No buying unnecessary toiletries in May - Challenge

VALM

I have another UU to report:-

50ml pot of Boots Extracts Fairtrade Cocoa Body Butter. As said before I like these but they're not very economical as this sized tub only lasts a couple of weeks. It's good if you want a change of lotion quite regularly though. Will shop in the stash later for a replacement.

Have had a funny day today. Could have started off badly as I missed my bus stop by quite a bit (you ladies are to blame as I was engrossed in reading your messages on my phone). Usually this would stress me out because I'd be thinking I'd be late but not today. I did do some salsacise this morning though so maybe that's what calmed me down.

Work is so hectic. My boss leaves tomorrow and I have been working for both her and her replacement all week. Replacement boss seems nice but I think I've inherited a load of rubbish from his old Assistant ie every call I took was someone moaning. Let's hope it gets better. Had to rearrange a whole filing cabinet yesterday because all the files had just been thrown in. So annoying.

Have had an email from someone on makeupalley wanting to swap with me but really don't fancy anything they have. It used to be that I was not so fussy and would choose anything thinking it was good to try a different product but I can't be bothered now. Plus the swappee is in Sweden and I really can't be bothered faffing with the postage. Also, plus the item they want I have earmarked for a birthday gift so it's no longer available anyway and I should have really updated the list.

Think the Origins moisturiser will be the next item that's UU.

Gonna go now - am meant to be doing some more exercise although MrM is busy playing Battlefiled.

Zoe.

Willowbee wrote: »

Clinique freebie coming up for anyone that needs a new mascara :j

(I don't! I have a small drawer full of the blighters :rotfl:)

Swap your old mascara for a sample size of either High Impact Mascara or High Length Mascara.

The promotion is running from the 14th-20th May 2012 and is only at Debs.

I hope that this helps someone

Don't live in a town with a Debenhams, haven't got a full sized mascara and still got the freebie from January/Feb (can't remember lol) so I will have to resist. :A

mad_scientist

adelight wrote: »

I got 304 too and wasn't even gonna bother opening it because of the shade but I just tried it and er well it looks hideous on me :eek: Reminds me of buffy the vampie slayer, so nineties, just need a nice crucifix choker to go with it now :rotfl:
Oh well, the texture and shine are nice.

I know the feeling with this, I tried on an ancient lipstick from my stash and it was such a horrid dull brown shade, and my first thought was "wow, this looks like its from the first series of Friends ..." So dated!

No UU or Ins to report for this week.

I am doing better than I thought with the Live Below the Line challenge, Monday and Tuesday I was pretty hungry but I have got used to eating fewer snacks now I think. I am one of those that And despairs of with no imagination! I am going to finish my packet of pasta and carton of sauce tonight but then I quite like pasta and sauce, its what I lived off as a student so its not too much of a shock and I hardly eat meat normally so I'm not missing that either. I think I am doing my challenge a bit different from And and Kaz, I bought all my food for a fiver and have just been eating my way through it!

Willowbee

VALM wrote: »

Please post a review re: this oil Willowbee as we have the same skin type I'm keen to see what you make of it. I keep seeing it on the Q and wondering whether to order. Not that I need any just yet.

I will do My first impression (last night) is that it isn't anything that special/unusual. I definitely had a better first impression of the Balance Me oil and the Decleor oil. It has a strong lavender scent, which isn't my favourite (although I do like the more herby scent of L'Occitane lavender, which is strange!) It is back in stock at Latest In Beauty for £2.50 for 5ml, just in case your curiousity gets the better of you :rotfl::

http://www.latestinbeauty.com/lxs/ad-synergy-nourishing-night-treatment.html

Obviously I'll test it for a few more nights and then I'll report back again

I won't be doing the mascara swap either but mainly because I'm unlikely to get to a Debs and I really don't need any more mascara! :rotfl:

kiplingmonkey

SuiDreams wrote: »

Ins as per Willowbee, except the Lip Gloss which is in 304 a brown colour, trying to pluck up the courage to try it.

I'm afraid I opened everything except the lip gloss last night to try (very naughty) and love the Lavera All Round Cream, used as body lotion last night.

Struglling with the EL Idealist 7ml sample, there is some left in the bottom, but struggling to get it out as the little stick thing attached to the lid doesn't seem t reach that far. Any ideas?

For your Idealist - have you tried a cotton bud? I usually find these quite good at scraping out the final bits from little pots and bottles. Currently scraping out the dregs from a Gale Hayman bottle with one so hope to be posting about that soon but don't want to let it go without making sure I have scraped out as much as I possibly can!

May is a very slow month for me with no UUs so far. Hope it will pick up soon - last month was great with 19 OUTs so this is a bit demoralising!:(

INs from my Amarya box are the same as everyone else except I got shade 307 - orange/terracotta shade(nothing like the image on the website which makes it look pinky)- think I was a bit heavy handed when I first used it so will try again with a thinner layer. However, liked the texture and feel of it on my lips it seemed to stay put. So 4 Ins for me.

Willowbee

Ah! Kiplingmonkey - you've reminded me that I meant to say that I cut the end off a drinking straw (sort of into a scoop shape) and used that to get the last of my Idealist out of the bottle. A cotton bud is probably much more practical :rotfl:

I'm not really a lip gloss person (I've realised this a bit late and have lots to UU! :eek:) but I'm getting used to the odd stickiness as I've been testing out the Terre D'Oc lipbalm all day. You're the first person I've heard of that got Shade 307. Most people seemed to get Shade 304 (the brownish one )

seasideDreamer

A couple of UU Espa eye cream and minerals deodrant
In- Minderals deodrant.

Away for the weekend and there's free Molton Brown so will most definately be some INs next week:j

SuiDreams

Thank you kiplingmonkey, I will try that in the morning.

Willowbee the straw idea sounds really inventive, although we never seem to have straws in the house.

tokkiandoliver

Beautiful morning, rainy and dark afternoon

At least I have some UU's to report (YAY!)
Natura Bisse c&c vitamin scrub - absolutely amazing WBA! I love the microbeads to this face scrub. fantastic stuff1

John master's organics lavender rosemary shampoo shampoo - Wow the lavender was so strong, WNBA.

Benefit - Its potent eye cream - very nice and mildly scented, but wnba.

Viktor rolf flowerbomb perfume sample - A little too dark and heavy for me, WNBA

emsjune78

A UU this morning in the shower - Plantana PhytoCosmetics Protection Body Complex Complete Shower & Bath - What a mouthful!! Was nice enough but not so much so that I'd go out of my way to BA if available and I'm not too sure that it is in any case. A strange mixture of Shea, Waterlily & Horsetail?? Smelt very spa-ish if that makes sense! Meant for dry skin apparently but didn't really notice much difference from any old shower gel, although it did lather up well. This was out of my original stash and was the last full size shower gel in there, I'd be in graduation territory for shower gel if it wasn't for falling for a TBS discount/sale a while back so still have several newer bottles of shower gel to go but way more under control than it started off. I used to buy shower gel on a weekly basis at least without realising how much I already had! Have used the stash a bit quicker repurposing as handwash.

Horrid long and difficult day in work today, soo glad its Friday tomorrow and I get to finish early and go have my nails done - Heaven

Hugs to those that are battered and bruised!! And well done to those doing so very well on the Living Below the Line Challenge :T

Ems x