No buying unnecessary toiletries in May - Challenge

Kaz2904

DS and I are on day one of our live below the line campaign. I signed up to this through bzzagent and have been surprised reading some of the blog posts surrounding the subject. He and I are having beef pie for tea. At the end of day one we'll have spent £1.93 and a little but that includes a pack of couscous for me to take to work tonight with me. I'm starving thoug, can't wait for tea!

VALM

I have a UU and 2 x GAs to report:-

UU: 100ml bottle of Elemis Quiet Mind Elixir. WNBA. Was so underwhelmed by this product. Smelt no better than a bottle of Radox. I got this as part of a kit and I think it featured in the last Elemis TSV and was one of the reasons I didn't buy that.

Making up my friend's birthday/leaving present tonight so into the hamper will go :-

300ml bottle of L'occitane Extra Gentle Lotion for Hands and Body
Tube of Avoplex to Go.

minerva_windsong

One IN and one OUT over the weekend:

IN - Rimmel Hide the Blemish concealer in Ivory. Partly a replacement as my other one has nearly run out, but also because I couldn't find the one I currently have open. But it's an amazing little product and it will get used.

OUT - Schwarzkopf Got2B Guardian Angel Heat Protection Spray. WBA as it smelt nice and made my hair feel nice and soft but also kept it properly straight. Not sure what to get next, will probably just see what's on offer in Boots and Superdrug.

ma-ri-ella

hi some uu to report
151.boots handwash- bought years and years ago as part of a boots glitch.does the job
152-tesco cotton rounds- good enough takes the makeup off
153-estee lauder mascara-wnba was okay but tried loads that arre better
154-arabian glow np-dried out
155-loreal sublime bronze-gave away
156-snow fairy lip tin t from lush-smells awesome
157-cinders bath bomb
158-sanctuary hair mask- hair feels really soft today
159-origins serum 5ml- this lasted ages for a sample.would consider pqying for the full size.

tokkiandoliver

Finally a UU for me!

Sephora Instant eye makeup remover - WBA, too bad I can't buy it locally. It's oil free and didn't irritate my eyes (huge bonus)

Zoe.

emsjune78 wrote: »

IN - Botanics Organic Face Rosewater Toner - I must admit I don't very often use a toner but have several cream based cleansers I want to UU from my original stash once the foaming one I'm using at the moment is finished, which I prefer, before I buy any more of those and I feel these will be better for my skin if I follow them up with a toner. This smells gorgeous and was a bargain £1.24 fro the clearance shelves - I think they're changing the Botanics packaging so may be a clearance feature across Boots generally - if there's any Botanics products you regularly use you might get them at a bargain price at the moment.

I use this toner and I really like it. I went to Boots today and saw a couple of the new packaging products but unfortunately nothing was reduced. It was 3for2 though.

Zoe.

IN & an OUT.

UU - Palmer's Cocoa Butter lip balm. It broke this morning so I had to throw it away. Not sure if I WBA, don't think cocoa butter is my favourite lip balm scent.

IN - Burt's Bees Acai Berry lip balm, to replace the broken one. I like it very much so far, think its worth the £3.80 I paid for it.

evilsquid1603

UU:
Sephora body lotion mini - WBA, i love this stuff. it sinks in really quickly and is a really light silky lotion. if only we had sephora over here! :mad:

I'm starting to get to the point where lots of my stash and in use is now full size so i think my UU will start to slow down. i have got some minis and travel sizes left but I've stashed them for my holidays in aug to stop me re-buying a load of travel sizes to take with me then!

rita-rabbit

maddiemay wrote: »

No, cannot agree with you here, not only do the quantities of the product (i.e. b12, b6 or whatever) vary from make to make, but the type of the vitamin/mineral and how well the body uses it differs greatly, e.g. natural as against synthetic forms. If you want just a general top up after a rubbish few weeks of eating, no problem, but if you have illness/deficiency it matters a lot.

I have read good things on Aldi and Lidle oral care too.

I personally eat my 5 a day & have recently changed from cow's to goats milk as well as cooking from scratch. I use supplements in addition to this so do not advocate vitamin/mineral for use by the sick & maintain cheaper versions of these things are perfectly good adequate for general use. As well as `eg sainsburys own label cold/flu capsules and other generic over the counter meds' sold in 99p shops and supermarkets nationwide - if they were `up to the job' they couldn't be sold legitimately - Martin will back me on this :money:

mad_scientist

Kaz2904 wrote: »

DS and I are on day one of our live below the line campaign. I signed up to this through bzzagent and have been surprised reading some of the blog posts surrounding the subject. He and I are having beef pie for tea. At the end of day one we'll have spent £1.93 and a little but that includes a pack of couscous for me to take to work tonight with me. I'm starving thoug, can't wait for tea!

I have also finished day one and have been hungry most of the day I think I have all my meals covered for £5 but I have really noticed that I can't pick throughout the day like I normally do (this might do me some good in the long run though!)

I shall be relying heavily on value pasta and sauce to see me through the week. Good luck to you and DS!