No buying unnecessary toiletries in March - Challenge

Mingle

LADIES, LADIES! All this talk of beauty balms ( and seeing their cost!) is making me queazy!

I made my own (very cheaply!):
http://makedoandmendinthe2000s.blogspot.com/2012/01/home-made-beauty-balm.html

*This isn't self promotion btw- i'm trying to be helpful *

Absinthe_Fairy

I have a confession to make - I got the Oatifix face mask from Lush free with 5 black pots and used it last night. It smelled amazing so I tasted it - it was yummy!

evilsquid1603

Helen i hope you get better soon! i got that lip balm too, couldn't resist a freebie! it was cheap nasty stuff though wasn't it?!

i will have some UU as of tonight:

Madara face cream - WNBA, alcohol in it sent my skin crazy so had to UU as a hand cream. my skin has drastically improved since i stopped using it too so it was definitely that. thats the one problem i have with natural products, in most of them parabens are replaced with alcohol as the preservatives.

essential care rose day cream sachet WBA - this is a really light lotion that sinks in really fast

minerva_windsong

First OUT for March - Lush Buche De Noel cleanser, which I threw out because when I opened it this morning it was mouldy! That is probably my fault for not using it up fast enough though, so let that be a lesson to us all, especially with fresh cosmetics...

WBA though as whilst it's a Christmas limited edition it does smell nice and is good at clearing up my skin. Now onto using up the Ultrabland.

FannyAdams_2

I'm doing a spend free march and so far so good!

I haven't been great with counting my outs though there have been a few.

My stash is tiny now (in comparison), I just had a sort through and I really don't have much at all.

The cupboard above my bed used to be jam packed with lotions and potions and now it's full of books

FannyAdams_2

Mingle wrote: »

LADIES, LADIES! All this talk of beauty balms ( and seeing their cost!) is making me queazy!

I made my own (very cheaply!):
http://makedoandmendinthe2000s.blogspot.com/2012/01/home-made-beauty-balm.html

*This isn't self promotion btw- i'm trying to be helpful *

ohh that really looks lovely!

weesmiler

Hi everyone,

Quick question, I have no doubt someone will be able to answer... I'm not much of a nail polish addict, just have 3 or 4, and I'm not bad at doing french manicures, so I have OPI Alpine Snow, beautiful white for tips. Went to do a french manicure last night and it's gone all gloopy and thick, so I couldn't do it. Do I bin it? Or is there a way to rescue it? Does the old trick of putting a little drop nail varnish remover in work? Or is that nonsense?

I really don't want to buy a new one...for all I use it!

Mingle

FannyAdams wrote: »

ohh that really looks lovely!

Thank you! it's really easy to do as well

amyb_2

weesmiler wrote: »

Hi everyone,

Quick question, I have no doubt someone will be able to answer... I'm not much of a nail polish addict, just have 3 or 4, and I'm not bad at doing french manicures, so I have OPI Alpine Snow, beautiful white for tips. Went to do a french manicure last night and it's gone all gloopy and thick, so I couldn't do it. Do I bin it? Or is there a way to rescue it? Does the old trick of putting a little drop nail varnish remover in work? Or is that nonsense?

I really don't want to buy a new one...for all I use it!

I have a polish thinnner to thining polish as nail varnish remover can make the polish seperate. Saying that if you rarely paint your nails its not worth paying for thinnner it'd be about the same price to buy a new polish (before doing that its worth trying a ting drop of non acetone remover in and seeing what happens)

SuiDreams

Another freebie in Dove Nourishing Oil Care Conditioner 50ml. I can't even remember applying for this one.

My skin is extra flaky today i used a face scrub last night could that be the cause?