No buying unnecessary toiletries in May - Challenge

Willowbee

WOW tokkiandoliver! That's an amazing list of outs.

:j:j:jWELL DONE! :j:j:j


(Your thoughts on BB creams were very interesting as well )

tokkiandoliver

Thanks willowbee, really stoked! I think the best part is now I have some space under my bed haha

moromir

Just weighing in on BB creams,

Each brand does quite a few different creams often with identical shade numbers/names so its important to ebay the exact name rather than just the brand, I use the Missha M Perfect Cover BB Cream in shade 21.

As a comparison, I am VERY pale, I use 117 in Make Up For Ever HD Foundation, and 010 in Lancome 24 Hr Idole (I think thats the name?). I'm not sure of my MAC colour but I feel I'm quite pink in the face.

Missha M do an even lighter shade 13 but I felt that wasn't really working for me at all.

I have the Skin79 Pink Super+ BB cream which generally gets raved about. I found this to be shinier and I haven't really tried it out over a long period of time.

My major reason for using this is that a few hours after washing my face, I have an AMAZINGLY greasy/shiny nose, I can literally feel a covering of oil on my nose (gross sorry) whilst the rest of my skin is normal bordering on dry, so products for oily skin over-do my face leaving it tight and uncomfortable.

Anyway, with 'normal' foundation, that oil comes through with a vengence. With the BB cream I find that with no touch ups/blotting through the work day, I still look semi respectable by the end of the day. I think this is because BB creams tend to be a little greasier and its counter acting something?

dolly84

Have an in although not strictly toiletries. I have been using the same makeup brushes for a very long time and they were rubbish so recently I have overhauled all my brushes, I now have a couple of good foundation brushes and a nice kabuki and today I purchased the Real Techniques set from Boots. It is the one for eyes and was £21.99 for 5 brushes in a nifty little case, also got 200 extra points with a voucher from the machine. The price might sound expensive but they are superb quality and individual brushes are around the £10 mark so I am happy.

Also managed to get some summer shoes, have worn them for the school run and they are very comfortable. Am so pleased.:T

moromir

I've got the face set and the individual foundation and buffing brushes from Real Techniques and they're very good.

I also really recommend Crown Brushes, very cheap and excellent quality.

SuiDreams

dolly84 wrote: »

Have an in although not strictly toiletries. I have been using the same makeup brushes for a very long time and they were rubbish so recently I have overhauled all my brushes, I now have a couple of good foundation brushes and a nice kabuki and today I purchased the Real Techniques set from Boots. It is the one for eyes and was £21.99 for 5 brushes in a nifty little case, also got 200 extra points with a voucher from the machine. The price might sound expensive but they are superb quality and individual brushes are around the £10 mark so I am happy.

Also managed to get some summer shoes, have worn them for the school run and they are very comfortable. Am so pleased.:T

Very jealous of your new brushes have been eyeing those ones up myself.

seasideDreamer

VALM wrote: »

Have bought some Ultrasun for our hols and am hoping it lives up to all the positive reviews. I saw some in TK Maxx recently. Might be worth you looking in your local store.



I too have combination skin although older than yourself. I've used the Lime Blossom cleanser before and am returning to it next now that I've got through the other cleansers in my stash. I found that I used less toner and moisturiser when using it as it did balance out my skin. Their toner is lovely too though I tend to use LE as its cheaper. Have used PCMC for years now and would never be without. You are maybe a little too young for this cream yet. I also love the Gentle Rose Exfoliator and Papaya Enzyme Peel though prefer the rose one more as it's granular.

I think timetospa have an offer on at the mo.

HTH.

Thanks Ill have a look. I got a set from QVC before and that was my last bottle. Its really good stuff but just so expensive:(

scrappie_2

SeasideDreamer - Ultrasun currnetly on sale in Waitrose - saw it yeaterday, 25%off if I remember.

I love Ultrasun, would never use anything else!


tokkiandoliver - amazing!

Skyllo

dolly84 wrote: »

Have an in although not strictly toiletries. I have been using the same makeup brushes for a very long time and they were rubbish so recently I have overhauled all my brushes, I now have a couple of good foundation brushes and a nice kabuki and today I purchased the Real Techniques set from Boots. It is the one for eyes and was £21.99 for 5 brushes in a nifty little case, also got 200 extra points with a voucher from the machine. The price might sound expensive but they are superb quality and individual brushes are around the £10 mark so I am happy.

I have that set and the face set and they're fantastic! The domed brush in the eye set is the best concealer brush I've used, it blends it in perfectly.

A UU for me:

L'Oreal Elnett Supreme Hold 400ml: WBA, this is my HG hairspray, I use it every day to tame flyaways. I have a smaller size in the stash.

SuiDreams

I have an out and an in today.

GA - No.7 Protect and Perfect Foundation in 05 Cream 30ml (and some foundation sponges as using brush now).

In - Dove damage Therapy Intensive Repair Conditioner 50ml - from the Glamour give away no idea why applied for this one already have one in the stash that I'm avoiding using.

I must stop applying for every freebie going, there isn't much point in getting things I'm not going to use even if they are free.