No buying unnecessary toiletries in April - Challenge

Itzybitzy

GA - As Part of a Gift x

Decleor Aroma Sun Expert, 1ml x 2
Lavera, Handcreme, 20ml x 1
Rose and Co, Rose Petal Salve, 20g

IlonaRN

nicolax wrote: »

With the boots Clinique bonus does anyone know how often it comes around?

I know one just ended at end of march, but don't know how offen this offer occurs

Or if it's not for a while if anyone knows when one might come soon to debenhams or house of Fraser .

...gunna start using some oinique products but thought would be good to get some extra freebies!

I'm not sure if anyone else has answered in the mean time, but the Clinique bonus times tend to "do the rounds" in the Spring and again in the Autumn.
I expect Boots will have one again in August/September time. Debenhams have already had their Spring one, as has John Lewis.

There are sometimes smaller ones during the summer, where the GWPs are smaller.

Try looking on the Clinique website, as they have a calendar as to where the Bonus Times are.

maddiemay

sunshineyday wrote: »

morning ladies,

some uu's to declare : Max Factor Masterpiece mascara - my HG mascara and have another one in the stash

Maybelline Dream Matte powder - this powder does a really great job of keeping me shine free but omg the packaging is such a complete faff! Despite the rubbish packaging I do have another one in the stash ready for use.

Elemis Pro-radiance hand cream - this was part of a TSV just before Christmas. It is quite possibly the worst hand cream I have ever used, I did not find it moisturising and seems to leave a strange film over my hands - at times I found myself washing my hands after using this as I couldn't bear the feel of it, glad to see the back of it and wnba!


happy pampering, xo

Beautiful sunny morning here.

I love the way we can compare our loves/hates here, the Elemis Pro-radiance hand cream is one of my faves, I have a drawer full of handcreams, bought or received as gifts:o, and this one is my absolute favourite at the moment, I keep thinking I should use up some of the other ones, but keep sneaking the Elemis back out and using it for a few days, I do not want it to run out and cannot justify a purchase for about a year.

Willowbee

maddiemay wrote: »

I love the way we can compare our loves/hates here

I love it too It's so useful (and interesting :rotfl:)

I'm almost at the end of my little tube of Bliss High Intensity Hand Cream and I don't want to finish it! :rotfl:It's lovely It sinks in quickly and I love the scent. My hands don't get particularly dry though so I'm probably only a superficial hand cream tester! I was very impressed with the Lavera Sensitiv hand cream too. (I'm more likely to re-buy that as the Bliss one is pretty pricy in comparison). ALSO, I have a stash of Crabtree & Evelyn mini hand creams to UU/enjoy before I'm allowed to buy anything else...;)

Itzybitzy

UU

Gatineau Anti Aging Gommage for Face, 15ml - Lovely stuff, smelt like mint and was very refreshing, but WNBA as too expensive xx

tokkiandoliver

man is it cold today, but that's ok b/c I finally got the next 2 off of work to just have some "me" time.

I'm finally making sense of what happened to my stash. Sorry for the lengthy post, but I have to play catch up

First are the GA's
TBS Hemp body butter
TBS hemp hand protector cream
TBS Hemp body wash
(the hemp line is a bit too manly and earthy for my liking)
Max Factor masterpiece mascara
Models own top torquoise nail polish
max factor nail polishes (3x) fantasy fire, and two others that I can't remember the names of (one was blue and the other was a bronzey pink)
george nail polish in troll
models own bronze rage nail polish
17 sulk nail polish
17 fury nail polish
models own champagne nail polish
miss sporty nail polish (khaki green colour)
natural collection lipstick in sheer natural
models own disco mix nail polish
17 nail polish (can't remember the name, brown shade)


UU's
The body shop vitamin E eye cream (thanks secret easter egg buddy!) - What a great product, I actually used this for my eyes and for my dried up nasty cuticles and they really worked wonders!

These are my IN's:
As I mentioned before my assistant gave me a ton of products, so I'm still working through what to GA and what to keep.
I decided to keep the following tho:
TBS - lemon body butter
TBS - moringa body scrub
TBS - moringa body butter
And then I went a bit nuts and now i'm on the naughty step due to the following IN's
Chanel blue rebel nail polish
Dior waterlily nail polish
Illamasqua nomad nail polish
YSL black indigo nail polish
I feel so guilty, but god it feels so good to have bought these, as they are stunning, but yes I understand I'm on the naughty step for some time now.

I also have a large box of items that I'm going to swap out, so head over to the group's fb page, and I'm going to swap out the entire large box for just one item that I would use

Willowbee

Uh oh.

Budge up on the naughty step I just placed an order with Origins. I have convinced myself that it's ok as every year I struggle to find a face cream with a decent SPF that doesn't make me shiny or break me out :eek: Years ago Origins sold my HG (before I knew about HGs!) Of course, they discontinued it. So...

Anticipated INS:

Out Smart (SPF 25)
A Perfect World SPF35 UV Face Protector with White Tea

with excellent freebies:

Starting Over Age-erasing moisturizer with Mimosa (50ml - full size but in a tube rather than a pot)
Mega-Mushroom Skin Relief Advanced Face Serum (I think!) (7ml)

If anyone has Origins products that they need to buy if you spend £30 you get free delivery, a free smallish sample (choice of three) and a free full-size moisturiser to celebrate Earth Day/Month. The code for Starting Over (50ml - normally £36) is EARTH and the code for A Perfect World SPF25 (50ml - normally £32) is MONTH.

Origins bombard me with offers all the time (I ought to unsub from their emails) but this one seemed particularly good

Xxx

No idea why half my text has gone really big! Sorry. It makes me feel like I'm shouting...

amyb_2

Erm; April isn't gonna be a good month for me...

Just counted and i have bought 41 bottles of nail polish n the last four days.

Although not really sure if it counts as stashing???

I have also bought a Superdrug pure something face wash gel, and night cream as for some reason my skin has gone mental and freaked out a bit so need plain and gentle.

My LIB box arrived with the same as others have declared - all teeny sizes though (okay make that 42 bottle of nail polish).

Not really getting though anything quickly at all atm...


My real problem is opening everything and not using anything up as i get bored so quickly.

tokkiandoliver wrote: »

I also have a large box of items that I'm going to swap out, so head over to the group's fb page, and I'm going to swap out the entire large box for just one item that I would use

Ohh i didn't know there was a swaps page?

How do you go about joining.

VALM

Willowbee wrote: »

The almond shower oil is top of my list of L'Occitane things that I'd like to try

BUT

I have a zillion (very nice) shower gels that I ought to use first

I think that if you see a good offer on something that is HG (or close) for you then it's good to take advantage of the offer...

In my case it's more of a very nice want :rotfl:

The L'Occitane almond shower oil is gorgeous. MrM loves to take this on holiday as he finds it really cooling. I like the way that it foams up even though it's an oil and doesn't smell sickly sweet. I think I'll treat us before we go away in August.

Now, I agree with the purchase of HG products when on a good offer and the above would apply to me. Unfortunately, TBS have sent me an email about 50% off 200ml body butters and my beloved Japanese Cherry Blossom is included in the offer for once (this body butter used to be way dearer than their other fragrances). I do have other body butters/lotions to get through however I have a Bath and Body Works Japanese Cherry Blossom in my stash without an accompanying lotion (poor thing!). Decisions, decisions. I've put a Chocomania one in my basket as well.

Willowbee wrote: »

(The worst thing is that if I had decided to try the foundation I would have bought a few more Avon things as well :rotfl:)

Phew!

See that's the problem I have with Avon is the promotions that run over a few pages. I end up sitting for hours working out how to buy things I don't really want for the best value! Same is happening with me right now on the TBS site. Yes, it's great that the body butters are £6.95 but then it goes up to nearly £10.00 with p&p. Is it worth it?

sunshineyday wrote: »

Elemis Pro-radiance hand cream - this was part of a TSV just before Christmas. It is quite possibly the worst hand cream I have ever used, I did not find it moisturising and seems to leave a strange film over my hands - at times I found myself washing my hands after using this as I couldn't bear the feel of it, glad to see the back of it and wnba!


happy pampering, xo

Sorry, I realise you are posting about the Pro-Radiance hand cream and note the Pro collagen one. I tried the Pro Collagen one and had to chuck it out as it irritated my skin badly. It contained rose extract and this was the irritant for me.

This experience has put me off using any other Elemis hand cream and was the reason I didn't get the TSV. Their Lime and Ginger hand and body lotion though is lovely.

Mrs_Addicted_to_Spending

Another UU to report - Crabtree and Evelyn Rose Hand Cream. Was a gift and can't afford to buy again, especially as I've loads of other hand creams in my stash.