No buying unnecessary toiletries in May - Challenge

Dollypop_2

UU Elemis PC Body Cream - This came in the last LIB Box and I was very naughty and used it straight away when really I should have put it to the back of the queue :eek: In all honesty I would probably only buy again in a QVC TSV I just didn't love it enough for the price tag!

Moved on to Sanctuary Creme Souffle, after one use, I'm loving it

hanval

Hello ladies,
I have some more Uus to declare:
No7 Last 360 mini mascara, gwp – I have a few more of these to use. I di like No7 mascara, so will probably re-purchase when I need it.
No7 Time Resisting day cream 15ml, gwp – again, 3 more in the stash! Not a fan of it, it made my skin greasy.
Mavala nail varnish in Elecric Pink – have had this years and loved the colour, but it had gone so gloopy and no amount of attempts could save it.
Kanebo Sensai Cellular Performance 6 day trial – this was a sample given to me, dread to think how much the product costs, but I noticed no difference to my skin.

Now I’ve started Sanctuary Facial Oil. I’m really excited about this one, as it has rave reviews on the Boots website with many claiming it to be a miracle product. I don’t think I’ve ever come across a miracle product before, so we shall see…..

That Clarins offer sounds good. I had a mini Clarins eye make up remover in my secret santa gift and took it on holiday with me. It’s very nice, removes everything and doesn’t sting but I haven’t looked into what it costs.

Have a good week

dolly84

Hello Ladies.

I have a couple of uu to report.

M&S Peach & Almond body lotion, wba, I think this is £1 for a good sized pump bottle and whilst not exciting it does the job very well, the fragrance doesn't linger so does not interfere with your perfume.

Lacura eye cream - wnba, ended up using this as handcream as it felt drying around my eyes, only £1.49 so if you do like it it is very :money:. Have moved onto a gwp size of clinique all about eyes rich, I have used the regular version and love it so have high hopes for this too.

Have a couple of splutterers, my elvive full restore conditioner should be done this week and my travel size sanctuary bath soak aswell. Yay, moving in the right direction.

Was trying to shake some EL idealist out of my mini bottle this morning as it is at the stage where the stick thing won't reach and I dropped it, there was a fair bit on my bathroom floor, at least a weeks worth for me as I only use it on my cheeks where i have a few scars. I was not happy:(

rosemary54

re my grotty spliting nails! now using jessica life jacket,thought this would just be like a base BUT it is full of fibres(you do 1 coat horezontally then one vertically) nad is very rough to the touch and even putting a colour on top does not help so glad it is only to use for 6 weeks!I did put a colour on as wanted to try the nails inc hero shade.I did not like it in the bottle or on my nails but went off it completly when I was making gravy as it is exactly the same colour as chicken gravy granules:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

hope whoever was missing a beauty box finally got it,my book due the same time (around beg of may finally arrived today so now I have to print out a label and take it to the p.o which is a bit annoying:mad:

asset2004

InaPickle wrote: »

To be fair, though, how long have many of us have had our Hand Foods in our stashes before we have used them? I used mine towards the end of last year and I had got it in the OOTW from Boots the Christmas previous, so it was the best part of a year old before I used it. For others, it was probably longer.

I'm not sure how long a product is supposed to 'last' in the container before it goes off? I'm not sure if there is even a rule. I just opened a TBS passion fruit body butter. It has the seal on from when it was purchased, and the smell had gone off. That really surprised me as I never expected that in a product that hadn't been opened and exposed to the air. Fair enough, I bought it at least two years ago, but where's the cut off point?!

I think the message is clear for us, ladies: if you have products over a certain age, UU or get rid, cos they ain't gonna last forever!

To an extent I would agree, however I had a UU of Time Delay hand cream that I finished last night and it was still pefect. WBA as although I know it's been opened a few months I know that it's around 3-4 years since I bought it :eek: bought when it was reducd to £2 and there was 200ACM points in the back of the magazine

Itzybitzy

UU

Burt's Bees Radiance Exfoliating Body Wash, 29.5ml - WNBA, can't say it was exceptionally exfoliating tbh! Even with gloves
Swarovski Aura, 1.2ml - WMBA, lovely summery scent but more than likely too expensive for me to ever buy full size haha

InaPickle

asset2004 wrote: »

To an extent I would agree, however I had a UU of Time Delay hand cream that I finished last night and it was still pefect. WBA as although I know it's been opened a few months I know that it's around 3-4 years since I bought it :eek: bought when it was reducd to £2 and there was 200ACM points in the back of the magazine

I see your point, but in some ways it's more worrying that your product was OK after 3-4 years! How many preservatives are they putting in them? The more I think about it,the more determined I am to go organic.

Dollypop_2

rosemary54 wrote: »

re my grotty spliting nails! now using jessica life jacket,thought this would just be like a base BUT it is full of fibres(you do 1 coat horezontally then one vertically) nad is very rough to the touch and even putting a colour on top does not help so glad it is only to use for 6 weeks!I did put a colour on as wanted to try the nails inc hero shade.I did not like it in the bottle or on my nails but went off it completly when I was making gravy as it is exactly the same colour as chicken gravy granules:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

hope whoever was missing a beauty box finally got it,my book due the same time (around beg of may finally arrived today so now I have to print out a label and take it to the p.o which is a bit annoying:mad:

That was me! The post office eventually located it, it's just so annoying!! :mad:

I love the 'hero' shade in the LIB Box! I wore it for 4 days and didn't want to take it off when it started chipping!! What do you think of the l'occotaine brightening handcream? I can't decide wether I like it or not

rosemary54

Dollypop wrote: »

That was me! The post office eventually located it, it's just so annoying!! :mad:

I love the 'hero' shade in the LIB Box! I wore it for 4 days and didn't want to take it off when it started chipping!! What do you think of the l'occotaine brightening handcream? I can't decide wether I like it or not

not used the hand cream yet as lots of others on the go and at night am just putting the clarins serum on the backs to get rid of age spots

Dollypop_2

rosemary54 wrote: »

not used the hand cream yet as lots of others on the go and at night am just putting the clarins serum on the backs to get rid of age spots

Oh to have your willpower! I opened mine as soon as I got it, despite having others open!