No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries in August!

Willowbee

tokkiandoliver wrote: »

Yes hun! One of us will definitely go with you :beer: lolol

Heehee! There will be a whole queue of us ready to go on hols with you if your OH doesn't pull his act together, Rosemary :rotfl: I really hope that things have improved by now

tokkiandoliver - Frenzy is a very chic colour I can't get away with 'nude' shades as they make my hands look dead! :eek: Maybe I'm just not sophisticated enough? (I long to be sophisticated enough :rotfl:)

Which Dior blush did you buy? (I'm sorry if I'm being too nosy!) I really think that it's a good idea to reward yourself for each non-smoking week. Anything that helps you is worth it

Willowbee

evilsquid1603 wrote: »

i have a UNII. its been well used and stood the test of time! mine is one of the super old ones where you had to physically cut and stick a mini magnet to each eyeshadow to get it to stay in :rotfl:

They sometimes do offers on where they give you one half price and so on. they send them out on their mailing list occasionally.

i used to prise mine out with a penknife and lost a few shadows along the way. as far as poss i do the old heat the plastic case from underneath with a hairdryer first trick. melts the glue so it comes off much easier. i woudldnt dare try the GHD method though, id be terrified of getting melting plastic on them! :rotfl:



at least they changed to a proper tube from the fancy bottle thing. looks pretty but was a nightmare to get dregs out of!!

More useful info! Thank you so much :A

That was a very helpful tip about their newsletter. I've signed up and will wait until a special offer comes along. In the short term I'll make it my project to collect up all my random eyeshadows and try to work out which to keep and how many palettes I need. Ideally I'd like one to store all the odds and ends and one to store my most used/reliable shadows. I love planning this sort of thing :rotfl:

I had read that the old style palette was better than the new one - it's deeper and it has a better seal. The new one still looks miles better than the Z Palette. I'm still wondering if I could design my own though...

Willowbee

Right. I have INs to confess to...

I went into town to pay a cheque in and the bank was closed. :mad: I was so miffed that I went into Boots to cheer myself up. (:eek:) In some ways I was quite self-controlled. Sort of...

I spent the last of my points on one more Revlon pretend Chubby Stick. This time I bought the shade Honey. That's it for those now - none of the other colours would suit me.

The less self-controlled part of me spent real money on three Maybelline polishes (still on 3-for-2, so £8.18 for three). I bought a nourishing base coat (practical) and two more of the Forever Strong Pro formulas (frivolous). I went for Extreme Blackcurrent and Taupe Couture. Having sorted through my NV I know that I don't have anything else like these...:o

(Takes herself off to the naughty step)

evilsquid1603

i suppose i should join Willowbee and declare my selfridges INs:o

Antipodes facial oil
BIOeffect serum mini
Estelle & Thild lip balm
Stila one step correct
Phillip B hair mask mini
Aesop serum mini
Omorovicza detox mask mini

i need to buy a hair colour tomorrow. i usually get it done at a salon but a friend who is a hairdresser is going to do it for me instead as long as i buy my own colour. no idea where to start! :eek:

rosemary54

Willowbee wrote: »

Heehee! There will be a whole queue of us ready to go on hols with you if your OH doesn't pull his act together, Rosemary :rotfl: I really hope that things have improved by now

at the moment I still don't know:(things are very frosty,usually takes him 3 days to come round but this started last saturday:(:(:(gtgn he is coming

emslovesmickey

One UU mini be delicious perfume. Whether i buy it again depends on whether it comes in a mini set - i quite like buying those.

ruby_eskimo

Morning everyone! Have a couple of UU to report:

Naked Shampoo (the one for curly hair) - WMBA, I did notice that this (paired with the conditioner) did help to "awaken" the curls in my hair. But the scent was a bit strange.

Naked Conditioner (again for curly hair) - WNBA, I don't feel it really did anything conditioner wise for my hair but it did help the curls.

Back to the Tigi Superstar Tweens now. Lets hope they actually cleanse my hair this time. Think I might need to invest in a clarifying shampoo as well just to help them out a bit. Anyone know of one that SLS free? Or is that asking too much?

On the whole depotting thing; I've depotted my Mac and Urban Decay shadows using hair straighteners (put some foil over the plate) and then put them in the Mac empty 15 palettes. You can remove the inserts so you can put any shaped e/s pan in there. They are really sturdy and I've dropped them a few times and all my shadows are still intact!

Might make a trip to Bicester on Sunday when we're in the area so might treat myself to something in the CCO.

rosemary54

rosemary54 wrote: »

Willowbee wrote: »

Heehee! There will be a whole queue of us ready to go on hols with you if your OH doesn't pull his act together, Rosemary :rotfl: I really hope that things have improved by now

at the moment I still don't know:(things are very frosty,usually takes him 3 days to come round but this started last saturday:(:(:(gtgn he is coming

ok the holiday is on:)but only because I signed a declaration that I promised to be good and not start an argument:(:(:(:(:(.......is it worth it???????according to him I am totally at fault and he is perfect:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Catriona_P

Rosemary, really hope you're ok I'd be more than glad to come on holiday with you!

We started our marriage counselling the other day, I cried like a baby through most of it so felt really stupid . It was fascinating to see how his mind is working, it's so far removed from mine. We have to spend 10 mins every evening talking together about anything with no distractions, which was tough to start with as we have nothing in common anymore, so we stick to the safe topics of our little one, the house, and weekend plans. I'm not hopeful but we'll see where it goes.

My UUs have all but dried up. I just don't seem to be getting through anything fast enough. My only recent UU is:
Babaria Aloe Vera 24hr Moisturising facial cream - bought in the Canary Islands in 2006 :eek: Probably wouldn't buy if I saw it again, too greasy for me.

My INs, on the other hand, are coming in thick and fast. I've actually gotten worse since starting the challenge which is depressing! I've been using a couple of my T&G vouchers in Boots but in my defence, all these items were in the clearance section priced at £3 each, so I got £1 off each one, plus I had a voucher for 150 points on T&G so actually got one of them for 50p :money::
T&G Leave-in Conditioner
T&G Straight & Protect Shampoo
T&G Straight & Protect Smoothing Balm

Also while having a dig around the Boots clearance section I found for £1 each:
Johnson’s oil balancing light day fluid
2 pack Chapstick Cherry lipbalm

And finally, I had a skincare consultation at L'Occitane and came away with more stuff (that place is my Achilles heel!):
L’Occitane Angelica Discovery collection (£20):
Gel Cleanser
Face Toner
Hydration Creme
Exfoliating Gel
2 Sachets of L’Occitane Angelica milky lotion (freebie)
Sachet of L’Occitane 25% shea butter body cream (freebie)
And actually, I forgot my 20% off voucher so will have to go back in there again before it runs out in September. May be good and use it to buy an xmas present for someone!

AND finally - a friend gave me a bottle of CK One body wash. It looks a bit old! But I'll try it sometime, I get through a lot of shower stuff.

This is probably it from me for the month, very busy over the weekend. Hope everyone has a lovely bank holiday and see you in September!

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice

dolly84 wrote: »

Morning Mortgage Reduction - Yes there will be a September thread but jump in now for the rest of the month, it's no problem.

Morning all and thanks dolly84 for welcoming me.

I made my toiletries inventory this morning and thought about some pledges (in blue). I'm a little shocked at the length of my list. I realise now that my weaknesses lie in make-up! I’m going to focus on UU make-up items and I’d like to be able to zip up my nail varnish bag!
Each section is split into things I use regularly followed by things I need to work harder to UU and WNBA. I added a wants section because they are both HGs I’ve used before.

Bathroom Items
Trevor Sorbie beautiful burnette intense treatment
[STRIKE]Boots Ingredients camomlie and lemon balm shampoo[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Balance Me pure skin face wash[/STRIKE]
Neutrogena visibly clear blackhead eliminating scrub
Palm Olive aroma therapy absolute relax shower gel
Radox clary sage bubble bath
Colegate cavity protection
[STRIKE]3x[/STRIKE] 2x Listerine fresh burst
Boots waxed dental floss
Braun Oral B 3000

Palm Olive citrus burst shower gel
Sanctury salt scrub
2x The Soap Farm bathboms
Savlon skin healing cream

Non-bathroom Items
No7 Protect and Perfect day cream - HG
No7 Protect and Perfect night cream - HG
No7 Protect and Perfect serum (mini and full size) - HG
Boots essentials nail polish remover
2x Garnier Simply Essentials soothing 2 in 1 make-up remover - HG
Ciate rich papaya foot renew potion - HG
Clynol thicken hold 4 hair thickening elixir
Aloe Propolis crème forever
Shockwaves Go Matt Clay – WNBA see ‘wants’ section
Sure Maximum protection - HG

Benefit Jiffy Tan
Garnier amber solaire after sun with tan
Garnier body summer body noisturising lotion
No7 calm skin redness relief balm
No7 heavenly hydration moisture mask
Eau pure body lotion
Nip + Fab frown fix
Nip + Fab adbo gel
Product trial eye cream
Nivea hydro care lip balm

Perfumes
Dior Pure Poison - HG
DKNY Be Delicious fresh blossom
Vera Wang Princess

Hands and Feet
Boots intensive foot softener
Scholl hard skin remover
Rimmel nail white pencil
18x nail colours
2x crackle effects
1x 17 Nail Xtras double gloss top coat - HG

Make-Up
Ecotools bamboo foundation brush - HG
L’Oreal studio screts smoothing resurfacing primer - HG
Bourjois healthy mix serum gel foundation - HG
Bourjois healthy mix correcting concealer
Benefit girl meets pearl
Vivo blush highlighter duo sugar candy
Natural Collection eyeshades sea shell - HG
Lancôme Hypnôse mascara - HG
L’Oreal Carese lipstick Aphrodite scarlet
5x Lancôme juicy tubes mini - HG

Coleur caramel gloss 811
Natural Collection liquid eye lines black
17 solo eyeshadow darkness
The Face Shop eyeshadow 23
No7 stay perfect shadow mini - island sea/ truffle
No7 stay perfect shadow full size – silver lining/ oyster/ midnight blues
The Body Shop eye colour 31/ 07/ 02
Maybelline superstay 24 colour rose dust/ raspberry
17 blusher damson wine
Benefit blusher Hoola/Georgia
Benefit stay don’t stray
Benefit watt’s up
Benefit lemon aid
Benefit moon beam
The Body Shop eye definer 10
Barry M lip lacquer crayon 10
Natural Collection moisture shi8ne rose petal
No7 liplicious sweet peaches mini
No7 precision brow pencil 10 brown
Rimmel renew & life brightening powder
No7 anniversary eye trio flirty 50s
Benefit smoking eyes kit
No7 exquisite curl 02 brown/black
Maybelline one by one Volum’ express waterproof
No7 amazing eyes liner 10 brown

Other beauty related
£25 spa finders gift card
£45 vouchers for local beauty therapist

Wants
Benefit powderflage – HG but I pledge to UU 5 make-up items before I purchase
Clynol play with me matty – HG and regretting trying something different