No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries in August!

kiplingmonkey

noelphobic wrote: »

a lot of my stuff is so well hidden that even I don't know where it is :eek:

:rotfl:I hide mine in the boot of my car then smuggle in when OH at work or out :rotfl:

adilade wrote: »

I think I can finally be added to the graduates list!:eek: my stash is not as small as I would like it but I don't think it will get any smaller as it's mostly back ups of the things I love, so will all be used.

Many congrats on graduating!

Valm - happy hols. I have a q but will save it til we are both back from hols.

Sadly no more UUs but have 3 INs from my Amarya box - same as everyone else apart from the fact it appears I am a knackered cow :rotfl:(certainly feel it after trying to clear the decks at work before taking 3 weeks off). Am targetting some UUs this month so should have more OUTs than INs. Also caved in and bought the Marie Claire with the Murad cleanser but wanted a mag for hols and quite like MC so felt it was justified.

BTW - if anyone likes the Dove liquid handsoap they had it for £1 in £1-land - I don't add general handsoap to my stash list and I like this in the kitchen so bought a bottle.

Enjoy the sunshine everyone - lets hope for more medals tonight - go Tom and Mo!

**tracey**

I have one uu

S&G face wipes - wnba, don't think I would buy any face wipes again and there was nothing special about these ones.

Day 11 of the month and I haven't bought anything yet. Hoping to stay on track with the no spending and will hopefully use up some more products.

Tater

I'm feeling very proud of myself today, I went in to TBS and they had my favourite Hemp hand cream for 50% off. I picked up a tube and put it down about 3 times before I decided NO! I have plenty of hand creams in the stash and TBS offers come up all the time. Does this mean I am cured?!

1 IN which I planned - A small bottle of Lee Stafford heat defense spray for holiday, my GHD one is spluttering so not worth taking away with me. I haven't tried this one before but it smells lovely.

UU a bar of Argan oil soap. I bought this from a woman's cooperative in Morocco. It was amazing and smelt divine, maybe this is a good excuse for another trip to Morocco! :rotfl:

I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend

emslovesmickey

3 UU today!!!
Ren Frankincense night cream and T zone balancing day cream - both free samples with an order i made. WNBA. Nothing special really

More importantly (drum roll please) ...... a Clean on me shower gel!!! Took ages. I have one more in the stash but i'm having an S and G break at the moment so i've moved onto a Johnson mango one.

Fiasco55

noelphobic wrote: »

no comment on your UUs, just wondering how you managed to get thanked so often :eek:;)

Oh no! Am I being reported to the thanks authority?
Those who have been on the challenge for a while may remember the "abuse of thanks button" thread a while back, which sited our lovely thread as the culprit. :rotfl:

adilade wrote: »

I think I can finally be added to the graduates list!:eek: my stash is not as small as I would like it but I don't think it will get any smaller as it's mostly back ups of the things I love, so will all be used.

Thank you thank you thank you lovely ladies, I've had a great time here, saved some money and shared a few laughs :beer:

I will be sure to come back as soon as my stash starts to take over again

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Well done adilade - it must be a brilliant feeling. One I might not feel for another 6 1/2 years

VALM wrote: »

I like the Holland & Barrett one.

Well ladies. Am posting to say au revoir. Will "see" you in 2 weeks. Be good all of you. x

Have a fab holiday VALM - I am sure you will be a cruise convert.

Willowbee - that is some amount of NV - great job on sorting through them. It must have been quite a daunting task!

Rosemary - I hope Ted is good, I am going to see it tomorrow night.

Now that the end of the school holidays are almost here, work will be calming down. Which means I will have more time here. The last 7 weeks have been crazy busy (despite my moaning, is a good thing).

Nothing doing on the stash front.

Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend!

kiplingmonkey

Fiasco55 wrote: »

Oh no! Am I being reported to the thanks authority?
Those who have been on the challenge for a while may remember the "abuse of thanks button" thread a while back, which sited our lovely thread as the culprit. :rotfl:

Well, I don't remember that BUT REALLY, at the risk of causing a riot - how can you abuse thanks?

Fiasco55

kiplingmonkey wrote: »

Well, I don't remember that BUT REALLY, at the risk of causing a riot - how can you abuse thanks?

That was our thoughts too!! So we ended up mass thanking the posters on that thread :rotfl::rotfl: Funny enough the posters stopped commenting on the thread.

Also just found an unopened birthday gift whilst unpacking the last of my suitcase.

Virgin Vie - Body Polish
Virgin Vie - Body Lotion
Virgin Vie - Bath Foam

Did I read somewhere that Virgin Vie has went out of business?

Also TA the last of my LBM lipglosses - Clinique Fly-kiss. WNEBA.

tokkiandoliver

I hope to catch up to this thread this weekend lol

UU:
L'occitane pivoine flora 5ml - I need to get the full size of this, I love the fresh and slightly fruity/floral combination. YUM

indiepanda

Just back from holiday and managed the unusual feat of coming back with more toiletries than I left with.... oops.

What I used up when I was away:-
- Sample size L'Occitane Verbena Shower Gel - WBA, lovely fresh scent
- Sample size L'Occitane Verbena Hand Gel - WMBA, same lovely scent but not sure if it is moisturising enough for me.
- Compeed Overnight cracked heel cream - WNBA, others do the job as well and smell better (am realising I am much more likely to use things that smell nice)
- Travel size sensodyne toothpaste - WBA, especially for hols (helps me eat ice cream without pain!)
- Travel size Listerine mouthwash - WMBA - I prefer Dentyne but Boots didn't have it in when I restocked my travel bag.

Then, the INs

I bought a Chanel nail polish at the airport - Distraction. I don't feel too bad about that - was a planned purchase, had picked out the shade in advance.

Then in Bulgaria, on my first day in Sofia I walked past a shop selling Bulgarian Rose toiletries which I could smell from outside (Bulgaria is a key producer of rose oil) and ended up buying soap, body lotion, hand cream and facial wipes. I ended up in another branch of the same shop in Plovdiv and added some body scrub and a different soap. Resisted entering the shop in my next stop in Varna and on my return to Sofia... But then at the airport this morning I added an eye cream, night cream, serum, lifting cream, two more hand creams, another set of facial wipes and a box of 12 rose shaped soaps. Was all very reasonably priced and what I've used so far was lovely.

I've looked up the company's web site since I got home and they don't sell in the UK so if I want to use after this lot will be heading back to Bulgaria - perhaps a bit excessive.

Still, gives me a good excuse to use up my Jo Malone Red Roses perfume in the meantime - I do like using matching perfume / body products.

All the same, must reign in my horns for a while, that stash needs to shrink and I need to save my cash.

Willowbee

Fiasco55 wrote: »

Willowbee - that is some amount of NV - great job on sorting through them. It must have been quite a daunting task!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

It was quite daunting! It was satisfying once it was done though. All four boxes fitted in my bedside cabinet and I have a nice little box with topcoat and treatment bits & bobs in that is staying out

WNEBA - does that mean would never ever buy again??!
(I've not seen that before :rotfl:)

Tokkiandoliver - I keep meaning to say WELL DONE for taking the second Dior polish back. Amazing willpower :T :T (It would have been so much easier not to take it back.)

I managed to photograph my dresses ok but haven't got them up on eBay yet. I need to write the descriptions and then I'm hoping to list them between 7-9pm tomorrow