No buying unnecessary toiletries in April - Challenge

Carolyn12

Hi all!
Happy Easter :easter:

Mixed bunch i'm afraid to admit

UU:
Mystery trial wipes WIBA? No, even if I knew what they were, I liked them at the start, but went off them towards the end.

S&G Girlingo 100ml WIBA? Maybe not, a tad greasy, prefer a lotion or a butter. Still have one more in the stash though. Does mean I can open my almond bb now

Morrisons Cocoa butter hand scrub 100ml WIBA? Maybe, I possibly don't really need a hand scrub. Nice enough though.

Now for the INs:
Boots extracts almond body wash 75ml x2
Boots extracts almond bb 50ml x2 (naughty eb@y purchases )

TBS Tea tree face mask
TBS Tea tree toner
TBS Tea tree lotion - all in a bid to clear up my terrible skin Used my birthday £5 and 3 for 2

Freebie INs:
St Ives apricot face scrub 30ml
Liz Earle cleanse and polish 30ml (wanted to try this after rave reviews, so thank you all for recommendations and heads up about freebie)

9 INs and it's not even my birthday yet! :rotfl:

Willowbee

I sooooo wanted to go to Boots to buy things today. I was busy planning my 3-for-2 tactics...I'm really pleased that I resisted. Progress!

Another two little used ups:

Clinique Turnaround 15 Minute Facial (15ml) - one of my favourite masks so WBA one day, if they still make it. (I have another 15ml one to use yet :j)

Origins Silkening Body Spritz (15ml) - WNBA as it's too runny & I didn't like the smell.

VALM

Clarey008 wrote: »

UU - Estee Lauder BB cream 15 ml sample. This really grew on me and the tiny sample lasted weeks. I think as I get older I do need some kind of foundation type thing to even out skin tone but find proper foundation is a bit thick and heavy and I always end up with tide marks round my neck! At the moment I have replaced it with a small tube of Girl meets Pearl (Benefit) from my stash which I really like, gives a nice sheen but not much coverage and no SPF. So kind of torn between the two when I have to choose a full size product.

I use Girl Meets Pearl if I feel my skin needs a pick me up. I thought it was only a highlighter though rather than foundation.

tokkiandoliver wrote: »

Don't be surprised if you get an email from me to find out your secrets on getting this under rrp

Dollypop wrote: »

Don't keep it a secret we'd all love to know!!

Do you know the date of the QVC TSV?

This is usually how I get PCMC under rrp by buying the TSVs. They do usually have a few items that I would use in the kits too and are usually priced at the equivalent price of the pot of PCMC alone. Otherwise keep your eye out for discounts on other websites that sell Elemis or Debenhams gift sets when they are reduced. There was one time I managed to buy about 2 years worth of PCMC when it was given away free with Instyle mag. That offer sadly has never come around again.

The next Elemis TSV is on 29 April and apparently does contain PCMC.

Happy Easter x

Dollypop_2

VALM wrote: »

This is usually how I get PCMC under rrp by buying the TSVs. They do usually have a few items that I would use in the kits too and are usually priced at the equivalent price of the pot of PCMC alone. Otherwise keep your eye out for discounts on other websites that sell Elemis or Debenhams gift sets when they are reduced. There was one time I managed to buy about 2 years worth of PCMC when it was given away free with Instyle mag. That offer sadly has never come around again.

The next Elemis TSV is on 29 April and apparently does contain PCMC.

Happy Easter x

Thanks VALM, April will be a tough month with both Philosophy and Elemis on TSV

sunshineyday

hanval wrote: »

Hello ladies,

Sunshineyday - I love your avatar! It makes me grin every time I see it!

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Thank you Hanval, it makes me smile too! How exciting to be going to NZ for a month, I hope you and your OH have a fantastic time, xo


I have another uu - Elvive Full Restore shampoo - I really get good results when I use this, my hair feels soft and bouncy with this, so much so that I think when I get through the rest of the shampoo stash I will make this my regular shampoo. I do have another one in the stash but want to uu a few of the half empty bottles of shampoo up first.

Happy Easter :easter: and happy pampering, xo

maddiemay

This is usually how I get PCMC under rrp by buying the TSVs. They do usually have a few items that I would use in the kits too and are usually priced at the equivalent price of the pot of PCMC alone. Otherwise keep your eye out for discounts on other websites that sell Elemis or Debenhams gift sets when they are reduced. There was one time I managed to buy about 2 years worth of PCMC when it was given away free with Instyle mag. That offer sadly has never come around again.

The next Elemis TSV is on 29 April and apparently does contain PCMC.

Happy Easter x[/QUOTE]

Thanks ValM, I will start looking for other Elemis suppliers as well. I am still grinning at the thought of you marching up to Mr M with the Wrinkle thingy:rotfl:, my OH used to be quite narky about my beauty and nail spends, but he doesn't react at all nowadays, perhaps cos of all the money he has spent on bicycles and bike bits!:)
I also remind him that his daughter and d-i-l use nice things too, he probably thinks that women still use a bit of Ponds Cold Cream and a pot of Nivea.:(
Happy Easter everyone, enjoy the choccie, we don't usually bother with eggs, I am so pernicketty about chocolate, OH presented me with 2 Cad***ys Cream Eggs, yesterday, I shall have to cut them into eighths and eat them a bit at a time, don't really like them, but was nice of him to bring them, think he has eaten his already!

Zoe.

I used a nose pore strip, it made my nose all red and itchy and no blackheads were removed. Maybe because its from Poundworld? Can anyone recommend any good nose pore strip thingys, thanks.

VALM

Dollypop wrote: »

Thanks VALM, April will be a tough month with both Philosophy and Elemis on TSV

And Leighton Denny as well unfortunately. Am going to try and only buy the Elemis one though. x

maddiemay wrote: »

Thanks ValM, I will start looking for other Elemis suppliers as well. I am still grinning at the thought of you marching up to Mr M with the Wrinkle thingy:rotfl:, my OH used to be quite narky about my beauty and nail spends, but he doesn't react at all nowadays, perhaps cos of all the money he has spent on bicycles and bike bits!:)

I know. Mens' hobbies always cost more than ours don't they?

rosemary54

happy Easter ladies:easter_os
sadly my shesaidbeauty box still not arrived so no eggs for me:(....still helps me keep to my diet and am now down to 12stone9:j:j:j(from 13.3)

did get the LIB anti ageing box so that was good and looking forward to using all the goodies esp the serum as had run out of any:eek:
recovered from the excitement of watching the boat race now,still can't believe that idiot was not killed by the oars:eek:

kiplingmonkey

VALM wrote: »

This is usually how I get PCMC under rrp by buying the TSVs. They do usually have a few items that I would use in the kits too and are usually priced at the equivalent price of the pot of PCMC alone. Otherwise keep your eye out for discounts on other websites that sell Elemis or Debenhams gift sets when they are reduced. There was one time I managed to buy about 2 years worth of PCMC when it was given away free with Instyle mag. That offer sadly has never come around again.
The next Elemis TSV is on 29 April and apparently does contain PCMC.

The TSV is also under £40 so very bargainous - I saw this at the BB and thought how fab it looked. It also comes with a bag and as you all know I am a sucker for bags.

Keep a look out on ASOS too - I got a great set just before Christmas - it had 30ml PCMC plus full size papaya enzyme peel, and 3 other things for £27 (oh and almost forgot the bag it came with too...:o)

Dollypop wrote: »

Thanks VALM, April will be a tough month with both Philosophy and Elemis on TSV

It will for me too - I will probably end up getting both but doing this challenge really helps - before being on this thread I would have done the recent Gatineau, New CID and Mally TSVs without really giving much thought to it. As I have managed to resist all 3 of these I won't feel too bad giving in to these as these will be things that I use and love.

Welcome all Newbies :wave:. In terms of spreadsheets -I have an alpahabetical one by brand and then one by category (eg cleansers, toners, bath&body, masks&moisturisers etc. I also colour code my entries and use a different colour for each year so I know what I should be using up first). Zzzipp - you can hear my anorak loud and clear can't you?!!