No buying unnecessary toiletries in April - Challenge

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Dollypop wrote: »

Just googled the 'castaway collection' I literally have no willpower left :rotfl: I'm really liking coconutty, message in a bottle and maroon me not! I'd defo be tempted if they're in the TSV! Can't see the sunburst colour though, hopefully it'll be a orange colour as I'm really not in to oranges!! :rotfl:

Clearly I spend to much time on the NPA thread as I'm currently obsessed with getting a Lynnderella polish, so so pretty! Wish they sold them on QVC

Someone has posted on ST.com mentioning that Anne Dawson has been spotted wearing a very bright orange nail colour. If this is the one you are saved. So am I for that matter as I had a really bright OPI one (Flit a Bit) and I gave that to Emma.

Skyllo wrote: »

Is it one that came in pink or gold? If so, they still have it. It used to come in a glass bottle but now it's in a brush packaging. The brush is annoying as it clogs up with product so I pulled it off - it's just glued in.

http://www.boots.com/en/No7-Skin-Illuminator_851146/

Yes, this was the one. I had a look at boots.com earlier and wasn't impressed by the look of the application either.

I think I am going to have to ditch the Laura Geller concealer I have been using. It stings too much if i get it near my eyes which is defeating the object. Think I'm gonna get a Benefit It Stick from ebay as I enjoyed using this and they are mega cheap on there.

Have sold a tube of Elemis Frangipani Shower Cream on Ebay as well so that's some more money into the "virutal pot". x

Clarey008

Skyllo wrote: »

Is it one that came in pink or gold? If so, they still have it. It used to come in a glass bottle but now it's in a brush packaging. The brush is annoying as it clogs up with product so I pulled it off - it's just glued in.

http://www.boots.com/en/No7-Skin-Illuminator_851146/

I will have to look out for it. I bought Girl meets Pearl this morning as I am going through a Benefit and L'occitane phase. The point of this challenge for me is to get rid of all my cheap clutter and have a few quality products.

Pleased to say I resisted everything else but bought a hair dye (none in stash) in order to spend over £30 and get maximum advantage points.

Still working my way through a few splutterers and thought I would use some of my showergels instead of bubble bath - almost the same.

Skyllo

An IN and a UU:

IN: Sunsense Daily Face SPF50: this was recommended by a dermatologist as the best facial sunscreen.

OUT: L'Oreal ELvive Nutrigloss Light: WBA if on offer, it was a nice shampoo and the "light" one isn't too silicone heavy. Now onto John Frieda Thickening which is my HG.

Willowbee

***Anyone waiting for argan oil news***

I was meant to have an answer yesterday. I didn't get an email until today and now they are saying it will be Monday before I hear any more.

SuiDreams

Have a few ins as my latest in beauty box arrived

In
Miners Nail Varnish in Marshmallow 9ml - a lovely baby pink
Eve Lom Rescue Mask 15ml
Emma Hardie Natural lift and sculpt Plumping serum 10ml
L'OCCITANE Divine Cream 3ml
AD Skin Synergy nourishing night treatment for the face 5ml
Plus one extra sample i added
This works enjoy Multi-tasking lotion 30ml - i may add this to my holiday toiletries instead of the vaseline body lotion sample i'd added.

I still have more outs than ins this month but need to get on with UU's

Willowbee

That sounds like a lovely box, SuiDreams! :j

One UU for me:

L'Occitane Immortelle Precious Eye Balm (5ml) - at first I wasn't sure about this but I ended up really liking it. It's £29 for 15ml though so I don't think I'll re-buy it. I'd happily use it again though

I'm struggling because Crabtree & Evelyn have a sale on and L'Occitane have an offer on their Almond collection and I'd love to try that. I really want to have a spend free April though. (I'm really stressed about the argan oil situation and I feel like I need cheering up. At least I can recognise my triggers now! :rotfl:)

I hope everyone is having a happy Saturday

maddiemay

SuiDreams wrote: »

Have a few ins as my latest in beauty box arrived

In
Miners Nail Varnish in Marshmallow 9ml - a lovely baby pink
Eve Lom Rescue Mask 15ml
Emma Hardie Natural lift and sculpt Plumping serum 10ml
L'OCCITANE Divine Cream 3ml
AD Skin Synergy nourishing night treatment for the face 5ml
Plus one extra sample i added
This works enjoy Multi-tasking lotion 30ml - i may add this to my holiday toiletries instead of the vaseline body lotion sample i'd added.

I still have more outs than ins this month but need to get on with UU's

Me too for the LIB box as above (but without the extra), my first beauty box for about 20 years!, I have been wanting to try the Divine Cream and some things from Emma Hardie, so thought this was a good way to do so.

Just caught up with 3 days posts, spent 2 days in bed with a gastric lergy, and OH came with me to garden centre today to buck me up, bought some nice plants, so stops me spending too much on beauty.

I have not looked at the LD collection yet, but recently I have been earmarking the LD and OPI that I really love and buying them individually, with 200+ nail polishes in my collection, I don't want to be adding en-masse, unless there are 2 or 3 I lust after in a TSV or OTO.

SAwan- sorry about the car situation, really scary.

Rosemary- agree with you about the upper lip thing, still seeking a magic elixir, but I have been using Nanoblur, and find it particularly effective on the days I don't bother with foundation/mineral powder, think I may need to apply it more thickly on the make up days - will let you know if I come across anything in my unused stash that works.

Dollypop_2

Willowbee wrote: »

***Anyone waiting for argan oil news***

I was meant to have an answer yesterday. I didn't get an email until today and now they are saying it will be Monday before I hear any more.

I received an email from them in responce to my email, saying they will contact the company and let me know the outcome

rosemary54

kiplingmonkey wrote: »

Budge up Scrappie - here I come to keep you company - ordered mine this morning - not sure I want the lipgloss thing as have had one of these in the past and it was a bit gloopy for my liking. Still great value though. Didn't do the AD either - if the next 'drop' had been a different fragrance may have been tempted but more of the same didn't really do it for me.



Thanks for the heads up - mine came today (finally) but am now a bit unsure whether to use it or not - will do some research as you suggest.

Anyone tried any of the Clarins new facial oils - may be tempted if the reports are good?

I have been using the santal oil which smells lovely but the pipette does not reach the bottom of the bottle:(not sure it is worth £32 tho and not decided if I will buy again

Catriona_P

I've been hearing a few things about the body product swaps done by the Whole Food stores - does anybody use them and can tell me a bit more about how it works? How often they are etc? They're opening a store near me this autumn and I'm really excited if it means I can swap something I don't use for something I do!