sheffield.It is horrible. Meadowhall
Staff are terrible,they hover and pounce as you try to sample things,but in a very overpowering manner as if everyone will be assumed to "slip that bottle of nice product" into their bag.It is too overbearing.They never have the offer product available.Yet sometimes if a free sample is offered in a newspaper or email campaign,they say oh yes,we have the item in stock,then,No we don't have it after rummaging about under the counter.The reality is the bottle of samples are at Meadowhall reserved for themselves,their chums,the customer who is spending £200 on face cream in a gift set (Yes the corporate bought gift sets for staff leaving do's etc)If Liverpool can manage such great service,why are their counterparts in the Meadowhall Sheffield branch such witches.They are a bunch of self-congratulating,self-serving,hold back the goodies for their own bunch of meanies! The sooner that branch at Meadowhall shuts the better and then the nice lovely stores in Nottingham,York,and London can flourish with their lovely staff.One "thing in their eye" at Meadowhall was when one with got too close to a customer spraying fragrance prior to been pounced on and got some in her eye.Well what a pity the base layer of perfume wasn't battery acid.These witches could do with been sprayed!

Itzybitzy

UU

Madara Eco hands, Deep Moisture hand cream 25ml

I loved this stuff, gutted it is finished. Didn''t have the nicest smell in the world when initially applying but about 5 mins after my hands were feeling wonderfully soft and clean

Hopefully some Madara will appear in Amarya or Joliebox

Onto Alba Science Mystery handcream

Mingle

Two more UU!

A sanex shower gel sample- WNBA, a but dull.
A lavender shower gel- WNBA, lavender can smell REALLY bad when not done well.

EssexHebridean

rosemary54 wrote: »

sorry meant no offence.just saw it on fb and thought it was funny!

Had it been true it might have been - this thing of people (not just you) blindly copying everything they read online is becoming a real problem though - and unnecessarily so as it is so simple to check what you post for truth. The search I did on Snopes.com for that took me all of about 5 seconds!

Terryj1974 - any chance of you removing the more vitriolic sections of your tirade above please? I'm sure we all appreciate that you have issues with the store, but wishing for someone to have battery acid sprayed in their face really has no place in this thread, IMO. At the end of the day it IS only Boots - hardly a life & death matter!

rosemary54

EssexHebridean wrote: »

Had it been true it might have been - this thing of people (not just you) blindly copying everything they read online is becoming a real problem though - and unnecessarily so as it is so simple to check what you post for truth. The search I did on Snopes.com for that took me all of about 5 seconds!
never thought of doing that and never heard of snopes.com,when someone you know puts something on fb you tend to trust them enough to copy it!no idea it was a problem!!!!

Adela31

I'd love to know the real statistics, I bet truth can be stranger than fiction.

Also speaking of MPs I was louise Mench's (aledged) face lift, she looks so young!

Itzybitzy

3 UU

- Aussie Long Hair Shampoo - Aussie Stuff is always good, WBA but im miffed that i have yet again finished the shampoo before the conditioner haha
- Kate Moss Lilabelle - Sample - WNBA, Thought this was ok, wasn't the most exciting perfume ever, but i would happily take it and use it if i was gifted it
- Monu Recovery Balm, 5ml, WNBA, Like i have said with the other MONU stuff, it is lovely but its not so different from other stuff that i would spend full price on it. I do enjoy the samples though

InaPickle

Right, another UU: TBS Papaya Body Scrub Sample (9g).

WIBA? Well, I never bought it in the first place (t'was a freebie!), but I WNBA as it smelt vaguely of sick. To be fair, it could have been a bit gone off as it was there for a while, but that's not a problem I will have again.

maddiemay

1 use up - Gatineau Future Plus Anti Aging Cream 15ml. I have a jar in stock to use when I have used some other bits and pieces. It does suit my skin, light and easily absorbed too.

hollylangman37

I think I'm going to be on the naughty step for a long time!

So INS:
TBS Candid Ginger Body Lotion
TBS Papaya Body Butter
TBS Lychee Blossom Body Butter
TBS Cranberry Joy Body Butter
TBS Shea Shower Cream
TBS Strawberry Shower Gel
TBS Olive Shower Gel
TBS Coconut Shower Cream
TBS Lychee Blossom Shower Gel
TBS Earth Lovers Fig & Rosemary Shower Gel
Original Source Almond & Black Cherry Shower Gel
Umberto Gianni Colour Luxe Enriching Conditioner
James Brown High Shine Finishing Spray
James Brown Heat Protection Spray
VO5 Plump It Up Volumising Spritz
Nivea Pearl & Beauty Deodorant
L’occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream
The Sanctuary Body Wash x2
The Sanctuary Intensive Heel Rescue Balm x2
The Sanctuary Hand Cream
The Sanctuary Body Lotion
The Sanctuary Body Butter
The Sanctuary Bath Float Mini
Boots Extracts Mini Body Butter x5
Boots Extracts Cocoa Body Butter
Boots Extracts Cocoa Sugar Scrub
Boots Extracts Cocoa Butter Body Wash

In my defence, some were presents but on a brighter note, I have some UU:
Nivea Calm & Care Deodorant wba it does the job
S&G Calm on Me again wba I'm not that fussy when it comes to shower gel, just whatever takes my fancy.

And 3 GA:
TBS Pink Grapefruit Shower Gel
TBS Pink Grapefruit Body Scrub
Spa Paradisa Jasmine & Ylang Ylang Body Butter