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No buying (unneccecary!) toiletries in February Challenge!!!

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  • Adela31
    Adela31 Posts: 393 Forumite
    Hello, me again =) I am continuing as I have barely touched the lush pile!

    A xx
  • Fiasco55
    Fiasco55 Posts: 1,347 Forumite
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    Thanks Trudij for starting us off for another month. I am back in yet again. I had a great January on the UU front with 28 UU and only 7 INs costing £11 :D. I am feeling very pleased with myself for hitting my 50% UU rate in under 18 months (I started the challange in Oct 2010).

    This month I feel will be a bit more of a struggle as most of my products are newly opened and are full sized. Still it's all very :money:!

    This month's challanges will be:
    1. Use body lotion after my morning shower
    2. Use foot lotion after morning shower
    3. Paint my toenails
    4. Paint my nail on a weekly basis
    5. Use brow pencil everyday
    6. Ebay a few items (if they have a free listing weekend)
    I don't need to buy anything this month but I am now on my last can of deodorant, so I will be on the lookout for a good deal and will buy if the price is right.

    I will be back with my stash list.
    No buying toiletries Graduated May 2017
    Decluttered 2016 2469 items, 2017 1580 items :j
    2018 3060 items
    Sealed Pot Challenge No 038
  • Fiasco55
    Fiasco55 Posts: 1,347 Forumite
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    Stash list - red items are in use.


    Haircare Shampoo
    Louise Galvin Volumising Shampoo 300ml HG x 2
    Tigi Bed Head Manipulator 350ml Shampoo x2 (3/4 full)
    Phil Smith Big It Up Shampoo 250ml
    John Frieda Smooth Start Shampoo 250ml
    Ultra Swim Shampoo 200ml (1/2 full)
    Tigi Superstar Shampoo 750mls

    Conditioner
    Tigi Bed Head Dumb Blonde 750ml (1/2 full) & 250mls
    Tigi Catwalk Sexed Up Conditioner 200ml (1/2 full)
    Tigi Bed Head Manipulator 200ml Conditioner x 2 (1/2 full)
    Andrew Collinge Weightless Volume Conditioner 250ml
    Fudge Colour Lock Conditioner 300ml
    Ultra Swim Conditioner 200ml (1/2 full)
    Louise Galvin Volumising Conditioner 300ml
    Nicky Clarke Highlights Cream x 32 Tubes
    Tigi Superstar Conditioner 750mls

    Styling/Treatments
    Tigi Bedhead Hard to Get Texture Paste x 2 HG
    Lee Stafford Matt Fat Powder 10g
    Gum Hairspray 300mls x 3 HG
    Batiste Dry Shampoo 150ml HG
    Andrew Collinge Full Blown Body Lotion
    Gum Volumising Mousse 300ml
    Biosilk silk Therapy 50mls
    Label M Paste
    L’Oreal Root Lift Mousse 200ml 1/2 full
    Tigi Rockstar Groupie Texture Spray
    Tigi Rockstar Rocktastic Gel Spray
    Tigi Rockstar Moulding Clay
    Tressemme Root Boost Spray

    Haircare Minis
    John Fredia Thicken Shampoo 50ml
    John Fredia Thicken Conditioner 50ml
    John Fredia Sheer Blonde Shampoo 50ml
    Ultra Swim Shampoo 50ml (1/2 full)
    Ultra Swim Conditioner 50ml (1/2 full)
    Charles Wortherington Volume Mousse 50ml
    Toni & Guy No Kinks Smoothing Balm 50ml
    VO5 Hairspray 50ml
    Toni & Guy Frizz smoothing shampoo 50ml
    Toni & Guy Frizz smoothing Conditioner 50ml
    The White Company Shampoo 50mls
    The White Company Conditioner 50mls
    Kenneth Turner Nature Nurture shampoo 50mls
    Batiste Dry Shampoo

    Bodycare Body Washes, Shower Gel, Shave Gels, Scrubs, Bath
    Elle Macpherson Fresh & Smooth Body Scrub 100mls x 2
    Elle Macpherson Start the Day Body Wash 200mls x 2
    Imperial Leather Shower Cream Jojoba & Vitamin E 250ml
    Elle Macpherson Release the Day Bath Soak 50mls x2 (1is ½ used)
    Salvatore Ferragamo Shower Gel 400mls

    Body lotion, body butter, Body Moisturisers, Foot Lotion
    Elle Macpherson Foot Butter 150mls
    Elle Macpherson Body Butter 200ml x 2
    Dirty Works Moisturising Body Oil
    Armani Diamonds Body Lotion 75mls

    Deodorants & body mists
    Oasis Body Mist 100ml
    Sure Crystal Deodorant 250ml (spluttering)
    Dove Roll On Deodorant x 3
    Arrid Deodorant 250mls
    Right Guard

    Fake Tan, Bronzers, shimmers
    Pretty Polly Bronzed leg gloss
    Sally Hanson Airbrush Legs 75mls
    The Sanctuary self tan corrector wipe x 3
    Pretty Polly Leg Shimmer 150ml
    M & S self tan corrector wipes x 2
    St Tropez Bronzing Mist 240ml x 2 (1/2 full)
    Clinique Self Tan for the face 50mls

    Bodycare Minis
    Elle Macpherson Pulse Point 8ml x 2
    No7 Body Polish 50ml x 2
    No7 Body Lotion 50ml x 2
    Sure Women Biorhythm Anti-perspirant 35mls (spluttering)
    Vaseline Lip Therapy Pocket Size
    Bic Soleil Shave Gel 75mls
    Davidoff Cool Water woman body lotion 50mls
    Davidoff Cool Water woman shower gel 50mls
    Prada Body Lotion 50mls

    Dental
    Listerine Mouthwash 500ml x 5 & 250mls
    Blanx Classic Toothpaste x 4
    Dental Sticks

    Hand & Nail
    Cowshed Hand cream 300mls (4/5 used)
    Quickies Nail Polish Remover Pads
    Healthy Hoof cream 28g (1/2 full)
    Natural Nail Polish Remover 250ml
    No7 P & P Hand Cream 25mls x 4
    Elle Macpherson Replenishing Hand Cream 50mls
    Cath Kidson Hand cream and wash set 300mls
    L’Occitane Nail & Cuticle Cream 15ml
    Orly Smudge Fixer 22ml (1/2 used)
    Nails Inc/ Paris/South Molten St x 3 /Wimbledon final/Covent Garden/Floral Stx3/ Henley/ Tate/ Serpentine Party/Leicester sq/Albert bridge top coat x 3/Notting hill/St James/Victoria/ Jermyn St/ Hanover Sq / Charlotte St / Tudor Way/Manchester/ Electric Teal / a & e Protein Treatment 10ml
    17 Hot stuff/Nightshade/Silver
    Rimmel hot gossip (1/2)/purple rain/top coat/fuel/Serene
    Jessica /top coat (spluttering)/base coat
    No 7 Coconut Ice (1/2 used), Beanie
    M & S Wild Plum/Shocking Pink
    Kenneth Turner Nature Nurture hand lotion 50mls
    S & G Hand Food 125ml x 2
    S & G Hand wash & Hand Food Duo

    Fragrance
    Lulu Guinness 100ml
    Issey Miyake 50ml
    Davidoff Echo 30mls
    Narciso Rodriguez for her 100mls (¾ full)
    Kenneth Cole Black 50ml
    Armani Code 50ml
    Prada 6 x10mls Purse Spray set
    Agent Provocateur 30mls
    Banana Republic Classic 100mls
    Jasper Conran Mistress 50mls/ Jasper Conran 30mls & 2x 7mls
    Mont Blanc Presence 30ml
    Rochas 30mls
    D & G Light Blue 50ml
    CK Truth Bamboo
    Fascinating Night By Ferragamo 50mls
    Fascinating By Ferragamo 50mls
    The One D & G Purse Spray
    Aromatics Elixir 100mls
    Gucci Guilty 75mls
    Armani Diamonds 30mls
    Davidoff Cool Water Woman 30mls
    Molton Brown Lijiang Freebie

    Face Skin Care Moisturisers/Serums
    No 7 Balanced Results Night Cream 50mls x 4
    Evolve Skin Action Cream
    No 7 P & P Beauty Serum 30mls x 2
    Elemis SOS Emergency Cream 50mls
    No7 P & P Night cream 15ml mini x 3
    No7 P & P Day cream 15ml mini x 3
    Clinique Turn Around 15ml
    Clinique Pore Minimiser 30ml
    Garnier freebie 14 day trial
    Clinique City Block 40mls
    No7 Balanced Results Day Cream 50mls x 2

    Eye Cream
    EA Skin Simple Eye Cream 15ml
    No 7 P & P eye cream 15ml & 7mls x 2
    Clinique Repairwear Eye Cream 5ml
    Olay Aqua physics eye cream 15ml
    Olay Eye Cream with Touch of Concealer x 2

    Facial Scrubs /Face Mask
    Clinique 7 day scrub cream 50ml
    Molton Brown Snowclay Mask 75ml
    No7 Exfoliator 15ml
    Bliss Sleeping Peel Mask
    Ultimaii eye Mask (1/2 full)
    Elemis Skin Buff
    Elemis Herbal Lavender Repair Mask

    Cleanser /Toner/Make Up Remover/Facial Wipes
    L’Oreal Eye Make Up Remover x 3
    Clinique Liquid Soap 200mls
    Clinique Clarifying Lotion 400mls & 500mls
    Nivea Essentials Face Wipes x 4
    No7 Beauty Wipes x 4
    Elemis Balancing Lime Blossom Cleanser
    Elemis Balancing Lavender Toner
    Clinique Take the day off 30mls & 125mls
    Garnier Eye Make Up remover
    No 7 Radiance Boasting Hot cloth Cleanser
    No 7 Cleanse and Care eye make up remover

    Spot Treatments/Lip Balms/Brow Gel
    Clinique Spot Treatment Gel freebie
    Tweezerman Brow gel
    Clarins Blemish Control 15ml
    Chap Stick x 2
    Model Co Brow & Lash Growth Serum
    Skin Doctors Overnight Zip Zapper

    Make Up Primers, Correctors, Foundations, Concealers, Highlighters & Powders
    Clinique Ivory Super Balanced Foundation
    Too Faced Eye Shadow Insurance Primer HG
    Prescriptives Flawless Skin Concealer (spluttering)
    Model Co Luminosity Highlighting Serum
    Clinique Superpowder Matt Ivory x 2 (both spluttering)
    Clinique Superfit Neutral Foundation x 2 (1 is ½ full)
    Bobby Brown Creamy Concealer Porcelain
    Clinique Stay Matt Pressed Powder Stay Buff
    Clinique Almost Make Up Powder Neutral Fair
    Clinique Gentle Light Powder
    Clinique Almost Make up parfait Neutral Fair

    Blushers & Bronzers
    Clinique Mocha pink blush
    Fake Bake Bronzer Kit
    Clarins Bronzer Duo
    Clinique Bronzer
    Mac Bronzer

    Lipstick/Lip Gloss
    Prescriptives Lip trio sepia/pansy/mulberry with matching lip gloss
    Channel Lotus Rouge
    Clinique rose Aglow x 3,
    Clarins Nude
    Channel Bubble Plum Gloss
    Clinique Very Berry
    Clinique Blushing Nude
    Clinique Shy x 3
    Clinique Black Honey
    Clinique Lip Quad extreme pink/wow violet/creamy pink/pink spice
    Clarins #4
    Clinique Glosswear for lips duo Lunar Ice/Cosmic Pink, Berry Flirt/Angel Pink, whisper/Roar, ????
    Clinique Glosswear for lips Sunshine, Crystal, Kiss fly, Glamourful
    No 7 High Shine Lip Gloss Smile
    Too Faced Lip Injection
    Models Own Lipstick
    Natural Collection Caramel
    Soap & Glory Red My Lips

    Eyeshadows
    Clinique Sweet Nothing, Blackberry frost, mystic/whisper
    Pout Pallet
    Lancôme 9 shades pallet
    No 7 Stay Perfect Eyeshadow Truffle
    Autograph Powder Eye Shadow Light
    NYX Smokey Eye pallet
    NYX Caribbean Collection
    Hard Candy Pallet

    Mascaras, Brow & Eyeliners
    No 7 Extreme Length Iridescent Sapphire
    Clinique cream shaper for the eyes Egyptian x 3, duo sable/mink, Quickliner really black
    L’Oreal brow pencil (1/2 used)
    No7 brow pencil x 2 & Eye liner brown
    Too Faced Liquid Eye Liner Black
    Clinique High Impact x 2 full size
    Too Faced Mascara
    Maybelline Mascara
    No buying toiletries Graduated May 2017
    Decluttered 2016 2469 items, 2017 1580 items :j
    2018 3060 items
    Sealed Pot Challenge No 038
  • maddiemay
    maddiemay Posts: 5,090 Forumite
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    I would like to join again too. I have been pretty good thro' January. I have started to try and organise the stash, a recent house move meant it was in boxes all over the place

    In use I have a bathroom set, a weekend bag set and a campervan set, which stayed in the van ready for off. Next task is to try and to end up with just one lot of items in use and just grab and go when away, van now stored at home, not several miles away, so in theory this should work!
    The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. (Abraham Lincoln)
  • Hi Ladies, I'm back in for February, thanks Trudij for starting us off this month
  • sawan82
    sawan82 Posts: 856 Forumite
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    edited 1 February 2012 at 12:45AM
    I'm in again; those January sales are my ultimate weakness :o

    Thanks trudij for starting this month's thread.

    My aim is to not buy anything in February. OK, slightly unrealistic for me to go cold turkey, but I really don't need anything. I placed an order today though for a herbal supplement, and gave in to the at basket special offer of a Gatineau primer for £5, when equivalent rrp is £22. That's going in January's totals :D

    GA
    S&G Hand Food (full size): WIBA? Maybe. Gave this to a friend I met up with this evening. I have one hand cream in use and one in stash & my friend had mentioned last time we met that she was going to buy one, offered to give her this to save her buying one :)
    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

  • Count me in for February Please !

    Hoping to clear some of the moistureriser stash this month, and also the elderly cleanser!
    HSBC [STRIKE]£3223.20[/STRIKE] £2060.00
    Cap1 [STRIKE]£1724.91[/STRIKE] £1782.00
    OD [STRIKE]£939.78[/STRIKE] £200.00
    No 49 of £2012 in 2012.. £645.10 so far & Crazy Clothes £14.09/£100.00 ReducingtheToiletryStash2012 UU12/IN 20 March Grocery 0.00/£65.00 & LbsNot£s Lost 14Lbs
  • I'm in again please!! Thanks to Trudi for the shiny new thread. :-)

    I had no purchased ins last month so am counting January as a success - my first non-buying toiletries month!! I did however go home to see my mum at the weekend and ended up with more 'donations' - from memory I think 3 shower gels, a bottle of bio-oil (which I needed anyway!), and a couple of other things - toothpaste and the like. I also received a lovely gift of a fancy L'Occitaine Shea butter set as a late Xmas present from a friend, and a tube of Pawpaw cream from OH's sister that she brought back from Australia - Apparently it's awesome as lipbalm etc.

    So, onto February. Determined not to buy anything this month either. I am however getting fed up with some products that I'm trying to use up and just don't suit my skin - a no7 oily cleanser and toner, and a philosophy purity cleanser - I may have to bite the bullet and give them up! If they're anyone's HG products let me know as I might well be happy to swap them!! After I have a sort out I'll post any swapsies on the FB group.

    Hope everyone's ok, I shall try to swing by more frequently than in recent months - although hopefully still with my halo intact :-)

    Xx
  • InaPickle
    InaPickle Posts: 5,968 Forumite
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    OK, so technically a UU from last month, but I decided it had bitten the bullet after midnight so I'm being strict.

    : OS Shaving gel with mint and tea tree.

    WIBA? Yes! It'sa good shower gel and gives a nice tingly sensation to the legs.I don't even care that it's meant for boys! :p (It was on special offerand I'm alreadyan OS addict so Ithought I would give it a go!)
    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~

  • Thanks trudij for starting the new thread! I am definitely IN again - a long way to go yet! Last month's UUs exceeded my INs though so that's something.
    Sealed Pot Challenge Number 1225
    £365 in £365 Days 2013
    No Buying Toiletries 2013
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