No Buying Unnecessary toiletries in June

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Trudij - Grape is beautiful, so regal looking.

Maddiemay - glad you had a good holiday, coming back without neding the naughty step - result I would say!

Marie - I don't muliquote, as I couldn't get it to work!!! So, I just copy & paste the sections of the post I want to comment on. It's probably a bit more time consuming, but as I know how to do it, it's easier for me!!

Emsjune78 - congrats on the win.

Mcculloch29 - think I'm going to pinch the decorated lightbulb idea. Each year I buy a christmas bauble for both my mum and auntie. It might be a nice idea to make my own this year???? Think a little trip to hobbycraft is in order to look at glass paints......

I had a UU yeaterday - BODY LOTION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So that's another £1 added to my vegas fund.
The 400ml Decleor BL that I have been finishing off over the past few days has gone. I think this is the first time EVER that I have UU a body lotion. In the past I have started with good intentions, then got fed up and eventually thrown the half used bottle away three years later. So for me this is such progress. I'm now using two SBC gells - detox and body firming. Who knows if they do what they say - but they are in my stash, so they will be used. Plus, they are not huge bottles, so could well get another UU this month!!!

Spent yesterday looking around bathroom showrooms for inspiration - ooooh, some of them were soooooooo lovely. Have decided to rip out the bath and have a shower room instead - I hate having a bath! So, I'm intending to put in the biggest shower cubicle I can. I think I may have to spend a lng time sourcing things on the net at the best price - don't want to blow my windfall in one go! Still MSE !!!!

Hope everyone is having a lovely day.

rosemary54

DH promised to come out with me on two club outings to gardens one next week one the week after and now cannot do either as work always takes priority over our social life:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

he said they did ask that he change his day off too:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:no way as we are off on a spa day before going to a ball at night,says I need to be flexible!!!!translated as tough that we cannot go out on the once a year trips!!!



nuff said moan over!

asset2004

Thanks for the heads up re the BS Glamour giveaway, I hope I have better luck this time as I didn't win a single thing last month :cool:

Anyway would like to find out about dry shampoo, I have never used it before but in the next couple of weeks I am away and will struggle to get my hair washed, (well I can wash it but not dry it IYKWIM) how does dry shampoo work?
My hair goes greasy and flat the 2nd day, if I need to pop out anywhere I will put some talcum powder on my hair as I've heard that is a good substitue? Any ideas and price would be good. Thank you

Catriona_P

SansPareil wrote: »

I was wondering of your grandma kept the perfume in its box? I'm a perfume freak and the number one way to keep the perfume exactly the same for years is keep it in it's original box, or at least a dark drawer or cupboard. It's so tempting when the bottles are pretty to pop them on the dressing table but light can really warp a perfume so dark is best.

With my empties, there's a big market for empty vintage perfume bottles online, but that's normally for very old brews. I often fill mine with water and a drop of brightly coloured dye and pop them on the shelves in my bathroom. They look so pretty in the light!

I always keep perfume bottles in their original boxes. No real reason for that, I just do. So maybe that's why the scent is still ok!

Lots of fab ideas for what to do with the empty bottle - have some thinking to do! I'll report back when the bottle is finished with what I do with it.

Trudji, your Grape is beautiful! My daughter would be so jealous, she loves horses

Willowbee, big hugs for your sad little kitty.

mcculloch29

Oh Scrappie, I would love a shower room, do have fun designing it!
What a lovely idea to give a decoration you have made yourself. My lightbulb decoration is lovely, it's quite big though, nowadays you can get those golf-ball lightbulbs and candle flame shaped bulbs too, these would probably be great for a smaller tree.

Following decoration and equine diversions, back to topic and a UU
Garnier intensive 7 day gel-cream body lotion for dry to normal skin. This was the one in the green bottle with grape and L-bifidus.
WIBA?
Well................... when I started it I thought 'Gosh, this is great, really rubs in well, almost straight away, lovely..' And it is. But the bottle is a right pain. It's waisted and because the gel cream is so thick, it doesn't come out of the bottle well. It had to be stood on its cap right from the start and as it's a conventional bottle cap rather than a flat topped one, this wasn't easy.
I've got quite strong hands but struggled to squeeze out the cream once the bottle was two thirds empty. The last fifth or so would have probably ended up in the bin if I hadn't taken the kitchen shears to the bottle - and they had a job cutting it - as I expected, there was so much left in an apparently empty bottle.
I think I will contact Garnier about this, as it's a lovely product and I did enjoy using it, once it was out of the bottle.
I know if I was in a hurry in the mornings I wouldn't appreciate struggling to squeeze the cream out.
Incidentally Garnier calls it a 'gel-cream' but to be honest, I don't see much difference in the consistency between this and a normal cream.

Alton_Towers

UU no7 volume mascara WBA gives lashes a nice full look and its not clumpy.

An In spotted this in the charity shop Philosophy Amazing Grace shampoo/shower gel for 95p! Bargain!

mcculloch29

Alton_Towers wrote: »

An In spotted this in the charity shop Philosophy Amazing Grace shampoo/shower gel for 95p! Bargain!

Don't blame you.. it's £19 in Boots. Well done!
That had to be a gift, if I'd given it and then found out it had been CS'd I'd have been just a wee bit peeved...

Willowbee

Alton_Towers wrote: »

UU no7 volume mascara WBA gives lashes a nice full look and its not clumpy.

An In spotted this in the charity shop Philosophy Amazing Grace shampoo/shower gel for 95p! Bargain!

Wow! What a lucky find :j Well spotted :T

Lots to reply to and I can't multi-quote either (:rotfl:), so here goes:

Trudij - Grape is gorgeous I hope that she works out well for you

:wave: Maddiemay! Lovely to see you back Well done for resisting all the special offers around at the moment :T (How lovely to have two new NV as well . I'm beginning to think that my 'exception' to not buying might be perfume but I have to be much more careful about that as it's so flipping expensive... :eek:)

And - hopefully Garnier will listen and change their packaging. I always think it's worth giving feedback to companies. It only takes a minute or two and it really might result in a change (I've sent two messages to Urban Decay today :mad:)

"Willowbee, big hugs for your sad little kitty. " - thank you, Catriona :A She is much more settled today.

Rosemary - I'm so sorry that your DH has disappointed you

Scrappie - "I had a UU yeaterday - BODY LOTION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :T:T:T How satisfying! Your plans for your shower room sound fab

Ems - congrats on the win :T It's a shame it isn't the right shade but it's nice to try these things for free

I hope that I haven't missed anyone

I'm enjoying using a few new things at the moment. I opened my mini pot of L'Occitane Almond Milk Concentrate (50ml) and it's nice enough but no where near as gorgeous as the almond hand cream (and :eek: expensive too, for a body lotion, so I'm quite pleased that I don't love it :rotfl:).

rosemary54

Willowbee wrote: »

Wow! What a lucky find :j Well spotted :T

Lots to reply to and I can't multi-quote either (:rotfl:), so here goes:

Trudij - Grape is gorgeous I hope that she works out well for you

:wave:




Rosemary - I'm so sorry that your DH has disappointed you


I should be used to it:rotfl:

waited in all day for a Marks delivery and it is a no show:mad::mad::mad::mad:plus raining all afternoon so no gardening:(did manage to book car hire and airport parking through TCB so pleased with that ......ok so not going till sep :rotfl:
anyway off to make myself beautiful for dinner out....had planned to wear new cotton mini and stilletos BUT due to cold and wet weather am now in boots and long velvet skirt and jumper.....great british summertime:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

adilade

I have a couple more UU:

Avon damaged hair shampoo- WNBA- prefer other shampoos

Paul Smith perfume sample- WMBA- it's quite an unusual scent, I normally go for girly and sweet ones but I quite liked this. May buy a small bottle if it's not too expensive. Actually reminds me of my dad (not that he wears women's perfumes, this one is just a bit woody!) but in a good way. Have refilled the little bottle to keep in my bag:)

Also, Rosemary I've applied for the savvycircle epilator trial as well, thanks:) I've been thinking about buying one but as most are about £70+ never got round to it! I don't find waxing that painful so hope this will be ok.