No buying unnecessary toiletries in May - Challenge

Willowbee

Can it (Hand Food) be used as a body lotion instead? It would help you get through it faster :rotfl: Or is it too rich for that?

VALM

freshstart11 wrote: »

Hello I know its late in the month but can I join in? I have recently had my LBM and realised this is somewhere I can cut back a little (read as lot on a bad month) I have so much make up I dont know where to start and so many creams and lotions.

xx

Welcome freshstart. What's LBM by the way?

Fiasco55 wrote: »

Ekk - Yes I have oily skin!! I can do without another breakout. To be on the safe side I will skip my chin area in particular. Thanks Valm for the heads up.



:T:T Well done! What are you doing with all of the free space

I used to have to avoid my forehead with the Smashbox primer. I use LG Spackle now.

I suppose it's a bit of cheat saying that I've graduated in shampoo and conditioner because I never stashed it to the point where it took up extra space IYKWIM. I always had different ones on the go in the bathroom because something would start drying my hair out so I would switch.

This has reminded me though that I need to chuck out all the contact lens solution I have that's taking up a lot of space in one of my drawers. Had a look last weekend and they're all out of date. This will make room for the L'Occitane and Ultrasun goodies I bought last month that are still lurking downstairs.

dolly84 wrote: »

Hi All. Some in's to declare.

Needed to replace my clarins cleanser and boots had a bonus time offer on, buy two items, one to be skincare, and get a beachbag, a choice of 3 bonus items and 10,000 advantage points. So I got my cleanser and a gorgeous pink, creamy lip balm, the beachbag and the 3 items I chose were beauty flash balm, one step melting cleanser and multi active night cream.

I used my 10,000 advantage cards points on a barry m dazzle dust and two barry m eyeshadow pencil crayons, one in graphite and one in gold, these were on 3 for 2. Really love these crayons, they stay put all day.

That's a brilliant offer. That beach bag caught my eye when I was in Boots last week. I've only ever tried the Beauty Flash Balm by Clarins and it didn't really do much. Were the bonus products full size?

VALM

SuiDreams wrote: »

First on the positive side my outs exceed my ins by 7 items, which means I qualify for my treat next month which is Benefit High Beam.

Now on to my confession, I have been very naughty. First here is my reasoning, Debenhams have 10% off on beauty this weekend, with an additional voucher code for 5% off and 500 points for a £40 spend. So I decided it would be better value to shop now. So have ordered Benefit High Beam and Benefit Confessions of a concealaholic (I did need more concealer for holidays). I will add to my ins list when they arrive and I won't let myself use the High Beam till June. This also means no buying any treats in June.

Off to the naughty step.

I don't think that's bad though because you bought the products that you need in a MSE way. Enjoy them.

Willowbee wrote: »

Vetiver Body Lotion by Neal's Yard (100ml) - really lovely. I find the scent soothing so I use it at night and wake up with really soft arms. (The scent doesn't smell good in the bottle but it must suit my skin chemistry - it's really weird! :rotfl:) WBA if it was in the sale.

Some INS as well - 9 perfume samples from eBay, bought mainly for the Liz Earle Botanical Essence, Serge Lutens 'Vitriol d'oeillet', Memo 'Moon Safari', my new fave Elie Saab, but also included Orla Kiely, Stella McCartney's L.I.L.Y, Yardley's Royal English Daisy, Arden Green Tea and the totally random Swiss Army 'Altitude' (:rotfl:)

I also have Jolie Box INS but I'll leave those until Monday or Tuesday as I don't want to spoil the surprise (I was very happy with the colour of one thing and I'm really excited about the other three items - all will be used )

I love the smell of vetiver. MrM uses LE body wash that contains it and I adore it.

Have never thought of buying perfume samples from Ebay. When I was in JL yesterday I had a squirt of A Scent by Issey Miyake which I used to own and realised that I miss it badly. Am trying to be MSE with my fragrances though and use up what I have before I buy more. Have even dug out the "old" bottle of Givenchy Very Irresistable that I have had hidden away. I presently own the following fragrances: DKNY Golden Delicious, L'Occitane Cherry Blossom, Marc Jacobs Daisy (the limited edition hot pink one), Givenchy Very Irresistable, and Tommy Girl. As well as A Scent I also love Amazing Grace and Pure Grace by Philosophy.

tokkiandoliver

I promise to catch up to this thread as soon as I get a day off from both my jobs.

But I'm still plugging along with the challenge.

I have an UU to report:

Dove Go Fresh Deodorant - LHJ. Does anyone know when deodorant goes bad? This literally took me a year to finish even though I used it everyday lol I wba as it smells nice n fresh.

tokkiandoliver

oopsy, forgot to mention a GA:

I GA a max factor mascara to someone I know. Sorry I forgot the actual name of the mascara, but I'm happy to be down one more mascara!

tokkiandoliver

dolly84 wrote: »

Hi All. Some in's to declare.

Needed to replace my clarins cleanser and boots had a bonus time offer on, buy two items, one to be skincare, and get a beachbag, a choice of 3 bonus items and 10,000 advantage points. So I got my cleanser and a gorgeous pink, creamy lip balm, the beachbag and the 3 items I chose were beauty flash balm, one step melting cleanser and multi active night cream.

I used my 10,000 advantage cards points on a barry m dazzle dust and two barry m eyeshadow pencil crayons, one in graphite and one in gold, these were on 3 for 2. Really love these crayons, they stay put all day.

Thank you so much for this! I'm going to stop by today or tomorrow to Boots, as my cleanser is spluttering as well!

InaPickle

Hello ladies!

The BS cocoa butter and body scrub that I ordered for my friend arrived onSaturday (along with my hand cream) so I put them into the box with all the other things and posted them straight away (yay for decluttering my life and yay for speedy BS postage!). My word - HOW expensive is postage to the States though?!

So one in, but I'm not counting it as I have about two squeezes of my existing cream left, so it was actually neede. I'm feeling quite proud that I actually thought through what I needed to buy when making up the postage on my order instead of blindly buying another body scrub or butter.

dolly84

VALM wrote: »

That's a brilliant offer. That beach bag caught my eye when I was in Boots last week. I've only ever tried the Beauty Flash Balm by Clarins and it didn't really do much. Were the bonus products full size?

The bonus products were 30ml each I think. I have used flash balm before and wasn't impressed, may try it again or put it on ebay. It was the £10 in points that really swayed me, couldn't believe I got that and the bonus items.

Willowbee

Hello Freshstart! :wave:

It's very nice to meet you This is a lovely, happy thread and very useful as well :beer: Making a stash list really helped me though it was a bit scary when I realised how much I have to use up! :eek:


Puss14 - that is an amazing list! Lots of interesting (and lovely) things


VALM - I stumbled across the lot of perfume samples by accident. I was searching for Snowberry skincare samples and this came up as a 'you might like this too...' sort of thing (and I did!) I wouldn't risk buying a bottle of perfume on eBay (too many fakes) but I was happy to buy these samples.

I was trying to use up my perfume in a sensible order but I've given up! :rotfl: A spritz of perfume is an instant mood lifter for me so I'm going to continue to use things somewhat randomly. (The only one that worries me is my L'eau D'Issey Miyake as my first bottle of that didn't keep well. It was very old though, so probably my fault not the perfume!) In the long run I think I'd still like to have a selection of scents but only a couple of body lotions to choose from. (I don't really need body lotion that often but I have lots because I liked the smell...:o Perfume is far more practical for me!)

Vetiver is such an intriguing scent It was described as smelling like violets, so I bought it hoping for something sweet and of course it's nothing like violet. It is genuinely soothing though. I have a bottle of vetiver essential oil so I can add it to any body lotion that I'm trying to use up that I'm not so keen on.


Dolly84 - that is an excellent offer. I'm trying to block my ears though. *la la la*. I don't need anything from Clarins. (There is lots that I'd like though! :rotfl:)

Pickle - I'm sure that your friend will be thrilled that you've sent her a parcel to cheer her up. It's so lovely of you *big smile*

Willowbee

tokkiandoliver wrote: »

Dove Go Fresh Deodorant - LHJ. Does anyone know when deodorant goes bad? This literally took me a year to finish even though I used it everyday lol I wba as it smells nice n fresh.

That's so :money: What great value!

Like lots of others here the Mitchum roll on is my HG and I know it lasts for ages but I'm not sure it stretches to a year :rotfl: (It's not on my list as I only ever have one in use.)